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Red Baraat Festival of Colors is an immersive celebration through music, dance and visuals. After presenting a multi-city annual for 8 straight years that showcased South Asian artists during the Hindu holiday of Holi, Red Baraat has taken the spirit of the festival to the next level: a year round show of communal revelry that brings together what NPR has called “the best party band in years,” a montage of classic Bollywood visuals, and a fiery dancer.
Traditionally, Holi is marked by public gatherings of families and strangers sharing songs, dance, and the exchange of ‘colors’. It signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, and for many, a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair ruptured relationships.
Red Baraat Festival of Colors debuted in 2012 at a sold out Le Poisson Rouge in New York City and then expanded to over a dozen cities in the United States. Previously, bandleader and dhol player Sunny Jain curated a night of music highlighting the South Asian Diaspora through a diverse range of styles. Past festivals included DJ Rekha, Vidya Vox, Falu, Heems (Das Racist/Swet Shop Boys), Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi (a film by the late, award-winning filmmaker, Prashant Bhargava, with score by Grammy-nominated composer, Vijay Iyer) and so many more.
Returning to its roots of just brass and drums and complete in colorfully painted white jumpsuits plus a dancer, the new show, Red Baraat Festival of Colors, is a full blown immersive experience as the band, the visuals, the dancer are like a mélange of colors, each bold on its own but commingling to form a stunning panorama.
Angelo Moore is the legendary frontman of Fishbone and known for his explosive on-stage presence, amazing vocal talents, and mad musical skills on saxophone, theremin and Hammond B3. Considered by many to be the world's greatest frontman, Angelo's musical talent knows no boundaries. While actively touring with Fishbone, Angelo also performs as Dr Maddvibe, and also tours with new group called Angelo Moore & The Brand New Step that performs regularly in the United States and has toured to Taiwan and Japan. The Brand New Step is on Rope-A-Dope records in Philadelphia and includes as guests and touring musicians Claude Coleman Jr (Ween), Hashish Vyas (thievery corporation), Stanton Moore and Robert Mercurio (galactic), Butterscotch, Jim Greer (Rondo Brothers), Kris Jensen, DJ Q-Bert, JJ Jungle and Hassan Hurd (The Coup) and many more.
Last night Hunnypot Live got your motors runnin'. Sleazy rider, Hot Tub Johnnie, pulled a secret stash of tracks to start the night off. Big Tim cooled his engines in the hot tub and gave us a personal look in to his lifestyle brand of babes, bikes, fashion and of course music. Premier A Cappella returned to Hunnypot Live with a rolling thunder of harmonies and charmities. Zana Messia and the Midnight Mission used her loud pipes to save lives and and encourage stage dives. Super Bee Binx once again delivered a full tank of pop fuel. Oppenheimer performed catchy pop with a "blacked out" finish and Hot Tub bookended the night with shop manual music to teach everyone to dance. (3/2/20)
Unfortunately the audio recording was not saved properly and the show was lost. :(
Timothy “Big Tim” Stephens is the owner and founder of ChopperHead Magazine as we as the Big Tim Clothing brand. He created the term Outlaw Kulture which is used to describe the type of lifestyle he loves to promote. ChopperHead Magazine has now transitioned into Chopper Head America and is an annually release large format coffee table photography book. The ChopperHead America book features bikers, hot rodders, rockers, rappers, tattoo artists and beautiful women; promoting whatever it is that defines who they are without apologies to anyone.
If you live a life defined by you on your own terms regardless of what’s considered popular or trendy your part of the Outlaw Kulture family; The Big Tim Brand and ChopperHead America will Recognize, Respect & Represent You!!!
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Premiere is an award-winning all-female a cappella group in Los Angeles. Bringing a diverse repertoire and range of voices, the group sings with attitude, dynamic leads, and messages of female empowerment. Premiere has had the honor of performing at such venues as the House of Blues Sunset Strip, hosting the Los Angeles A Cappella Festival twice, signing with the AwesomenessTV Network, and collaborating with acclaimed groups from across the country. Each woman brings a unique musical background and balances commitment to Premiere with her individual professional career.
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Artist and songwriter Zana Messia - originally from the Balkans, grew up in Sweden where she escaped as a war refugee. Her music has been recorded in 6 languages, featured in film and TV, released by artists from the US, New Zealand, China, Sweden and Eastern Europe. She has been shortlisted for an Academy Award for best original song and was the featured artist in the FIFA Cup “Samba of The World” campaign.
Zana’s most recent musical undertaking is the creation of her alter-ego punk/rock/soul band The Midnight Mission, which reinterprets Zana’s songs in a raw, edgy fashion, aiming to challenge outdated labels such as genre and radio formats. Her upcoming album “11:11” is essentially an experiment. Each song is produced in two significantly different ways. The album is produced by the Grammy nominated producer/bass player Billy Mohler.
“Zana Messia refers to The Midnight Mission as her altered ego, because the project allows her to detour from writing contemporary pop songs to penning music from edgier genres like punk rock, alternative and soul. One of the band’s most eclectic compositions is a love song entitled Enuff.”
Zana Messia just released the music video for her single “L.A. Minute”, an ode to Los Angeles as the city where reality can change on a dime. This is the second single from Zana’s new double album entitled 11:11.
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Pop artist, BINX, also known as 'The African Bee' has had a No.1 song in South Africa, performed at the US Open and she is currently on standby for SXSW 2020. Her latest single 'Milk' is on rotation on Sirius XM and her music is helping to save the bees!
This will be Binx's third appearance on Hunnypot Live.
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Oppenheimer is a singer/songwriter based in Los Angeles. She Draws influences from a wide range of artists. Most Notably Dory Previn, Debbie Harry, Siouxsie Sioux and a dash of The Boomtown Rats. Her Laconic, sardonic performances belie some of the laugh out loud inappropriateness of her lyrics. Listen closely and what might appear to be another dark pop crooner is actually one of the wittiest whimsical performers on the circuit today.
Formed in 2017, this 4 piece Los Angeles band is bringing back synth pop with a twist of 90’s Nostalgia. Members consist of Freddy Hale as Front man and vocalist, Cadu Costa as Drums, Collin Keller as Guitar, and Alex Pitta as Bass. They’ve been featured on the Youtube Channel “Music Human”, which is dedicated to recording live studio sessions of local LA artists. They’ve also recently played at the Resident hosted by Breaking Sound Los Angeles and have an upcoming show at Erwin House.
Their most recent single, “American Heartache”, is probably one of my favorite songs from The Sway. The music video opens up with the boys inside a boxing ring, and they're wearing these glorious white jumpsuits. As the video progresses, they boys go from jumpsuits to fighting inside the ring against one badass chick. This song is catchy from the very beginning and it keeps you hooked with its synthy guitar riffs, punchy drums and Freddy’s amazing vocals.
I hate to say it, but, this is one of those bands that are low-key underrated. Their music is phenomenal and I honestly wish more people knew about them. If you haven’t heard of The Sway check them out on all their social media platforms and don’t forget to hear “American Heartache” on Spotify. See them perform at Hunnypot's Live at The Mint party April 13th 2020.
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Pardon me, or whomever, last night's Hunnypot Live was judged a winner. Hot Tub Johnnie started by sentencing everyone with a party music playlist. Jeff Cardoni get yard time with Hot Tub and DJ Spectrum to talk about his illustrious composing career. He also brought a playlist he enjoys in solitary. Torrey Mercer sang arresting pop music tunes. Billy Hammer pleaded his 5th instruments to us for desert soundscapes. Stoops & Tone Gold broke rocks and raps live on stage. Tucker Lives commuticated sweet soul pop music and Hot Tub closed the night with another prison riot dance party. (2/17/2020)
Jeff Cardoni’s talents range from intimate independent fare to full orchestral majesty. With over 45 feature film scores and several network series to his credit, one can hear his work worldwide every day. His unique ability to cross genres has made him a powerful player in the film composing industry.
Jeff originally studied classical piano, while playing percussion in school orchestra. But it would be rock and roll that would lead him to Los Angeles in 1997. After a brief stint as lead guitarist for the Warner Bros. band "Alien Crime Syndicate", Jeff left to pursue film scoring full time. He worked under several Hollywood composers including John Murphy (Snatch, 28 Days Later) while studying conducting and orchestration at UCLA. He was recently voted ASCAP 2019 TV Composer Of The Year, alongside such greats as John Debney, Bear McCreary, Nicholas Britell, and Daniel Pemberton.
His body of work ranges from studio features such as Fox’s Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates , Step Up: All In, Just Friends, Open Season 3, Firehouse Dog and Miss March, independent films such as The Confirmation from Oscar nominated Bob Nelson
(Nebraska) and The Vicious Kind (Sundance Premiere), to television scores such the hit
Mike Judge comedy Silicon Valley for HBO, CBS drama Training Day with the late Bill Paxton, the highest rated comedy of the year Young Sheldon for Chuck Lorre, and the worldwide Jerry Bruckheimer produced hit CSI:Miami.
Jeff is also an active songwriter, penning the theme songs to FX’s The League, MTV’s “Pimp My Ride”, and Fox’s MadTV, with songs appearing countless films, including "Hard Knock Life" with Mike Myers in Austin Powers, “Long Road Home” featuring Gene Simmons of Kiss for CSI, on camera songs for Fox’s Gotham, The Sweetest Thing with Cameron Diaz, A Walk To Remember, New York Minute and many others. Jeff produced several songs with Jon Lajoie for the soundtrack to The League and a Lexus spot with legendary alternative rock group The Pixies.
Recent scores include the Golden Globe winning Netflix series The Kominsky Method, starring Academy Award winners Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin, the final season of HBO’s hit Silicon Valley, the Bad Boys spinoff series LA’s Finest for Jerry Bruckheimer, the Christmas feature Same Time Next Christmas for director Stephen Herek (Mr. Holland’s Opus), and the thriller feature Paradise Cove starring Mena Suvari (American Beauty).
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Award-winning San Diego/Los Angeles based recording artist and songwriter Torrey Mercer brings bold charisma to the stage thru her live show and inspiring lyrics.
Torrey Mercer is more than just a musical artist, she is a survivor, an activist, and her music has been a light in the dark for many who are struggling. Feeling like an outcast growing up has made her empathetic and compassionate for others and drives her music and lyric endeavors.
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Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist, Billy Hammer, is set to release his latest single “Glow” on December 6th, 2019. A former remixer, he got his start as “GARLYN,” with his top two tracks amassing nearly 1M streams on SoundCloud and counting. With his Soundcloud days behind him, Billy Hammer’s recent work is characterized by its seamless blend of desert-psychedelia and electropop, and he writes, producers and records all of his music single handedly.
His upcoming track, “Glow,” is a story told through vignettes, each verse about chasing adventure and life-changing experiences. For Hammer, growing up in suburbia, the song is personal, the first verse describing the time he left his old life behind to be a musician in Los Angeles. A common thread across the vignettes, Hammer speaks to the power of music as a force of change and revelation.
Across his work, Billy Hammer discusses a search for meaning and often cites desert imagery and existentialism as inspiration. After mastering guitar, violin, and piano in his childhood, and becoming a popular future bass producer by the end of grade school, Billy Hammer’s work is a unique mix of live and electronic elements, making him a multi-talented musician to watch
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TONE GOLD
STOOPS - What up doe? I know bios are reserved for the third person, but I like speaking for myself, so you’re stuck with me.
Fast forward and we’re here; over 500,000 video views, over 100,000 streams, and a feat that nobody else in the history of music has accomplished (google the 52 Week Remix Challenge). And most importantly, we’ve barely scratched the surface. So if you’re reading this, I hope to call you a fan. And if you aren’t, stick around. It’s only a matter of time.What up doe? I know bios are reserved for the third person, but I like speaking for myself, so you’re stuck with me.
TONE GOLD - Rhymes written with potent precision balanced between braggadocios hooks over car-friendly beats make up the essential elements that craft the Tone Gold experience. Tone hails from the Midwest, Cleveland, OH, which he so warmly calls “The Land”. He pulls in the listener with a cocky yet refreshing style, strongly influenced by the sounds of Oakland, LA, Houston, Chicago and New York.
Tone credits Chamillionaire, Fabolous, Jadakiss, Dr. Dre, B.I.G. and Rakim as his greatest influences on the microphone. For fans of Curren$y, Big Sean, Wiz Khalifa and Fabolous, you’ve struck GOLD! If not, look around and press play because you may hear something you’ll like.
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Tucker Lives is a singer/songwriter and musician based in Los Angeles, California. His mother’s favorite artist was Prince, which greatly influenced his sound. He was also close to his football coach, who listened to ZZ Top, which led to his acceptance of different genres of music. Tucker Lives has always had a passion for music but started off as a songwriter before eventually coming into his own as a singer.
His debut EP, Awkward Truth was released in 2018 on Spotify. Tucker Lives is also recording his next album, which features a sound that is more true to himself that shows his maturity as an artist. He is currently performing throughout the Southern California area, in a city near you
California Rocker and frequent Hunnypot Guest, Donna Balancia, did a great write up of Rodney Bingenheimer's guest appearance on Hunnypot Live #434.
Rodney Bingenheimer told some stories and spun some discs as the special guest on Hunnypot Live broadcast from The Mint in Los Angeles on Monday night. Bingenheimer, who has a Sunday show on Little Steven’s Underground Garage on Sirius XM, spent time with Hot Tub Johnnie, co-host Jeff Gray and the crew. “I met Rodney when he came to The Mint to see one of the artists,” said Hunnypot Live host Hot Tub Johnnie. “I said ‘We’d like to have you on the show, and that’s how we got him.”With his colorful stories, Bingenheimer is a legend, having driven around David Bowie, hung out with Elvis and Sinatra and hosted Iggy Pop at his legendary English Disco in LA.
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Bingenheimer came to Hollywood at 16, did some acting, in particular as the double for Davey Jones in a Monkees episode but came to music fame iwth his column in Go magazine and then the record companies with radio promotion. At KROQ, where Bingenheimer was the hottest DJ since 1976, he did everything from hosting incoming calls to picking the hottest young artists and new music. There’s even a documentary on Bingenheimer, called “Mayor of The Sunset Strip,” by the late George Hickenlooper. Bingenheimer opened the Hunnypot Live show with tunes by Gyasi and The Velvet Starlings and said Gyasi was one of the youngsters influenced by Bowie. He also played The Dollyrots and Clem Burke’s band, The Tearaways. The success of the English Disco led him to his KROQ career. It was a place where the upcoming bands of the day would DJ and some would perform. Bingenheimer recalled when Elvis introduced him to Frank Sinatra.
“We went to Las Vegas, I took Screaming Lord Sutch to Las Vegas to see Elvis Presley at the International Hotel,” he said. “There was a party afterwards, and Nancy Sinatra was there, she opened the show with Elvis and she was at the party upstars at the international. And Elvis said ‘I want you to meet Frank Sinatra.'” Another time, he recalled, he went to Orange County with Queen to see The Runaways in Fullerton High School. “We arrive at the High School, Roger Taylor, Brian May and myself,” he recalled. “We get out of my old Cadillac, walk up to the school grounds. The principal stops us said ‘You can’t come on the school property,’ I said ‘I’m with Queen,’ the principal said ‘I don’t care if you’re with the king, you can’t come on property.'” As far as studio guests, The Specials could have used a lesson in talking on the radio instead of nodding their heads, and Duran Duran brought the people. “We had a whole parking lot full of girls,” he said. He said the best show he ever saw was Bowie as Ziggy Stardust at The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. He said he’s still a fan of The Beatles and The Beach Boys, he discovered Van Halen and Cold Play and he loves the new alternative and punk bands, but, Bingenheimer says, “I’ll play The Ronettes, Leslie Gore and Nancy Sinatra.”
Apparently the "Shadow" doesn't know. Hunnypot Live had an less confusing and more rocking night than an Iowa Caucus. Hot Tub Johnnie unanimously was elected to start the party music. The Mayor of the Sunset Strip, Rodney Bingenheimer, joined us in a campaign to tell us about his illustrious entertainment career and cool people stories (spoiler, everybody famous knows Rodney). Caroline probably can't vote but she sings pop songs perfect for budding adult citizens. Garrett Holbrook hit with high polling hard rock music. Batfarm canvased with nocturnal rock notes from the stage. Flipp dropped in for a state of their union before they had to catch a plane and let a little brother on stage for backup and Hot Tub turned in a closing dance set for the ages. Streamed and Master by Ryan Taalbi (Media Liberated), Photos: J. Gray / R. Taalbi
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If you don’t know who Rodney Bingenheimer is then you’ve been missing out on some of the most memorable moments in music history. Mr. Rodney Bingenheimer has been one of the most influential and legendary DJs in Southern California. He created a name for himself when he unintentionally helped pioneer some of the most successful and iconic bands, and it all started back in 1976 when he joined the KROQ. Back in his days with KROQ, Rodney would host “Rodney on the Roq.”, Where he would play "new artists", creating a wave on new trending bands such as Blondie, The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, Joan Jett, No Doubt, Nirvana and Coldplay, to name a few.
Since the start of his career, he has been dubbed as "the prince of pop" and has held that title for over 20 years. He was even the subject of a documentary, titled “The Mayor of the Sunset Strip”. His colleague, Jed the Fish quoted Rodney as “Key to the history of Orange County Music” It is an honor to have Mr. Bingenheimer with us, and we will forever treasure this moment in Hunnypot history. Cheers, to the one and only Mr. Rodney Bingenhimer.
CAROLINE is a breath of fresh air. Her soaring vocals, relatable songwriting, and inspiring image are what today's teens need.
CAROLINE is a teen pop singer based in Los Angeles with Southern roots in North Carolina. She sends a message of hope and inclusivity with her original music. Listening to CAROLINE or engaging with her
on social media will brighten your day, just like talking to your best friend. She started performing at 3, writing lyrics at 8, and songwriting at 12.
CAROLINE is fascinated by all types of music- from the fast cadences of hip-hop, the emotion of rock-n-roll, the ability of a simple pop song to make you smile, the drama of Broadway show tunes, and the storytelling elements of country music.
CAROLINE hopes to help other young girls struggling like she has and make sure that they know they are not alone. Being a teenager these days is challenging- teenagers are juggling social pressures, demanding respect and a voice, and trying to find and express their authentic selves.
CAROLINE is the voice of this generation.
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Garrett Holbrook is a multi-talented vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and live performer. His love for rock and metal stemmed from growing up in Olympia, Washington on the heels of the Seattle Grunge scene. In his own words: “As a child, I heard Van Halen’s [self-titled] debut album and Judas Priest's ‘Metal Works’ and my life changed forever.” He picked up the guitar at eight years old and hasn’t looked back. He immersed himself in music; learning and excelling on a variety of instruments, including becoming an accomplished Lap Steel Guitarist. He moved to California to study Rock Vocals and Guitar at the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood. Holbrook’s vocal styles cover the musical spectrum from Metal to Americana Edge, but his first love is Rock .Following his intensive music studies at MI, he was introduced to Music Producer/Bassist, Fabrizio Grossi (Dave Navarro, Alice Cooper, Supersonic Blues Machine, Steve Vai). This introduction led to a month-long songwriting/recording collaboration with various recording artists including Steve Lukather (Guitarist; Toto) and Kenny Aronoff (Drummer, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars). Holbrook contributed six new recordings; and the relationship with Grossi spawned yet another exciting career opportunity for this emerging talent.
In 2018, he was invited to join the all-star rock band “Drop the Needle” (DTN) as Lead Vocalist. DTN‘s line-up includes Producer/Bassist Fabrizio Grossi, Drummer Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction); Lead Guitarist Rafael Moreira (Pink, Paul Stanley; American Idol, The Voice); and Keyboardist/MD Alex Alessandroni, Jr. (Christina Aguilera, Pink). Garrett’s power vocals and nationwide performances with DTN have placed him on the radar of local music producers, collaborating recording artists, Film/TV music supervisors, commercial jingle producers, and professional session musicians.
Holbrook’s performance style is reminiscent of Classic Rock and Nu Metal vocalists such as Steven Tyler and Jonathan Davis; creating a present-day rock sound that attracts fans from all musical genres. Garrett is currently rehearsing his new solo band, and writing/recording a new album.
Alexx Calise and Dennis Morehouse were exposed to music from a very young age. They’ve been feeling the effects ever since.
Comprised of Calise, an introspective lyricist and “harmony machine”, and Morehouse, a masterful arranger and sound manipulator, Batfarm is a two-piece alternative rock band whose sound can be best described as “darkedelic”. The multi-instrumentalists keep it small not only for efficiency’s sake, but also to keep creating the music they want without added personalities.
Though the two were from complete opposite ends of the country, they met in LA through a mutual friend. Realizing immediately that there was chemistry between them, the two began seeing each other. They initially tried to keep their romantic relationship separate, but collaborating on music was inevitable.
A few years into dating, Dennis was asked to write some music for an indie movie. He approached Alexx to help with the song, and they immediately found that they had amazing musical chemistry as well. Shortly after, they started working on music for licensing together. What they found was that they weren’t just developing songs; they were developing a sound that could really be something.
However, a myriad of things began to happen over the course of the next few years, which forced the project to be put on an indefinite hold. Alexx’s song “Cry” took off thanks to a placement in a major TV show, forcing her to really concentrate on her solo career, and her brother also passed away suddenly. Dennis started touring heavily and pursuing other musical ventures in the interim as well. The pair inevitably started to grow apart, and decided to end their romantic relationship.
The story does not have a tragic ending however, as the pair decided to reconnect and record some covers just for fun about a year later, after the emotional dust had settled. Realizing that there was something still there musically, they decided to finally take those songs they wrote all those years ago, and perform them live…And so, Batfarm began.
Ultimately, Calise and Morehouse thought they were just chapters in each other’s books, but they actually found that they were still part of each other’s stories. They were merely playing the wrong characters. Music has always been the constant and the bond for this powerful duo, and you can see their love for each other and their undeniable chemistry on stage and in person. The two even share joint custody of their cat, Mittens, who is often the subject of their promotional posters and videos.
Currently, Batfarm is recording their first EP with longtime friend, Charlie Waymire, who actually gets the band’s quirky humor, genre defying sound, perfectionism, and demand for greatness.
Combining Alexx’s grunge and blues influences with rich, choral soundscapes and Dennis’s love of industrial, funk, and psychedelic music, Batfarm creates a sound that is like everything and nothing at once.
While the music itself is serious, they don’t take themselves too seriously, and it is their hope that the darkness of some of their own personal experiences will help others to find their own light.
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FLIPP is a Minneapolis-based band (1995) which attempted to revive the Glam-rock era of the early 1970's using its combination of tongue-in-cheek social commentary, self-deprecating wit, cartoonish stage costumes and bizarre, non-sensical electronics.
Hunnypot demands witnesses and documentation of our events. Here's some photos of people seen last night. Hot Tub Johnnie kicked off the session with a unanimously approved party music set. Jen Schwartz got in to the tub for the first time to talk about her music supervisor journey, drop a playlist of 1/3 of her day and laugh at a lot of our jokes. Mess Of Wires ripped guitar rock riffs. Michael K. delivered that sweet ethereal song slayer singing. Nevi Brandan was R&B belief. The Ferocious Few were given their twang rock duo and Hot Tub closed the night with more party music. Streamed and Master by Ryan Taalbi (Media Liberated), Photos: J. Gray / R. Taalbi / K. Norris
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Jen Schwartz has worked in the industry for over 16 years and is currently the Director, Creative Music + Licensing Strategy for MTV, VH1 and CMT. Her career started at MTV as a Music Supervisor for shows such as Made, My Super Sweet 16, Teen Cribs, Uncommon Sense and Kingin’ With Tyga. In her current role she oversees music placements in all MTV , VH1 and CMT shows. This includes shows such as TRL, Floribama, Jersey Shore Family Vacation, Black Ink Crew, Love and Hip Hop and Siesta Key, and The Hills New Beginning to name a few.
Mess of Wires – formerly known as “Detoure” – is a Southern California rock band, founded in 2014 by childhood friends Sam Edelman (16, drums) Niko Nicholas (16, vocals, lead guitar), and Jersey Sullivan (15, bass). Channeling their classic rock, 90's grunge, and garage influences, these guys have killed it live since they were 10 years old, playing in some of the most iconic clubs on both coasts, including The Whisky A-Go-Go, The Viper Room, The Troubadour, and The Mint in Los Angeles, as well as The Iridium and The Bitter End in New York City. With their hard-hitting grit and heavy sound, they have opened for such legends as Missing Persons, The Alarm, and Steven Adler from Guns N’ Roses. “No Control” is their first 5-song EP release for CD, download, vinyl and major streaming sites, produced by Brent Woods at Steakhouse Studio in North Hollywood, CA.
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Francisco Fernandez's blues singed rock n’ roll band The Ferocious Few has commanded attention everywhere they play, charging upwards from the streets of San Francisco to headlining SF's The Great American Music Hall, Coachella and Burning Man. After releasing 3 albums and a handful of EPs, The Ferocious Few is now making a new record in Berlin. Francisco Fernandez and The Ferocious Few are currently touring the US and Europe.
Australian Producer, DJ and Radio Show Host Wongo, has made a name for himself, especially with his latest single “I’m the DJ” featuring Nacho Pop.
I’m the DJ music video opens up with Dr. Fresh waking up from what seems to be a hard night of partying only to wake up to continue partying some more. Talk about being a party animal?! Throughout the video you can see a bit of tongue-in-cheek and how it plays on the idea of how the DJ stereotype is. During some of the scenes, you can see Dr. Fresh showing off his pimped out USB stick, vaping and living it up. The video is hilarious and entertaining.
Wongo’s release of this single is probably the best way to have ended the 2019 era, and we can’t wait to see what he has in store for us in 2020!
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We're only a few awards seasons away from a Flat Earth believer refusing a Golden Globe award. That has nothing to do with the first Hunnypot Live of 2020. We dropped a doozy. Hot Tub kicked off the show with a booty shaking party set. Donna De Lory hit the jacuzzi jets to talk about her career and life highlights. La Machine De Rêve' featured Donna on vocals and a rich musical cast (including Bronson Wisconsin, Greg Ansin and Anthony Resta) to convey spiritual pop. Zeus Rebel Waters raged with positivty and pop hooks. h2the returned with eclectic electro organo rock, Sun In China blew the doors off with high power hard rock. Mike Millie & (DJ) Veggie Tron brought the hook laden rap and Hot Tub Johnnie finished the night with a world famous dance party set.
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Donna De Lory (singer, dancer, songwriter and producer). She grew up part of a musical family, Donna's father played piano, electronic organ, and harpsichord on The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album. He was a producer at Capitol Records and was responsible, among other things, for producing Glen Campbell's '"golden era". In addition, he co-wrote the 1960 Billboard Hot 100 #1 novelty hit for Larry Verne, "Mr. Custer". Her grandfather played upright bass and cello for the Warner Bros. Studios Orchestra, recording the scores of classic movies such as Casablanca and Gone with the Wind. Her mother was a singer and dancer. Donna's older brother Alan, known as A.D. DeLory, is also a singer and songwriter. De Lory's sister Jolene sang background vocals on the 1973 Carpenters single "Sing".
De Lory has been performing since a young age. Her voice can be heard on albums by Carly Simon, Ray Parker Jr., Kim Carnes, Santana, Martika, Laura Branigan, Belinda Carlisle, Selena, Bette Midler, Barry Manilow, Mylène Farmer, Alisha and Madonna.
De Lory accompanied Madonna as backing vocalist and dancer on every concert from the Who's That Girl Tour in 1987, up to the Confessions Tour in 2006. Her performance with Madonna at the Live Earth 2007 concert in London was their final professional collaboration to date.
Her self-titled debut album was released on MCA Records in late 1992, since then she's released 10 albums. Her newest project is La Machine De Rêve.
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La Machine De Rêve's mission is to make music that uplifts the mind, body and soul by using the best of the past, present and future.
Singer Donna De Lory brings her years of musical experience and her amazing voice to the group. Multi-talented Anthony J. Resta (Ajax) adds his sonic alchemy. While the mellow guitar of Greg Ansin creates a solid bond. Welcome to the Dream Machine.
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Zeus is an American Hip hop artist/songwriter with a distinct sound. Building his supporters which he calls “The Rebels” 1 fan at a time. Zeus starting off doing music in the 5th grade with his best friend and cousin, singing and dancing in talent shows. By the time Zeus got to middle school he formed his rap group P.O.G (Pimped Out Gangsters). The group had good success in the area winning talent shows , throwing their own concerts/parties and even doing shows out of state with their single “Wobble”. Eventually the group split apart and Zeus decided to go solo. At the time Zeus went by “Rukapuff”, once he dropped his first solo single “Angry” the street went crazy!! Angry immediately went in full rotation on Q 95.5(Radio one) in St Louis. Heavy club play all over, different stations started to pick up the song also and to add had and still has one of the best live shows ever seen!
Zeus ended up meeting legendary west coast rapper Mack 10 thru a business partner, Mack loved Zeus music , energy and stage presents and signed him to “Hoo Bangin Records”. Mack 10 ended up picking a record to use off of Zeus (then Rukapuff) 1st album Escaped Off the Chains”, a song titled “Like this” featuring Nate Dogg. The song was used in tv commercials, NFL football games movies like “Waist deep”, tv shows like “Sopranos” and more. Zeus continued to tour after the Hoo bangin contract and kept building his fan base. Zeus felt like being in the music business and seeing where things were in the world he wanted to elevate his sound and style, from that the alter ego was created Zeus Rebel Waters Zeus considers his style “Gumbo” which is a mixture of all genere’s. Having a musical style like Gumbo Zeus plans to be the 1st hip-hop artist to have a #1 song on multiple different format charts.
Zeus has over 10 projects out to date, “Da new lou mixtape 1-3”, “Escaped off the chains”, Gunz and Rosesz”, “End of Dayz” , “Im a Starr”, “Personality Crisis”, “F##k the Internet” “Grind Or Die the movie” “Meet the Rebels” and many more collaborative mixtapes. Zeus understands the importance of branding starting his own indie label Born Ready Records, and also has a clothing line called the Rebel Waters Collection, a film company called Trinity Films, and helps run a non for profit organization for young inner city youth called Rock the Community.
Artist, single father of 4 daughters, Philanthropist, visionary, song writer, film writer, over 140 shows/tours per year basically just a dope a** dude. Zeus Rebel Waters is her.
“We are the Rebels are you a Rebel” –Zeus Rebel Waters
h2the is an LA based producer and artist who merges 80s synths and layered beats, brought to life through dynamic visuals and sound. The h2the live band brings the songs to life with some of h2the’s favorite musicians, including Buwi (bass), Kamran Mcadam (guitar), R E L (vox), and Natan Winkler (op1 & vox).
“Brilliantly blending 80’s synths with an new cutting edge sampling style, rising hip hop/experimental producer h2the released his debut single titled “Taste Of The“, a teaser/cut-up off his new beat tape exclusively available on cassette!” – UGHH URB Magazine wrote that “[h2the] is something else…in a profound kind of way,” calling his sound titillating and “juicy for the ears,” while The Village Voice described his productions as “adventurous and banging.”
2DOPEBOYZ and Vibe Magazine’s allhiphop.com have also noted h2the’s rap flips of 80?s inspired sonics. It’s the producer as auteur as every track takes you through the emotional space of the artist, like Kanye or Godard.
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SUN IN CHINA is the new musical brainchild of award winning sound designer, mixer and singer Dror Mohar. With film credits such as Quentin Tarantion’s Django, Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Revenant, Peter Berg’s Lone Survivor and James Mangold’s Greatest Showman and musical acts like Patti Smith, Bjork, John Legend and Ryan Adams ; Dror started work with producer Sylvia Massy on music for SUN IN CHINA in 2019. Pulling from the sound design worlds and joined by collaborators Joseph E Shine, Dan Haggis (The Wombats), Raz Olsher (Bassically U.K) and composer Yariv Vaknin - SUN IN CHINA is set to release its E.P ‘2020’ in …
Mike Millie da Don is a recording artist out of Makin, GA who has adapted a sound that has an energetic vibe with a mixture of trap and r&b. He has opened up for artists such as Future and Lil Durk and will be touring East and West Coast early next year.
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You’ve probably heard this song all over TikTok and if not, you’ve probably seen the memes! This song was originally posted on the internet in July 2019 by Jedwill and then the Peter Kuli remix was posted on Soundcloud in October of 2019. Since then the official music video has reached over 340K views and has even sparked controversy that NBC News and The New York Times wrote an article on it.
Although many take the term “OK Boomer” as a joke, many other people have considered it to be slander towards the Boomer generation. The Music video opens up with short clips of the “Boomer” Generation such as Seniors walking down the street to vintage footage of the Boomer generation when they were younger. The way the video is set up it almost seems to be a response to what Boomers have been saying about the Millennials and Gen Z, while also giving a bit of an inside look at what that Boomer generation achieved and created. One of the clips touches the subject of consumerism and war. This isn’t your typical music video and although some say its satirical, it may also just be hitting the nail on the head with everything that is going on today.
Written by Elsie Hernandez