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Slight Return ahead of Ozzy Osbourne on this week’s DRT Global Rock Charts

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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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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!

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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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Music 301- Jimi Hendrix Rhythm Guitar Style Lesson feat. Mark Kassa

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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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Warrior Soul feat. Andy Vargas Jumps to #13 on the DRT Global Rock Charts!

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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!

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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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Copyright Alliance in Washington D.C. features Mark Kassa

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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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Vicious Tides on FYC First Round Grammy Ballot in 4 Categories

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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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Mark Kassa featured in the Chaldean News

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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 DRT Global Rock Charts!

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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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Warrior Soul and Vicious Tides are both in the DRT Global Rock Charts!!!

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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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“Warrior Soul” feat. Andy Vargas coming soon to FM Radio- RL Recordings/Mi5/Universal Music Group

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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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Slight Return at the Historic Henry Ford Museum

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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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Vicious Tides climbs back up to #16 on the Global Rock Charts!

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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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Vicious Tides on Reverbnation

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Become a fan of Vicious Tides on Reverbnation- brought to you by RL Recordings/Mi5/Universal Music Group #slightreturnusa #andyvargas #souleros #santana #mi5 #rlrecordings #universalmusicgroup #vicioustides #newmusic #welcometothed #thed #detroit #LA #markkassa #tonygreen #dennischambers #tommcdonough #tedmason #detroit #guitar #musiciansinstitute

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Mark Kassa-at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA

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Mark Kassa- Musicians Institute Alumni,  had a great time visiting the school he graduated from.  Thanks to Megan Doheny at MI for the tour.  Mark also had a chance to meet up with Raunchola Productions producer/owner Rich Mansor (Rich was a co-executive Producer on the “Welcome To The D” album).[…]

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