This past Thursday Mark Kassa represented the Nashville Chapter of the Recording Academy (Grammy Awards) for Advocacy. He was joined by Lawrence Hancock and Howard Hertz from the Chicago Chapter. The meeting went well with Senator Brenda Lawrence’s assistant Armend Topplari and was about proposals that effect music creators. Mark[…]
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Slight Return’s “Vicious Tides” featured on the Bongo Boy Records 62nd FYC Album for Worldwide Distribution From Bongo Boy Records “Music Excitement at Bongo Boy Records as we are getting closer to the BIG DAY in LA (Grammy Awards® show) one of their accepted artists on the 1st voting ballot (FYC for[…]
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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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New Music 301 Episode featuring Mark Kassa. Lesson 3- Jimi Hendrix Rhythm Guitar Lesson featured in Music Player Magazine (video by Roy O Berg at Galaxie Videos) #JimiHendrix #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #MusicNoises #MusicPlayerMagazine #WelcometotheD #TheD #Detroit #ViciousTides #chords #scales #lessons #major #minor #blues #rock #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #recordingacademy #chicagochapter #musiciansinstitute[…]
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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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Warrior’s Soul- Slight Return feat. Andy Vargas is at #16 this week on the Global DRT Rock Charts! Thankful to be in company of great bands like The Black Keys, Shinedown, Puddle of Mud, etc #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #BruceJackson #BlastFM #TeamJohnHill #MusiciansInstitute #RecordingAcademy #ChicagoChapter #WelcometotheD #AndyVargas #Santana #DennisChambers[…]
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Vicious Tides #vicioustides is on the first round Grammy Ballot #FYC in 4 categories 1)Rock Song, 2)Rock Performance, 3)Song of the Year, and 4)Music Video. We know it’s extremely difficult to get a Grammy Nomination but we’ve got our fingers crossed #vicioustides #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #BruceJackson #BlastFM #TeamJohnHill #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #DMAN #newmusic #rock #radio #santana #DRTrockcharts #dennischambers #chicagochapter #recordingacademy #musiciansinstitue #omarbinno #andyvargas https://youtu.be/5FIW6IGozQA
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Thanks to the Chaldean News for the featured article on Mark Kassa #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #BruceJackson #BlastFM #TeamJohnHill #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #DMAN #newmusic #rock #radio #santana #DRTrockcharts #dennischambers #chicagochapter #recordingacademy #musiciansinstitue #omarbinno #andyvargas #chaldean #news #music #vicioustides #warriorsoul
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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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Coming Soon from RL Recordings/Mi5/Universal Music Group- “Warrior Soul” Slight Return feat. Andy Vargas and Dennis Chambers! #RLrecordings #Mi5 #UniversalMusicGroup #TomMcDonough #TedMason #slightreturnusa #slightreturnuk #teamjohnhill #brucejackson #blastfm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9ZtLnkISPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9ZtLnkISPY
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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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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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Good times at the Grammy Awards 2018 Chicago Chapter Gala at the Atelier Manarchy. Good luck to all the nominees! – Mark and Marilyn Kassa
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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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Mark and Marilyn Kassa at the 2017 Grammy Awards at The Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. #grammys #slightreturnusa #welcometothed #recordingacademy #chicagochapter #nashvillechapter
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Tickets and final ballots have arrived for the Grammy Awards. Time to get a last listen and cast my votes (Mark Kassa). Good luck to all the nominees! Looking forward to attending the ceremony on Feb 12th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles along with the after party.[…]
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Great event put on last night by the Recording Academy (Grammy Awards) at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. Jason Isbell is a fantastic writer/musician who performs with his own band and is a former member of the Drive By Truckers.
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