TBT- The Detroit Visitors Bureau on TV using my registered trademark “Welcome To The D at the 20 second mark- the screen goes fully to “Welcome To The D”- In my opinion, this implies that they own this slogan . This is after my media company- Denha Media sent Renee[…]
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Trademarks/Intellectual Properties- are they useless? What would you think if you owned multiple trademarks on the slogan “Welcome To The D” and then saw them on thousands of banners on a major city’s streets/posters/tv campaign/press release during the World Series, USA Volleyball tournament, Quick Lane Bowl, TV news appearance, Have[…]
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The Fox Sports broadcast of Mark Kassa playing the Star Spangled Banner for the Toledo Walleye Hockey Game at The Huntington Arena in Toledo, OH
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Mark has had people ask how to get a Hendrix sound without dropping a lot of money so he put together this short tutorial called “Hendrix on a budget”- a cost effective way of getting some Hendrix tones. We hope you like it
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Mark and Marilyn Kassa at the Grammy Awards 2018 Chicago Chapter Gala at the Atelier Manarchy. Good luck to all the nominees!
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Thanks to Phil Varone for featuring Slight Return on Las Vegas based Unphiltered Radio. Phil is also a SiriusXM radio personality and former drummer for Skid Row and Saigon Kick. Phil put us in the regular rotation. Here are the two Slight Return songs he played on the show (he[…]
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TBT- Mark Kassa playing The Star Spangled Banner at Jimmy John’s Stadium on the 4th of July (thanks to Matt Sikorski for shooting this video). It was a great honor for Mark as they had 50 people holding a giant American flag in the outfield, two people parachute onto the[…]
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Rapper Trick Trick visited the DMAN Studios! The DMAN All Stars performed and everyone had a great time as Trick Trick delivered a positive motivational message! Proud to be a board member of this great organization that brings such positive energy and enhances so many lives! MYDMAN.ORG[…]
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Take your event to the next level by booking Slight Return wsg artists Andy Vargas (lead vocalist for Santana), legendary drummer Dennis Chambers (Santana, Parliament/Funkadelic, Steely Dan, Jackson 5) and Grammy Award winning vocalist Tony Lindsay (Santana). You will get the music of Slight Return along with a tribute to[…]
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It was an honor to have the legendary bassist Tony “T Money” Green step onstage with Slight Return at the Royal Oak Music Theater in MI. Tony played bass on the Slight Return song “Shake Your Detroit Right” from the “Welcome To The D” album which also features Rock &[…]
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Thanks to Seannerie Guthrie-“Beyond the Barricade”- bodyguard to the stars- for letting us meet guitar legend Carlos Santana at The Collosseum Concert Venue insides Caesar’s Casino in Windsor, Canada. Carlos was a great guy! so nice to meet one of the guitar legends you grew up admiring and seen live[…]
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Slight Return opened for Queensryche at the Emerald Theater in Mt Clemens, MI. A great crowd and show!
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Check out our Photo page for the new added gallery from the Nashville recording sessions with legendary bassist Billy Cox- from Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys! Billy was featured on Slight Return’s medley cover of the Jimi Hendrix classics “Stone Free/3rd Stone From The Sun” from the “Welcome To The[…]
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Mark Kassa would like to thank DIME Music School for having him as the Master Class special guest. Slight Return performed 4 songs and Mark jammed with the students on a couple of Hendrix tunes!
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Mark Kassa will be the guest master class instructor at DIME Music School in Detroit, MI on Friday Oct 13th 2017. The class will be at the DIME Underground Music Venue from 1-3PM. The event will feature a live performance by Slight Return®
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Slight Return will be opening for George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic at the Motor City Casino Sound Board Theater on Thursday March 8th 2018
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Thank you WCSX for choosing Slight Return as one of the Band Wars winners! Slight Return will perform a 25 minute set for the finalists party at the Hamlin Pub on Van Dyke. Afterwards they will announce which national act Slight Return will be supporting.
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Slight Return’s tribute to the men and women of the armed forces that keep this great country safe and risk their lives on daily basis around the world – “Hail the Heroes” (video by Bill Von Linsowe and Mark Slight Return Kassa)
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Slight Return will be opening for guitarist “Bumblefoot” (Ron Thal- formerly of Guns ‘N Roses) on Saturday Oct 14th 2017 (poster by Bill Von Linsowe)
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An article by Big Culture Music in the UK on the new sound of the Motor City via Slight Return’s “Welcome To The D” http://bigculturemusic.com/2017/08/09/anthem-funk-rocks/ http://bigculturemusic.com/2017/08/09/anthem-funk-rocks/
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