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Genre: Various
Website: http://www.tiffanyapan.com

Tiffany Apan is a singer/songwriter from Pennsylvania in the United States.

Tiffany had been exposed to music since she was a child learning from her musician grandparents the guitar, violin, and accordian. She would take up classical piano at age 9.

She began formal classical vocal training at age 12 and appeared in numerous musical theatre and operatic productions throughout the years. Her real turning point as a vocalist, however, was having the opportunity of portraying the role of a Free Style Jazz Singer

in the world premiere of Marta Effinger’s “Whispers Want to Holler” where she was also coached by Billy Harper who had written the musical score for the production. The role gave her the opportunity to sing in a style that completely differed from the strict formality of classical music she was accustomed to. She credits this experience to opening the door for the music she is doing now. The experience gave her some whole new approaches to writing and performing music.

Song Title: Warrior Soldier for Myself

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Song Title: Run Away and Hide

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Song Title: Ghost Persephone’s Netherrealm Remix

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Genre: Various
Website: www.alekosvretos.gr
Song Title: Sonja

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Alekos K. Vretos was born in Athens in 1976. In 1978 his family moved to Argos were he grew up. His father was in love with music so he took him for piano lessons at the age of three. That was Alekos’ first contact with music. His first piano teacher was Mrs. Eleni Apostolaki. At the age of sixteen he decided that his route in life would be music. Yiannis Iordanoglou was the first to open his eyes on what music and being a musician is really about. In 1993, Alekos settled in Athens were he studied classical music in the Athenaeum Conservatory with Panagiotis Adam (harmony) and other great teachers. At the same time, because he was a jazz lover, he enrolled in the Phillipos Nakas Conservatory were he studied jazz with Markos Alexiou (improvisation), Takis Paterelis (composition and arranging), Pantelis Benetatos (jazz piano), Spiros Panagiotopoulos (ensemble training) and Kostas Baltazanis (improvisation and jazz harmony). In 1995, Berklee College of Music held a weekly seminar in the Nakas Conservatory under the name “Berklee School in Greece”. Read the rest of this entry »

Genre: Various
Website: http://www.peterhasler.com

Live and studio: Peter Hasler’s Monk Revival (Jazz), Peter Hasler’s Kitchen (Drumming, Solo), Nanalee Vaonger (HipHop), Gogoll (Fusion Drumming), East Side Blues Band (Blues), The Unpresentables (Rock) and more.

Recording of the first self produced CD “Drums Music”. Conducted workshops for acoustic and electronic drums in Zurich. Further education with Djembe, Taketina and group teaching. Release of the second drum teaching book “The Complete Drum Set-Volume 2″.

Co-operation with and usage of drum books from Yamaha Music School Switzerland. Endorser for Pro Mark Sticks. Drum technician for master drummer Pierre Favre and drum lessons with Walter Keiser. Event staff for the concert agency All Blues.

Song Title: Two Tones

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Genre: Various
Website: http://www.immundus.net

Immundus, born in Albufeira, Portugal in 1982, wasn’t until the age of 15 years old that he picked up is first musical instrument.

Playing as bassist in different music projects throughout the years, Necrokult of Kronos, a death/black metal band in which he was bass former member and singer, was this the only band with more accomplisments, recording a demo and a full album.

After moving to Norway by the end of 2003 for personal reasons, wasn’t until the end of 2006 that the opportunity to self-thought expression through music and ideas gave birth to the Dark Ambient musical project under the same name he already had on previous bands as “Immundus”.

Inspired by the many dark aspects of life, its mystery, horror, the force and sounds of mother nature, combined with mental chaos, psychotic dreams, and musical influences from depressive, gothic and black metal “atmospheres”, Immundus intends to create eerie, haunting and bizarre atmospheres, yet beautiful and melancholic with intent to make skins crawl and turn purest dreams into nightmares.

Song Title: Whispering Walls

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Genre: Various
Website: http://www.chuckkesilman.com

Biography:
Chuck Kesilman releases “Return of the Walrus, Flight of the Blackbird”. Chuck Kesilman, a former probation officer and elementary discipline counselor working with high risk youngsters, hopes to effect and curb violence through his newly produced Song on CDs. The legendary Walrus and Bird song, a Lennon / McCartney tribute, is being played around the world, locally and can be found in local outlets. He is being featured on nationally and local media talk shows.

Recognized as “The World’s Greatest Single/Solo 12-String Beatles Guitarist” composer, songwriter musician, he is also well as known for playing classic hits from the 60′s and 70′s. He opened for Julian Lennon, after he was sought out by a talent scout. The 2-song CD produced by Robin Vosberry, gives Credits to Derrick Russell/drums, Steven Lane /bass, Ron Stroopes/photography, Brittany Barrett/artist, CD duplication/Robb R Minniear, RLM-Media, Southern B Digital, Charles Smith/ recording at Red River Studios. Promotions include Chuck’s wife Bonnie Buras Kesilman, longtime associate Karl Hasting, and YWCA NWLA Week Without Violence Committee Chair, Shreveport Chamber Diplomat Beth Foster APT Action Programs Today. The legendary ‘Walrus and Bird Song’ is a Lennon / McCartney tribute, and is being highlighted and played on f BEATLES-A-RAMA. from Viejo, California, and Pat Matthews of the Global Source Media announces the Beatlesque song is being highlighted “Eight

Days A Week. New Artist Radio, TMC and Dark, Salt Lake City Utah, is now broadcasting it around the world. Ron Stroopes, Pod Caster/The Daily Zipcast, is featuring The Hit Song in Ohio, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, and other states. April 10, 2005, Kesilman’s “Hey Rah! He’s The Guitar Man”, a tribute to James Burton, reached #1 on the Top 40 Charts on New Artist Radio, an international Website, broadcasted from Utah stayed there for over seven weeks. Through Kesilman’s thoughts and love for the Beatles the knowing how war, oppression, violence, and everyday crimes and problems, effect the world, his song reflects how the Lord sends a message of love through two familiar characters from the past: the Walrus (Lennon) and the Blackbird {.McCartney) who have been empowered by the lord to spread the word of love around the world.

Return of the Walrus Flight of the Blackbird

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Hey Rah Hes the Guitar Man

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