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Mary Lou Taylor
(October 30, 1944 - December 31, 2008)

 

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(11/4/2008) Relient K and House of Heroes bring their musical festive tidings to this year’s Christmas season on November 18th via digital music stores with three brand new holiday songs and an animated music video from Relient K, as well as label mates House of Heroes offering up their rendition of the classic “Silent Night”.

The three songs from Relient K will include “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” “O Holy Night,” and “Silver Bells,” with an animated music video for the song “Sleigh Ride” coming as well. The Christmas anthems will be added to the platinum-selling band’s 2007 album, Let It Snow, Baby…Let It Reindeer, and upon purchasing online the customer will given a unique code and directions to download the additional three tunes. Fans can also anticipate extra gifts from Relient K upon purchase, including exclusive photos, downloadable wrapping paper, and a few other bonuses.

House of Heroes brings their powerhouse pop sound to “Silent Night” which is also available at all online music outlets on November 18th. The band, whose most recent album The End Is Not The End was delivered via digital stores, has seen an incredible response with the release making it to the #6 spot on the iTunes rock chart and #42 on the overall chart, with a #1 radio hit single and over 1 million plays on their MySpace page.

Relient K, who has toured with the likes of Switchfoot and Good Charlotte, has a GRAMMY nod, and three RIAA-certified Gold albums to their credit. The pop-punk band has performed on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” with their video for “Must Have Done Something Right” receiving airplay on mtvU, MTV Hits, FUSE's "Steven's Untitled Rock Show," Nickelodeon's The N, IMF and Music Choice. Relient K is comprised of lead singer/guitarist/pianist Matt Thiessen, lead guitarist Matt Hoopes, drummer Ethan Luck, bassist John Warne and guitarist Jon Schneck.

House of Heroes’ discography includes a 2005 self-titled debut and the re-release Say No More in 2006. Prior to signing a record deal with Mono Vs Stereo/Gotee, the band released an indie project What You Want Is Now (2002) to much critical acclaim and a large grassroots following. On the tour front, House of Heroes has opened up for the likes of Filter, Silverchair, Relient K, and MxPx, as well as full-blown tours with acts including Spoken, The Evan Anthem, Last Tuesday, Dropping Daylight, Love Arcade, and Kids In The Way. The band is Columbus-Ohio natives Tim Skipper (guitar/lead vocals), A.J Babcock (bass/vocals), Colin Rigsby (drums/vocals), and Jared Rigsby (guitar/vocals).

For more information on Relient K or House of Heroes, check out www.gotee.com or the official artist websites at www.myspace.com/relientk or www.myspace.com/houseofheroes.

 

Kutless Featured On Downloadable Content For Rock Band 2
(10/24/2008)

As a band that is nightly rocking out with their fans across the country on Creation Festival: The Tour, BEC Recordings' Kutless is thrilled to announce that their song "The Feeling" is featured on the Rock BandTM 2 downloadable tracks that will be available November 4th.

This song will be one of the 20-featured songs free to those who purchase Rock BandTM 2 on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii. The tracks will be made available on November 4th for PS3 and Xbox 360, with the Wii pack ready for download when Rock BandTM 2 ships to Nintendo's console in December.

 

New Releases...

The rock group Skillet is in the recording studio working on there new studio album and they have a live studio webcam for you all to peak into our recording sessions on the new record. All the details are still being worked out but you can go to our Skillet page when they are live and watch! Here is our link!

October 14, 2008

I thought I would put up a link to a very educational website if you want to learn about recording music, check out this website.

SKILLET BRINGS EXPLOSIVE LIVE SHOW TO THE FANS ON 'COMATOSE COMES ALIVE' DV D AND CD OCTOBER 21ST

**GMA's Artist of the Year nominee and two-time GRAMMY® nominated band Skillet's explosive live show will soon be available for fans as the first-ever live concert CD and DVD combo, COMATOSE COMES ALIVE, hits on October 21st. This is the first live project for the band in their 12 year history.

** In the process of becoming one of the hardest working, most rocking, and broadly appealing acts of its generation, radio has welcomed SKILLET and COMATOSE with open arms, garnering 5 back-to-back 1 singles: the first single, "Rebirthing" spent seven-weeks at No.1 on Christian Rock. Their second single, "The Last Night," also took the top spot, this time at both Rock and CHR (CRW/R&R), while "The Older I Get" (CHR/Rock) and "Comatose," which received a 2008 GMA Dove Award for "Rock Song of the Year," became their third and fourth consecutive No. 1 singles. Most recently "Those Night"s hit number one as well on CHR.

www.skillet.com
www.myspace.com/skilletmusic

 

08/13/2008
PHIL WICKHAM’S LIVE WORSHIP ALBUM SINGALONG RECEIVES OVER
PHIL WICKHAM’S LIVE WORSHIP ALBUM SINGALONG RECEIVES OVER 8,000 DOWNLOADS IN THE FIRST WEEK CANNONS HITS TOP 10 ON ITUNES® AND TOP 21 ON MOZES

Phil Wickham recently invited listeners to sing along with him and other fans in his first-ever recording of a LIVE worship album, aptly titled SINGALONG. Available only as a free download from his website www.philwickham.com, the album has received more than 8,000 downloads within the first week of release (8/8/08).

SINGALONG was recorded at Solid Rock Church in Portland, OR where 3,000 fans gathered together to see the critically acclaimed singer/songwriter perform 15 songs from his self-titled debut album and sophomore record Cannons.

Three days after Wickham released the live worship album, his debut CD climbed the iTunes ® Top Christian Albums chart to No. 25 after being released over two years ago. Wickham’s most recent release Cannons peaked at No. 10 on iTUNES ® Top Christian chart and No. 11 on national mobile platform Mozes, surpassing artists such as Nelly and Jewel. The chart numbers for Mozes are based on artists’ mobile fanbase activity and fan texting interactions with their favorite artist.

 


Spotlight: House of Heroes -"The End Is Not The End"

The third album from rockers House Of Heroes includes the smash #1 single "In the Valley of the Dying Sun." Finally it is available! Get yours fast.

You can check out there brand new video for "In the Valley of the Dying Sun" here







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