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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2014 Best Reggae Artist winner, Sono Vero headlines at the Through the Roots event hosted at DiPiazza on Saturday, Nov 15 in Long Beach. Sono Vero will share the stage with veteran artists Arise Roots and Mr. Good Day.

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”.

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." 

Shelley King hits the road this month, touring the Northeast.  Tour dates are below and be sure to catch Shelley's fiery show when she's in YOUR neck of the woods:

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.

“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.

I.N.C. (INDESTRUCTIBLE NOISE COMMAND) LAUNCHES "NO TURNING BACK" MUSIC VIDEO ON BLOODY-DISGUSTING.COM

#GRANDMORBIDFUNERAL VINE CONTEST Fourth album "Grand Morbid Funeral" out November 18 on Peaceville

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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SEATTLE, WA - The Classic Crime is now streaming its new anniversary album What Was Done, Vol. 1: A Decade Revisited on Soundcloud at: http://badchristian.com/band/classic-crime/.

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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.

David J. Haskins' much anticipated new Bauhaus/Love & Rockets memoir, Who Killed Mister Moonlight? Bauhaus, Black Magick and Benediction will be available on Amazon and select bookstores Thursday, October 23rd. Described by Watchmen and V for Vendetta writer Alan Moore as an "invaluable account of a strange and spectral cultural era." The book has garnered enormous praise from an early review with the editor of Post-Punk.com declaring "the best post-punk book period."