Rebecca Torrellas

Let The Drama Begin

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Rebecca Torrellas proves she's bigger than all her life's drama on her sophomore album, "Let The Drama Begin." With every song her lyrics show a woman taking charge in her life and making it through no matter what, whether it means fighting for what you want or dealing with what fate hands you.
The album alone was "drama" to make. With a constant battle of schedules and switching of players and songwriters it seemed like the album was doomed to never be made. In the middle of it Becca's boyfriend of three years broke her heart and she lost her full-time job, making it harder to make time for her passion, and even harder to get out of bed.

But the band pressed on. With veterans, drummer Marcus Roberts and guitarist Jason Bentley, as full supporters, bassist/keyboardist Todd Falcon and lead guitarist Craig Lightfoot soon joined to finish the album. "I owe everything to these guys. When I didn't have the drive to get it done they'd kick my butt to keep going," she said.

Drama includes the industrial-inspired title track which says "Bring it on, it's not me who is weak" to her backstabbers. "Just Another Girl" and "Player" exude girl power against men who aren't willing to respect her (or women for that matter). "I love my guy friends and I hate it when men come out and give them a bad name. Most men are a blast and women get so paranoid when one hurts them. That isn't fair on the others," she said. "Better Off," the first song Becca ever came up with on guitar, asks her love to stick around while working through the drama in her life. "Move On" and "Wasted Time" tackle the battle of trying to get people out of your emotional space. "It was a negative time for everyone and it wasn't getting any better. It was unhealthy, but I think we all came out better people because of it." The latter of the two was a more comical take on the situation. "We wanted to laugh it off and have something fun to show for it."

"I Need Your Love" is a romantic ballad, which Becca says she's not used to writing. "There's something about needing and loving someone like I did at that time that had to be catalogued in song. It was an amazing feeling. We didn't care about that past or worried about the future. Every day counted. Sometimes relationships get so cluttered by responsibility that it drains the love. We never had that. It was simple." The other ballad, "Satisfied," portrays Becca at the wedding of a man she secretly loves, imagining herself being the bride. "Road Trip" is a song about a relationship going nowhere. "Make You Feel Alive" is second version of the song. When the original one fell through, Becca used the powerful, "not gonna control me" lyrics to music later written by bassist Todd Falcon.

The album also includes many extras, including two hidden tracks, one is the theme song from the movie "Call To Fly" that Becca, Todd and Marcus were in (as well as former guitarist Scott YZ). The other track is an instrumental track called "Synergy." Also included are music videos and trailers for "Call To Fly" and the skateboarding video trailer "No Logic" which uses the album's title track.