Slight Return had a great performance on Hyped up Live Sessions hosted by Tony “T Money” Green. Show intro by Snoop Dogg! Here is the link in case you missed it! #rlrecordings #mi5recordings #universalmusicgroup #tommcdonough #tedmason #slightreturnusa #blastfm #brucejackson #dman Hyped Up Live Sessions Episode 17 HYPED UP LIVE SESSIONS[…]
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This Tuesday at 8PM! RL Recordings/Mi5 Artist Slight Return Live Streaming Show! July 23rd on the Hyped Up Live Sessions at the Russel Industrial Center/Hyped International Studios in Detroit, MI hosted by Tony “T Money” Green! Tune in from 8 to 9 PM on Facebook live to see our set![…]
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Vicious Tides in top#15 Rock Charts Worldwide for 8 straight weeks according to Cashbox Music Charts! Peaking at #13 According to Cashbox Rock Charts- Vicious Tides has been in the top 15 played Rock songs worldwide since it’s debut the week of 5/18/2019! We’re very fortunate to have gotten more[…]
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Slight Return’s Vicious Tides feat. Andy Vargas is now #17 on the rock charts!! Behind Slipknot, Shinedown, Godsmack, Papa Roach, Volbeat, Sum 41, Five Finger Death Punch, The Black Keys and other big names! Currently higher than Rival Sons, Greta Van Fleet, Godsmack, Disturbed, Bush, Imagine Dragons, Halestorm, Breaking Benjamin, Panic[…]
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Have a great 4th of July! A while back I was invited to play the Star Spangled Banner at Huntington Arena in Ohio. It was a privilege. Here is the clip from Fox Sports #fourthofjuly #independenceday #ohio #jimihendrix #rlrecordings #mi5 #tommcdonough #tedmason #universalmusicgroup #toledo #walleye #markkassa #slightreturn #hockey #ice
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This week our song “Vicious Tides” has gone up to #47 on the charts thanks to the great work of our team! Tom McDonough, Ted Mason, Bruce W Jackson, UniversalMusicGroup and our friends that have been sharing the music! Fingers crossed we can break into the top 40 #rlrecordings #mi5[…]
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Slight Return’s Vicious Tides feat. Andy Vargas has broken the Top 100 it’s first week on FM radio! #universalmusicgroup #mi5 #RLrecordings #slightreturnusa #vicioustides #souleros #andyvargas #dennischambers #tonygreen #jackendino #chrishanzsek #omarbinno #tedmason #tommcdonough #santana #jimihendrix #shin-ei
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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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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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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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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 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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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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For release by RL Recordings on Dec 19th-Slight Return’s “Microwave Music” – the 2nd single from their album “The Sideshow” Music and Lyrics by Mark Kassa, Executive Producer- Mark Kassa, Produced by Mark Kassa and & Jack Endino, Engineered by Jack Endino at Sound House Studios- Seattle, WA, Mixed by Jack Endino,[…]
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