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Slight Return & Welcome to the D News
Slight Return songs Welcome to the D® , The D® and Shake Your Detroit Right® (feat George Clinton) are listed on Wikipedia alongside artists like Bob Seger, Kid Rock, Eminem, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alice Cooper, Blondie, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, The J Geils Band, Ted Nugent, The[…]
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Tri-Tone Ventures Trademark Licensing Video – Welcome to the D®,The D®,Hail the Heroes®,It’s a Detroit Thing®, It’s a D Thing, So Detroit®
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Sharing a cool Hendrix video of Foxey Lady at the Miami Pop Festival. this is a share from youtube
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Vicious Tides- feat. Andy Vargas- lead vocalist for the Santana band, legendary drummer Dennis Chambers, bass guru Tony Green and guitarist Mark Kassa hitting FM Radio Soon thanks to RL Recordings, Mi5 Recordings and Universal Music Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FIW6IGozQA
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A great time was had at the DMAN Studios 6 year Anniversary and birthday for Danny Kassab- the inspiration behind the DMAN Studio, who would have been 33 years old. It was also the release of the new DMAN All Stars CD compilation realease! Grateful to be on the executive[…]
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Good Times at the Robin Trower show at 20 Monroe Live venue in Grand Rapids, MI.
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Had a great time at the Experience Hendrix Tour at the Fox Theater in Detroit, MI thanks to my friend Dustin Sears. Enjoyed talking to Chris Layton (Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble), Dweezil Zappa, Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society), Eric Johnson, Mato Nanji (Indigenous), Johnny Lang, […]
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RL Recordings, Mi5, UMG present “Vicious Tides”- Slight Return feat. Andy Vargas (Santana), legendary drummer Dennis Chambers and bass guru Tony “T Money” Green. Soon to be on FM Radio across the country We hope you enjoy the video Executive Producer/Producer/Guitar- Mark Kassa, Vocals- Andy Vargas, Drums- Dennis Chambers, Bass-[…]
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Great meeting blues icon Buddy Guy at the Recording Academy luncheon in Beverly Hills
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Had a great time at the 2019 Grammy Awards. Had a chance to network with many musicians and producers across the globe. Check out the gallery on the photos page
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Great meeting the band Greta Van Fleet at the airport in LA. Great to see them win a Grammy! I voted for them in three categories. Very nice guys. Enjoyed talking with them on the flight back to Michigan #gretavanfleet #michigan #rlrecordings #slightreturn #markkassa #2019grammyawards #grammys #recordingacademy
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Great time meeting 8 time Grammy Award Winner Ziggy Marley at the Recording Academy Brunch at the Hilton in Beverly Hills, California the day before the Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. #grammyawards2019 #ziggymarley #recordingacademy #hilton #beverlyhills #california #losangeles #thed #representingdetroit #markkassa #slightreturn #welcometothed RLrecordings #Mi5 #UMG[…]
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Mark Kassa of Slight Return is one of the music instructors/writers for RL Recordings upcoming “Music Player Magazine”. The cover of the first issue features Twenty One Pilots. Inside there are articles, lessons, reviews and more! Thanks to Roy Oberg (galaxie videos) and Ron Palfrey (graphics) for helping put this together. Here is[…]
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In partnership with RL Recordings & Mi-5 Recordings Universal Music Group, With Santana’s lead singer Andy Vargas on vocals with RL Recordings band SlightReturn the first single of this EP Vicious Tides releases in February #music#newmusicalert #newmusic #rock #rockmusic#latinmusic #rlrecordings — with andy vargas andmark kassa. Vicious Tides features Andy Vargas (Santana), Dennis Chambers (P-Funk Santana, Steely Dan),[…]
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I’m no photographer by any means, but I took these pictures of Stevie Ray Vaughan at the Royal Oak Music Theater in 1986. No digital cameras then, 24 roll film and hoped one came out okay. Most were blurry or my finger in the way lol! I met Stevie Ray[…]
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Bongo Boy Records- who has worked with Iggy Pop, The Yardbirds, Joe Bonamassa, The Smithereens, The Dead Daisies, Steven Van Zandt, and more has selected the Slight Return song “69 Days Till Freedom” to be featured on their compilation release of “The 61st FYC Album” which features “the best of”[…]
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RL Recordings release of Slight Return’s “Microwave Music” from “The Sideshow” album is available today on Spotify, Apple Music, Google, Amazon and in all major digital music stores. Credits: Album cover by Bill Von Linsowe Recorded/Engineered/Mixed/Co-produced by Jack Endino at Sound House Studio- Seattle, WA Executive Producer/Co-producer- Mark Kassa Mastered[…]
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More new ventures! I will be writing articles, reviews and lessons for the upcoming online music publication “Music Player Magazine” (launching in early 2019) with Tom McDonough and RL Recordings. Here is a preview of my first review- “Sound House Studio” in Seattle, WA with Jack Endino Review of Soundhouse Studio-Jack Endino
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We’ve had some requests for the “Welcome to the D” album liner notes, art, etc. This album featured George Clinton, Billy Cox, Davey Pattison, Dennis Coffey and more. Executive Producers- Mark Kassa and Rich Mansor Producer- Mark Kassa Engineering/production – Jack Endino, Chris Hanzsek, Alan Sanderson, Jim Diamond Recorded at[…]
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