AS I AM


Patsy Blackstone


Pop/rock vocalist PATSY BLACKSTONE was fascinated by rhythm and music in general at a very young age. It was most likely Patsy’s mother, singer/conductor, who gave her these talents. At the age of seven Patsy is determined to attend the music academy.

During her studies at college in Leuven-Belgium, she began performing live with her first band Couleur Exquise. Later on she joins the cover band Fake, from then on she performs regularly in Belgium, turning out to be an exciting stage personality.

But Patsy is not content only interpreting the songs of others and she dreams of forming her own band and performing her own songs. During demo sessions with producer Evert Verhees in the summer of 2000 she finds her own musical way of combining rock and pop.

Her debut album ‘As I Am’ was released in April 2002 in Belgium. It reached #22 in the Belgian Ultratop Charts. The four singles taken from the album (‘Read Between The Lines’, ‘Right To Be Wrong’, ‘As I Am’ and ‘The Right Time’) generated a lot of airplay on Belgian radio.

During the summer of 2002, she performs live with her own band at several Belgian festivals (she opens at the famous Markt Rock festival in Leuven on the main stage). She participates in the Golden Stag Festival in Brasov (Romania) and she also sings on one of the tracks of the famous TV-series ‘Flikken’, broadcasted in Belgium and Holland.

Patsy’s single (and videoclip) ‘The Language Of Love’, a duet with Soulsister-lead singer Paul Michiels, was released in November 2002, which she performed live during Paul’s 2003 CC-tour in Belgium. Again, it generated a lot of airplay on Belgian radio.

During the following years to the present, Patsy continued to perform live and still sings with many bands.

Patsy Blackstone

AS I AM




I Want You Back
Music: Evert Verhees
Lyrics: Alain Vande Putte

As I Am
Music & Lyrics: Alain Vande Putte

Read Between The Lines
Music & Lyrics: Jens Frisch

Right To Be Wrong
Music: Stef Corbesier / Mark Gijsens
Lyrics: Stef Corbesier

I Can’t Sleep
Music: Evert Verhees
Lyrics: Alain Vande Putte

The Right Time
Music & Lyrics: Evert Verhees / Alain Vande Putte

Knock It Off (interlude)
Music: Evert Verhees
Lyrics: Patsy Verfaillie

Higher Learning
Music: Evert Verhees
Lyrics: Alain Vande Putte

Love Is A Drive (Hold On)
Music: Evert Verhees
Lyrics: Alain Vande Putte

Room To Let
Music: Evert Verhees
Lyrics: Piet Van den Heuvel

BONUS TRACKS:

The Language Of Love
Patsy Blackstone & Paul Michiels
Music: Evert Verhees
Lyrics: Piet Van den Heuvel

Shaking Out Of These Chains
Patsy Blackstone & Claudia Decaluwe
Music: Evert Verhees
Lyrics: Toni Kasza

Change
Patsy Blackstone & Claudia Decaluwe & Kim Buttafuoco
Music & Lyrics: Evert Verhees / Vivica Turrentine


Album Credits



Arranged and produced by Evert Verhees

Musicians

Drums: Marc Bonne, Claude Salmieri, Walter Mets, Mario Goossens
Guitars: Eric Melaerts, Tom Vanstiphout, Paul van Bruystegem
Bass & keyboards: Evert Verhees
Hammond organ: Bert Gielen, Jean Blaute, Hans Francken
Backing vocals: Patsy Blackstone, Cindy Nelson, Evert Verhees
Trumpet: Bert Joris
Additional sound programming: Yannic Fonderie

Recorded at

The Groove Studio (Belgium) by Peter Bulkens
STM Studio (Belgium) by Evert Verhees
Redtape Studio (Belgium) by Filip Goris
Bulldog Studio (France) by Ludo Lanen

Mixed by

Peter Bulkens at The Groove Studio (Tracks 1>11)
Filip Goris at Redtape Studio (Track 12)
Jon Kelly (London-UK) (Track 13)

Mastering by

Alan Ward at Electric City (Belgium) (Tracks 1>10 and 12)
Paul Van de Jonckheyd at Foon (Belgium) (Track 11)
Darcy Proper at Galaxy Studio (Belgium) (Track 13)

Photography by Roger Dyckmans, Koen Bauters, Paul Vandepitte