Slight Return- 8 consecutive months in the DRT Global Rock Charts! This week at #31 Warrior’s Soul- Slight Return feat. Andy Vargas. Grateful to be among bands like Ozzy Osbourne, Korn, Puddle of Mudd, Shinedown and Killswitch Engage #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #MusicNoises #TheDCap #WelcometotheD #MusiciansInstitute #ChicagoChapter #RecordingAcademy #TeriCooper #TeamJohnHill[…]
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Slight Return’s songs “Vicious Tides” and “Warrior’s Soul” feat. Andy Vargas nearing 8 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS ON THE DRT GLOBAL ROCK CHARTS- BOTH SONGS PEAKING AT #13! #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #MusicNoises #MusicPlayerMagazine #WelcometotheD #TheD #Detroit #ViciousTides #rock #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #recordingacademy #chicagochapter #musiciansinstitute #galaxievideos #royoberg #guitar #guitarplayer #guitarworld #detroitrockcity #MarkKassa #WelcometotheD […]
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Want more information about the career of Slight Return? Check out our new Press Kit- Full Length Version Slight Return USA – Press Kit- Full Version – Mi5 Recordings/Universal Music Group- Slight Return’s Vicious Tides and Warrior’s Soul reach #13 on the DRT Global Rock Charts and combine for 7[…]
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Mark Kassa was the featured guest on the “Keeping Up With The Chaldeans” Show hosted by Junior Binno and Anthony Toma #MarkKassa #Chaldean #keepingupwiththechaldeans #juniorbinno #anthonytoma #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #welcometothed #DRTcharts #vicioustides #warriorsoul #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #tommcdonough #tedmason #tericooper #brucejackson #blastfm #georgeclinton #billycox #denniscoffey #recorddeal #ilitch #chicagochapter #musiciansinstitute #grammys
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Slight Return’s “Warrior’s Soul” feat. Andy Vargas moves up to #13 on the DRT Global Rock Charts this week right behind The Black Keys! #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #BruceJackson #BlastFM #RecordingAcademy #ChicagoChapter #MusiciansInstitute #TeamJohnHill #santana #andyvargas #souleros #DRTCharts #rock #newmusic #DMAN #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #welcometothed #dennischambers #mikeschneider #btbventures #jimmykimmel #jimmyfallon #conanobrien
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Mark Kassa of Slight Return played the Star Spangled Banner- Jimi Hendrix Style to close out the DePaul University “Woodstock at 50” Celebration that also featured Robert Leonard of Sha Na Na and 7 Time Grammy Award Nominee- Gerardo Velez. Mark Kassa jammed with Gerardo Velez- who played with Jimi[…]
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Had a great time working alongside my great friends Sean and Jordan Guthrie for the George Lopez show at the Fox Theater in Detroit, MI. Sean and Jordan are Bodyguards to the Stars and their clients include artists like Carlos Santana. #GeorgeLopez #MarkKassa #SeanGuthrie #JordanGuthrie #BTBVentures #FoxTheater #Detroit #WelcometotheD #TheD[…]
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Slight Return- “Warrior’s Soul” feat. Andy Vargas still in the top 20! #17 this week on the DRT Global Rock Charts! Right in the middle of some great bands including The Black Keys, Shinedown, Puddle of Mudd, and Alter Bridge! #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #BruceJackson #BlastFM #RecordingAcademy #ChicagoChapter #MusiciansInstitute #TeamJohnHill #santana #andyvargas #souleros #shinedown #theblackkeys #puddleofmudd #alterbridge #aribourne #DRTcharts #rock #newmusic[…]
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Detroit Lions- Welcome to the D Video Maybe this will bring them some luck #NFL #DetroitLions #welcometothed #DMAN #VisitDetroit #DetroitVisitorsBureau #Detroit #WelcometotheD
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Thankful to be featured on the Copyright Alliance Creator Spotlight page (based in Washington DC). The Copyright Alliance represents the interests of musicians, artists, authors, motion picture studios, publishers, sports leagues, broadcasters, magazine and newspaper publications nationwide. They advocate for laws that protect creators. There is legislation in the works[…]
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Great meeting with Congresswoman – Rep. Brenda Lawrence (rocking the Slight Return guitar!) on behalf the #RecordingAcademy for #DistrictAdvocate Day. Brenda is co-sponsoring a bill that will help to establish a small claims court for Copyright Infringement along- with other issues being addressed to help protect creatives in all fields[…]
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Thank you Shaun Sova and Tim Burke for featuring me in the Catholic Central Aluminator!! #grateful Here is the link to the magazine https://issuu.com/detroitcatholiccentralhighschool/docs/aluminatorfall2016_web #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #BruceJackson #BlastFM #TeamJohnHill #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #DMAN #newmusic #rock #radio #santana #DRTrockcharts #dennischambers #chicagochapter #recordingacademy #musiciansinstitue #catholicentral #ccalumni #aluminator #shaunsova #timburke
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Warrior Soul jumps to #15 on the Global Rock Charts and Vicious Tides holds at #29 (19 consecutive weeks in the top 30 peaking at #13)! #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #BruceJackson #BlastFM #TeamJohnHill #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #DMAN #newmusic #rock #radio #santana #DRTrockcharts #dennischambers #chicagochapter #recordingacademy #musiciansinstitue #omarbinno #andyvargas
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Great News! This week “Warrior Soul- Slight Return feat. Andy Vargas” was released by RL Recordings/Mi5/Universal Music Group- and we now have TWO SONGS IN THE TOP 30 OF THE GLOBAL ROCK CHARTS! Vicious Tides is #29 (18th consecutive week on the charts) Warrior Soul is #30!!! #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #BruceJackson #BlastFM #TeamJohnHill #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #DMAN #newmusic #rock#radio #armedforces #army #navy #airforce #marines #santana #DRTrockcharts #dennischambers #chicagochapter #recordingacademy #musiciansinstitue #omarbinno #andyvargas
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Mark Kassa from Slight Return will be performing the Star Spangled Banner – Jimi Hendrix style- at De Paul University in Chicago on Oct 7th to close out their 50th Anniversary of Woodstock Celebration. Great guests will be there including 7 time Grammy Winner- and percussionist for Jimi Hendrix at[…]
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Slight Return’s “Vicious Tides” moves back up to #24 on the Global Rock Charts! #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcdonough #TedMason #MarkKassa #WilliamPope #RonnieKarmo #TonyMitchell #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #BruceJackson #BlastFM #teamjohnhill #hendrix #santana #slyandthefamilystone #welcometothed #thed #musiciansinstitute #MI #GIT #alumni #grammys #recordingacademy #chicagochapter #culture #Dearborn #Detroit #DMAN #RLradio #thedcap
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Great times playing at the Henry Ford Museum performing at the Star Trek Happy Hour- celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock and the episode of Star Trek when they meet hippies in space. #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcdonough #TedMason #MarkKassa #WilliamPope #RonnieKarmo #TonyMitchell #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #BruceJackson #BlastFM #teamjohnhill #woodstock #hendrix #santana[…]
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Slight Return Press Kit Video #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #SlightReturnUSA #TomMcDonough #TedMason #brucejackson #blastfm #DMAN #teamjohnhill #markkassa #slightreturnUK #musicplayermagazine #thedcap #welcometothed #georgeclinton #parliament #funkadelic #dennischambers #andyvargas #souleros #vicioustides #DRT #charts #billycox #hendrix #daveypattison #petethompson #glennletsch #victorghannam #tonygreen #denniscoffey #motown #funkbrothers #jimdiamond #jackendino #chrishanzsek #grunge #nirvana #santana #robintrower #welcometothed #robertplant #whitestripes #williampope[…]
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Slight Return will be performing on Thursday August 15th at the “Star Trek Happy Hour” event at the iconic Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. Doors are at 5PM, Slight Return hits the stage at 7PM with an hour long show featuring the music of Jimi Hendrix, Santana and more![…]
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Slight Return’s Vicious Tides has climbed back up to #16 on the Global Rock Charts! The song has been in the top 20 for 11 weeks, peaking at #13! #rlrecordings #mi5 #universalmusicgroup #tommcdonough #tedmason #slightreturnusa #welcometothed #brucejackson #blastfm #newmusic #souleros #andyvargas #musiciansinstitute #chicagochapterrecordingsacademy #recordingacademy
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