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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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
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[…]
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[…]
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
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
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
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[…]
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[…]
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
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
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).[…]
Slight Return- Mark Kassa endorsement demo #1 of the Vibe-Bro Univibe by Shin-ei (custom built in red) (Bridge of Sighs-Robin Trower) more information at shin-ei.com (demo is for informational/educational purposes only)
The Slight Return sessions with Andy Vargas (Santana) and Dennis Chambers (Santana, P-Funk) at the famed United Sound Studios in Detroit were a success! We recorded in the same studio that Marvin Gaye, Prince, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ted Nugent, Bob Seger, Aretha Franklin, The MC5, Sly Stone, P-Funk,[…]