Hundreds of Entertainers Partner with HeadCount.org for Massive Social Media Push Urging Fans to #GoVote

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John Legend, Stephen Colbert, Dave Matthews, Conan O’Brien, Fergie, John Oliver, Russell Simmons, T.I., and More Post Photos in Effort to Drive Millennials to the Polls

NEW YORK -- Today, Election Day, more than 300 entertainers in partnership with HeadCount.org will take part in a massive get-out-the-vote push, posting photos of themselves to social media urging their fans to “#GoVote.” The campaign specifically aims to combat the trend of “drop-off” voters, where half of young voters only cast ballots in Presidential races and then skip the Midterm Elections.
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BRENDON SMALL, ULRICH WILD TO HOST FREE CREATIVELIVE.COM WORKSHOP THIS WEEK "TOONTRACK PRESENTS: STUDIO PASS"

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SEATTLE, WA - Brendon Small, creator and primary musician behind the Adult Swim hit show "Metalocalypse," and producer Ulrich Wild (Pantera, White Zombie, Slipknot, Deftones) will host a free two-day CreativeLive course, "Toontrack Presents: Studio Pass," beginning tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. PST / 12:00 p.m. EST. For seven hours each day (November 5-6), Small and Wild will demonstrate how they engineer and mix the music of "Metalocalypse" - explaining the recording techniques used for the drums, bass, guitars, vocals and effects of the fictional show's real life band, Dethklok. Like all CreativeLive workshops, "Toontrack Presents: Studio Pass" will live stream for free; enroll today at: http://cr8.lv/uwbsstudiopass.

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Out Now: Yolanda Be Cool, Jasper Dietze, Bali Bandits, The Sweet Life Society & BOOTSMEN Take On "MAMA YO!"

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The remix package for Mayra Veronica’s chart-topping single “MAMA YO!”-- a fresh remake on the classic Carmen Miranda song "Mamãe Eu Quero" -- has finally come to fruition! With Yolanda Be Cool, Jasper Dietze, Bali Bandits, BOOTSMEN and the original’s collaborators The Sweet Life Society taking the helm, the “MAMA YO!” bundle has a little something for everyone. Out now exclusively on Beatport through Central Station Records, the original extended mix and remixes will be available on all other retailers November 17.

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Maj releases new single 'Reach Out'

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The singer and songwriter known as Maj has released his latest single, “Reach Out.” The track has been proudly published on the Browns Town LLC independent record label. “Reach Out” by Maj has been released on a corresponding EP album comprising no fewer than six remixes of the official single, plus the original track, itself, for a grand total of nearly half an hour of top-notch dance music. Pumping, spinning, full of texture and thumping rhythm, “Reach Out” by Maj is a dance track that pulls out all the stops and deserves a place in every DJ's play list at popular nightclubs around the world.

 

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Outtatown EQ releases new single 'Shawty Got a Thing for a G'

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The R 'n' B singer and songwriter known as Outtatown EQ has released his latest official single, “Shawty Got a Thing for a G.” The track has been released on the popular OTMG independent music label, entirely without support from the corporate music industry. Classy, crooning, smooth as glass and suave as a satin jacket, “Shawty Got a Thing for a G” is a clear sign that rhythm and blues is still a vibrant scene on the west coast of America.

 

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Concrete Sledge releases new EP 'Humble Origins'

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The metal band known as Concrete Sledge has released their new EP album, “Humble Origins.” The EP is composed of five original tracks for an approximate total listening time of half an hour, making for a comprehensive treatment of the band's material. It has been proudly published independent of financial or managerial support from the corporate music industry. Contemporary, innovative and fresh, yet with a quasi-traditional metal tone and style, “Humble Origins” is a clear sign that the old, explosive sound is alive and thrashing, thanks to new groups such as Concrete Sledge.

 

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Hip Hop Rap Album Launched by Braidss Artist Closes Out Year With New Release

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Columbus, Ohio–  Braidss, a recording artist from Columbus, Ohio uses his own lifestyle as a mosiac to form his authentic brand of hip hop music. The artist demonstrates confidence in his gifts as a musician, and a lyricist. Showing heart, vulnerability, ambition and great vocal variety, Braids is releasing a new album on December 30, 2014. The end of year release is titled “Who I Am.

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Bryan Hayes Available Now

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Bryan Hayes recently re-recorded his debut album as the newly titled Still Just A Man…10 Years Later. “Ten years is a big milestone for me, an independent songwriter and traveling musician,” Hayes explains. “We felt like going back in and revisiting some of those songs was a way to say thanks to the folks who have been with us this entire time." 

 

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Stay Tuned for the Next Catfish Concert

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Jenni Finlay Promotions and Brian T. Atkinson have been presenting the intimate Austin house concert series Catfish Concerts for more than a year now and we're going stronger than ever now! Catfish Concerts features solo/acoustic performances by some of the top artists of Americana (including David Olney, Mando Saenz, J.T. Van Zandt, Randy Weeks, Adam Carroll and Owen Temple, Susan Gibson, Walt Wilkins, Will Sexton, Tim Easton, Greg Trooper, Susan Gibson, Brennen Leigh & Noel McKay and many more). 
 
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Luke Pruitt Available Now

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Luke Pruitt left Nashville in 2009 and moved back to his home of Fort Smith, Arkansas, thinking that his days in the music business were over. “I was burned out,” Pruitt says. “I had lost perspective on why I started playing music, which is to add to the story of the human condition. I had to come home to find that. I had to come back to my roots.” The result is a debut EP, Songs of Home, Pt. 1, in which Luke’s roots in timeless American art shine.
 
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Chip Taylor In Stores Now

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The New York Times says it best about Chip Taylor:  "If you only know him as the guy who wrote 'Wild Thing' and 'Angel of the Morning' - you don't know him.  Chip Taylor is making some of the most distinctive acoustic music around these days." A country and rock trailblazer, Taylor returns with his largest and most unique collection of songs yet, the three-album set, The Little Prayers Trilogy.  These eclectic songs, written over several years, might have found themselves wandering and homeless, but have found a place to belong in Little Prayers.

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Radney Foster "California" Contest

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“Can’t you hear California calling your name / a siren song once you hear it, nothing is the same / made ancient Spaniards sail / made Guthrie ride the rails / Oh, California.” Radney Foster’s current single, “California,” from the new album Everything I Should Have Said, is an alluring refrain for millions of people who have been seduced by the California coast.

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Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP Reveal Deep House Club Mix of "Sugar Man"

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In February 2010, Matt Handley and Andrew Stanley, aka Yolanda Be Cool, already making waves in what they called the “party tech” scene, and label mate Duncan Maclennan, aka DCUP, creating a similar stir on the Nu Disco tip, were sitting next to each other on a flight back from a gig when the seeds were sown for their collab, “We No Speak Americano.”

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Groove3 Unveils $99 All Access Annual Web Pass

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Become a better producer with unlimited access to online audio tutorials for about the cost of 2 cups of coffee a month!
Austin, TX (October 30, 2014) - Beyond one-day events like Black Friday or Cyber Monday, Groove3 has launched the Black November Sale and is offering new customers an All Access Annual Web Pass for just $99 during entire month of November. Normally $150, customers gain instant online access to every video tutorial currently available on Groove3.com as well as new videos that are added during their 1-year membership.

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