BATTLESHACK 5 for Summer 2025 is here!
Contest is now open and will close by LABOR DAY (Sept 2nd)!
VOTE for 3 acts!! (you have to vote for 3, your vote will be disqualified if you do NOT follow this simple rule)
VOTE only ONCE for 3 acts! (There will be FACEBOOK polls available in other groups. Only vote on one poll!)
If you are not on FACEBOOK then email your 3 choices through my contact page here at HALSHACK!
There's a playlist on Spotify called Battleshack 5 so you can review the bands! You have 2 months to make an informed decision before you decide, if you wish to deep dive into these bands.
There are 4 Battleshack episodes of my show covering 2 songs from every act in the contest that can be found on the podcast feed. ALL 4 SHOWS ARE POSTED FOR STREAMING OR DOWNLOAD on the BATTLESHACK PAGE along with the Spotify Playlist!
http://www.halshack.com/battleshack.html
Those can be heard again in their entirety on Halshack Radio on Zeno FM (same time as below) and on KERB (Mon at 2pm ET) and on MXTR-FM (Wed at 3pm ET) for the next 2 weeks!
I will return with new episodes and new artists the week of July 21st!
Thank you very much for participating!
It is always exciting to see what artists the fans pick! (This is a weighted contest. More votes does not necessarily mean winner...FYI)
There are multiple high value vote points to be awarded!
Good luck to the artists and happy voting!
FACEBOOK GROUPS
SHACKHEADS (private group)--send request if not a member
https://www.facebook.com/groups/420420678123616
MXTR-FM (public group)
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BfGnAfzRm/
Spotify playlist link- Battleshack 5
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rsEqEHKtkHpzwEMlyjDWe?si=e2617b27b81f4a3c
Playlist is alphabetical order! Please listen all the way to make a proper decision! List is loaded with rock, pop,alt, indie, edm and more!
Contest is now open and will close by LABOR DAY (Sept 2nd)!
VOTE for 3 acts!! (you have to vote for 3, your vote will be disqualified if you do NOT follow this simple rule)
VOTE only ONCE for 3 acts! (There will be FACEBOOK polls available in other groups. Only vote on one poll!)
If you are not on FACEBOOK then email your 3 choices through my contact page here at HALSHACK!
There's a playlist on Spotify called Battleshack 5 so you can review the bands! You have 2 months to make an informed decision before you decide, if you wish to deep dive into these bands.
There are 4 Battleshack episodes of my show covering 2 songs from every act in the contest that can be found on the podcast feed. ALL 4 SHOWS ARE POSTED FOR STREAMING OR DOWNLOAD on the BATTLESHACK PAGE along with the Spotify Playlist!
http://www.halshack.com/battleshack.html
Those can be heard again in their entirety on Halshack Radio on Zeno FM (same time as below) and on KERB (Mon at 2pm ET) and on MXTR-FM (Wed at 3pm ET) for the next 2 weeks!
I will return with new episodes and new artists the week of July 21st!
Thank you very much for participating!
It is always exciting to see what artists the fans pick! (This is a weighted contest. More votes does not necessarily mean winner...FYI)
There are multiple high value vote points to be awarded!
Good luck to the artists and happy voting!
FACEBOOK GROUPS
SHACKHEADS (private group)--send request if not a member
https://www.facebook.com/groups/420420678123616
MXTR-FM (public group)
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BfGnAfzRm/
Spotify playlist link- Battleshack 5
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rsEqEHKtkHpzwEMlyjDWe?si=e2617b27b81f4a3c
Playlist is alphabetical order! Please listen all the way to make a proper decision! List is loaded with rock, pop,alt, indie, edm and more!
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS
Taking a break after the 4th until the 21st!
Re-airing Battleshack series
for 2 weeks after the 4th
Voting links and all
Battleshack contest information
will be posted by 7/7/25
DADS ROCK 5 out now on
Zeno and the podcast feed (coming soon)!
Brand new review out for Canadian band The ROYAL FOUNDRY
from our new resident lyrical muse for CREWS VIEWS!
Welcome to the team Emily Cooper!
aka "Twisted Echoes"
Future plans for a new club in the works!
CLUB AXEHOLE
Lexington, NC
Coming late August/early Sept!
(mid-OCT at the latest)
BATTLESHACK 5 voting contest
coming summer 2025
We will begin Season 6 this summer
with new artists from the latest
REVERBNATION CAMPAIGN
Taking a break after the 4th until the 21st!
Re-airing Battleshack series
for 2 weeks after the 4th
Voting links and all
Battleshack contest information
will be posted by 7/7/25
DADS ROCK 5 out now on
Zeno and the podcast feed (coming soon)!
Brand new review out for Canadian band The ROYAL FOUNDRY
from our new resident lyrical muse for CREWS VIEWS!
Welcome to the team Emily Cooper!
aka "Twisted Echoes"
Future plans for a new club in the works!
CLUB AXEHOLE
Lexington, NC
Coming late August/early Sept!
(mid-OCT at the latest)
BATTLESHACK 5 voting contest
coming summer 2025
We will begin Season 6 this summer
with new artists from the latest
REVERBNATION CAMPAIGN
CHECK OUT the new review (Click the pics for the gallery) from our latest team acquisition. New CREW'S VIEWS (link)
member Emily Collins has joined the team to help shake up the page with a different review style for our blog! Find the full article review with pics and links for AMANDA COOKSEY along with a bio for Emily on our CREW'S VIEWS page! Thanks alot for helping us out Emily! You're the best!
member Emily Collins has joined the team to help shake up the page with a different review style for our blog! Find the full article review with pics and links for AMANDA COOKSEY along with a bio for Emily on our CREW'S VIEWS page! Thanks alot for helping us out Emily! You're the best!
BRAND NEW!!
ROCKWAVES 7
5/3/2025
DADS ROCK 5
6/15/25
Out now on ZENO FM!
Look for it on the podcast feed soon!
New Triple Threat shows - Zeno FM radio exclusives
#32 (Eiffels, Wild Horse, Explorers) new tracks for the 80s
#33 (The Royal Foundry, Paper Jackets, Sam Tinnesz and friends!!) pop rock/alt
ROCKWAVES 7
5/3/2025
DADS ROCK 5
6/15/25
Out now on ZENO FM!
Look for it on the podcast feed soon!
New Triple Threat shows - Zeno FM radio exclusives
#32 (Eiffels, Wild Horse, Explorers) new tracks for the 80s
#33 (The Royal Foundry, Paper Jackets, Sam Tinnesz and friends!!) pop rock/alt
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Promo Block for Specials
Brand new (MUSIC ONLY) bonus show
Memorial Day Weekend Party
CLUB SHACK
May 26, 2025
Monday at 6:30pm
OUT NOW on the podcast feed!
SHACKJAM series
KERB 99.9
HOUSTON, TX
Mondays at 2pm EST/1pm CST
(unfortunately KRAM has closed as of Apr 28)
Show will be posted to the podcast player after first airing!
KERB 99.9
HOUSTON, TX
Mondays at 2pm EST/1pm CST
(unfortunately KRAM has closed as of Apr 28)
Show will be posted to the podcast player after first airing!
Click the pic to visit KERB!!
POP STOP
Wednesdays
3pm EST
MXTR-FM
Virginia/Washington DC metro's
Best Indie Radio
Wednesdays
3pm EST
MXTR-FM
Virginia/Washington DC metro's
Best Indie Radio
Click the pic to visit MXTR-FM!
GREAT NIGHT OUT in CHARLOTTE!
POD and DROWNING POOL
with my good friend and merch manager
Melissa Hollis of Drowning Pool!
Thanks for the official guest badge!
That's an honor!
The NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRE
(awesome venue!!)
Charlotte, NC
May 9th, 2024
Thanks for the memories!
Many more coming soon as
we are planning a HUGE festival series
with multiple venues
for North Carolina in the future (TBA)
POD and DROWNING POOL
with my good friend and merch manager
Melissa Hollis of Drowning Pool!
Thanks for the official guest badge!
That's an honor!
The NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRE
(awesome venue!!)
Charlotte, NC
May 9th, 2024
Thanks for the memories!
Many more coming soon as
we are planning a HUGE festival series
with multiple venues
for North Carolina in the future (TBA)
"The HalShack RockCast has become a breath of fresh air to what had become a rather flaccid arena for what today’s FM radio plays, which can be nothing short of the same female (or male) singers practicing their vocal exercises over a producer’s loops or some recycled or borrowed beat that people had long forgotten."
"Hal brings you the unpolished gems of what can (and will) be actual future storytellers brought to you via FM radio."
Brandon Barnes (wrote this review) is a former broadcaster, producer and DJ for 1230AM WMFR, 99.5FM WMAG and 98.3FM WTHP in the Piedmont-Triad, North Carolina metropolitan market.
HALSHACK IS MORE THAN A PODCAST!
We are an exclusive
FREE music entertainment universe platform
and festival promoters also
future promotions/indie label!
Halshack is a......
PODCAST
(pop/alt/rock and more)
24 hour radio station
on ZENO FM
(streaming podcast episodes
plus exclusive shows for the station)
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST SERIES!
(new expansion to our format)
Please help the lists grow!
Need follows and likes to help these
bands trend the algorithms!
Professional/amateur music blog
Promotional label
FESTIVAL PROMOTION COMPANY
coming soon in conjunction
with the city government of
LEXINGTON, NC
SUMMER 2025
"MTV" type video channel
(SHACKVIDS)
Battleshack contests
Battlevids contests
Rap Shack
Shack Country
plus more........................
15 pages of content here at Halshack!
Its taken 10 YEARS to earn these accomplishments!
BIG NAMES and companies who are credited with our advancement in the industry!
THANK YOU!!!
We are an exclusive
FREE music entertainment universe platform
and festival promoters also
future promotions/indie label!
Halshack is a......
PODCAST
(pop/alt/rock and more)
24 hour radio station
on ZENO FM
(streaming podcast episodes
plus exclusive shows for the station)
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST SERIES!
(new expansion to our format)
Please help the lists grow!
Need follows and likes to help these
bands trend the algorithms!
Professional/amateur music blog
Promotional label
FESTIVAL PROMOTION COMPANY
coming soon in conjunction
with the city government of
LEXINGTON, NC
SUMMER 2025
"MTV" type video channel
(SHACKVIDS)
Battleshack contests
Battlevids contests
Rap Shack
Shack Country
plus more........................
15 pages of content here at Halshack!
Its taken 10 YEARS to earn these accomplishments!
BIG NAMES and companies who are credited with our advancement in the industry!
THANK YOU!!!
We like to be transparent and display
our growth potential.
This is our reach on ZENO FM this past year!
Over 2,700 towns/cities and commercial markets
across the globe in 170 countries!!
THANK YOU!!!
our growth potential.
This is our reach on ZENO FM this past year!
Over 2,700 towns/cities and commercial markets
across the globe in 170 countries!!
THANK YOU!!!
Get your new rock, alt, pop, indie fix here!
Get the all-new
Halshack Country radio station!
Kick up your heels with some
fantastic country/Americana talent!
Brand new Rap/Hip-Hop station for your ears!
Time to thump your soul Halshack style!
Time to thump your soul Halshack style!
We had the best time at the Norse Forged Gathering!
Got to meet famous streamer and Tik Tok influencer
QUINCY's TAVERN!
What an awesome honorable guy!
Be sure to follow Quincy's Tavern and
Ready Set Sort across all social media!
Our efforts are becoming aligned!
GET ALL YOUR GAMING SUPPLIES at READY SET SORT!
www.readysetsort.com
Catch the last 3 shows
(Magic Places, ShackJam 9 and Pop Stop 3)
as we hammer down on
locking in our efforts
with each other to help grow
the gaming community and Halshack!
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OUT NOW on the podcast feed EVERYWHERE
and ZENO FM (Rap Shack) station!
and ZENO FM (Rap Shack) station!
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Brand new ZENO FM--- EXCLUSIVE!!
(not on the podcast feed)
Stream (at random) below or get the app!!
Catch it when its on or jam out to different shows!
(not on the podcast feed)
Stream (at random) below or get the app!!
Catch it when its on or jam out to different shows!
GET THE ALL-NEW 24/7 STREAMING RADIO STATION at ZENO FM!!
SAVE THE LINK for EASY PLAY ANYTIME ANYWHERE!!
CLICK THE PIC BELOW TO STREAM
VIA WEB LINK OR GET THE APP!!
THEN HIT PLAY!!
You can also stream from any of the great providers below!
SAVE THE LINK for EASY PLAY ANYTIME ANYWHERE!!
CLICK THE PIC BELOW TO STREAM
VIA WEB LINK OR GET THE APP!!
THEN HIT PLAY!!
You can also stream from any of the great providers below!
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Brand new playlist series!
Just released on SPOTIFY for 2023! Get your year started out right with the Halshack on Spotify!
Just released on SPOTIFY for 2023! Get your year started out right with the Halshack on Spotify!
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Please welcome Belinda Carlisle to the Halshack!! Well last year we didn't get to put much focus on this special event! Due to the Wampus Cat Music Festival with Lit, Everclear and Sister Hazel this song was completely over shadowed! I talked about the song and played it in the Wampus Cat Special but it was a wash for their representation!
Well I'd like to give this song justice and put the proper focus on the stellar career of Miss Belinda Carlisle of the Go Go's fame! I'm honored to have her on the show! She released a book recently about her troubled life behind the scenes which I believe many of us did not know about! I'm thankful she found a clean road to sobriety and she's with us today to share her stories of trials and tribulations. I'm glad she's overcome her problems and back on the road touring and cutting new music like this song with Gabe Lopez! Gabe submitted to me again for the show which we've already heard Gabe 3 times now on 3 diff tunes so thought we should swing back around to this little "diddy" about feeling the blues for home in CALIFORNIA BLUES! Honored to have this duet!
This is all part of Reverbnation Campaign #6! We had 1500 submissions and all total almost 50 were chosen. There was 2 Shacknation shows and one rap show still to be released Rap Shack 12 will be out soon! Announcements will be coming shortly in emails to the lucky winners to get on my show!
This is a great show. 10 minutes longer than normal. Lots of varied popular styles blended together. First you have some pop then a little EDM to swing your hips too then we work into some modern contemporary and off with a Brit wave to end the block. Third we will rock you out with various styles of new rock from light to heavy in your face tracks with Once Around at the end!
Its a blast! Share to your friends and associates!
You find the show all over the web! Itunes Iheart Amazon Music Podomatic and many more!!
See you again soon for Rap Shack 12!
High Rock Music Festival plans are in full swing for Summer 2024! More on that later!
STREAM or DOWNLOAD below!
Well I'd like to give this song justice and put the proper focus on the stellar career of Miss Belinda Carlisle of the Go Go's fame! I'm honored to have her on the show! She released a book recently about her troubled life behind the scenes which I believe many of us did not know about! I'm thankful she found a clean road to sobriety and she's with us today to share her stories of trials and tribulations. I'm glad she's overcome her problems and back on the road touring and cutting new music like this song with Gabe Lopez! Gabe submitted to me again for the show which we've already heard Gabe 3 times now on 3 diff tunes so thought we should swing back around to this little "diddy" about feeling the blues for home in CALIFORNIA BLUES! Honored to have this duet!
This is all part of Reverbnation Campaign #6! We had 1500 submissions and all total almost 50 were chosen. There was 2 Shacknation shows and one rap show still to be released Rap Shack 12 will be out soon! Announcements will be coming shortly in emails to the lucky winners to get on my show!
This is a great show. 10 minutes longer than normal. Lots of varied popular styles blended together. First you have some pop then a little EDM to swing your hips too then we work into some modern contemporary and off with a Brit wave to end the block. Third we will rock you out with various styles of new rock from light to heavy in your face tracks with Once Around at the end!
Its a blast! Share to your friends and associates!
You find the show all over the web! Itunes Iheart Amazon Music Podomatic and many more!!
See you again soon for Rap Shack 12!
High Rock Music Festival plans are in full swing for Summer 2024! More on that later!
STREAM or DOWNLOAD below!
Happy New year everybody! With a new year comes new dreams and aspirations and look no further for yours truly to set off a perfect "harmonic" storm for your winter (or summer..lol) music blues!!
Friction Skating Rink in Lexington is the coolest place to be to catch new episodes of this exclusive series made specifically for the skating rink at Grand Opening to get their feet wet and mine too as we will be holding "Shack Hole" events at the Axe Hole connected next door to the skating rink!
What a wild combination of skating and axe throwing in the same building...., its a good thing they aren't skating and throwing axes in tandem....lol
At the Axe Hole you will find pool tables (Pool Tournaments on certain nights) Cornhole (official Cornhole league tournaments), Punching Machine, Bull Riding games plus much more! Beer, Wine and Sodas and Snacks. Full arcade fun next door at the Skating Rink! Bring the family or book your next event at the Axe Hole/Friction Skating in Lexington, NC!!
Plans for a SHACK HOLE are in the works where we will have challenge games for prizes going all night and great party music to rock your night away while I blissfully host your party event! Be looking forward to the announcement!
Shacknation 10 and Rap Shack 11 are still in the works for the fans and the artists involved! Ive been too busy with work and the holidays to focus on that! That's the next thing to tackle on my agenda! ASAP!
For now enjoy this little tidbit from yours truly to tide you over. Great music for skating or a party in general or just take a drive and dive right in to the cherry picked sounds of the Halshack! Shacklist is on the flyer, it can also be found at my website Halshack.com/shacklists
Find everything Halshack at my website Halshack.com
Find the show on all music servers including Itunes, Iheart Radio, Amazon Music plus many more!
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST SERIES is here. Just search HALSHACK ROCKCAST to find many great compilations of our bands libraries from over the years! I'm working diligently to add many more as the months progress!
See you folks soon!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
Friction Skating Rink in Lexington is the coolest place to be to catch new episodes of this exclusive series made specifically for the skating rink at Grand Opening to get their feet wet and mine too as we will be holding "Shack Hole" events at the Axe Hole connected next door to the skating rink!
What a wild combination of skating and axe throwing in the same building...., its a good thing they aren't skating and throwing axes in tandem....lol
At the Axe Hole you will find pool tables (Pool Tournaments on certain nights) Cornhole (official Cornhole league tournaments), Punching Machine, Bull Riding games plus much more! Beer, Wine and Sodas and Snacks. Full arcade fun next door at the Skating Rink! Bring the family or book your next event at the Axe Hole/Friction Skating in Lexington, NC!!
Plans for a SHACK HOLE are in the works where we will have challenge games for prizes going all night and great party music to rock your night away while I blissfully host your party event! Be looking forward to the announcement!
Shacknation 10 and Rap Shack 11 are still in the works for the fans and the artists involved! Ive been too busy with work and the holidays to focus on that! That's the next thing to tackle on my agenda! ASAP!
For now enjoy this little tidbit from yours truly to tide you over. Great music for skating or a party in general or just take a drive and dive right in to the cherry picked sounds of the Halshack! Shacklist is on the flyer, it can also be found at my website Halshack.com/shacklists
Find everything Halshack at my website Halshack.com
Find the show on all music servers including Itunes, Iheart Radio, Amazon Music plus many more!
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST SERIES is here. Just search HALSHACK ROCKCAST to find many great compilations of our bands libraries from over the years! I'm working diligently to add many more as the months progress!
See you folks soon!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
Well well you might think something is wrong with your vision and not believing what you're seeing but YES its true EMINEM is making his first appearance on my show!! Im super honored to have him as a guest in this awesome brilliant new collab from Pittsburgh based Disaster Theory and Eminem's close friend Swifty McVay. Eminem did an intro for the band and Swifty in the song and cut a few bars for the guys to help get them on their way! Great tune, well produced, well played, could be a MEGA hit!
As Em says in the song intro "You might think somethings wrong with your hearing.....guess who's back"
We're proud to have Eminem "back" for his first time on the Halshack!! Absolutely awesome!!
Thanks so much for being part of the team Disaster Theory and bringing us this gem of a track!! Mad respect and kudos to Eminem and Swifty for being part of this collab project. Thank you for helping to strengthen the indie music indutry presence!
As Em says in the song intro "You might think somethings wrong with your hearing.....guess who's back"
We're proud to have Eminem "back" for his first time on the Halshack!! Absolutely awesome!!
Thanks so much for being part of the team Disaster Theory and bringing us this gem of a track!! Mad respect and kudos to Eminem and Swifty for being part of this collab project. Thank you for helping to strengthen the indie music indutry presence!
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Brand new release to main podcast feed! If you're not on Amazon Music then these shows are all new to YOU!
Get 'em now across the web everywhere you find the HALSHACK!!
Get 'em now across the web everywhere you find the HALSHACK!!
REVERBNATION CAMPAIGN #4 (Top 50 of 2000)
Most music cats would agree that 9 lives for shows would be their decree so lastly this lion must make his roar known with Shacknation volume 9.
We're growing all over the "stratosphere" because of good folks like you and these brilliant musicians we have on tap each and every episode.
This episode features a blended mix of rock, country and americana that any fans of this type of music would enjoy!
Look out for 70's rockers Moon City Masters and their new track "Send it On"
2 local NC native acts making the cut each with 2 songs. David Dixon from Raleigh and Barefoot Modern from Boone!! Well done to you both. (honorable mention going to Barefoot Modern for scoring a 3rd track in Shacknation vol 8)
We're looking for Ep 27 (all-new hosted) to be a talk episode where I will focus on a "Greatest Hits" hand picked selection of all 4 Reverbnation campaigns for Shacknation vol 10.
Campaign #5 is set start with submissions in Sept rolling through Nov. So there wont be any new Reverb based shows until later in the year.
Thanks to everyone for your awesome support! We will only grow MORE because of grassroots efforts!
Find all shows on Amazon Music, Iheart Radio, Itunes and many many more including my website!
WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH for EP 27! (I'll be there with jokes ready ......and great tunes too!!)
Most music cats would agree that 9 lives for shows would be their decree so lastly this lion must make his roar known with Shacknation volume 9.
We're growing all over the "stratosphere" because of good folks like you and these brilliant musicians we have on tap each and every episode.
This episode features a blended mix of rock, country and americana that any fans of this type of music would enjoy!
Look out for 70's rockers Moon City Masters and their new track "Send it On"
2 local NC native acts making the cut each with 2 songs. David Dixon from Raleigh and Barefoot Modern from Boone!! Well done to you both. (honorable mention going to Barefoot Modern for scoring a 3rd track in Shacknation vol 8)
We're looking for Ep 27 (all-new hosted) to be a talk episode where I will focus on a "Greatest Hits" hand picked selection of all 4 Reverbnation campaigns for Shacknation vol 10.
Campaign #5 is set start with submissions in Sept rolling through Nov. So there wont be any new Reverb based shows until later in the year.
Thanks to everyone for your awesome support! We will only grow MORE because of grassroots efforts!
Find all shows on Amazon Music, Iheart Radio, Itunes and many many more including my website!
WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH for EP 27! (I'll be there with jokes ready ......and great tunes too!!)
DADS ROCK 2 feat. CAVO (new song) Its June, Its FATHER'S DAY month and DADS love rock in all its forms plus DADS just plain rock at life (most of us anyway..lol)
In this episode you will hear from major rock band CAVO (former WB), BELOW 7 (Sony), MARQUIS of VAUDEVILLE (Dexter and Charmed) JR RICHARDS (former lead hit song Counting Blue Cars--DISHWALLA) plus Baltimore's #1 rock band CRASHING ATLAS (new Evanessence type band) also many other great bands!
HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!
Thanks for tuning in and rocking out! Find our show on all major music services including
IHEART radio, ITUNES, APPLE podcasts, DEEZER, AMAZON MUSIC and many more!
Thanks for becoming a fan! 400 cities and 100 countries just love what we do over the course of the last 8 years!!
STREAM or DOWLOAD here
In this episode you will hear from major rock band CAVO (former WB), BELOW 7 (Sony), MARQUIS of VAUDEVILLE (Dexter and Charmed) JR RICHARDS (former lead hit song Counting Blue Cars--DISHWALLA) plus Baltimore's #1 rock band CRASHING ATLAS (new Evanessence type band) also many other great bands!
HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!
Thanks for tuning in and rocking out! Find our show on all major music services including
IHEART radio, ITUNES, APPLE podcasts, DEEZER, AMAZON MUSIC and many more!
Thanks for becoming a fan! 400 cities and 100 countries just love what we do over the course of the last 8 years!!
STREAM or DOWLOAD here
This was exclusive to AMAZON MUSIC and ZENO FM for the last year! Time to put it on the feed!!
Stream or Download now!!
Stream or Download now!!
New release May 2022 (of an exclusive show from Jan 2021)
St Louis international rockers CAVO gave us an exclusive baby!! I'm very honored!!
World podcast premiere exclusive song!!
Stream or hit the download button and take it with you everywhere!!
Get it now!!
Cool bonus FRANKIE MUNIZ from FOX TV "Malcolm in the Middle" is in the first track as a drummer for the bands KINGSFOIL and ASTRO LASSO!! Really awesome they have been part of my team for over 3 years now!!!
Time for the official release of SAHCKTRACKS EP 3 (MAY 2022 release) from the EXCLUSIVE AMAZON/ZENO FM series!! Its been out for a year and a half now so its ok to bring it over to the regular podcast feed on IHEART and ITUNES and DEEZER plus all the others!! Ep 4 will be out soon too! New Amazon Shows coming!!
Go check out Shacktracks 5 only on AMAZON MUSIC!!
St Louis international rockers CAVO gave us an exclusive baby!! I'm very honored!!
World podcast premiere exclusive song!!
Stream or hit the download button and take it with you everywhere!!
Get it now!!
Cool bonus FRANKIE MUNIZ from FOX TV "Malcolm in the Middle" is in the first track as a drummer for the bands KINGSFOIL and ASTRO LASSO!! Really awesome they have been part of my team for over 3 years now!!!
Time for the official release of SAHCKTRACKS EP 3 (MAY 2022 release) from the EXCLUSIVE AMAZON/ZENO FM series!! Its been out for a year and a half now so its ok to bring it over to the regular podcast feed on IHEART and ITUNES and DEEZER plus all the others!! Ep 4 will be out soon too! New Amazon Shows coming!!
Go check out Shacktracks 5 only on AMAZON MUSIC!!
WAMPUS CAT has been POSTPONED till Fall due to BAD WEATHER!
Almost time for the WAMPUS CAT MUSIC FESTIVAL (5/13-5/15) Thought I'd squeeze out the last REVERBNATION CAMPAIGN #3 show before we head to the fest!! Campaign #4 is on the way!! Starting very soon!
In this show you will hear some diff styles and genres I don't normally touch on but every so often. Lots of cool blues and reggae in this one. Some of the best horn work Ive heard in my life is in ANOTHER NIGHT by Alexandrina. More new tracks from Eddie and Cassy London from the last episode. This show has Nic Collins (Phil Collins son) as a drummer in a new band BETTER STRANGERS. Lots to hear and LOVE!
Ill be on stage at the WAMPUS CAT in Sanford, NC!! See you there!
Catch everything Halshack at
www.halshack.com
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find the show on IHEART, ITUNES, AMAZON MUSIC and many more!!
Almost time for the WAMPUS CAT MUSIC FESTIVAL (5/13-5/15) Thought I'd squeeze out the last REVERBNATION CAMPAIGN #3 show before we head to the fest!! Campaign #4 is on the way!! Starting very soon!
In this show you will hear some diff styles and genres I don't normally touch on but every so often. Lots of cool blues and reggae in this one. Some of the best horn work Ive heard in my life is in ANOTHER NIGHT by Alexandrina. More new tracks from Eddie and Cassy London from the last episode. This show has Nic Collins (Phil Collins son) as a drummer in a new band BETTER STRANGERS. Lots to hear and LOVE!
Ill be on stage at the WAMPUS CAT in Sanford, NC!! See you there!
Catch everything Halshack at
www.halshack.com
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find the show on IHEART, ITUNES, AMAZON MUSIC and many more!!
**********Well Mother Nature is being a "wonderful woman" and bringing us rain all week. It wll turn the feilds into mud. We want to have a great festival but not in those kinds of conditions. We will attempt for the FALL. We appreciate your understanding. ***************
LISTEN UP..... AMAZON MUSIC and IHEART RADIO and ITUNES and all HALSHACK channels!! WE GOT A HUGE FESTIVAL
EVENT COMING!!
Well Its Season 4 Ep 26 being released on April 26th (4-26) Hows that for the BEST unplanned timing!! I also fell into a HUGE festival event! Its the WAMPUS CAT MUSIC FEST coming to North Carolina! Many Halshack acts made the ticket including Seth and Sara, the City limit, Crashing Atlas, and Below 7. Catch them all plus 70 other acts including headliners LIT, EVERCLEAR and SISTER HAZEL!
In this episode you will hear new acts from the latest Reverbnation Campaign #3 and the Halshack acts from the Wampus Cat that will be playing as well as 3 new acts I found that will be at the upcoming festival to include on my quality team. JR RICHARDS (from DISHWALLA) will be at the fest and hes in my show!! I'm stoked!!
Iheart Radio will be there, Several radio stations will be there, I will be there presenting some of the bands on stage! Gonna be the biggest party NC has seen in years!!
Get you half price tickets now (only 65 bucks parking included to go all weekend) Tix on sale through May 1st then back to full price after!
2 for the price of 1 tickets (GET THEM NOW)!!
Tent and RV packages available as well!
www.wampuscatmusicfestival.com
Starts Fri May 13th, 2022 at 11am and ends Sun May 15th at 9pm!
Gross Farms
3345 Rosser Pittman Rd
Broadway, NC (just south of Sanford)
SEE You there!!
web
www.halshack.com
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
IHEART- Halshack
www.iheart.com/podcast/256-halshack-indie-rockcast-31001035/
LISTEN UP..... AMAZON MUSIC and IHEART RADIO and ITUNES and all HALSHACK channels!! WE GOT A HUGE FESTIVAL
EVENT COMING!!
Well Its Season 4 Ep 26 being released on April 26th (4-26) Hows that for the BEST unplanned timing!! I also fell into a HUGE festival event! Its the WAMPUS CAT MUSIC FEST coming to North Carolina! Many Halshack acts made the ticket including Seth and Sara, the City limit, Crashing Atlas, and Below 7. Catch them all plus 70 other acts including headliners LIT, EVERCLEAR and SISTER HAZEL!
In this episode you will hear new acts from the latest Reverbnation Campaign #3 and the Halshack acts from the Wampus Cat that will be playing as well as 3 new acts I found that will be at the upcoming festival to include on my quality team. JR RICHARDS (from DISHWALLA) will be at the fest and hes in my show!! I'm stoked!!
Iheart Radio will be there, Several radio stations will be there, I will be there presenting some of the bands on stage! Gonna be the biggest party NC has seen in years!!
Get you half price tickets now (only 65 bucks parking included to go all weekend) Tix on sale through May 1st then back to full price after!
2 for the price of 1 tickets (GET THEM NOW)!!
Tent and RV packages available as well!
www.wampuscatmusicfestival.com
Starts Fri May 13th, 2022 at 11am and ends Sun May 15th at 9pm!
Gross Farms
3345 Rosser Pittman Rd
Broadway, NC (just south of Sanford)
SEE You there!!
web
www.halshack.com
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
IHEART- Halshack
www.iheart.com/podcast/256-halshack-indie-rockcast-31001035/
Its Reverb campaign number 3 and these raps are beast that most would agree! Almost 2000 submissions and these select few were chosen. Only the best beats and raps for the Halshack!
All new artists with new tunes to the show. New styles this time around too. We got some jazz and alt pop infused hip hop!! Cutting edge music and genres are what my show has become famous for.
We got a new Spotify playlist series coming called the FIRE SHACK featuring the best of the RAP SHACK series!
Brand new ep 26 Sahcknation vol 6 and 7 will be coming next!
Be sure to catch me out "live" at the Wampus Cat Music Festival next month May 13-15th in Sanford NC! Over 70 acts!! All weekend festival. Tent and RV packages available!
Ill be there on stage presenting 4 quality Halshack acts including Below 7 and Crashing Atlas!!
Thanks for becoming a fan!
Catch Halshack all over the web!!
All new artists with new tunes to the show. New styles this time around too. We got some jazz and alt pop infused hip hop!! Cutting edge music and genres are what my show has become famous for.
We got a new Spotify playlist series coming called the FIRE SHACK featuring the best of the RAP SHACK series!
Brand new ep 26 Sahcknation vol 6 and 7 will be coming next!
Be sure to catch me out "live" at the Wampus Cat Music Festival next month May 13-15th in Sanford NC! Over 70 acts!! All weekend festival. Tent and RV packages available!
Ill be there on stage presenting 4 quality Halshack acts including Below 7 and Crashing Atlas!!
Thanks for becoming a fan!
Catch Halshack all over the web!!
Halshack is Playin' with FIRE!! Double Sam action with the fiery sounds of SAM TINNESZ along with SAM and SOUNDS floating on Cloud 9 in the UK! Both Sams have been part of my quality team for some time now. Sam Tinnesz has been "blowing out" his hot "hits" all over my show for the last 3 years!!
Music is life and life is music for many! Space and the cosmos hold the building blocks for life as we know it here on planet Earth. The elements are varied and mixed from water to fire to earth to the very air we breathe. These musicians work hard to breathe these elements into their craft to bring to you here on the HALSHACK.
The elements bring passion to our music and our lives to create rich stories and vibrant lyrics with soaring melodies in some tunes or just "badass" vibes in others!!...lol
We owe everything to space and the planet Earth and all the chemistry it gives us in life, love, and pure enjoyment of all things elemental!!
Rock on or play with fire or just chill in the sunshine! However you do life, do it with the Halshack!!
EP 26 coming soon!! All new music from the 3rd Reverbnation campaign! We picked up another star!! BELINDA CARLISLE of "the GO GOs" is back in a duo act with Gabe Lopez!! We got new station ID tags coming from my partner Greg Goodell,. We also got a former American Idol from Season 13 returning to the scene on my show AANNNDDDD we got a brand new "exclusive series" coming to SPOTIFY soon. Its being sponsored by my partner MIKE HOFFMAN at MLM ENTERTAINMENT! First up will be the FIRE SHACK (best of Rap Shack series)
There will be a slew of genre specific shows all with their own name and special series of music!
Also be sure to catch 2 Halshack acts passing through NC on the weekend of May 13-15th
CRASHING ATLAS and The CITY LIMIT will both be on the indie stage at the Wampus Cat Music Festival in Broadway NC just outside of Sanford! (my old stomping grounds where I grew up)
Always more news to come!! The indie grassroots movement that is the Halshack will never stop!!
Find my show all over the web including ITUNES, IHEART, and AMAZON MUSIC (many more...) as well as the show home PODOMATIC!
www.halshack.com
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find me on social media...say hi!
If you got music and you want on my show then find me anywhere or email me! Im not hard to locate or to talk too either! I dont make any promises Ill accept your music. It all depends on what you create!
Have fun! Be safe this spring!! The elements can be nasty this time of year!!
Music is life and life is music for many! Space and the cosmos hold the building blocks for life as we know it here on planet Earth. The elements are varied and mixed from water to fire to earth to the very air we breathe. These musicians work hard to breathe these elements into their craft to bring to you here on the HALSHACK.
The elements bring passion to our music and our lives to create rich stories and vibrant lyrics with soaring melodies in some tunes or just "badass" vibes in others!!...lol
We owe everything to space and the planet Earth and all the chemistry it gives us in life, love, and pure enjoyment of all things elemental!!
Rock on or play with fire or just chill in the sunshine! However you do life, do it with the Halshack!!
EP 26 coming soon!! All new music from the 3rd Reverbnation campaign! We picked up another star!! BELINDA CARLISLE of "the GO GOs" is back in a duo act with Gabe Lopez!! We got new station ID tags coming from my partner Greg Goodell,. We also got a former American Idol from Season 13 returning to the scene on my show AANNNDDDD we got a brand new "exclusive series" coming to SPOTIFY soon. Its being sponsored by my partner MIKE HOFFMAN at MLM ENTERTAINMENT! First up will be the FIRE SHACK (best of Rap Shack series)
There will be a slew of genre specific shows all with their own name and special series of music!
Also be sure to catch 2 Halshack acts passing through NC on the weekend of May 13-15th
CRASHING ATLAS and The CITY LIMIT will both be on the indie stage at the Wampus Cat Music Festival in Broadway NC just outside of Sanford! (my old stomping grounds where I grew up)
Always more news to come!! The indie grassroots movement that is the Halshack will never stop!!
Find my show all over the web including ITUNES, IHEART, and AMAZON MUSIC (many more...) as well as the show home PODOMATIC!
www.halshack.com
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find me on social media...say hi!
If you got music and you want on my show then find me anywhere or email me! Im not hard to locate or to talk too either! I dont make any promises Ill accept your music. It all depends on what you create!
Have fun! Be safe this spring!! The elements can be nasty this time of year!!
If most of you don't already know Im Generation X! We are the smallest Generation in the world in existence but yet we had the largest impact on culture from music to tv and movies to the very smartphone you hold in your hand!
My generational brothers and sisters are lost in this new world. We imagined a world where we could strive forward and make the necessary changes that our parents and grand parents neglected to see or admit. We were told to sit down and shut up and eat our brussel sprouts...lol Kids have no say!! Therefore we are lost (most of us not all), the forgotten ones, left to fend for ourselves to try to grow a career out of a life of disappointment and most of the time utter chaos. We found solitude in each other and our music for it was all we had!
We were the kids daring enough to do bike stunts in the backyard and play "war" around the neighborhood till the lights came on! We were partying in the woods and having bonfires before it was even cool and we were the first to play video games at home and all you had to do find where all your friends were was look for the most bikes in the front yard! Those were the days!
Now our generation is left to pick up the pieces of our aging parents, crushing debt, and Gen Z children who want a better life than what most of us can give or offer. We were branded the first and most "color blind" generation. We want nothing but peace and love for all humanity and coexistence was our forte.
We were groomed by our parents to get the great job and the white picket fence with 2.7 kids and a pension to fall back on but sadly the world that was created by them has been destroyed by them as well and we as always are overlooked for our opinions and knowledge and experience.
It seems that the current social climate culture is trying to suppress every thing we knew as kids from our music to movies. The major labels used to "care" about you the listener, now all they care about is the mighty dollar and "streamagers" habits...lol. They are the ones who have time to pass around garbage and call it music because once you've heard GREAT, you cant go back or be subjected to tolerating less than talent. Its like trading down for a crappier car than the one you have. Why would you???...lol
So why tolerate the BS they are handing out and why keep listening to 30 year old music you've heard 5000 times!!...lol (yes its great and you LOVE it) but there's always room to LOVE something else too!
Apparently we Gen Xers who created music what it is today doesn't have time to make sure we influence music in the right direction. A "LIKE" does nothing for a band on social media but hitting the "SHARE" button is the ultimate goal. That's what gets the message out to social media feeds around the globe!!
We have to stop and ask ourselves "Are we part of the problem that music has headed the way it has" That's a resounding YES because no one wants to lift a finger to retweet or share their fave indie band or a new act they found to their buddies (Some of you will, but most wont) and that's very unfortunate that the GEN that calls themselves the most critical thinking most problem solving most active GEN in history cant "hit a button". ...lol
We can all do better!! So next time hit the share button for a band you like or my show. They cant do it on their own and neither can we. This is going to take a grassroots movement from all of us. Its how my show and reputation have gotten to where it is today because of good people like you and great fans all over the world in 100 countries!!
Find my show on all major music services (Itunes, Iheart Radio, Amazon Music, Deezer etc..)
across the globe (except for Spotify)
Check out my website!! All shows posted here and all Halshack news 15 pages worth!!
24 hour radio station spinning random shows and commercial ads for other podcasters shows!
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Thanks for becoming a fan!!
PS...... CHECK OUT my reboot of MTV on my website (SHACKVIDS) will be coming to network television one day....cant wait to get music videos back on TV!!!!
My generational brothers and sisters are lost in this new world. We imagined a world where we could strive forward and make the necessary changes that our parents and grand parents neglected to see or admit. We were told to sit down and shut up and eat our brussel sprouts...lol Kids have no say!! Therefore we are lost (most of us not all), the forgotten ones, left to fend for ourselves to try to grow a career out of a life of disappointment and most of the time utter chaos. We found solitude in each other and our music for it was all we had!
We were the kids daring enough to do bike stunts in the backyard and play "war" around the neighborhood till the lights came on! We were partying in the woods and having bonfires before it was even cool and we were the first to play video games at home and all you had to do find where all your friends were was look for the most bikes in the front yard! Those were the days!
Now our generation is left to pick up the pieces of our aging parents, crushing debt, and Gen Z children who want a better life than what most of us can give or offer. We were branded the first and most "color blind" generation. We want nothing but peace and love for all humanity and coexistence was our forte.
We were groomed by our parents to get the great job and the white picket fence with 2.7 kids and a pension to fall back on but sadly the world that was created by them has been destroyed by them as well and we as always are overlooked for our opinions and knowledge and experience.
It seems that the current social climate culture is trying to suppress every thing we knew as kids from our music to movies. The major labels used to "care" about you the listener, now all they care about is the mighty dollar and "streamagers" habits...lol. They are the ones who have time to pass around garbage and call it music because once you've heard GREAT, you cant go back or be subjected to tolerating less than talent. Its like trading down for a crappier car than the one you have. Why would you???...lol
So why tolerate the BS they are handing out and why keep listening to 30 year old music you've heard 5000 times!!...lol (yes its great and you LOVE it) but there's always room to LOVE something else too!
Apparently we Gen Xers who created music what it is today doesn't have time to make sure we influence music in the right direction. A "LIKE" does nothing for a band on social media but hitting the "SHARE" button is the ultimate goal. That's what gets the message out to social media feeds around the globe!!
We have to stop and ask ourselves "Are we part of the problem that music has headed the way it has" That's a resounding YES because no one wants to lift a finger to retweet or share their fave indie band or a new act they found to their buddies (Some of you will, but most wont) and that's very unfortunate that the GEN that calls themselves the most critical thinking most problem solving most active GEN in history cant "hit a button". ...lol
We can all do better!! So next time hit the share button for a band you like or my show. They cant do it on their own and neither can we. This is going to take a grassroots movement from all of us. Its how my show and reputation have gotten to where it is today because of good people like you and great fans all over the world in 100 countries!!
Find my show on all major music services (Itunes, Iheart Radio, Amazon Music, Deezer etc..)
across the globe (except for Spotify)
Check out my website!! All shows posted here and all Halshack news 15 pages worth!!
24 hour radio station spinning random shows and commercial ads for other podcasters shows!
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Thanks for becoming a fan!!
PS...... CHECK OUT my reboot of MTV on my website (SHACKVIDS) will be coming to network television one day....cant wait to get music videos back on TV!!!!
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Reverb Campaign #3 is here and we all agree that you cant go wrong with these rappers of this degree! Skills is the game we play and song writing is how we plan to stay! Sticky...sticky..sticky goodness is what we're all about here at the "shack"! Radio used to mean catchy, radio used to mean solid hooks and tracks you can sing along or rap too because you can understand the lyrics and its written in a way that makes sense to your mind that anyone can relate. Its the reason "hit songs" became hit songs.
Those songs back in the day spoke to a wide range of people from all walks of life from all backgrounds to all races. That's what good mainstream hits do. They bridge the gap and bring people together under one common love and that's the love of music. If your song has the ability to grab multiple generations attention from multiple cultures across the world then you're on to something BIG!
Halshack dives deep into the indie market to pull out and showcase what could be "hits" in their respective rights to their genres or styles. These rappers and creators are out here working their butts off grinding daily through life and work to try to spark some life back into the rap scene we all used to know and love and cherish!
Gen X owns all popular music types. We expanded what was a bland market of soft rock disco and pop and turned the world on its head with stars like Dre, Snoop Dog, Madonna, Metallica and Guns and Roses etc..... There is no one better at music and its time to recapture that magic before all hope is lost to the major labels and their agenda to "dumb down" the industry!
Well we're not having it here on the Halshack! In the words of the great TWISTED SISTER "NO! We're not gonna take it anymoroorrreeee"...lol
Be sure to catch MIGS718 "live" at SXSW 2022 in Texas March 19! Im sure it will be a great showcase! Over 500 artists on display! We have one more from the Halshack! Portland rockers "40 Feet Tall" will also be out live in Texas!
The show is growing all over the world folks and especially out in Kansas! MIDWEST SALOON is from KANSAS CITY and KC has quickly become one of my top cities in the world out of 400 locations is up on deck with a couple songs to show you their cool classic styles and vibe that only they can create!
400 Metro Markets
100 Countries
110+ episodes
Go find everything Halshack at my website! 15 pages of content from video shows to podcasts to reviews to contests and more!
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find us all over the web at Itunes, Iheart, Podomatic, PlayerFM, Amazon Music, Deezer, plus many many many more........
Those songs back in the day spoke to a wide range of people from all walks of life from all backgrounds to all races. That's what good mainstream hits do. They bridge the gap and bring people together under one common love and that's the love of music. If your song has the ability to grab multiple generations attention from multiple cultures across the world then you're on to something BIG!
Halshack dives deep into the indie market to pull out and showcase what could be "hits" in their respective rights to their genres or styles. These rappers and creators are out here working their butts off grinding daily through life and work to try to spark some life back into the rap scene we all used to know and love and cherish!
Gen X owns all popular music types. We expanded what was a bland market of soft rock disco and pop and turned the world on its head with stars like Dre, Snoop Dog, Madonna, Metallica and Guns and Roses etc..... There is no one better at music and its time to recapture that magic before all hope is lost to the major labels and their agenda to "dumb down" the industry!
Well we're not having it here on the Halshack! In the words of the great TWISTED SISTER "NO! We're not gonna take it anymoroorrreeee"...lol
Be sure to catch MIGS718 "live" at SXSW 2022 in Texas March 19! Im sure it will be a great showcase! Over 500 artists on display! We have one more from the Halshack! Portland rockers "40 Feet Tall" will also be out live in Texas!
The show is growing all over the world folks and especially out in Kansas! MIDWEST SALOON is from KANSAS CITY and KC has quickly become one of my top cities in the world out of 400 locations is up on deck with a couple songs to show you their cool classic styles and vibe that only they can create!
400 Metro Markets
100 Countries
110+ episodes
Go find everything Halshack at my website! 15 pages of content from video shows to podcasts to reviews to contests and more!
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find us all over the web at Itunes, Iheart, Podomatic, PlayerFM, Amazon Music, Deezer, plus many many many more........
OUT NOW!!
2-18-22
2-18-22
BRAND NEW!!
SHACKOGRAPHIES!! Keep track of all Halshack shows in one place!
Find ones you missed or your faves!!
All shows listed in order of (original release)
SHACKOGRAPHIES!! Keep track of all Halshack shows in one place!
Find ones you missed or your faves!!
All shows listed in order of (original release)
Brand new music alert with EXCLUSIVES!!
The most prestigious HALSHACK series is back once again!
INDIE FLAVORS 3 is here to tantalize your ear buds while we waist away in all this winter weather here on the east coast of the USA! Cool music from some of your fave show veterans to heat up this blizzard-like landscape we call home and newcomers to the scene from the recent Reverbnation Campaign #2 which it turns out number #3 is on its way. Set to start for Feb and March 2022!
Past Indie Flavors shows have earned us accolades and awards from PLAYERFM (Podcast of the Day) and PODCHASER (Curated Oct list) plus others! So I'm sure this show will aim to please and reach new heights in Halshack lore!!
MIGS718 (Rap Shack star talent) from cold and snowy NYC is makin' his way into the mainstream alt scene with his first ever premiere exclusive pre-release of "I DIDN'T MIND"!!
Get it here!! ONLY on the HALSHACK!!
Soooooo sit back and enjoy these tasty treats we have "in-store" for you! You can only get them in "my store". Its a one a of a kind souffle of musical ambience that only I can cook up and present through my vast cookbook of musical tastes and special access to secret sauces....lol
Have fun in my musical "kitchen of dreams"!
Find us everywhere you find great music! IHEART, ITUNES, GOOGLE, AMAZON MUSIC, STITCHER, DEEZER, PODOMATIC and many more!!
or directly find everything Halshack at my website
www.HALSHACK.COM
or my 24 hour radio station
www.ZENO.FM/HALSHACK
Thanks for being a true fan of music and helping to spread the word!!
(I see you KANSAS CITY, WICHITA, and HUTCHINSON)!! You guys rock!!!!!
THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO GROW MY SHOW....It means alot!! It truly does!!
We need all the help we can get to get major music back on track!
The most prestigious HALSHACK series is back once again!
INDIE FLAVORS 3 is here to tantalize your ear buds while we waist away in all this winter weather here on the east coast of the USA! Cool music from some of your fave show veterans to heat up this blizzard-like landscape we call home and newcomers to the scene from the recent Reverbnation Campaign #2 which it turns out number #3 is on its way. Set to start for Feb and March 2022!
Past Indie Flavors shows have earned us accolades and awards from PLAYERFM (Podcast of the Day) and PODCHASER (Curated Oct list) plus others! So I'm sure this show will aim to please and reach new heights in Halshack lore!!
MIGS718 (Rap Shack star talent) from cold and snowy NYC is makin' his way into the mainstream alt scene with his first ever premiere exclusive pre-release of "I DIDN'T MIND"!!
Get it here!! ONLY on the HALSHACK!!
Soooooo sit back and enjoy these tasty treats we have "in-store" for you! You can only get them in "my store". Its a one a of a kind souffle of musical ambience that only I can cook up and present through my vast cookbook of musical tastes and special access to secret sauces....lol
Have fun in my musical "kitchen of dreams"!
Find us everywhere you find great music! IHEART, ITUNES, GOOGLE, AMAZON MUSIC, STITCHER, DEEZER, PODOMATIC and many more!!
or directly find everything Halshack at my website
www.HALSHACK.COM
or my 24 hour radio station
www.ZENO.FM/HALSHACK
Thanks for being a true fan of music and helping to spread the word!!
(I see you KANSAS CITY, WICHITA, and HUTCHINSON)!! You guys rock!!!!!
THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO GROW MY SHOW....It means alot!! It truly does!!
We need all the help we can get to get major music back on track!
COMING SOON!!
REVERB CAMPAIGN #2
BRAND NEW MUSIC ALERT!! REVERBNATION CAMPAIGN #2 is underway! Over 1000 submissions so far and here we are with 15 plus new artists! Its Thanksgiving you see and we all have to agree that giving the gift of music is how we find some glee this dismal holiday season!
We're still facing a pandemic thats plaguing the world as we head into 2022 so let's all take some time out of our busy hectic lives to share the love of music and mostly positive messages of strength and encouragement plus some damn good beats and hooks along the way.
New school, old school, everybody's school!!...lol My 30 years of rap knowledge and expert skills knows exactly what to sniff out of my extensive book of musical knowledge for melody and ambience plus diversity and flow of how a proper show should go and what material should be on display!
SKILLS SKILLS SKILLS and what you produce for songs is what gets you on my show! ONLY THE BEST folks! Mainstream doesnt do it this good anymore but I DO, each and EVERY time!!
Im proud to have stumbled upon a new collective group hailing from the good ole south. Mississippi has been hiding a gem in a little town south of Jackson. They are known as JOOV brought to us through ROCKPORT ENTERTAINMENT!
There's also some of our Halshack rap veterans on deck with YOUNGIE, JAWNY BADLUCK and JAYBREEZY. We also have more new tracks from newcomers via MLM ENTERTAINMENT and MIKE HOFFMAN with his son MIGS718 showing his "Blessings" in life and LADIBREE receiving blessings as a "BORN WINNER"!
This show is FIRE!! that only I can bring exclusively to your ears through your car stereo!!...lol
Find all RAP SHACK series and other Halshack shows at my website
24 hour radio station (random rotation but will run heavily at initial release)
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find all my shows also on AMAZON MUSIC, IHEART, ITUNES, PODOMATIC, STITCHER, XRP RADIO, GOOGLE MUSIC etc.........
THANKS so MUCH to all who are involved!! We cant have indie music and a family without supporters to help achieve all our common goals as a team!
Well well look what we have here! Look, up on stage! Its an actor, no its a dancer, no its the SUPERFINDS! These are all top 5 artists from the various BATTLE series shows. Some even made both top bands in the Batlleshack and Battlevids series! Well done!
I try to pick songs, as usual, that have not had much rotation or are new to keep every show as fresh as possible! So in no particular order, other than mastered into my artistic "trademark" flow, I present to you the best of the best of our infamous contest series!
Catch all new shows coming soon, every 2 weeks at the least you will get a show from me! Just recently I released SHACKTRACKS 5 onto Zeno FM and Amazon Music as well as my website!
www.halshack.com
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find the show all over the web on Iheart, Itunes, Amazon Music, Podomatic and many many more!
Thanks for tuning in, if you are new then go back and find all 100 episodes covering over 200 artists, spanning 2000 songs across 10 popular genres over my last 7 years as a podcast!
I play no games and make no jokes when I say this IS the next armada of real HIT artists just about left on the planet! Anything that resembles what we once knew on the radio in the 70s 80s 90s and 2000s has been taken in and given a home here at the Halshack! We are building a team here of next level artists and songs that encompass the universe of music that will define the HALSHACK in the years to come!
Glad you're all along for the ride!
Untill next time! .....REVERBNATION CAMPAIGN #2 is on the way!
.Look for Rap Shack 4 to probably kick it off more than likely!
I try to pick songs, as usual, that have not had much rotation or are new to keep every show as fresh as possible! So in no particular order, other than mastered into my artistic "trademark" flow, I present to you the best of the best of our infamous contest series!
Catch all new shows coming soon, every 2 weeks at the least you will get a show from me! Just recently I released SHACKTRACKS 5 onto Zeno FM and Amazon Music as well as my website!
www.halshack.com
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find the show all over the web on Iheart, Itunes, Amazon Music, Podomatic and many many more!
Thanks for tuning in, if you are new then go back and find all 100 episodes covering over 200 artists, spanning 2000 songs across 10 popular genres over my last 7 years as a podcast!
I play no games and make no jokes when I say this IS the next armada of real HIT artists just about left on the planet! Anything that resembles what we once knew on the radio in the 70s 80s 90s and 2000s has been taken in and given a home here at the Halshack! We are building a team here of next level artists and songs that encompass the universe of music that will define the HALSHACK in the years to come!
Glad you're all along for the ride!
Untill next time! .....REVERBNATION CAMPAIGN #2 is on the way!
.Look for Rap Shack 4 to probably kick it off more than likely!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Its the 80's! Nothing screams Halloween and FUN like the 80's!! So lets have an 80's party HALSHACK style!
This show includes my signature song from the PAPER JACKETS and STEVIE NICKS!!
A 100% authorized personally endorsed created version of STAND BACK!! The band worked behind the scenes personally with miss Nicks for almost 2 years on this song and album that was handed to me as the sole exclusive promoter and podcaster on the planet to have rights to play! Im super super honored!!
Cant go into details but the whole project was canned and tanked 1 month before release back in March 2018. The band ultimately went a different direction and signed with an indie label after a series of unfortunate events that I cant divulge because I was involved with this project long before it was ever announced or even known about, still no one really does except for long time fans of my show.
Last time this song was played was about 1 year and half ago I believe, so its time to dust the cobwebs off the tune for Halloween and lets have a good ole 80s party with all the gang including BOMBARGO who "recreated" the iconic walk on Abbey Rd in London just to get some "OXYGEN"! (oh and probably so they could take this photo...lol)
Everybody have a blast with yet another super high quality show from yours truly! Have a fun and happy safe HALLOWEEN 2021!!
Find my show everywhere!! ITUNES IHEART, AMAZON MUSIC, PODOMATIC...etc......
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
ATTENTION PODCASTERS and anyone else with a service to offer! I'm taking FREE ads on my radio station at ZENO FM to help build us all a thriving community of hope and engagement!!
Find me on social media or my website or heres my email. Just send me a 30 second ad or less to [email protected] (if you dont have music I may be able to help you with that)
STREAM or DOWNLOAD below!
This show includes my signature song from the PAPER JACKETS and STEVIE NICKS!!
A 100% authorized personally endorsed created version of STAND BACK!! The band worked behind the scenes personally with miss Nicks for almost 2 years on this song and album that was handed to me as the sole exclusive promoter and podcaster on the planet to have rights to play! Im super super honored!!
Cant go into details but the whole project was canned and tanked 1 month before release back in March 2018. The band ultimately went a different direction and signed with an indie label after a series of unfortunate events that I cant divulge because I was involved with this project long before it was ever announced or even known about, still no one really does except for long time fans of my show.
Last time this song was played was about 1 year and half ago I believe, so its time to dust the cobwebs off the tune for Halloween and lets have a good ole 80s party with all the gang including BOMBARGO who "recreated" the iconic walk on Abbey Rd in London just to get some "OXYGEN"! (oh and probably so they could take this photo...lol)
Everybody have a blast with yet another super high quality show from yours truly! Have a fun and happy safe HALLOWEEN 2021!!
Find my show everywhere!! ITUNES IHEART, AMAZON MUSIC, PODOMATIC...etc......
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
ATTENTION PODCASTERS and anyone else with a service to offer! I'm taking FREE ads on my radio station at ZENO FM to help build us all a thriving community of hope and engagement!!
Find me on social media or my website or heres my email. Just send me a 30 second ad or less to [email protected] (if you dont have music I may be able to help you with that)
STREAM or DOWNLOAD below!
Well here it is!! Battleshack 3!!
Over 90 artists!! Heres your top 10 playlist and a bonus show (keep scrolling...lol)
full of credible artists for your ears to enjoy!!!
STREAM or DOWNLOAD below!
Over 90 artists!! Heres your top 10 playlist and a bonus show (keep scrolling...lol)
full of credible artists for your ears to enjoy!!!
STREAM or DOWNLOAD below!
Check it out! Scored 3 acts in one competition!
WAM awards for pop, rap and love song categories!
Well done to all 3 of you receiving nominations!
Link to the competition below
www.indiemusicreporter.com/post/the-2021-w-a-m-awards-announce-nominations
WAM awards for pop, rap and love song categories!
Well done to all 3 of you receiving nominations!
Link to the competition below
www.indiemusicreporter.com/post/the-2021-w-a-m-awards-announce-nominations
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CLUB SHACK out now!! (9-8-21)
Coming soon!!!!!!
Rap Shack 3!!
Coming soon!!!!!!
Rap Shack 3!!
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Well Happy Birthday to me!! I'm turning 50 you see!! It's time for the gift of music! It's time for the RAP SHACK 3!! Pretty good for Gen X to flex past what you see to get to your ears that will agree!
Music is what my Gen is known for! You will not find a more knowledgeable person about the music industry than a Gen X native. One could say that most of us never really grew up! We've managed to learn how to blend the old with the new and have a unique perspective on life, values, and experiences.
I'm using that knowledge and background here with 30 plus years of rap history and skills swirling in my head to bring TOP quality shows to YOU the listener each and every time. Each episode is different and each episode has different themes and I try to always make a point to never overplay the same tunes.
SO FAR this RAP series has had no repeats!! Almost 60 different indie tunes with skills on par or above any major artist in the industry! MOST are some of the best I've ever heard!
So we're serving up a special entourage collective of the 845 area code in NY! G845, C.O.I.N. , LaughatProblems (LAP), and WUNDA 845 slingin' top tier rap/hip-hop/urban pop from the Queen state!
Also featuring our debut newcomers MIGS718 and LADIBREE from MLM ENTERTAINMENT! My partner Mike Hoffman has his son on the mic (Migs) doing his thang cruisin' in a "Two Door Coupe" while Ladibree is running the roads with her black rims "(like) she stole that s#!t from BRUCE WAYNE"...lol
And of course we cant forget our resident bad asses on the mic Youngie and BGOOD! Youngie just released some new tracks on their Spotify profile! Plenty of great diverse tunes from this up and coming rising talent! Bgood is always busy on tour bringin' good beats to the world!
Shout out to 2 more newcomers JAWNY BADLUCK and JAYBREEZY both hailing from the southwest in New Mexico! Maybe you 2 can collab together. That would be cool to hear! Also more newcomers found by way of the BSQUARE MGMT show! Mandi Macias, Tre Woods, AJ Smets did a collab on pop/rap song at the beginning "Be Like That" ...could be a HUGE hit! Jaybreezy did a collab with Olivia King on "Just Believe", certainly make you believe in their abilities to go far in this industry! Well done to all involved!
Now lets have a great show!
Find my popular show all over the world in a 100 countries or right here at my website!
ZENO FM--- 24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find me on Iheart, Itunes, Amazon Music...plus many more!
Thanks for helping our striving musicians try to thrive in this ever changing music world!
Music is what my Gen is known for! You will not find a more knowledgeable person about the music industry than a Gen X native. One could say that most of us never really grew up! We've managed to learn how to blend the old with the new and have a unique perspective on life, values, and experiences.
I'm using that knowledge and background here with 30 plus years of rap history and skills swirling in my head to bring TOP quality shows to YOU the listener each and every time. Each episode is different and each episode has different themes and I try to always make a point to never overplay the same tunes.
SO FAR this RAP series has had no repeats!! Almost 60 different indie tunes with skills on par or above any major artist in the industry! MOST are some of the best I've ever heard!
So we're serving up a special entourage collective of the 845 area code in NY! G845, C.O.I.N. , LaughatProblems (LAP), and WUNDA 845 slingin' top tier rap/hip-hop/urban pop from the Queen state!
Also featuring our debut newcomers MIGS718 and LADIBREE from MLM ENTERTAINMENT! My partner Mike Hoffman has his son on the mic (Migs) doing his thang cruisin' in a "Two Door Coupe" while Ladibree is running the roads with her black rims "(like) she stole that s#!t from BRUCE WAYNE"...lol
And of course we cant forget our resident bad asses on the mic Youngie and BGOOD! Youngie just released some new tracks on their Spotify profile! Plenty of great diverse tunes from this up and coming rising talent! Bgood is always busy on tour bringin' good beats to the world!
Shout out to 2 more newcomers JAWNY BADLUCK and JAYBREEZY both hailing from the southwest in New Mexico! Maybe you 2 can collab together. That would be cool to hear! Also more newcomers found by way of the BSQUARE MGMT show! Mandi Macias, Tre Woods, AJ Smets did a collab on pop/rap song at the beginning "Be Like That" ...could be a HUGE hit! Jaybreezy did a collab with Olivia King on "Just Believe", certainly make you believe in their abilities to go far in this industry! Well done to all involved!
Now lets have a great show!
Find my popular show all over the world in a 100 countries or right here at my website!
ZENO FM--- 24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find me on Iheart, Itunes, Amazon Music...plus many more!
Thanks for helping our striving musicians try to thrive in this ever changing music world!
Link to STREAM at AMAZON or ZENO FM below
https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/2114ed53-8671-4479-aad7-0177283643c0/episodes/d1fcd3bd-adb0-4d2e-ac3b-baf54624e7c1/HALSHACK-INDIE-ROCKCASTHALSHACK-SP-EDITION-FUTURE-FRESH-AUG-2021-UNDECIDED-FUTURE-MASHUP
www.zeno.fm/halshack
www.zeno.fm/halshack
HALSHACK is teaming up with a publicist B SQUARED MGMT!! Sarah Woods with the company was so very smart to hit me up and have me dive through their roster full of talent about 50 to 70 artists were on their list. I found the first couple of artists I listened to very intriguing, enough to get me to dig further, every 5-10 or so I'd find another buried in their list till next thing I knew I was digging down a rabbit hole I could not see my way out of...lol, until I was through! I'm really bad about OCD when it comes to artist's list. I will due my diligence whether you have 10 or 1000. I will find the "hidden gems" ALWAYS!!! All total I invested about 10 hours digging through all social and music profiles of every single artist in their roster to find collab projects and hit songs that were buried in their profiles, rather than out front where they should be, so they get noticed!
Let me tell you somethin'..... I'm most impressed with ALONZO and KENDALL RUCKS!!...that's all I'm sayin'......just wait!!
Funny thing is LAINEY DIONNE from the Reverbnation Campaign earlier this year is already a client of theirs so Lainey and I collaborated together and got a recording of her to stick in the show and she plans to help share and spread the word as much as she can about the Halshack. Shes been a cool addition to the library here at the show with 3 very current trendy pop songs. She has a new album coming so we look forward to that debut and more juicy songs for the show! Lainey lives in the Boston area of the country and my Boston fans have pushed up the chart this year to land in the top 10 for both maps! Well done! Thanks so much! Keep sharing and playing BOSTON ,RHODE ISLAND, and all the NORTHEAST! Let's all help make Lainey a household name as well as all this fantastic talent!!
OUT NOW!!! STREAM or DOWNLOAD below!!
Let me tell you somethin'..... I'm most impressed with ALONZO and KENDALL RUCKS!!...that's all I'm sayin'......just wait!!
Funny thing is LAINEY DIONNE from the Reverbnation Campaign earlier this year is already a client of theirs so Lainey and I collaborated together and got a recording of her to stick in the show and she plans to help share and spread the word as much as she can about the Halshack. Shes been a cool addition to the library here at the show with 3 very current trendy pop songs. She has a new album coming so we look forward to that debut and more juicy songs for the show! Lainey lives in the Boston area of the country and my Boston fans have pushed up the chart this year to land in the top 10 for both maps! Well done! Thanks so much! Keep sharing and playing BOSTON ,RHODE ISLAND, and all the NORTHEAST! Let's all help make Lainey a household name as well as all this fantastic talent!!
OUT NOW!!! STREAM or DOWNLOAD below!!
Brand new review out for Maquis of Vaudeville!
Get it here!! www.halshack.com/crews-views/the-vaudevillians-of-destiny
Get it here!! www.halshack.com/crews-views/the-vaudevillians-of-destiny
CLICK the PIC to link to the show!!
or keep scrolling...lol
Do what you want! I really don't care! ....lol
Why are you listening to me anyway?
Aren't we GEN Xers the class of "whatever"....lol
or keep scrolling...lol
Do what you want! I really don't care! ....lol
Why are you listening to me anyway?
Aren't we GEN Xers the class of "whatever"....lol
BRAND NEW ska/reggae influenced show out now!!
Catch SEE WATER live in concert 8-21/22-2021 in SC!!
STREAM or DOWNLOAD below!
Catch SEE WATER live in concert 8-21/22-2021 in SC!!
STREAM or DOWNLOAD below!
It's here now!!!! Battleshack 3!!!
PRIVATE VOTING CONTEST!!
You want in on the action go to SHACKHEADS on Facebook and request to join. Ill approve then you can vote and be a part of our exclusive private club! Thanks a bunch for participating!
The fans get to "make the show" for Ep 24 and decide whos the TOP 10 out of the last 90 acts since BS2! Its truly a great service to the indie community and help these bands! People love the Battleshack! Come be a part of the music revolution and "Rock my Vote"...lol
SPECIAL RULE!! ********* You have to vote for 3 or I will disqualify the vote!!********* Thank you!!
Here's a SPECIAL PLAYLIST only at SPOTIFY for the contest where you can hear one track from each act vying for a top 10 spot! This will help you place proper educated votes if you don't know who to vote for or just give you a refresher!
THIS A-LIST OF BANDS IS HIGHLY GUARDED AND REVERED AS MY ACQUIREMENTS over 10 years worth of experience and EXCLUSIVE BANDS that I have worked for and toiled over to support!
(ANY THIEVES WILL NOT TAKE CREDIT FOR MY LIFES WORK AND STEAL THIS LIST AS YOUR OWN!)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Al4gj3bGXzxQB1hUshZZ8?si=295c290138274a37
link to Shackheads
https://www.facebook.com/groups/420420678123616
PRIVATE VOTING CONTEST!!
You want in on the action go to SHACKHEADS on Facebook and request to join. Ill approve then you can vote and be a part of our exclusive private club! Thanks a bunch for participating!
The fans get to "make the show" for Ep 24 and decide whos the TOP 10 out of the last 90 acts since BS2! Its truly a great service to the indie community and help these bands! People love the Battleshack! Come be a part of the music revolution and "Rock my Vote"...lol
SPECIAL RULE!! ********* You have to vote for 3 or I will disqualify the vote!!********* Thank you!!
Here's a SPECIAL PLAYLIST only at SPOTIFY for the contest where you can hear one track from each act vying for a top 10 spot! This will help you place proper educated votes if you don't know who to vote for or just give you a refresher!
THIS A-LIST OF BANDS IS HIGHLY GUARDED AND REVERED AS MY ACQUIREMENTS over 10 years worth of experience and EXCLUSIVE BANDS that I have worked for and toiled over to support!
(ANY THIEVES WILL NOT TAKE CREDIT FOR MY LIFES WORK AND STEAL THIS LIST AS YOUR OWN!)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Al4gj3bGXzxQB1hUshZZ8?si=295c290138274a37
link to Shackheads
https://www.facebook.com/groups/420420678123616
HALSHACK pups are back at it again! This time were up for round 2!! I got so many pups I don't know what to do! ...lol
Please help me rehome!! The brown one is Cocoa the "winker" at the very end!! (adorable) She is spoken for!!
The others are Oreo, Tater "chip" and Peanut the runt (he's so cute!!) Momma Bella could use a new home too or she's going to the shelter. I was doing a favor and giving her a foster home rescue for the time being and I wound up with 8 pups in total trying to find the momma a home....lol
No good deed goes unpunished as they say...lol
Please help me rehome!! The brown one is Cocoa the "winker" at the very end!! (adorable) She is spoken for!!
The others are Oreo, Tater "chip" and Peanut the runt (he's so cute!!) Momma Bella could use a new home too or she's going to the shelter. I was doing a favor and giving her a foster home rescue for the time being and I wound up with 8 pups in total trying to find the momma a home....lol
No good deed goes unpunished as they say...lol
HALSHACK has reached 350 cities globally in 102 countries since joining a podcast feed!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Now go find out what you're missing!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Now go find out what you're missing!!
Happy 4th from all of us at the Halshack!!
COMING SOON!! July 2021
COMING SOON!! July 2021
BRAND NEW!! OUT NOW!!
Ep 23 (Destiny's Fate) AUG 2021
Ep 23 (Destiny's Fate) AUG 2021
Out now!!! Brand new!! Just released 7-1-21
Get it here!!
Stream or Download!!
Get it here!!
Stream or Download!!
Well it's the first day of summer folks and considering how I'm on a train headed for somewhere relevant in the music industry, its only fitting that we all hop on this train together to the top with yours truly....lol
Summertime is a great time for traveling or just lying around doing "absolutely nothing"! The world has many wonderful sights for your eyes and sounds for your ears (so do the kids screaming and playing in the backyard...maybe you need earphones to enjoy the show...lol)
You may be going to the beach or heading back home with fond memories of London. We can all feel good to be home after a long day of work or an exhausting vacation or maybe you need to make the move back home to find your roots and start over............
Wherever you go in the world or however you get there whether it be by train or plane or car you can always take the Halshack along for a good time.
Find me anywhere on the web!!
Just search Halshack!
24-hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
********Be sure to look out for UNDECIDED FUTURE, word is they could possibly be making a TV appearance on NBC in the future!! Guess we might get a chance to help decide theirs!!*********
STREAM or DOWNLOAD below............
Summertime is a great time for traveling or just lying around doing "absolutely nothing"! The world has many wonderful sights for your eyes and sounds for your ears (so do the kids screaming and playing in the backyard...maybe you need earphones to enjoy the show...lol)
You may be going to the beach or heading back home with fond memories of London. We can all feel good to be home after a long day of work or an exhausting vacation or maybe you need to make the move back home to find your roots and start over............
Wherever you go in the world or however you get there whether it be by train or plane or car you can always take the Halshack along for a good time.
Find me anywhere on the web!!
Just search Halshack!
24-hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
********Be sure to look out for UNDECIDED FUTURE, word is they could possibly be making a TV appearance on NBC in the future!! Guess we might get a chance to help decide theirs!!*********
STREAM or DOWNLOAD below............
Congratulations!!
If you're reading this then we made it to 2021 and hopefully past all the bullcrap and the nonsense that had us all down the last 2 years!!
Well lets "cut the crap" as us Dads like to say and show off only the finest in unknown rock this 3rd time around for another jaunt into my library and my headspace of vast musical knowledge of nuances and rock flair. (See Rock Ages 1 and 2) for more pure rock goodness!!
Rock is not meant to be nice nor are its fans forgiving when it comes to skills of the axe laden guitar string. Music is about showing off all your skills and musical weapons one possesses in their arsenal of experience and expertise.
I am Generation X. We learned to earn our keep and we perfected what modern music is today. Gen X is the best at music. We don't hand out participation trophies because we know the quality of talent that is out there. Once you've heard that then it makes no sense to settle for second best. It existed once at the top tier for many decades but that seemed to have been replaced with sub- standard expectations today.
You want on the Halshack??
You got to earn it! You earn it by creating something that catches my valuable well respected discerning ear! Millions of fans DO NOT impress me, what you create does, even if you only have a 100! I can spot quality years ahead!
I hope you enjoy my day of music for DAD to ROCK!!
Find everything Halshack at my website
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Show is also on just about every major music platform! Go find all the back episodes.
There's only about 80 different episodes to jam!! Even some country and rap!!
Thanks for becoming a fan!!
If you're reading this then we made it to 2021 and hopefully past all the bullcrap and the nonsense that had us all down the last 2 years!!
Well lets "cut the crap" as us Dads like to say and show off only the finest in unknown rock this 3rd time around for another jaunt into my library and my headspace of vast musical knowledge of nuances and rock flair. (See Rock Ages 1 and 2) for more pure rock goodness!!
Rock is not meant to be nice nor are its fans forgiving when it comes to skills of the axe laden guitar string. Music is about showing off all your skills and musical weapons one possesses in their arsenal of experience and expertise.
I am Generation X. We learned to earn our keep and we perfected what modern music is today. Gen X is the best at music. We don't hand out participation trophies because we know the quality of talent that is out there. Once you've heard that then it makes no sense to settle for second best. It existed once at the top tier for many decades but that seemed to have been replaced with sub- standard expectations today.
You want on the Halshack??
You got to earn it! You earn it by creating something that catches my valuable well respected discerning ear! Millions of fans DO NOT impress me, what you create does, even if you only have a 100! I can spot quality years ahead!
I hope you enjoy my day of music for DAD to ROCK!!
Find everything Halshack at my website
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Show is also on just about every major music platform! Go find all the back episodes.
There's only about 80 different episodes to jam!! Even some country and rap!!
Thanks for becoming a fan!!
Warning!!!! ADULT CONTENT 18+
Well if you're in the mood for thumpin' down the highway or you just want to thump your bedroom with your love then look no further! I put together this special show off a cue from a new friend who has a very sexually based podcast. It's something I've often thought about doing but waiting to get the right music together for it.
So here you go. Have a little fun on the house or in the house...lol whatever you do, be sure to make it special!!
Be sure to keep up with all things Halshack at my website!!
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find all my shows on most major music platforms!! Iheart, Itunes, Google, Deezer, Amazon Music plus many more and of course the show home here at PODOMATIC!!
Thanks for becoming a loyal fan! It really means alot to me and the indie musicians!! We cant turn the tide of music without your support! Please share!!
Well if you're in the mood for thumpin' down the highway or you just want to thump your bedroom with your love then look no further! I put together this special show off a cue from a new friend who has a very sexually based podcast. It's something I've often thought about doing but waiting to get the right music together for it.
So here you go. Have a little fun on the house or in the house...lol whatever you do, be sure to make it special!!
Be sure to keep up with all things Halshack at my website!!
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find all my shows on most major music platforms!! Iheart, Itunes, Google, Deezer, Amazon Music plus many more and of course the show home here at PODOMATIC!!
Thanks for becoming a loyal fan! It really means alot to me and the indie musicians!! We cant turn the tide of music without your support! Please share!!
Brand new (5-14-2021)
Hear ye! Hear ye! POPIFY 6 is NOW on the list! It sure is bliss and one show you will NOT won't to miss!....lol (I just had to, that was too easy)...lol
Its been out now for almost a year on TAMBR, its time now it can go to the feed so I hope you folks enjoy this romp through pop rock, alt rock, indie pop, dance pop etc.... like none other you will find anywhere on the planet!!!
ONLY THE BEST WILL DO!!
Well I went through my episode counts and noticed I have produced 87 episodes over my 6 years with 67 of those put out in the last 2 years respectively. There are about 10 shows not released to the podcast feed and this was one that has been exclusive for a private network!
Enjoy this great show as you wait for new sounds and bands to tempt your ears and seduce you into musical heaven!
Thanks for supporting the Halshack!
You can find my popular show about anywhere on the web!
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find my show on most major music platforms like Itunes, Iheart, Deezer, Google Play, Amazon Music, Podomatic and many many more!
Hear ye! Hear ye! POPIFY 6 is NOW on the list! It sure is bliss and one show you will NOT won't to miss!....lol (I just had to, that was too easy)...lol
Its been out now for almost a year on TAMBR, its time now it can go to the feed so I hope you folks enjoy this romp through pop rock, alt rock, indie pop, dance pop etc.... like none other you will find anywhere on the planet!!!
ONLY THE BEST WILL DO!!
Well I went through my episode counts and noticed I have produced 87 episodes over my 6 years with 67 of those put out in the last 2 years respectively. There are about 10 shows not released to the podcast feed and this was one that has been exclusive for a private network!
Enjoy this great show as you wait for new sounds and bands to tempt your ears and seduce you into musical heaven!
Thanks for supporting the Halshack!
You can find my popular show about anywhere on the web!
24 hour radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find my show on most major music platforms like Itunes, Iheart, Deezer, Google Play, Amazon Music, Podomatic and many many more!
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MAY the fourth BE WITH YOU!!...lol
Official release of the exclusive radio show (Double Trouble).
Its Star Wars day and of course my show has something to do with Star Wars (huge fan...lol) and the song titles and it just so happens to be time to release this to the world! "I can't explain my life folks! I just live it"...lol
Well, in light of Star Wars Day, its time to shed the sabers light on this very cool show (released last year to radio only!!) full of broken men and echoes of the past when music meant more than background noise!
Just like Anakin, I too was a "Broken Man" when I started my journey into the music business many many years ago! That's when the music started to change for the worse at the top tier level. People who know better never forgot the "Echoes" of the past greats of music while this new (bad batch) of songs infiltrated the airwaves. Some thought it was great while others had "Faith" we wouldn't completely "Ghost" the soul of music for all the fancy "Lights" and glory of a new electronic sound while real bands and musicians were left feeling like "Monsters" and outsiders to the music industry.
Here we are 9 years later since that fateful day in 2012 when I decided it was time to be the change that we so desired before the industry loses all credibility. I made a point to "Never Give Up" on you the listener just hoping for the day that folks would "Remember Me" when they tune into the radio when looking for music that is NOT being boxed in by "Walls". "No Walls" around music means diversity can grow and be encouraged.
Well I hope you enjoy my little story as much as my show!
Go find your fave episode now and remember "the force of excellent music will always be with you on my show" You can always stream or download the shows here at PODOMATIC or just about anywhere on the web from ITUNES to IHEART, to DEEZER, to AMAZON MUSIC plus many many more!!
Find everything Halshack at my website!
24 hour radio station www.zeno.fm/halshack
Official release of the exclusive radio show (Double Trouble).
Its Star Wars day and of course my show has something to do with Star Wars (huge fan...lol) and the song titles and it just so happens to be time to release this to the world! "I can't explain my life folks! I just live it"...lol
Well, in light of Star Wars Day, its time to shed the sabers light on this very cool show (released last year to radio only!!) full of broken men and echoes of the past when music meant more than background noise!
Just like Anakin, I too was a "Broken Man" when I started my journey into the music business many many years ago! That's when the music started to change for the worse at the top tier level. People who know better never forgot the "Echoes" of the past greats of music while this new (bad batch) of songs infiltrated the airwaves. Some thought it was great while others had "Faith" we wouldn't completely "Ghost" the soul of music for all the fancy "Lights" and glory of a new electronic sound while real bands and musicians were left feeling like "Monsters" and outsiders to the music industry.
Here we are 9 years later since that fateful day in 2012 when I decided it was time to be the change that we so desired before the industry loses all credibility. I made a point to "Never Give Up" on you the listener just hoping for the day that folks would "Remember Me" when they tune into the radio when looking for music that is NOT being boxed in by "Walls". "No Walls" around music means diversity can grow and be encouraged.
Well I hope you enjoy my little story as much as my show!
Go find your fave episode now and remember "the force of excellent music will always be with you on my show" You can always stream or download the shows here at PODOMATIC or just about anywhere on the web from ITUNES to IHEART, to DEEZER, to AMAZON MUSIC plus many many more!!
Find everything Halshack at my website!
24 hour radio station www.zeno.fm/halshack
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Hey folks!
One more round from the REVERBNATION SUBMISSION CAMPAIGN of rap and R&B artists for your ears to soak up and enjoy! More singing this time and less rap doesn't make it any less of a great show!
There wasn't as much rap material for "radio" left to work with in the mix but what I did discover is some of the finest R&B talent I've heard in many many years!! Its a mix of rap and singing like no one else can make but yours truly!! We had almost 4000 entries and a total of 65 made the cut across all genres!! Well done!!
Its a blast only my ears and knowledge can craft and conjure up for you to enjoy curated by me into a special flow that makes my trademark sound soooo special!! 350 markets around the world are figuring out how cool we are!!
Come enjoy great sounds and bands from all over the world you have never heard of until now! If its on my show its worthy of notoriety! Find everything HALSHACK at my website or on several music services like ITUNES, IHEART, DEEZER, AMAZON MUSIC, etc....
24 hour radio station at ZENO FM!!
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Hey folks!
One more round from the REVERBNATION SUBMISSION CAMPAIGN of rap and R&B artists for your ears to soak up and enjoy! More singing this time and less rap doesn't make it any less of a great show!
There wasn't as much rap material for "radio" left to work with in the mix but what I did discover is some of the finest R&B talent I've heard in many many years!! Its a mix of rap and singing like no one else can make but yours truly!! We had almost 4000 entries and a total of 65 made the cut across all genres!! Well done!!
Its a blast only my ears and knowledge can craft and conjure up for you to enjoy curated by me into a special flow that makes my trademark sound soooo special!! 350 markets around the world are figuring out how cool we are!!
Come enjoy great sounds and bands from all over the world you have never heard of until now! If its on my show its worthy of notoriety! Find everything HALSHACK at my website or on several music services like ITUNES, IHEART, DEEZER, AMAZON MUSIC, etc....
24 hour radio station at ZENO FM!!
www.zeno.fm/halshack
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Hey folks!
One more round from the REVERBNATION SUBMISSION CAMPAIGN of mainstream artists for your rock alt pop and even a little country thrown in there in the middle!
We had almost 4000 entries and a total of 65 made the cut across all genres!! Well done!!
Its a blast only my ears and knowledge can craft and conjure up for you to enjoy curated by me into a special flow that makes my trademark sound soooo special!!
350 markets around the world are figuring out how cool we are!!
Come enjoy great sounds and bands from all over the world you have never heard of until now! If its on my show its worthy of notoriety! Find everything HALSHACK at my website or on several music services like ITUNES, IHEART, DEEZER, AMAZON MUSIC, etc....
24 hour radio station at ZENO FM!!
www.zeno.fm/halshack
One more round from the REVERBNATION SUBMISSION CAMPAIGN of mainstream artists for your rock alt pop and even a little country thrown in there in the middle!
We had almost 4000 entries and a total of 65 made the cut across all genres!! Well done!!
Its a blast only my ears and knowledge can craft and conjure up for you to enjoy curated by me into a special flow that makes my trademark sound soooo special!!
350 markets around the world are figuring out how cool we are!!
Come enjoy great sounds and bands from all over the world you have never heard of until now! If its on my show its worthy of notoriety! Find everything HALSHACK at my website or on several music services like ITUNES, IHEART, DEEZER, AMAZON MUSIC, etc....
24 hour radio station at ZENO FM!!
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Brand new!! SHACKNATION vol 2 Mar 2021 2-hour extravaganza!!!!!
Full talk and music episode!!
Well you have been waiting for this for the last 2 months!! Its finally here!!
The best of the best! Its the official REVERBNATION submission campaign show!!
Over 3500 submissions! I pulled out 17 (the flyers state 16) but there's a BONUS SECRET SURPRISE band at the END you will NOT want to miss!! This show is JUST fantastic!!!! My usual flare!! All I work with is top-notch every show and this one is no different!!
Pop Stop to start the show then an "aquatic" Alt Vault..lol, then first of 2 Mystery Spotlights, then Retro Rock Block then a British Invasion, then a new Rock Block then a second Mystery Spotlight!! It's gonna be a blast!!
We have a special young lady who survived cancer and is now growing in the industry!! She was just on the "Kelly Clarkson Show" and she has a charity to help cancer research RALLY FOUNDATION for CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH!! Please donate if you can!!
Thanks so much to REVERBNATION for finding me for this campaign!!
Glad I could help so many great artists!! More to come folks!! Ive got at least another 20 more held back and some for new video shows for my popular SHACKVIDS series coming as well!!
Stay Tuned for more FUN from the Halshack!! find everything at my website
zeno fm radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find most all shows posted on Amazon Music, Itunes, Iheart, Deezer, Google, plus many more!!
Full talk and music episode!!
Well you have been waiting for this for the last 2 months!! Its finally here!!
The best of the best! Its the official REVERBNATION submission campaign show!!
Over 3500 submissions! I pulled out 17 (the flyers state 16) but there's a BONUS SECRET SURPRISE band at the END you will NOT want to miss!! This show is JUST fantastic!!!! My usual flare!! All I work with is top-notch every show and this one is no different!!
Pop Stop to start the show then an "aquatic" Alt Vault..lol, then first of 2 Mystery Spotlights, then Retro Rock Block then a British Invasion, then a new Rock Block then a second Mystery Spotlight!! It's gonna be a blast!!
We have a special young lady who survived cancer and is now growing in the industry!! She was just on the "Kelly Clarkson Show" and she has a charity to help cancer research RALLY FOUNDATION for CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH!! Please donate if you can!!
Thanks so much to REVERBNATION for finding me for this campaign!!
Glad I could help so many great artists!! More to come folks!! Ive got at least another 20 more held back and some for new video shows for my popular SHACKVIDS series coming as well!!
Stay Tuned for more FUN from the Halshack!! find everything at my website
zeno fm radio station
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Find most all shows posted on Amazon Music, Itunes, Iheart, Deezer, Google, plus many more!!
Welcome to the first ever Shack Country!!
Official campaign with top indie music company Reverbnation has brought us some fresh talent to work with and expose. I already had half the artists in this show on my roster so I found just enough ACE quality acts that could hold their own to make my quality cut!!
Country is alive and kickin' here on the HALSHACK!
I find the best acts from all over the world and bring them to your ears in the mainstream side of my show! This is no different! I start you off with the newer styles then work your way through some bluegrass and rock/pop country to americana! Acts from Texas to Tenn to Canada to Germany!! You wont believe Rob Georg the German Cowboy tearing up the scene! "This Ain't My First Rodeo" tore up the contemporary charts when it was released! I heard folks in Nashville just loved it!!
So have fun! Enjoy!
Find all my great shows at my website or Zeno Fm radio station or most music services (except Spotify)
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Thanks for your support as well as supporting these artists and indie music!!
STREAM OR DOWNLOAD!!
Official campaign with top indie music company Reverbnation has brought us some fresh talent to work with and expose. I already had half the artists in this show on my roster so I found just enough ACE quality acts that could hold their own to make my quality cut!!
Country is alive and kickin' here on the HALSHACK!
I find the best acts from all over the world and bring them to your ears in the mainstream side of my show! This is no different! I start you off with the newer styles then work your way through some bluegrass and rock/pop country to americana! Acts from Texas to Tenn to Canada to Germany!! You wont believe Rob Georg the German Cowboy tearing up the scene! "This Ain't My First Rodeo" tore up the contemporary charts when it was released! I heard folks in Nashville just loved it!!
So have fun! Enjoy!
Find all my great shows at my website or Zeno Fm radio station or most music services (except Spotify)
www.zeno.fm/halshack
Thanks for your support as well as supporting these artists and indie music!!
STREAM OR DOWNLOAD!!
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WELCOME TO THE HALSHACK INDIE ROCKCAST
LEXINGTON, NC
THE NEW HOME FOR RISING TALENT AND FUTURE INDIE STARS!
We have reached over 100 indie bands and artists and growing! All with their own future potential "hit" songs!!
This show has been played, streamed, downloaded, aired, shared or broadcasted in over 75 major USA cities & 102 countries around the globe over the history of the podcast! No joke!!
What can I say, people LOVE what I do! I am so very honored to be so well respected!
WOW!! THANK YOU!!
LEXINGTON, NC
THE NEW HOME FOR RISING TALENT AND FUTURE INDIE STARS!
We have reached over 100 indie bands and artists and growing! All with their own future potential "hit" songs!!
This show has been played, streamed, downloaded, aired, shared or broadcasted in over 75 major USA cities & 102 countries around the globe over the history of the podcast! No joke!!
What can I say, people LOVE what I do! I am so very honored to be so well respected!
WOW!! THANK YOU!!
SHACK COUNTRY comin' soon! Gotta have all my bases covered for most music fans!!!
WORLD PREMIERE!!!!! Welcome to the all-new first ever RAP SHACK!
Bet you thought I didn't know HIP HOP! Ha! (I can't help I'm the music man..lol) With the help of the official REVERBNATION SUBMISSION CAMPAIGN for FEB/MAR 2021, I was able to put this all together for this HUGE first ever event! Thanks for all the support!
HALSHACK has been granted another rare opportunity to "break out" a star! LIL' FYE is a newcomer singing (awesome) the hook and working out his rap skills that will surely grow over time with support of LIL' ZANE with the LEGION on the beats in an all new remix of MR. TIK TOK! It's sure to be a HIT!!! I'm so proud and honored I get to bring this out on a WORLD PREMIERE!!
Every great show has to find room for expansion into unknown territory! It's time to "tread the streets" of the urban market!!..lol I play to win! I didn't come here to lose! Neither did G845 and his crew! (Laughatproblems, C.O.I.N, and Wunda845)
This show is meant to take the listener on a journey through rap from modern day and work your way back through the 2000s and the 90s and back to 2000s to modern day jams with some of the finest examples of the art that have ever graced my golden laid ears! Its a 30 year trip through HIP HOP that's NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE!!! I'm proud I get to do this and help bring RAP the proper respect it so deserves.
Just like my mainstream (rock, alt, pop) show, I try to look for those radio "hits" that are catchy and memorable. Important social and personal messages buried all throughout the lyrics. Hip hop used to be about more than shaking that booty or street violence! I'm going to try my best to steer clear of the "noise" to bring you only the BEST I can find!
That's my promise to you!!
Now go enjoy the show! Let me know what you think! Please share and tweet!
Find everything Halshack here at my website!!
24 hour radio station spinning shows at random (You can usually find the premieres playing heavily on the station on premiere day) www.zeno.fm/halshack
you can find my show anywhere but the main podcast host feed is at PODOMATIC! you can stream or download any show! www.halshack.podomatic.com
You can always find the the show here too IHEART, ITUNES, DEEZER, AMAZON MUSIC, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, PODOMATIC, TUNE IN, PLAYER FM, LUMINARY, plus many more!!
DISCLAIMER---- NO I'm not converting my show to RAP. This will be an occasional event that will happen at random as I locate more quality material to support! This is a rap/hip hop only show so you know what you are playing this show for. If you dont want to listen to it then don't push play! This show has "adult" themes and language and you have been WARNED!!!! Enjoy!!! Thanks for supporting the RAP SHACK!! NEW Ep 22 coming soon! Talk show introducing all the new (mainstream) acts found in the REVERBNATION campaign!!
STREAM OR DOWNLOAD below!!
Bet you thought I didn't know HIP HOP! Ha! (I can't help I'm the music man..lol) With the help of the official REVERBNATION SUBMISSION CAMPAIGN for FEB/MAR 2021, I was able to put this all together for this HUGE first ever event! Thanks for all the support!
HALSHACK has been granted another rare opportunity to "break out" a star! LIL' FYE is a newcomer singing (awesome) the hook and working out his rap skills that will surely grow over time with support of LIL' ZANE with the LEGION on the beats in an all new remix of MR. TIK TOK! It's sure to be a HIT!!! I'm so proud and honored I get to bring this out on a WORLD PREMIERE!!
Every great show has to find room for expansion into unknown territory! It's time to "tread the streets" of the urban market!!..lol I play to win! I didn't come here to lose! Neither did G845 and his crew! (Laughatproblems, C.O.I.N, and Wunda845)
This show is meant to take the listener on a journey through rap from modern day and work your way back through the 2000s and the 90s and back to 2000s to modern day jams with some of the finest examples of the art that have ever graced my golden laid ears! Its a 30 year trip through HIP HOP that's NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE!!! I'm proud I get to do this and help bring RAP the proper respect it so deserves.
Just like my mainstream (rock, alt, pop) show, I try to look for those radio "hits" that are catchy and memorable. Important social and personal messages buried all throughout the lyrics. Hip hop used to be about more than shaking that booty or street violence! I'm going to try my best to steer clear of the "noise" to bring you only the BEST I can find!
That's my promise to you!!
Now go enjoy the show! Let me know what you think! Please share and tweet!
Find everything Halshack here at my website!!
24 hour radio station spinning shows at random (You can usually find the premieres playing heavily on the station on premiere day) www.zeno.fm/halshack
you can find my show anywhere but the main podcast host feed is at PODOMATIC! you can stream or download any show! www.halshack.podomatic.com
You can always find the the show here too IHEART, ITUNES, DEEZER, AMAZON MUSIC, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, PODOMATIC, TUNE IN, PLAYER FM, LUMINARY, plus many more!!
DISCLAIMER---- NO I'm not converting my show to RAP. This will be an occasional event that will happen at random as I locate more quality material to support! This is a rap/hip hop only show so you know what you are playing this show for. If you dont want to listen to it then don't push play! This show has "adult" themes and language and you have been WARNED!!!! Enjoy!!! Thanks for supporting the RAP SHACK!! NEW Ep 22 coming soon! Talk show introducing all the new (mainstream) acts found in the REVERBNATION campaign!!
STREAM OR DOWNLOAD below!!
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Vol 8 is great and the last in the Halphabet Shack series running down a list of all the bands that have ever been featured on my show over my 6 years as a podcast! There are some new songs in this show and some long time favorites! The VEER UNION serving up 2 NEW tracks!! They are epic!! You will love it!
Have fun on my "roll-a-dex" of bands! My fans sure have over the last half decade!! Check out the new Valentines episode (HEARTS DESIRE) and find everything Halshack at my website! Thanks for tuning in and supporting indie music!
Be sure to find the bands pages and support them too on social media and your favorite media for music!!
BIG NEWS!! I will be branching out into rap for genre specific shows only so as to not let it conflict with the mainstream show. I may throw in one here and there that has that ability to cross-over! New avenues require new expansions! I received a ton of awesome material in the submission campaign with REVERBNATION! Better not let it go to waste!
They need to be known by the world!! The RAP SHACK is stellar (NO JOKE!!!! Real 100!!) and its on my watch so you know its going to be quality all the way! Stay tuned for more announcements!! ......did somebody say SHACK COUNTRY??? maybe....maybe you might have heard that somewhere...lol
Have fun on my "roll-a-dex" of bands! My fans sure have over the last half decade!! Check out the new Valentines episode (HEARTS DESIRE) and find everything Halshack at my website! Thanks for tuning in and supporting indie music!
Be sure to find the bands pages and support them too on social media and your favorite media for music!!
BIG NEWS!! I will be branching out into rap for genre specific shows only so as to not let it conflict with the mainstream show. I may throw in one here and there that has that ability to cross-over! New avenues require new expansions! I received a ton of awesome material in the submission campaign with REVERBNATION! Better not let it go to waste!
They need to be known by the world!! The RAP SHACK is stellar (NO JOKE!!!! Real 100!!) and its on my watch so you know its going to be quality all the way! Stay tuned for more announcements!! ......did somebody say SHACK COUNTRY??? maybe....maybe you might have heard that somewhere...lol
Happy Valentines Day to my lovely fanbase of cupids and cupettes...lol
Anyone who knows me, knows I have the biggest HEART full of love and compassion so I always do something special for Valentines Day. Why would this year be any different so we got some new tunes as usual with a very cool (instrumental) from the master of the sitar (Roger Jaeger).
Well it's been 2 years since the love of my life became the love of my past. I'm on the right path to building my musical destiny but I'm lacking something crucial in my life and that's love.
Who's the woman who has the key to unlock the door to my heart for our future? (lol...that was good, I just thought of that..lol)
I'm just me, a fun loving goof with a BIG heart and passion for life and romance and music!
Big Little Lions said it well, there's a woman who will leave a mark in the best part of me, love to find her!!
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY to all my family, friends, fans and bands! I wish you all much love and happy for this (hopefully better) year of 2021!!
Anyone who knows me, knows I have the biggest HEART full of love and compassion so I always do something special for Valentines Day. Why would this year be any different so we got some new tunes as usual with a very cool (instrumental) from the master of the sitar (Roger Jaeger).
Well it's been 2 years since the love of my life became the love of my past. I'm on the right path to building my musical destiny but I'm lacking something crucial in my life and that's love.
Who's the woman who has the key to unlock the door to my heart for our future? (lol...that was good, I just thought of that..lol)
I'm just me, a fun loving goof with a BIG heart and passion for life and romance and music!
Big Little Lions said it well, there's a woman who will leave a mark in the best part of me, love to find her!!
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY to all my family, friends, fans and bands! I wish you all much love and happy for this (hopefully better) year of 2021!!
Well well here's a swell idea!! Lets have a fun little party with all the long standing HALSHACK artists that have been discovered on REVERBNATION by yours truly over the last 4 years!! Ive toiled and boiled over thousands and thousands of bands to find these ABSOLUTE STANDOUTS who are on the same level as or better than their professional counterpart!! NO JOKE!!
I'VE SPENT THE LAST 4 YEARS OF MY LIFE CURATING BANDS OFF REVERBNATION PLUS MANY OTHER PLACES!
THIS IS ABSOLUTE SOME OF THE TOP PICKINGS ON REVERBNATION! I HAVE LOST MUCH MUCH SLEEP AND HAVE BEEN STRETCHED OUT MONTHS SOMETIMES TO CURATE THE PERMISSION FROM JUST ONE SINGLE ACT!!
THIS WAS NOT AN EASY FEAT TO DO TO GET TO THIS POINT AND GAIN THE OWNER and PRES of the COMPANIES ATTENTION!
I HOPE IT WILL BE A BENEFICIAL VENTURE FOR BOTH AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOU THE BANDS!
OUT NOW FOR STREAM OR DOWNLOAD!!
I'VE SPENT THE LAST 4 YEARS OF MY LIFE CURATING BANDS OFF REVERBNATION PLUS MANY OTHER PLACES!
THIS IS ABSOLUTE SOME OF THE TOP PICKINGS ON REVERBNATION! I HAVE LOST MUCH MUCH SLEEP AND HAVE BEEN STRETCHED OUT MONTHS SOMETIMES TO CURATE THE PERMISSION FROM JUST ONE SINGLE ACT!!
THIS WAS NOT AN EASY FEAT TO DO TO GET TO THIS POINT AND GAIN THE OWNER and PRES of the COMPANIES ATTENTION!
I HOPE IT WILL BE A BENEFICIAL VENTURE FOR BOTH AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOU THE BANDS!
OUT NOW FOR STREAM OR DOWNLOAD!!
HALSHACK and REVERBNATION have teamed up for a radio/video submission campaign!!
Lets see how many more great artists I can source from their site!!
You would be shocked at how much of my material I have found on REVERBNATION throughout my history!
I have made several mentions on my show over the years about this fact!
ITS ONLY FITTING WE JOIN FORCES!!
Lets see how many more great artists I can source from their site!!
You would be shocked at how much of my material I have found on REVERBNATION throughout my history!
I have made several mentions on my show over the years about this fact!
ITS ONLY FITTING WE JOIN FORCES!!
Too many great bands and artists have been discovered on my show by my listeners that I had originally
sourced on REVERBNATION!
You could be next!!
Its the best talent in the world under one roof!!
Enjoy the show!
sourced on REVERBNATION!
You could be next!!
Its the best talent in the world under one roof!!
Enjoy the show!
NEW MUSIC ALERT! BRAND NEW SONGS!!
Your ears are going to think you died and went to heaven over the new songs and sounds in episode 7!...lol
Its a fabulous mix of great tunes from the next group of my talented acts from A to Z! (S-U) is sure to give you a clue that if you haven't heard the Halshack before then you are in for quite a score!!
Have fun getting to know our great bands and solo artists as you look forward to number 8!
I'm sure it will be GREAT!
Later folks, be sure to find all the great Halshack shows on your favorite music service or ZENO FM or my website!
Your ears are going to think you died and went to heaven over the new songs and sounds in episode 7!...lol
Its a fabulous mix of great tunes from the next group of my talented acts from A to Z! (S-U) is sure to give you a clue that if you haven't heard the Halshack before then you are in for quite a score!!
Have fun getting to know our great bands and solo artists as you look forward to number 8!
I'm sure it will be GREAT!
Later folks, be sure to find all the great Halshack shows on your favorite music service or ZENO FM or my website!
EXCLUSIVE WORLD PREMIERE for CAVO new song only on ZENO FM and AMAZON SHACKTRACKS!!
Catch both of these new shows out now
ONLY on Amazon Music and Zeno FM!!
HAVE FUN!!
ONLY on Amazon Music and Zeno FM!!
HAVE FUN!!
No 6 in the A to Z jamboree!
Vol 6 is bliss as we blaze a trail through the canvas landscape of colorful bands and sounds!
Its letters R through S as we make a mess of the playlist and your ears. Its not curated, its a noise factory eargasm of different styles and bands throughout the history of my popular show for the last 6 years!
Have fun and lets look forward to a productive and busy 2021!
Vol 6 is bliss as we blaze a trail through the canvas landscape of colorful bands and sounds!
Its letters R through S as we make a mess of the playlist and your ears. Its not curated, its a noise factory eargasm of different styles and bands throughout the history of my popular show for the last 6 years!
Have fun and lets look forward to a productive and busy 2021!
BRAND NEW!! OUT NOW!! 12-31-2020
Good riddance 2020!!
Have fun sending the old year out and ringing the new one in!!
Good riddance 2020!!
Have fun sending the old year out and ringing the new one in!!
Happy Holidays everyone! It's been a battle to get through this challenging year of 2020 so over the summer the bands battled it out in my new video series!! SHACKVIDS What is Shackvids you ask? Well you remember MTV right? Real MTV like it used to be? Videos all the time with credits on the vids and animations in between and music all the time!
Well I've recreated that nostalgia with all my bands videos!! More to come to for 2021 when I kick up season 2! So for now enjoy the best videos and music anywhere currently in the world right here on my website at the SHACKVIDS channel.
There were 6 episodes containing 8 videos in each and the fans as well as the staff gave us a fantastic show!! We narrowed the list to the "Sweet 16" and put it into 2 videos! Enjoy the series at the SHACKVIDS page on my website!
ENJOY the new 24 hour radio station at ZENO.FM www.zeno.fm/halshack
As always you can find us just about anywhere you listen to your podcasts or your favorite tunes!! Thanks a bunch!!
Well I've recreated that nostalgia with all my bands videos!! More to come to for 2021 when I kick up season 2! So for now enjoy the best videos and music anywhere currently in the world right here on my website at the SHACKVIDS channel.
There were 6 episodes containing 8 videos in each and the fans as well as the staff gave us a fantastic show!! We narrowed the list to the "Sweet 16" and put it into 2 videos! Enjoy the series at the SHACKVIDS page on my website!
ENJOY the new 24 hour radio station at ZENO.FM www.zeno.fm/halshack
As always you can find us just about anywhere you listen to your podcasts or your favorite tunes!! Thanks a bunch!!
BATTLEVIDS is out now COUNTDOWN show from 16 -1
ITS AMAZING!! Just like the old MTV used to be!!
ENJOY some of the best REAL music and videos left in the world from all new bands for today's era!
CLICK THIS LINK ----- www.halshack.com/shackvids
ITS AMAZING!! Just like the old MTV used to be!!
ENJOY some of the best REAL music and videos left in the world from all new bands for today's era!
CLICK THIS LINK ----- www.halshack.com/shackvids
spinning up at random times!! Check the radio!
You never know when it will be on again!!
(look for the posts on social media)
click the pic to link to the radio station!!
You never know when it will be on again!!
(look for the posts on social media)
click the pic to link to the radio station!!
COMING SOON!!
STAY TUNED!!
STAY TUNED!!
CLICK HERE or CLICK THE PIC to listen
<<<<<<ALL NEW>>>>>>>
HALSHACK RADIO 24-hour streaming of ONLY Halshack artists!!
This is an exclusive club that's taken me 10 years to cultivate!
The HOLY GRAIL of undiscovered talent! (I'm not overstating that!!)
<<<<<<ALL NEW>>>>>>>
HALSHACK RADIO 24-hour streaming of ONLY Halshack artists!!
This is an exclusive club that's taken me 10 years to cultivate!
The HOLY GRAIL of undiscovered talent! (I'm not overstating that!!)
out now!!
stream or download this amazing show!!
Indie Flavors 1 was so great it won us awards and accolades so lets do it again!!
all new show diff artists!! Have fun!!
stream or download this amazing show!!
Indie Flavors 1 was so great it won us awards and accolades so lets do it again!!
all new show diff artists!! Have fun!!
THANKS to our new friends at KSCR for adding the show to their quality radio station out in CALIFORNIA!!
YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!
CLICK the PIC to visit KSCR!!
YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!
CLICK the PIC to visit KSCR!!
From letters to all those spoken words being heard on the NEW 24-hour radio station, its the BRAND NEW ep in the Halphabet Series vol 4 (M-P)! New songs and old time recurring tunes round out this vocabulary ordered special series as we zip through our library of talented acts.
Check out the new HALSHACK RADIO!! Its open 24/7 spinning 60 hours of content every 3 days! We will be adding more as we go along! You can catch all the "special" exclusive shows for Amazon music and Tambr on the station too if youre listening at the right time. It all plays in order the shows were released. Those shows were put out in the latest ep 20 block!!
www.zeno.fm/halshack
get the app or play through the web link go to ZENO.FM and search HALSHACK!!
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OUT NOW!! BRAND NEW!!
Vol 3 of my HALPHABET SHACK!!
Going through most 110 plus artists that have been on my show over the years!
ENJOY!!
Vol 3 of my HALPHABET SHACK!!
Going through most 110 plus artists that have been on my show over the years!
ENJOY!!
Thanks folks for getting me here!!
Its out now!!
Stream here ONLY!!
Click this link or the PIC to go to AMAZON MUSIC
Its out now!!
Stream here ONLY!!
Click this link or the PIC to go to AMAZON MUSIC
Listen to ep 2 after you're done with one. It will autoplay!!
You will LOVE it just as much!
You will LOVE it just as much!
Too busy for my own good...lol!
Just started a cool travel blog!!
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Just started a cool travel blog!!
Check it out!!
Please follow it on FACEBOOK!!
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Its that time again! Time for more lessons in our ABC's!
Its vol 2 of my eclectic series where we focus on just about every act that has ever been on the Halshack!
Vol. 2 (D-G) with one "C" to decree because I accidentally overlooked this cutie of a "Cooksey" with a sea of potential just oozing from her adorable smile and infectious personality. She just released a new song too about her recent breakup that evidently shes had an easy time with, she cant even remember his name or came down with a sudden case of amnesia..lol
"Whats his name" makes its worldwide debut here on the Halshack. See, everything works out for a reason and Im living proof of that..lol There's some more new tunes in this show as well as tracks barely heard. As always its fun interesting and you never know what you'll hear next song.
Its a music journey that only I can offer. Remember these shows have no flow. Its alpha order so you might get your "earwaves" discombobulated but at least its fun while doing it..lol
Find my shows all over the world on most every major music outlet!
New AMAZON MUSIC exclusive series coming soon!
Its vol 2 of my eclectic series where we focus on just about every act that has ever been on the Halshack!
Vol. 2 (D-G) with one "C" to decree because I accidentally overlooked this cutie of a "Cooksey" with a sea of potential just oozing from her adorable smile and infectious personality. She just released a new song too about her recent breakup that evidently shes had an easy time with, she cant even remember his name or came down with a sudden case of amnesia..lol
"Whats his name" makes its worldwide debut here on the Halshack. See, everything works out for a reason and Im living proof of that..lol There's some more new tunes in this show as well as tracks barely heard. As always its fun interesting and you never know what you'll hear next song.
Its a music journey that only I can offer. Remember these shows have no flow. Its alpha order so you might get your "earwaves" discombobulated but at least its fun while doing it..lol
Find my shows all over the world on most every major music outlet!
New AMAZON MUSIC exclusive series coming soon!
Howdy folks!! I'm pre-planning shows again! I usually don't do that. I sort of "wing it" or look for life cues and well ironically this one cue I got recently to do this show turned into a whole series of the next 8 bonus shows.
So here we go!! Its one song from mostly all 110 (roughly) artists that have been on my show over the course of the past 6 years. Is it their best work? Maybe, maybe not, I dont play the same songs over and over so the listener gets burnt out! I feature all the great tunes from each artist over several different episodes.
So these may or may not be the most shining example of the band or it may be a new tune they released or one I never got to in their library. Every show is different and every show gleams with musical harmony and bliss! Thats my reputation!! Enjoy these different acts.
Its not my usual "flow" that I create. Its in alphabetical order so its a mixed bag of music mayhem and fun that only my playlist and connections can offer!! Its a one of kind unique collection of potential hits from a one of a kind unique guy!!
We just got fired up on AMAZON MUSIC!! (as of 6pm on 9/21 this show has not been uploaded on Amazon yet)
Go find us there too along with all the other music services and radio stations and my website that support the show!!
So here we go!! Its one song from mostly all 110 (roughly) artists that have been on my show over the course of the past 6 years. Is it their best work? Maybe, maybe not, I dont play the same songs over and over so the listener gets burnt out! I feature all the great tunes from each artist over several different episodes.
So these may or may not be the most shining example of the band or it may be a new tune they released or one I never got to in their library. Every show is different and every show gleams with musical harmony and bliss! Thats my reputation!! Enjoy these different acts.
Its not my usual "flow" that I create. Its in alphabetical order so its a mixed bag of music mayhem and fun that only my playlist and connections can offer!! Its a one of kind unique collection of potential hits from a one of a kind unique guy!!
We just got fired up on AMAZON MUSIC!! (as of 6pm on 9/21 this show has not been uploaded on Amazon yet)
Go find us there too along with all the other music services and radio stations and my website that support the show!!
Brand new show!! OUT NOW!! Sept 2020- ROCK AGES 2
Stream or download!!
Stream or download!!
*********WARNING--EXPLICIT CONTENT (very last song)*************
Ep 20.5 (Vids and Candy) Aug 2020 -bonus show- New music alert!!
New bonus to go along with ep 20!!
Lets take a look at some of the great tunes you will hear and see in my new SHACKVIDS series!!
NEW MUSIC that has NEVER been heard in the podcast feed!! Grab your copy today then go check out SHACKVIDS!!
TAMBR exclusive coming soon...POPIFY 6 only available on TAMBR later this month (TBA)!!
Thanks so much folks for helping indie music shine!!
BRAND NEW Show for June......ENJOY!!
BRAND NEW SHOW!! OUT NOW!! 4-21-20
Get it while were all stuck in quarantine!
Stream or Download from the player!!
Get it while were all stuck in quarantine!
Stream or Download from the player!!
BRAND NEW!! 30 min music video shows like they used to in the 80's and 90's on MTV and VH1!!
Isn't Nostalgia cool?
Click the pic or the link.......
halshack.com/shackvids
Isn't Nostalgia cool?
Click the pic or the link.......
halshack.com/shackvids
Ep 19.5 (Stay Home, Don't Roam) Apr 2020 ....bonus show, music only
A year ago today I left for Nashville, TN to start a clandestine journey into growing a colossal music juggernaut out some fine talented indie bands from the "backwoods" and "unknowns" of the world!! We have succeeded in building the coolest reputation for outstanding talent! Next step...conquer! We need investors. Start building a membership to offer exclusive content for the members! Build the base we can pay the staff and the bands!! I like this plan! Maybe you will too! Drop me a line and let me know what you think! Thanks so much! Now to business at hand..lol
HOWDY PARTNERS!! HOW YA'LL DOIN'? (as we say here in the south..lol) What ya'll doin' all sitting at home like that? Act like you're saving the world or somethin' by chillin' on your keester or mowin' the grass!..lol Oh wait YOU ARE SAVING THE WORLD! THANKS SO MUCH for staying home and staying alive! ah ah ah ah Staying Aliiivvveee...oh sorry just having a little BEE GEES fun! ..lol So while your cooped up at home and need some cool music to get you through your day then look no further than this "virus" free eargasm.
The CORONA VIRUS might have us all preoccupied at the moment but we all need music to turn too during these dark and uncertain times. I got a "cue" from Dave Cruttendan (owner of Discover Unsigned in the UK) from his facebook post about putting together a "hit" song virus playlist and well I was already strumming my brain on this idea anyway. Thanks Dave for the push as well as the new video channel SHACKVIDS was inspired by Dave as well yet I was already on this in my brain...lol I think Dave and I are just cut from the same cloth and on the same page. He's a bright dude and a good friend who helps so much with the indie music scene in the UK. So does Tizz Shearer too over at XRP!! You guys are the best!!
SO these song titles all have to do with some "Quarantine Blues" which was going to be the original name but I just thought that was too dark and its not all dark music. Anyway the song titles as usual were perfectly timed for yet another world event. These were the logical choices for song titles and for the rotation timing of most of these tracks AAANNDDD it perfectly fits with today's world theme. I cant make this stuff up folks.. I swear!
I pick songs based on rotation and theme then I start forming the play patterns by flow and genre, the kicker is the songs are the logical choice for that show but the songs have not been played recently or hardly at all or it was just time to kick that one back out again. Its just eerie and the subject matter will fit the timing. I don't plan this stuff folks. Lately Ive been taking cues from my show and life and just roll with it and its panning out to be a blast!!
Song Titles..I was gonna make a story with them but I think alot of this is just too damn funny and "more to make light heart of our lockdown blues" not to make light of the travesty that has destroyed so many lives and family members hearts. HALSHACK is very sorry for your loss if any of my listeners have been affected by Covid-19. My prayers go out to you and your loved ones.
Have fun folks! You can find all my shows at ROCKCASTS page or any music service except for SPOTIFY.
Check out the new VH1 or MTV style videos shows over at SHACKVIDS page Halshack.com/shackvids
Find everything at my website including the playlist for this show at SHACKLISTS!
A year ago today I left for Nashville, TN to start a clandestine journey into growing a colossal music juggernaut out some fine talented indie bands from the "backwoods" and "unknowns" of the world!! We have succeeded in building the coolest reputation for outstanding talent! Next step...conquer! We need investors. Start building a membership to offer exclusive content for the members! Build the base we can pay the staff and the bands!! I like this plan! Maybe you will too! Drop me a line and let me know what you think! Thanks so much! Now to business at hand..lol
HOWDY PARTNERS!! HOW YA'LL DOIN'? (as we say here in the south..lol) What ya'll doin' all sitting at home like that? Act like you're saving the world or somethin' by chillin' on your keester or mowin' the grass!..lol Oh wait YOU ARE SAVING THE WORLD! THANKS SO MUCH for staying home and staying alive! ah ah ah ah Staying Aliiivvveee...oh sorry just having a little BEE GEES fun! ..lol So while your cooped up at home and need some cool music to get you through your day then look no further than this "virus" free eargasm.
The CORONA VIRUS might have us all preoccupied at the moment but we all need music to turn too during these dark and uncertain times. I got a "cue" from Dave Cruttendan (owner of Discover Unsigned in the UK) from his facebook post about putting together a "hit" song virus playlist and well I was already strumming my brain on this idea anyway. Thanks Dave for the push as well as the new video channel SHACKVIDS was inspired by Dave as well yet I was already on this in my brain...lol I think Dave and I are just cut from the same cloth and on the same page. He's a bright dude and a good friend who helps so much with the indie music scene in the UK. So does Tizz Shearer too over at XRP!! You guys are the best!!
SO these song titles all have to do with some "Quarantine Blues" which was going to be the original name but I just thought that was too dark and its not all dark music. Anyway the song titles as usual were perfectly timed for yet another world event. These were the logical choices for song titles and for the rotation timing of most of these tracks AAANNDDD it perfectly fits with today's world theme. I cant make this stuff up folks.. I swear!
I pick songs based on rotation and theme then I start forming the play patterns by flow and genre, the kicker is the songs are the logical choice for that show but the songs have not been played recently or hardly at all or it was just time to kick that one back out again. Its just eerie and the subject matter will fit the timing. I don't plan this stuff folks. Lately Ive been taking cues from my show and life and just roll with it and its panning out to be a blast!!
Song Titles..I was gonna make a story with them but I think alot of this is just too damn funny and "more to make light heart of our lockdown blues" not to make light of the travesty that has destroyed so many lives and family members hearts. HALSHACK is very sorry for your loss if any of my listeners have been affected by Covid-19. My prayers go out to you and your loved ones.
Have fun folks! You can find all my shows at ROCKCASTS page or any music service except for SPOTIFY.
Check out the new VH1 or MTV style videos shows over at SHACKVIDS page Halshack.com/shackvids
Find everything at my website including the playlist for this show at SHACKLISTS!
HAPPY ST. PATTIES DAY!! Not very happy I know with this invisible enemy lurking around. Lets trade those frowns for a crown and let the KINGS of indie music be heard!....Just kidding..lol, but they are all really great bands!! Just listen for yourself and you will agree!
In this episode you will hear all bands and artists that have had a review from our excellent staff of professional bloggers and former major record label scouts! Its ep 19.5 (Crewsin' and Musin')
Well folks the "WHISTLE KING" has blown his siren that everyone needs to "STAND BACK" and take a long hard look at our lives because "EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE". So "WHILE WE WAIT" for our meds to be restocked and a vaccine to be generated lets all have some "VITAMIN K" to get the body healthy again so we can get this "PRICELESS" world moving again after the virus has run its course. We will all need to "GET UP" off the couch from watching Netflix and Disney+ as well as rebound out of video game la-la land once life gets back to normal, whatever the new normal will be. There should be plenty of "GASOLINE" around for your trip back to work and your errands too. Will all be feeling "BETTER OFF" in the future not feeling like this is a "PLACE I WAS BEFORE" all this started so we can be prepared if it returns. more to this story later....
Just wanted to get this published!
As always find us on my most major music services or my website
In this episode you will hear all bands and artists that have had a review from our excellent staff of professional bloggers and former major record label scouts! Its ep 19.5 (Crewsin' and Musin')
Well folks the "WHISTLE KING" has blown his siren that everyone needs to "STAND BACK" and take a long hard look at our lives because "EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE". So "WHILE WE WAIT" for our meds to be restocked and a vaccine to be generated lets all have some "VITAMIN K" to get the body healthy again so we can get this "PRICELESS" world moving again after the virus has run its course. We will all need to "GET UP" off the couch from watching Netflix and Disney+ as well as rebound out of video game la-la land once life gets back to normal, whatever the new normal will be. There should be plenty of "GASOLINE" around for your trip back to work and your errands too. Will all be feeling "BETTER OFF" in the future not feeling like this is a "PLACE I WAS BEFORE" all this started so we can be prepared if it returns. more to this story later....
Just wanted to get this published!
As always find us on my most major music services or my website
NEW MUSIC AND NEW BAND EXPLOSION!!
Brand new Season 3 reboot pt2!!!
Ep 19 (Precious Hearts)
New retooled version 2 (3-5-20) get it now! Cleaned up my audio, added a new song, "enhanced" the audio for Monster, fixed an issue with Secret Social Club and the band Asking Alexandria that was a misunderstanding from a bio I read. I cut 5 mins of my banter to streamline the show, added a couple small bits I missed and polished it off with sped up breaks. Its a whole new show in essence and the show it should have been to begin with!! Have fun!
Well folks, its still February (the month of LOVE) for one last day but its never too late to spread the message of music and good vibes. This show was meant to be out before cupid flung his arrow but it didn't work out and as you listen to the show you will know why. Things had to play out the way they did for some very important music and new bands to make their way on to my radar literally up until the day (Feb 28th) when I started recording.
AIRPORT IMPRESSIONS has a world premiere of their brand new stellar track "Why are We Here" (just released on the 28th???...crazy!!) on this episode as well as a double mystery spotlight featuring 2 different bands. We got tons of new rock bands including one that just dropped their new track this week! Heck yeah!! Their name is SECRET SOCIAL CLUB!
We got new rock rock South Carolina and Georgia as well as new tracks from some of our returning faves and new artists as well making their debut on this 2 hour HALSHACKGANZA!!
So much great news!! DEEZER will be adding my show hopefully soon and a new radio station from the US has found me on their horizon. 102.9 The Blazing Rock FM will soon be airing the Shack!!
Thanks so much! Catch the bonus ep 19.5 "Music is Love"!!
Find the Halshack on all your favorite music services or a radio station near you!!
Brand new Season 3 reboot pt2!!!
Ep 19 (Precious Hearts)
New retooled version 2 (3-5-20) get it now! Cleaned up my audio, added a new song, "enhanced" the audio for Monster, fixed an issue with Secret Social Club and the band Asking Alexandria that was a misunderstanding from a bio I read. I cut 5 mins of my banter to streamline the show, added a couple small bits I missed and polished it off with sped up breaks. Its a whole new show in essence and the show it should have been to begin with!! Have fun!
Well folks, its still February (the month of LOVE) for one last day but its never too late to spread the message of music and good vibes. This show was meant to be out before cupid flung his arrow but it didn't work out and as you listen to the show you will know why. Things had to play out the way they did for some very important music and new bands to make their way on to my radar literally up until the day (Feb 28th) when I started recording.
AIRPORT IMPRESSIONS has a world premiere of their brand new stellar track "Why are We Here" (just released on the 28th???...crazy!!) on this episode as well as a double mystery spotlight featuring 2 different bands. We got tons of new rock bands including one that just dropped their new track this week! Heck yeah!! Their name is SECRET SOCIAL CLUB!
We got new rock rock South Carolina and Georgia as well as new tracks from some of our returning faves and new artists as well making their debut on this 2 hour HALSHACKGANZA!!
So much great news!! DEEZER will be adding my show hopefully soon and a new radio station from the US has found me on their horizon. 102.9 The Blazing Rock FM will soon be airing the Shack!!
Thanks so much! Catch the bonus ep 19.5 "Music is Love"!!
Find the Halshack on all your favorite music services or a radio station near you!!
New Music and New Band Alert! Brand new songs! Ep 19.5 (Music is Love) bonus show, music only
Get lots of new stuff plus more PREACHERVAN!! Have fun loving all this music and great tunes.
For the LOVE of music and all things heart worthy!! Music and love comes in all shapes and sizes. Find out how big your heart is and what it means to you right here on this ride of love, hurt and all things in between.
Find us on all major music outlets!
Go listen to Precious Hearts Ep 19 Main show
Thanks so much for enjoying the sow and becoming a fan!
Get lots of new stuff plus more PREACHERVAN!! Have fun loving all this music and great tunes.
For the LOVE of music and all things heart worthy!! Music and love comes in all shapes and sizes. Find out how big your heart is and what it means to you right here on this ride of love, hurt and all things in between.
Find us on all major music outlets!
Go listen to Precious Hearts Ep 19 Main show
Thanks so much for enjoying the sow and becoming a fan!
Shackstars series (The Scars of Triton) Jan 2020
(Best of power rock bands Triton and Scars Remain) from Charlotte NC.
These fellas have been important part of the Halshack early on in my career! I was extremely pleased to have this camp in my corner. Several years ago Triton released full digital/cd album "First Orbit". After a few years of touring the band hit a HUGE snag in the production of their 2nd release and the band went on hiatus. Chris Rich singer landed an important new job and Jim Clardy drummer went to drum for BUSH cover band "GLYCERINE". Just saw them in Greensboro recently at Welcome to Grungeboro at the Blind Tiger!
In the meantime, the guitarist Kyle Spidel and bassist Andy Allen found a couple more great musicians to take up the reigns and form another fantastic harder more metal/rock band named Scars Remain. Scars has been tearing it up and playing some big festivals and garnering radio play. Fast forward Summer 2019 and finally "Last Orbit" was finished and ready for release and Triton is back in business.
The cd is JUST stellar and in my opinion these 2 rock bands are the best bands to EVER come out of NC. PRISON BREAK is one of the best rock songs I've heard in my life! TRUTH!! Look for them sometime this year to share the headline stage with Spaceship Days at my first ever SHACKFEST in High Point, NC at AFTER HOURS CLUB!
Stay tuned to here for all the details on the Shackfest!!
Find more great Halshack episodes on all major platforms!!
Tracks at Shacklists
(Best of power rock bands Triton and Scars Remain) from Charlotte NC.
These fellas have been important part of the Halshack early on in my career! I was extremely pleased to have this camp in my corner. Several years ago Triton released full digital/cd album "First Orbit". After a few years of touring the band hit a HUGE snag in the production of their 2nd release and the band went on hiatus. Chris Rich singer landed an important new job and Jim Clardy drummer went to drum for BUSH cover band "GLYCERINE". Just saw them in Greensboro recently at Welcome to Grungeboro at the Blind Tiger!
In the meantime, the guitarist Kyle Spidel and bassist Andy Allen found a couple more great musicians to take up the reigns and form another fantastic harder more metal/rock band named Scars Remain. Scars has been tearing it up and playing some big festivals and garnering radio play. Fast forward Summer 2019 and finally "Last Orbit" was finished and ready for release and Triton is back in business.
The cd is JUST stellar and in my opinion these 2 rock bands are the best bands to EVER come out of NC. PRISON BREAK is one of the best rock songs I've heard in my life! TRUTH!! Look for them sometime this year to share the headline stage with Spaceship Days at my first ever SHACKFEST in High Point, NC at AFTER HOURS CLUB!
Stay tuned to here for all the details on the Shackfest!!
Find more great Halshack episodes on all major platforms!!
Tracks at Shacklists
New Music Alert!! New Music Alert!!
The name of the game is music fun and this show aims to do just that! Gets its name right everytime! We got new music from 4 artists including a brand new band to the show! JEREMY POLAND coming all the way from the blustery cold south pole with his track "Antarctica" More new tunes from the Starving Artists, Lighthouse and the very wearable Paper Jackets!
Its a show dealing with names of places, people, months on the calendar and even a highway road name (well..number)..lol
Enjoy my name show for my name is not the Halshack!!
Find it on all streaming services!
The name of the game is music fun and this show aims to do just that! Gets its name right everytime! We got new music from 4 artists including a brand new band to the show! JEREMY POLAND coming all the way from the blustery cold south pole with his track "Antarctica" More new tunes from the Starving Artists, Lighthouse and the very wearable Paper Jackets!
Its a show dealing with names of places, people, months on the calendar and even a highway road name (well..number)..lol
Enjoy my name show for my name is not the Halshack!!
Find it on all streaming services!
Its POPIFY 5 (Spotify Exclusive)!! Only the best music makes a Popify episode and this may be the best one yet! Certainly the longest and chocked full of pop infused styles across several different genres. I will not double up on songs in these shows. Each Popify episode contains exclusive music that can only be heard in these episodes. Somewhere in each show there is a hidden gem or 2 or 3 that you will only find in this series and no where else in my podcast feed shows. Very rarely will you even hear a same artist in this series.
Well folks "In Spite of It All" we made it!! 5 years down over 100 artists, over 50 episodes including 6 Spotify exclusive shows. Over 400 individual potential hit songs have been played or aired! Over 70k subscribers and growing including plays and broadcasts from over 70 major US markets and over 70 countries have enjoyed the Halshack universe and musical empire. This is how "Legends Are Made" folks! Start BIG with a grass roots movement by not getting involved with "Bad Company" and finding good people to help grow your plight!
"Schools Out" for the winter break and while everyone is enjoying their "Fortunes" of Christmas gifts and holiday cheer, you should not take for granted your "Beautiful Life". "I Cant Be" your property but I can be your good time in the car and "Everything Will Be Alright" with the Halshack in tow as you have "No Walls" around you in search of "Something More" from your musical experience.
Its now "Time" for the show to expand and open its doors for business as we ride the "Rising Tide" for the "Coming Attraction" that has not yet shown "Who" that person is that will help me grow to the next level whether it be a new woman in my life or a new partner. I shall have "Faith" that this new partnership or love interest or both will be a match made in Heaven as I hope we "Belong Together" and won't be feeling very "Green" today as Johnny!
Look for a new named based show coming to the main feed in January (The Name Game) dealing with song titles with names of people, places, roads or months. Goes along well with the Living Wilds bonus show just released. All subjects covering people, animals, and nature.
Enjoy all the shows at Spotify or anywhere on the web!!
Well folks "In Spite of It All" we made it!! 5 years down over 100 artists, over 50 episodes including 6 Spotify exclusive shows. Over 400 individual potential hit songs have been played or aired! Over 70k subscribers and growing including plays and broadcasts from over 70 major US markets and over 70 countries have enjoyed the Halshack universe and musical empire. This is how "Legends Are Made" folks! Start BIG with a grass roots movement by not getting involved with "Bad Company" and finding good people to help grow your plight!
"Schools Out" for the winter break and while everyone is enjoying their "Fortunes" of Christmas gifts and holiday cheer, you should not take for granted your "Beautiful Life". "I Cant Be" your property but I can be your good time in the car and "Everything Will Be Alright" with the Halshack in tow as you have "No Walls" around you in search of "Something More" from your musical experience.
Its now "Time" for the show to expand and open its doors for business as we ride the "Rising Tide" for the "Coming Attraction" that has not yet shown "Who" that person is that will help me grow to the next level whether it be a new woman in my life or a new partner. I shall have "Faith" that this new partnership or love interest or both will be a match made in Heaven as I hope we "Belong Together" and won't be feeling very "Green" today as Johnny!
Look for a new named based show coming to the main feed in January (The Name Game) dealing with song titles with names of people, places, roads or months. Goes along well with the Living Wilds bonus show just released. All subjects covering people, animals, and nature.
Enjoy all the shows at Spotify or anywhere on the web!!
Merry Christmas everyone!! Giving you the gift of music Halshack style!! The Living Wilds is all about people, animals and nature. We all live as one on this giant rock of a planet we call home.
As Halshack looks forward to brighter days for the show we also look forward to philanthropy of the highest order by helping all walks of life coexist as one and make sure we are doing our duty to protect mother Earth from all dangers the Living Wilds can present by helping nature to not be consumed by human neglect.
We are all Gods creatures and the planet as well. He gave us this planet so we could have life and eat of the fruits and labors we all contribute too. Lets not forget what provides for us and care for her so she continues to thrive all mankind! Find the Halshack on all major music services!! Thanks again folks for rockin' the Halshack! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Happy Holidays to everyone!!
As Halshack looks forward to brighter days for the show we also look forward to philanthropy of the highest order by helping all walks of life coexist as one and make sure we are doing our duty to protect mother Earth from all dangers the Living Wilds can present by helping nature to not be consumed by human neglect.
We are all Gods creatures and the planet as well. He gave us this planet so we could have life and eat of the fruits and labors we all contribute too. Lets not forget what provides for us and care for her so she continues to thrive all mankind! Find the Halshack on all major music services!! Thanks again folks for rockin' the Halshack! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Happy Holidays to everyone!!
Ep 18 (LIGHT MY FIRE TOO) Dec 2019 --Season 3 reboot
ALL new artists!! All new bands!! All new songs!!
ALL new artists!! All new bands!! All new songs!!
DISCLAIMER...PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED!! (please read below)
ALL NEW MUSIC AND BANDS ALERT!!
5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!
50th episode released in total!!
Ep 18 (Light My Fire TOO)...Dec 2019! Season 3 reboot!!
DISCLAIMER...PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED!! (end of the show)
I was a little "loose" with my language this show (just having fun!) and there's a new Euro band (PAPYLLON) with some adult content!
I had to at least warn you that the HALSHACK "grew up" this show, now its time to "blow up" and start work on the next level of my entertainment juggernaut!
ALL NEW BANDS AND MUSIC!!--read below
SPECIAL DEBUT RETURN to the scene in 6 YEARS...
EMILY MORRIS (American Idol Season 11)..."absolutely pristine angelic vocal"
Debuting new bands and artists LIGHTHOUSE, PAPYLLON, SARAH LIGHTMAN,BRANDON BASSIR, FUTURE SELVES, AMANDA COOKSEY, ROB GEORG, DUSTIN WUTSCHKE collab track (with Halshack and Christina Soto) and MIKE BAUER (ooooooh... very smooth track named "Wild")
New tracks from SAM TINNESZ and LOW BODIES and round it out with a couple returning powerhouse "hits" from Spanish rocker JACK BISONTE and talented producer JAEM.
LOOK FOLKS!! I'm just having a little fun here with my show and the subject matter. Anyone who knows me and has been long time fans of the show knows that my LUCK and TIMING has been that of LEGENDS and my LIFE and SHOW are truly CONNECTED and INTERTWINED in more ways that I can count or even begin to understand. My friends and family knows that I have been trying to DATE (since the CRASH of my life in February 2019) at every turn with no luck so I thought I'd see if anyone listening might want to give it a shot and get to know me a little bit. I'm being a little MUCH in the show I know...LOL. I felt good making this show and everyone knows I like to pick and joke around! I'm not conceited in anyway I was just having a lot of fun this show being Mr. Dashing and playing off the song titles and subject matter!
HALSHACK is a persona, its me, but its not really ME. I'm keyed up, talking like a radio presenter, stuff like that is for the show!
I've got the burning passion desire for ROMANCE, FUN, ADVENTURE, LOVE and MUSIC and PASSION for life and all things fun and humorous! Anything I can do to help better human kind and it starts with tiny gifts of good music to help soothe your soul. I'll move on to BIGGER and BETTER gifts to humanity as I gain stature. It's time ladies for me to start the journey for my future life. I'm looking for a lady who might have some interest in my life and would like to get to know my heart. I would LOVE to know yours! I'm easy to talk too and approach. I can talk about anything and am interested in EVERYTHING! But surefire way to connect is to talk about the show and bands and music and if you're a special lady singer, well we just may be two peas in a pod..lol
I've got a HUGE HEART to give and want mine spoken to or better yet SUNG TO!!...lol
As usual its ALL about TIMING with me and it just so happens to be that time in my life when I'm ready for the next phase and I'm beginning to understand what type of woman I need in my life and that would be a passionate woman that's in the business or can be in the business like a SINGER/Actress/Model maybe the right kind of model that's ambitious and driven or a P.R. person. (I really kind of feel the singer/musician/writer/blogger vibe maybe) and this show of course would happen to line up with that in my life and most of the song titles being about loving a woman or just meeting the right one at this time. I cant help the timing. Its no surprise I'm single, I've mentioned the terrible effects my life have endured over the last year in past episodes. But now I'm ready to move on. Its the ONLY time I've ever USED my show to talk to women and I will never again. If this works and I find the right woman to move forward then that prevents me from wasting my time with the wrong one and stagnating my life, there would be no need to play to the ladies hearts again because I'll be happy in LOVE (I hope) and ON MY WAY. PLUS its just the subject matter of the show, again all about timing. Wasn't my plan, just worked out that way!
"these are song titles from the show"..I like to play around with titles from the show and make paragraphs with them
I AM looking for MY "Little Queen on Fire" that could be the brightest "Shining Star" of my life! I'm hoping I can at least chat with a special woman to see where it might lead! Take a leap of faith with me and lets break the ice with a little heat and maybe there might be "Something in the Air" and we "Catch Fire" so we might hit that special frequency and we're talkin' all night long! Don't know unless we try ladies.
I'm easy to find (Facebook, Twitter, Halshack contact page at website) and I'm "Easygoing", that's just me..lol
Find the Halshack on all major music services and also of course the show website!!
FATE STORY...100% real!!
Halshack.com/fate-story
ALL NEW MUSIC AND BANDS ALERT!!
5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!
50th episode released in total!!
Ep 18 (Light My Fire TOO)...Dec 2019! Season 3 reboot!!
DISCLAIMER...PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED!! (end of the show)
I was a little "loose" with my language this show (just having fun!) and there's a new Euro band (PAPYLLON) with some adult content!
I had to at least warn you that the HALSHACK "grew up" this show, now its time to "blow up" and start work on the next level of my entertainment juggernaut!
ALL NEW BANDS AND MUSIC!!--read below
SPECIAL DEBUT RETURN to the scene in 6 YEARS...
EMILY MORRIS (American Idol Season 11)..."absolutely pristine angelic vocal"
Debuting new bands and artists LIGHTHOUSE, PAPYLLON, SARAH LIGHTMAN,BRANDON BASSIR, FUTURE SELVES, AMANDA COOKSEY, ROB GEORG, DUSTIN WUTSCHKE collab track (with Halshack and Christina Soto) and MIKE BAUER (ooooooh... very smooth track named "Wild")
New tracks from SAM TINNESZ and LOW BODIES and round it out with a couple returning powerhouse "hits" from Spanish rocker JACK BISONTE and talented producer JAEM.
LOOK FOLKS!! I'm just having a little fun here with my show and the subject matter. Anyone who knows me and has been long time fans of the show knows that my LUCK and TIMING has been that of LEGENDS and my LIFE and SHOW are truly CONNECTED and INTERTWINED in more ways that I can count or even begin to understand. My friends and family knows that I have been trying to DATE (since the CRASH of my life in February 2019) at every turn with no luck so I thought I'd see if anyone listening might want to give it a shot and get to know me a little bit. I'm being a little MUCH in the show I know...LOL. I felt good making this show and everyone knows I like to pick and joke around! I'm not conceited in anyway I was just having a lot of fun this show being Mr. Dashing and playing off the song titles and subject matter!
HALSHACK is a persona, its me, but its not really ME. I'm keyed up, talking like a radio presenter, stuff like that is for the show!
I've got the burning passion desire for ROMANCE, FUN, ADVENTURE, LOVE and MUSIC and PASSION for life and all things fun and humorous! Anything I can do to help better human kind and it starts with tiny gifts of good music to help soothe your soul. I'll move on to BIGGER and BETTER gifts to humanity as I gain stature. It's time ladies for me to start the journey for my future life. I'm looking for a lady who might have some interest in my life and would like to get to know my heart. I would LOVE to know yours! I'm easy to talk too and approach. I can talk about anything and am interested in EVERYTHING! But surefire way to connect is to talk about the show and bands and music and if you're a special lady singer, well we just may be two peas in a pod..lol
I've got a HUGE HEART to give and want mine spoken to or better yet SUNG TO!!...lol
As usual its ALL about TIMING with me and it just so happens to be that time in my life when I'm ready for the next phase and I'm beginning to understand what type of woman I need in my life and that would be a passionate woman that's in the business or can be in the business like a SINGER/Actress/Model maybe the right kind of model that's ambitious and driven or a P.R. person. (I really kind of feel the singer/musician/writer/blogger vibe maybe) and this show of course would happen to line up with that in my life and most of the song titles being about loving a woman or just meeting the right one at this time. I cant help the timing. Its no surprise I'm single, I've mentioned the terrible effects my life have endured over the last year in past episodes. But now I'm ready to move on. Its the ONLY time I've ever USED my show to talk to women and I will never again. If this works and I find the right woman to move forward then that prevents me from wasting my time with the wrong one and stagnating my life, there would be no need to play to the ladies hearts again because I'll be happy in LOVE (I hope) and ON MY WAY. PLUS its just the subject matter of the show, again all about timing. Wasn't my plan, just worked out that way!
"these are song titles from the show"..I like to play around with titles from the show and make paragraphs with them
I AM looking for MY "Little Queen on Fire" that could be the brightest "Shining Star" of my life! I'm hoping I can at least chat with a special woman to see where it might lead! Take a leap of faith with me and lets break the ice with a little heat and maybe there might be "Something in the Air" and we "Catch Fire" so we might hit that special frequency and we're talkin' all night long! Don't know unless we try ladies.
I'm easy to find (Facebook, Twitter, Halshack contact page at website) and I'm "Easygoing", that's just me..lol
Find the Halshack on all major music services and also of course the show website!!
FATE STORY...100% real!!
Halshack.com/fate-story
MY LIFE AND SHOW ARE WAY MORE INTERMINGLED THAN THEY SHOULD BE!! ...LOL
READ THIS FANATICAL STORY ABOUT HOW I CAME TO BE AND WHY MY SHOW IS TAKING OFF!!
I LIVE A LIFE OF SYNCHRONICITY!
NOOOO....I don't know how (lol) or even understand why but I just do! I'm destined for something great and to contribute to the world as best as I can by helping indie artists and any other downtrodden!
I SPENT SEVERAL HOURS TYPING THIS UP, MOST OF THIS STORY CAN BE SUPPORTED BY (FACTS) ON MY COMPUTER ABOUT DATES, EMAILS, AND I HAVE QUITE A FEW CLOSE FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH ME SINCE DAY 1 OF THE SHOW AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN A ROCK SOLID PART OF MY LIFE FOR THE LAST COUPE YEARS AND HAVE SEEN ALL THIS EVOLVE IN FRONT OF THEM AS WELL!!
EVERYTHING IN THIS STORY IS 100% TRUE!!
Click below or find FATE STORY in the menu.....
www.halshack.com/fate-story
READ THIS FANATICAL STORY ABOUT HOW I CAME TO BE AND WHY MY SHOW IS TAKING OFF!!
I LIVE A LIFE OF SYNCHRONICITY!
NOOOO....I don't know how (lol) or even understand why but I just do! I'm destined for something great and to contribute to the world as best as I can by helping indie artists and any other downtrodden!
I SPENT SEVERAL HOURS TYPING THIS UP, MOST OF THIS STORY CAN BE SUPPORTED BY (FACTS) ON MY COMPUTER ABOUT DATES, EMAILS, AND I HAVE QUITE A FEW CLOSE FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH ME SINCE DAY 1 OF THE SHOW AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN A ROCK SOLID PART OF MY LIFE FOR THE LAST COUPE YEARS AND HAVE SEEN ALL THIS EVOLVE IN FRONT OF THEM AS WELL!!
EVERYTHING IN THIS STORY IS 100% TRUE!!
Click below or find FATE STORY in the menu.....
www.halshack.com/fate-story
Gotta love PARTNERS especially when they are a famous producer!!
THUG LIFE BABY!!
THUG LIFE BABY!!
MORE PRESS FOLKS!!
Just got CURATED by PODCHASER for October (We're at the top of October) by Audible Feast!!
Heck yeah baby! Thanks so much. I really appreciate all the love and support!!
PODCHASER list....
https://www.podchaser.com/lists/Audible-Feasts-Fall-Faves-107Zzr3GCr?fbclid=IwAR0Jyq4JhspTcedavHs_n_Nf5WGGllcqvlsdqWWDUxENZcuwriYQmi9L0L4
They picked up Ep 15.5 Indie Flavors! Stream or download here!
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/halshack/episodes/2019-07-19T02_55_19-07_00
Just got CURATED by PODCHASER for October (We're at the top of October) by Audible Feast!!
Heck yeah baby! Thanks so much. I really appreciate all the love and support!!
PODCHASER list....
https://www.podchaser.com/lists/Audible-Feasts-Fall-Faves-107Zzr3GCr?fbclid=IwAR0Jyq4JhspTcedavHs_n_Nf5WGGllcqvlsdqWWDUxENZcuwriYQmi9L0L4
They picked up Ep 15.5 Indie Flavors! Stream or download here!
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/halshack/episodes/2019-07-19T02_55_19-07_00
(PLAYER FM) has awarded the show
20 PODCAST OF THE DAY awards!!
We won for LUCKY 13, TIMESTITCHERS, LOST -N- SPACE, ROCK AGES, INDIE FLAVORS, MYSTERY SHACKLIGHTS,
CAROLINA FOOTSTOMPIN', NARROW PLAINS--(Shackstars series) and NARROW PLAINS interview, WEST COAST WONDERS, POPIFY 2, Ep 1 (throwback), Ep 18 (season 3 reboot), Ep 2 (throwback),The Living Wilds, Popify 3, The Scars of Triton, Throwback ep 3 , Popify 5, and most recently for Crewsin' and Musin'
You guys are the best!!
HALSHACK would like to thank PLAYER FM for their undying support!!
Just got on to INSTAGRAM. Help me build my account!
Follow me please. Thank you!!
Follow me please. Thank you!!
Halshack is a supporter of Autism Speaks and Autism Radio!
Well the news just gets better folks!!
Top 15 Podcasts on the Planet by FEEDSPOT
Look what I just been awarded with and its not lightly handed out either.
Here's the criteria they used to determine this outcome straight from the website!
Im so honored folks, thank you!!
Top 15 Indie Music Audio Podcasts & Radio You Must Subscribe and Listen to in 2019
The Best Indie Music Podcasts from thousands of Indie Music Podcasts on the web using search and social metrics. Subscribe to these audio podcasts because they are actively working to educate, inspire, and empower their readers with frequent updates and high-quality episodes.
These podcasts are ranked based on following criteria
link to blog
https://blog.feedspot.com/indie_music_podcasts/
Top 15 Podcasts on the Planet by FEEDSPOT
Look what I just been awarded with and its not lightly handed out either.
Here's the criteria they used to determine this outcome straight from the website!
Im so honored folks, thank you!!
Top 15 Indie Music Audio Podcasts & Radio You Must Subscribe and Listen to in 2019
The Best Indie Music Podcasts from thousands of Indie Music Podcasts on the web using search and social metrics. Subscribe to these audio podcasts because they are actively working to educate, inspire, and empower their readers with frequent updates and high-quality episodes.
These podcasts are ranked based on following criteria
- Google reputation and Google search ranking
- Influence and popularity on Facebook, twitter and other social media sites
- Quality and consistency of episodes.
- Feedspot’s editorial team and expert review
link to blog
https://blog.feedspot.com/indie_music_podcasts/
HIRE MY EXCLUSIVE PARTY FOR YOUR NEXT EVENT!!
ONE OF A KIND SHOW THAT ONLY THE HALSHACK CAN OFFER!!
ONE OF A KIND SHOW THAT ONLY THE HALSHACK CAN OFFER!!
OH YEAH!! TIME FOR PARTNERS!! THANKS FOR COMING ABOARD DUSTIN!!
Click the pics below will take you to his
(DBW Media website) and (Drooble account) and (Facebook page)
Click the pics below will take you to his
(DBW Media website) and (Drooble account) and (Facebook page)
Dustin Wutschke and I have become pretty good pals lately. We found each other on Drooble. Turns out our lives share alot of similarities AAAANNDDD we even have the same birthday!! Just weird but coincidence, I think not. I think its all part of the master plan for the Halshack to succeed and Dustin too as we tackle the music industry as the dastardly duo!
Mixing and mastering are his game while I bring the knowledge of finesse and nuances. We built this track together for our first collaboration with Christina Soto belting out a powerful vocal. Probably be a good club track to spin up at a party!
Dustin is working on some cool projects with a very special young lady from the Caribbean I found on Drooble back at Mothers Day! Her name is Lucia Banfield and boy we will they have a surprise for you. Lucia is an absolutely ace brilliant singer at the top of the game. Its gonna be neat to see what her jazzy style and smooth delivery can conjure up with Dustin W. behind the scenes!
Be looking forward to one of their tracks making my show in the future for world wide release!
Mixing and mastering are his game while I bring the knowledge of finesse and nuances. We built this track together for our first collaboration with Christina Soto belting out a powerful vocal. Probably be a good club track to spin up at a party!
Dustin is working on some cool projects with a very special young lady from the Caribbean I found on Drooble back at Mothers Day! Her name is Lucia Banfield and boy we will they have a surprise for you. Lucia is an absolutely ace brilliant singer at the top of the game. Its gonna be neat to see what her jazzy style and smooth delivery can conjure up with Dustin W. behind the scenes!
Be looking forward to one of their tracks making my show in the future for world wide release!
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This is my current audience around the world on PODOMATIC. People just LOVE the show!!
The larger the dot the more activity from that area! Thanks so much NORTH CAROLINA. Alot of support here in my home state and look at KANSAS CITY and the UK!! WOW!!
TIME FOR THE HALSHACK TO GROW! THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
The larger the dot the more activity from that area! Thanks so much NORTH CAROLINA. Alot of support here in my home state and look at KANSAS CITY and the UK!! WOW!!
TIME FOR THE HALSHACK TO GROW! THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Just click the pics!
Most will take you to a Halshack page!
Most will take you to a Halshack page!
CHECK OUT MY BUDDIES NEW COFFEE AND ICE CREAM SHOP!!
HE FEATURES LIVE MUSIC TOO!!
STOP BY LOCATED ON MAIN ST. IN FRONT OF THE EMPORIUM IN CHARMING DOWNTOWN THOMASVILLE, NC!!
CLICK THE MIDDLE PIC TO GO TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE!!
Listen to the Ep 15.5 (Indie Flavors) while you're chillin' to some coffee and ice cream!
HE FEATURES LIVE MUSIC TOO!!
STOP BY LOCATED ON MAIN ST. IN FRONT OF THE EMPORIUM IN CHARMING DOWNTOWN THOMASVILLE, NC!!
CLICK THE MIDDLE PIC TO GO TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE!!
Listen to the Ep 15.5 (Indie Flavors) while you're chillin' to some coffee and ice cream!
PLEASE SEE BELOW THE POSTER FOR UPDATES!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!
DISCLAIMER!!!!!!!
THIS IS FAKE NEWS!!
Were trying to gauge interest for this event! We need promises and guarantees that people will come! The bands only make money if you show and support!! Its all depending upon door sales!! If this is a successful we can make this a regular event with new acts and plan in advance get more or my bands to come participate!!
ITS GONNA BE A PARTY !! Pre-Summer bash!
Were thinking SPRING 2020
Heres the deal Triton's drummer needs rotatory cuff surgery in Aug and he needs time to heal so for now were gonna get to enjoy 3 new songs from Triton as well as a classic thats been re-tooled into a WAY better version!!!
(So Mar or April 2020 would be our target for the SHACKFEST) Triton's drummer will be healed up and ready for drumming come next year!
TRITON really wants to do this show and I got a new addition coming from Raleigh that wants to be a part of this. They got a great new pop song will be hearing on Ep 16 CAROLINA FOOTSTOMPIN'!
SUIRPRISE!! There will be Ep 16 and Ep. 16.5 coming out to support this bash! Please be on the lookout for CAROLINA SHACKCAST and CAROLINA FOOTSTOMPIN' bonus featuring all the great acts that can be found in NC and SC!!
Heres a sample of the live bands that MIGHT (not decided yet) be playing!!
BRAND NEW ep 16 is out (Carolina Footstompin') ....Hear all the great artists around the CAROLINAS!
Click the link
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/halshack/episodes/2019-08-13T03_24_41-07_00
THIS IS FAKE NEWS!!
Were trying to gauge interest for this event! We need promises and guarantees that people will come! The bands only make money if you show and support!! Its all depending upon door sales!! If this is a successful we can make this a regular event with new acts and plan in advance get more or my bands to come participate!!
ITS GONNA BE A PARTY !! Pre-Summer bash!
Were thinking SPRING 2020
Heres the deal Triton's drummer needs rotatory cuff surgery in Aug and he needs time to heal so for now were gonna get to enjoy 3 new songs from Triton as well as a classic thats been re-tooled into a WAY better version!!!
(So Mar or April 2020 would be our target for the SHACKFEST) Triton's drummer will be healed up and ready for drumming come next year!
TRITON really wants to do this show and I got a new addition coming from Raleigh that wants to be a part of this. They got a great new pop song will be hearing on Ep 16 CAROLINA FOOTSTOMPIN'!
SUIRPRISE!! There will be Ep 16 and Ep. 16.5 coming out to support this bash! Please be on the lookout for CAROLINA SHACKCAST and CAROLINA FOOTSTOMPIN' bonus featuring all the great acts that can be found in NC and SC!!
Heres a sample of the live bands that MIGHT (not decided yet) be playing!!
BRAND NEW ep 16 is out (Carolina Footstompin') ....Hear all the great artists around the CAROLINAS!
Click the link
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/halshack/episodes/2019-08-13T03_24_41-07_00
Hear "PAPER JACKETS" perform an exclusive endorsed 100% certified and authorized remake (2018) of STEVIE NICKS classic "hit" song STAND BACK from (1983) to be released on commercial mainstream radio sometime in the future!!
You can only hear this track on my show...there is NO OTHER PLACE YOU CAN HEAR THIS SONG!!
Its not POSTED anywhere!! Go ahead and try to find it on the web!! It doesn't exist because it has not been released yet!!
I have it as an EXCLUSIVE for my show ONLY on direct loan from the PAPER JACKETS and STEVIE NICKS!
This is a momentous moment for a fledgling band much less a fledgling podcast!! I am honored I was chosen for this opportunity to promote and play this killer track on my show from this new exquisite act from California the PAPER JACKETS!!
Be sure to listen to the whole show..lots of great music and bands plus you will be rewarded with 3 very cool new original songs from the PAPER JACKETS. All radio ready material just waiting to be devoured by the masses!!
Catch their review from PETE RINGMASTER (professional reviewer from the UK)...scroll down to the link for CREWS VIEWS
(click the pic to play or download) or play or download from the player
You can only hear this track on my show...there is NO OTHER PLACE YOU CAN HEAR THIS SONG!!
Its not POSTED anywhere!! Go ahead and try to find it on the web!! It doesn't exist because it has not been released yet!!
I have it as an EXCLUSIVE for my show ONLY on direct loan from the PAPER JACKETS and STEVIE NICKS!
This is a momentous moment for a fledgling band much less a fledgling podcast!! I am honored I was chosen for this opportunity to promote and play this killer track on my show from this new exquisite act from California the PAPER JACKETS!!
Be sure to listen to the whole show..lots of great music and bands plus you will be rewarded with 3 very cool new original songs from the PAPER JACKETS. All radio ready material just waiting to be devoured by the masses!!
Catch their review from PETE RINGMASTER (professional reviewer from the UK)...scroll down to the link for CREWS VIEWS
(click the pic to play or download) or play or download from the player
Brand new page!! ROCKCASTS episode archives page!!
Find all current posted shows here or at most major platforms!!
Just click the pic or go to the menu!!
Find all current posted shows here or at most major platforms!!
Just click the pic or go to the menu!!
TESTIMONIALS from real fans of the Halshack!!
Best radio I've heard in years!....TERRY ROSS
Some great finds on here.... thank you.........PHIL SHAW
AWESOME PODCAST!!!!! From start to finish.. Well done.......Sherrene Ryan Wells
Hal has the ability to take you back to the soul of what made you excited about music......Brandon Barnes
One great radio broadcast, this guy should be National and all this good music can be heard by everyone, cheers!......Jay Manly
Great collection of styles and sounds! Good to hear Savage Henry still getting attention and of course Seven Circle Sunrise whose album gets regular play in my car! ......Andrew Liles
Plus many many more great comments and support for the Halshack!!
Thanks so much to all my loyal fans and supporters!!
Best radio I've heard in years!....TERRY ROSS
Some great finds on here.... thank you.........PHIL SHAW
AWESOME PODCAST!!!!! From start to finish.. Well done.......Sherrene Ryan Wells
Hal has the ability to take you back to the soul of what made you excited about music......Brandon Barnes
One great radio broadcast, this guy should be National and all this good music can be heard by everyone, cheers!......Jay Manly
Great collection of styles and sounds! Good to hear Savage Henry still getting attention and of course Seven Circle Sunrise whose album gets regular play in my car! ......Andrew Liles
Plus many many more great comments and support for the Halshack!!
Thanks so much to all my loyal fans and supporters!!
Click here for the band review special and their upcoming "paper" interview
will be posted as soon as I receive it from the band!!
will be posted as soon as I receive it from the band!!
Wow!! Thanks David Willard and Forsyth Woman magazine for showing us some love and support by honoring my show with this great article and spotlight piece in their May edition 2018. Its our first ever official press, its in print and online so grab you a copy today!!
click the pic and it will link you to the article
Theres a full (UNCUT) version if youre interested in reading it...
(AVAILABLE HERE on the all new PRESS page) link to read
click the pic and it will link you to the article
Theres a full (UNCUT) version if youre interested in reading it...
(AVAILABLE HERE on the all new PRESS page) link to read
Click the pic for CREWS VIEWS review page!!
Like to introduce our newest addition to our staff of wonderkids and knuckleheads!!..lol
Brandon Barnes is a former veteran of the FM radio airwaves and has given us an awesome new review for our show! He had great comments to say and compared us to being "BETTER" than FM radio!! WOW, thanks Brandon for honoring our show with your esteemed background and street cred!!
Heres what Brandon had to say about the Halshack!!
"The HalShack RockCast has become a breath of fresh air to what had become a rather flaccid arena for what today’s FM radio plays, which can be nothing short of the same female (or male) singers practicing their vocal exercises over a producer’s loops or some recycled or borrowed beat that people had long forgotten.
Hal brings you the unpolished gems of what can (and will) be actual future storytellers brought to you via FM radio. A standard example is Kylie Odetta. Her voice can lift your spirits. At the same time, Hal brings you a podcast that you can play when you have company over, if only for the purpose of ambience; however, his infectious enthusiasm grabs you into the songs he presents like the FM days of old when DJs kept you hanging on to your radio to hear the next good song.
Hal has the ability to take you back to the soul of what made you excited about music."
Like to introduce our newest addition to our staff of wonderkids and knuckleheads!!..lol
Brandon Barnes is a former veteran of the FM radio airwaves and has given us an awesome new review for our show! He had great comments to say and compared us to being "BETTER" than FM radio!! WOW, thanks Brandon for honoring our show with your esteemed background and street cred!!
Heres what Brandon had to say about the Halshack!!
"The HalShack RockCast has become a breath of fresh air to what had become a rather flaccid arena for what today’s FM radio plays, which can be nothing short of the same female (or male) singers practicing their vocal exercises over a producer’s loops or some recycled or borrowed beat that people had long forgotten.
Hal brings you the unpolished gems of what can (and will) be actual future storytellers brought to you via FM radio. A standard example is Kylie Odetta. Her voice can lift your spirits. At the same time, Hal brings you a podcast that you can play when you have company over, if only for the purpose of ambience; however, his infectious enthusiasm grabs you into the songs he presents like the FM days of old when DJs kept you hanging on to your radio to hear the next good song.
Hal has the ability to take you back to the soul of what made you excited about music."
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Brandon Barnes is a former broadcaster, producer and DJ for 1230AM WMFR, 99.5FM WMAG and 98.3FM WTHP in the Piedmont-Triad, North Carolina metropolitan market.
He was also a vanguard DJ for the Greensboro/Winston-Salem club scene, with venues at Club 5th Season, Club Orion, The Clubhouse, Club Hellenbach and The Red Pepper Tavern, as well as various entertainment complexes throughout the Carolinas. |
Ep 13 (Oct 2018) "Lucky 13"
Ep 13.5 (Oct 2018) "Hallowshack" ...bonus music only
Ep 13.5 (Dec 2018) "Light my Fire"...bonus music only
Ep 13.5 (Oct 2018) "Hallowshack" ...bonus music only
Ep 13.5 (Dec 2018) "Light my Fire"...bonus music only
Ep 12 (July 2018) "Able to Label" -(Stevie Nicks/Paper Jackets special)
Ep 12.5 (Sept 2018) "Shackslyers" --Shackstars series --bonus music only (best of Stealing Eden and Seven Circle Sunrise)
Spotify exclusive (Dec 2018) -5 song sample "Popify"
Ep 12.5 (Sept 2018) "Shackslyers" --Shackstars series --bonus music only (best of Stealing Eden and Seven Circle Sunrise)
Spotify exclusive (Dec 2018) -5 song sample "Popify"
JUST CLICK THE PICS TO LINK YOU TO THESE GREAT EPISODES!!
Ep 11.5 (Mar 2018) --Narrow Plains --"Shackstars"..bonus music only
Ep 11 (Jan 2018) "New Beginnings" -- (Frankie Muniz, Kingsfoil, Astro Lasso special)
Ep 11.5 (Mar 2018) Airport Impressions "Shackstars" bonus music only (recently inked distribution with SONY)
Ep 11.5 (Mar 2018) --Narrow Plains --"Shackstars"..bonus music only
Ep 11 (Jan 2018) "New Beginnings" -- (Frankie Muniz, Kingsfoil, Astro Lasso special)
Ep 11.5 (Mar 2018) Airport Impressions "Shackstars" bonus music only (recently inked distribution with SONY)
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Spotify accepts only a limited number of podcasts due to strict rules and criteria!
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WOW! Thank you INDIE BIBLE!
Also check out their newsletter which I will now be a part of that gets distributed to 180,000 folks each month!
WOW! Thank you INDIE BIBLE!
AWARDS & ACCOLADES:
------Podcast of the Day Ep. 13 "Lucky 13" 15.5 "Timestitchers"
15.5 "Lost-n-Space", 15.5 "Rock Ages" at PlayerFM
------#1 top trending podcast at Podomatic
------#1 alt chart and #36 overall of 100,000+ posted
-----Top 5 shows at Mixcloud
-----Earned over 30 music expert badges (radio, music, indie, DJ, etc....) from Klout.com
-----Branded a "MUSIC" expert by Klear.com
-----Honored to be added to over 90 exclusive lists on Twitter
----show has been featured on Trendwave, Rock Music Weekly,
and Live at Nashville.com (plus more)
----FORSYTH WOMAN MAGAZINE (MAY 2018)
THANK YOU FOR ROCKIN' THE HALSACK!!
------Podcast of the Day Ep. 13 "Lucky 13" 15.5 "Timestitchers"
15.5 "Lost-n-Space", 15.5 "Rock Ages" at PlayerFM
------#1 top trending podcast at Podomatic
------#1 alt chart and #36 overall of 100,000+ posted
-----Top 5 shows at Mixcloud
-----Earned over 30 music expert badges (radio, music, indie, DJ, etc....) from Klout.com
-----Branded a "MUSIC" expert by Klear.com
-----Honored to be added to over 90 exclusive lists on Twitter
----show has been featured on Trendwave, Rock Music Weekly,
and Live at Nashville.com (plus more)
----FORSYTH WOMAN MAGAZINE (MAY 2018)
THANK YOU FOR ROCKIN' THE HALSACK!!
Supported bands MAJOR accolades:
BIG LITTLE LIONS.... Million plays for "Fills Me Up" on Spotify, winner of John Lennon Songwriting contest
FATE UNDER FIRE....band members involved in Netflix show (13 Reasons Why), winner MTV Freshmen Five
MISS AUDREY....19 years old and winner of NAMI Nashville award for best indie pop artist.
FUTURE THIEVES.....song "Horizon Line" has over 1 million plays and hit #26 on Spotify's US Viral Top 50 chart
COMO BROTHERS... won many awards, music on TV (Keeping up with the Kardashians and the Real World)
PAPER JACKETS.....officially endorsed band by STEVIE NICKS with new "STAND BACK" due out on FM radio!
LAUREN DAIR.....FOX TV star (New Girl) and backed by INTEL Corp. plus other sponsors
KINGSFOIL.....FOX TV star Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle) plays drums
MAGIC GIANT (Rolling Stone mag) Top 10 artist to watch for 2017!!......OVER 80K fans!!
STEALING EDEN ....25k+ fans and over 40,000 cd sales!!
HOONCH (Walla)... "101" ...has reached 10 million plays on SPOTIFY!!
SEVEN CIRCLE SUNRISE...30,000 Facebook fans, played with national acts like PUDDLE OF MUDD plus others!
NARROW PLAINS (UK)...70,000 fans, won contest to come to NC to work with famed producer JOHN DAVENPORT!!
LUKE POTTER (UK)....300,000 followers and has recently been signed to SONY RECORDS..well done Luke!!
SPACESHIP DAYS....20,000 fans and growing across my home state of NC. Adam Lee Decker is the front man
and he was an AMERICAN IDOL finalist for season 11. This band has recently inked a deal with a popular indie label.
TYLER STENSON and AUSTIN RENFROE...both have seen much love from SIRIUS/XM radio!
Too many more to cover .............
BIG LITTLE LIONS.... Million plays for "Fills Me Up" on Spotify, winner of John Lennon Songwriting contest
FATE UNDER FIRE....band members involved in Netflix show (13 Reasons Why), winner MTV Freshmen Five
MISS AUDREY....19 years old and winner of NAMI Nashville award for best indie pop artist.
FUTURE THIEVES.....song "Horizon Line" has over 1 million plays and hit #26 on Spotify's US Viral Top 50 chart
COMO BROTHERS... won many awards, music on TV (Keeping up with the Kardashians and the Real World)
PAPER JACKETS.....officially endorsed band by STEVIE NICKS with new "STAND BACK" due out on FM radio!
LAUREN DAIR.....FOX TV star (New Girl) and backed by INTEL Corp. plus other sponsors
KINGSFOIL.....FOX TV star Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle) plays drums
MAGIC GIANT (Rolling Stone mag) Top 10 artist to watch for 2017!!......OVER 80K fans!!
STEALING EDEN ....25k+ fans and over 40,000 cd sales!!
HOONCH (Walla)... "101" ...has reached 10 million plays on SPOTIFY!!
SEVEN CIRCLE SUNRISE...30,000 Facebook fans, played with national acts like PUDDLE OF MUDD plus others!
NARROW PLAINS (UK)...70,000 fans, won contest to come to NC to work with famed producer JOHN DAVENPORT!!
LUKE POTTER (UK)....300,000 followers and has recently been signed to SONY RECORDS..well done Luke!!
SPACESHIP DAYS....20,000 fans and growing across my home state of NC. Adam Lee Decker is the front man
and he was an AMERICAN IDOL finalist for season 11. This band has recently inked a deal with a popular indie label.
TYLER STENSON and AUSTIN RENFROE...both have seen much love from SIRIUS/XM radio!
Too many more to cover .............
Lookie lookie who made Rolling Stone 10 bands to watch for June 2017!! Well done guys!!
Be sure to find their new cd "In the Wind" on Spotify, ITunes, and other music outlets!!
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Be sure to find their new cd "In the Wind" on Spotify, ITunes, and other music outlets!!
Get the article here or click the pic!
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Mystery Spotlight band for Ep 15
FORTY FEET TALL
Portland, Ore.
FEELING FORTY FEET TALL by Pete Ringmaster (UK)
Sometimes you come across a band which simply feels destined to find major attention and success. US rockers Forty Feet Tall is one such proposition. An outfit which cannot be called newcomers, they emerged in 2011 and have paid their musical dues whilst creating a sound which has fired up a constantly increasing flock of fans and wall shaking venues alike. As new songs have stepped forth it is hard not to have the suspicion that things are poised to really erupt for the quartet so it is time to take stock of their music to date we thought.
Formed in 2011 in Los Angeles, Forty Feet Tall took little time in lighting up local venues whilst earning a strong following. Then with similar swiftness their quickly proving individual rock music found a home playing classic rock venues such as The Troubadour, Club Nokia, the iconic Roxy, and The Whisky. It was a rapid rise based on hard work and a feisty sound regularly and effortlessly finding broader ranges of ears especially once, while wrestling with their college years, the band released a self-titled debut album. 2014 saw its well-received arrival and in no time a wider audience knew what many had already found, the Forty Feet Tall sound was one multi-flavored and impassioned as well as imaginatively crafted proposition.
Tracks such as the foot stomping ‘No Control ‘and the blues kissed ‘Not So Nice’ leaped from the speakers from within the full-length, tenacious rhythms and weaves of lively guitar regularly dancing with similarly magnetic vocals as keys offered a natural flirtation. It was a blend which invigorated each of the ten tracks making up the release and needed little time to reveal it had keen diversity to its creative prowess. Such the strength of its songs, favorites among listeners expanded its whole length but major highlights for personal tastes definitely included the instinctively catchy ‘Never Again’, ‘The Exhibition’ with its fiery muscular shuffle, and the dark southern lure that is ‘My Empty Hand’ though the virulently rousing ‘Crash and Burn’ pretty much stole the show. The album showed though that each Forty Feet Tall encounter had a character unique to the next and never left ears wanting for adventure.
It also suggested that influences to the band might have included the likes of Pearl Jam, Jimi Hendrix, The Black Keys, The Strokes, Led Zeppelin, and Howlin’ Wolf, potent spicing just as flavoursome but never over powering within the excellent ‘Red Dressed EP’ which escaped their imagination two years later. Its trio of original songs were certainly bred from the same template and intent as those before but each flourished in a new maturity in writing and invention. The EP’s opener and title track was pure infectiousness but with a plaintive heart exposed in voice and melodic fire while a richer and thicker vein of enterprise and rock ‘n’ roll weight was just as potent within the riveting pair of ‘Make It Hum’ and ‘Two Shots’.
Time since its release has seen the band relocate to Portland, Oregon, and go through a slight line-up change with bassist Brett Marquette joining vocalist/guitarist Cole Gann, guitarist Jack Sehres, and drummer Steven Driscoll. Beginning to work on their sophomore full-length, Forty Feet Tall began unveiling new tracks in 2018 beginning with the seriously striking ‘Grin’, a track as feral as it is skillfully seductive. The calmer natured ‘Cavalcade’ has only added to more intrigue and fascination as the band continued unveiling yet another impressive evolution to their music.
With ‘Quotessa’ since ramping up the anticipation of that second album or any subsequent tracks from the band it is proving so easy to imagine and assume that the time of Forty Feet Tall is on the near horizon. Even the recently breaking news of Driscoll cannot take the edge of that notion.
Forty Feet Tall is a band on the verge and their new songs roar watch out we are coming to rock your souls to exhaustion.
Check Forty Feet Tall further @...
https://www.fortyfeettall.com
https://www.facebook.com/FortyFeetTall/
https://fortyfeettall.bandcamp.com/
Pete RingMaster 06/02/2019
ringmasterreviewintroduces.wordpress.com/
Halshack would like to add I absolutely LOVE this band!!
Well done Pete!! Thanks a bunch brother!!
Hear their spotlight piece on the brand new Ep 15 along with a whole slew of special goodies and treats on the player below!!
FORTY FEET TALL
Portland, Ore.
FEELING FORTY FEET TALL by Pete Ringmaster (UK)
Sometimes you come across a band which simply feels destined to find major attention and success. US rockers Forty Feet Tall is one such proposition. An outfit which cannot be called newcomers, they emerged in 2011 and have paid their musical dues whilst creating a sound which has fired up a constantly increasing flock of fans and wall shaking venues alike. As new songs have stepped forth it is hard not to have the suspicion that things are poised to really erupt for the quartet so it is time to take stock of their music to date we thought.
Formed in 2011 in Los Angeles, Forty Feet Tall took little time in lighting up local venues whilst earning a strong following. Then with similar swiftness their quickly proving individual rock music found a home playing classic rock venues such as The Troubadour, Club Nokia, the iconic Roxy, and The Whisky. It was a rapid rise based on hard work and a feisty sound regularly and effortlessly finding broader ranges of ears especially once, while wrestling with their college years, the band released a self-titled debut album. 2014 saw its well-received arrival and in no time a wider audience knew what many had already found, the Forty Feet Tall sound was one multi-flavored and impassioned as well as imaginatively crafted proposition.
Tracks such as the foot stomping ‘No Control ‘and the blues kissed ‘Not So Nice’ leaped from the speakers from within the full-length, tenacious rhythms and weaves of lively guitar regularly dancing with similarly magnetic vocals as keys offered a natural flirtation. It was a blend which invigorated each of the ten tracks making up the release and needed little time to reveal it had keen diversity to its creative prowess. Such the strength of its songs, favorites among listeners expanded its whole length but major highlights for personal tastes definitely included the instinctively catchy ‘Never Again’, ‘The Exhibition’ with its fiery muscular shuffle, and the dark southern lure that is ‘My Empty Hand’ though the virulently rousing ‘Crash and Burn’ pretty much stole the show. The album showed though that each Forty Feet Tall encounter had a character unique to the next and never left ears wanting for adventure.
It also suggested that influences to the band might have included the likes of Pearl Jam, Jimi Hendrix, The Black Keys, The Strokes, Led Zeppelin, and Howlin’ Wolf, potent spicing just as flavoursome but never over powering within the excellent ‘Red Dressed EP’ which escaped their imagination two years later. Its trio of original songs were certainly bred from the same template and intent as those before but each flourished in a new maturity in writing and invention. The EP’s opener and title track was pure infectiousness but with a plaintive heart exposed in voice and melodic fire while a richer and thicker vein of enterprise and rock ‘n’ roll weight was just as potent within the riveting pair of ‘Make It Hum’ and ‘Two Shots’.
Time since its release has seen the band relocate to Portland, Oregon, and go through a slight line-up change with bassist Brett Marquette joining vocalist/guitarist Cole Gann, guitarist Jack Sehres, and drummer Steven Driscoll. Beginning to work on their sophomore full-length, Forty Feet Tall began unveiling new tracks in 2018 beginning with the seriously striking ‘Grin’, a track as feral as it is skillfully seductive. The calmer natured ‘Cavalcade’ has only added to more intrigue and fascination as the band continued unveiling yet another impressive evolution to their music.
With ‘Quotessa’ since ramping up the anticipation of that second album or any subsequent tracks from the band it is proving so easy to imagine and assume that the time of Forty Feet Tall is on the near horizon. Even the recently breaking news of Driscoll cannot take the edge of that notion.
Forty Feet Tall is a band on the verge and their new songs roar watch out we are coming to rock your souls to exhaustion.
Check Forty Feet Tall further @...
https://www.fortyfeettall.com
https://www.facebook.com/FortyFeetTall/
https://fortyfeettall.bandcamp.com/
Pete RingMaster 06/02/2019
ringmasterreviewintroduces.wordpress.com/
Halshack would like to add I absolutely LOVE this band!!
Well done Pete!! Thanks a bunch brother!!
Hear their spotlight piece on the brand new Ep 15 along with a whole slew of special goodies and treats on the player below!!
SHOP downtown LEXINGTON, NC!! Come, see, and explore quaint shops and many more plus lots of tasty restaurants for you to gorge on! You have to try Lexington style BBQ while your here!! ITS A MUST!! Come see our quaint little town and find out why we're the best kept secret in the Piedmont!! (plus you cant miss "PIGS in the CITY") and of course the annual Lexington BBQ Festival held every year in October!!
Buy and play MAGIC the Gathering, toys, vintage and new comic books, VINYL kites, hats, t-shirts
Real arcade racing sims and more....all at TOP HAT COMICS!!
Just a short drive from Lexington is Thomasville. Where you can find Duncan's Music as well as Main St. Cone and Coffee . Be sure to give them a visit as well. Click the pics for their Facebook pages and websites of these great businesses.
There's more to see and do below the ads...just keep scrolling!
Buy and play MAGIC the Gathering, toys, vintage and new comic books, VINYL kites, hats, t-shirts
Real arcade racing sims and more....all at TOP HAT COMICS!!
Just a short drive from Lexington is Thomasville. Where you can find Duncan's Music as well as Main St. Cone and Coffee . Be sure to give them a visit as well. Click the pics for their Facebook pages and websites of these great businesses.
There's more to see and do below the ads...just keep scrolling!
New advertising partners for 2019!!
Check out these great local businesses and trade partners with the Halshack!!
Click the pics to link......
Check out these great local businesses and trade partners with the Halshack!!
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My stepbrother GREG DAVISON is the General Manager and part owner of this awesome Toyota dealership. Get on down to Fred Anderson Toyota of Sanford, NC if you fancy a good deal on your next new or used car!!
(click the pic to link to their website)
My other stepbrother MICHAEL DAVISON owns one of the best steak restaurants around and you'll sure enjoy a night of fine cuisine in a charming atmosphere with an easy to find location directly on US 1 in Sanford, NC!!
(click the pic to link to their website)
I'm really proud of both these hard working men and the legacy they have built in my hometown of Sanford, NC where I spent the first 20 years of my life. I got to take a visit back there recently and was overjoyed to see my brothers have succeeded at life and made a mark on our quaint little town. I am honored to have their businesses as part of the Halshack!!
(click the pic to link to their website)
My other stepbrother MICHAEL DAVISON owns one of the best steak restaurants around and you'll sure enjoy a night of fine cuisine in a charming atmosphere with an easy to find location directly on US 1 in Sanford, NC!!
(click the pic to link to their website)
I'm really proud of both these hard working men and the legacy they have built in my hometown of Sanford, NC where I spent the first 20 years of my life. I got to take a visit back there recently and was overjoyed to see my brothers have succeeded at life and made a mark on our quaint little town. I am honored to have their businesses as part of the Halshack!!
LIsten up!! New affiliation with FIYA music. FIYA is a new music platform for gaining exposure, getting plays and reviewing music and getting PAID!! You make money for your activity on FIYA and it will never cost the artists or the bands or the fans one penny. So what are you waiting for..don't you like to make money!!...lol
Artists that garner enough attention or are deemed worthy on FIYA have a shot of gaining exposure and radio airplay on my show. So get posting on FIYA!!
Artists that garner enough attention or are deemed worthy on FIYA have a shot of gaining exposure and radio airplay on my show. So get posting on FIYA!!
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BE SURE TO CHECK OUT ALL THE GREAT TRACKS AND SHOWS THAT ARE POSTED AT FIYA AND OUR PAGE WILL CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED MONTHLY AS WE KEEP ADDING NEW MATERIAL TO THE SITE. ARCHIVE SOME OF OUR PAST SHOWS AND TUNES AS WELL TO FOREVER ADD FOCUS AND SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT ALL OF OUR ARTISTS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE (after the shows have aired..of course)
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New radio network out of the UK will be airing the Halshack on regular basis during primetime USA and UK time slots...BIG thank you to Dave Cruttendan of "Discover Unsigned"
Be sure to check out Discover Unsigned to see what Nice Guy Dave has planned for your ears and find the Halshack every night at 8-10pm GMT
discoverunsigned.airtime.pro/
Be sure to check out Discover Unsigned to see what Nice Guy Dave has planned for your ears and find the Halshack every night at 8-10pm GMT
discoverunsigned.airtime.pro/
Halshack is pleased to announce that I will be joining this great Canadian radio network!!
BOMBSHELL Radio network
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You can find my show airing Mondays (1-3 EST) on Tune In, Stitcher and Ituens via the Bombshell Radio network. Thank you Tom McNeil for the add to your great network.
New music profile with 3 songs posted at Number1Music.
Check it out!!
numberonemusic.com/halshackindierockcast
This was our home for the first 7 episodes where we logged over 100K plays before making the move to bigger and better places. Thanks Fandalism for all your support and getting us a head start but we had to find greener pastures for our cows to call home...lol
Find past older shows, videos and interview for UK band Narrow Plains who visited North Carolina and played out a show in Greensboro at the Blind Tiger!
Find past older shows, videos and interview for UK band Narrow Plains who visited North Carolina and played out a show in Greensboro at the Blind Tiger!
DONATIONS
Halshack is busting at the seems with talent and the potential to cause mass mayhem among the music industry..lol
In order to make this the best indie podcast and to continue to grow the indie music community here at the halshack, then we could use a little monetary assistance to make this really take off!! 100,000 plays is great but lets make it a million, then people are really hearing whats going on here at the Halshack but only way we can do that is by help from the fans, bands, promoters, and supporters. Anything you want to give will be much appreciated and just know that you got the gratification of helping to grow and nurture something that is bigger than all of us...the indie music scene!!
Thank you for your support!
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Halshack is busting at the seems with talent and the potential to cause mass mayhem among the music industry..lol
In order to make this the best indie podcast and to continue to grow the indie music community here at the halshack, then we could use a little monetary assistance to make this really take off!! 100,000 plays is great but lets make it a million, then people are really hearing whats going on here at the Halshack but only way we can do that is by help from the fans, bands, promoters, and supporters. Anything you want to give will be much appreciated and just know that you got the gratification of helping to grow and nurture something that is bigger than all of us...the indie music scene!!
Thank you for your support!
(the button below will redirect you to my podomatic profile page, scroll down you will find a paypal button)
Homegrown Artist- Ep.12
Spaceship Days Raleigh, NC track...."Heartbeat" Click the pics if you want to hear it!! This band has been setting the local stage for a music revolution!! Adam Lee Decker of Season 11 American Idol fame fronts this rich vibrant quartet from our capital city!! Good rockin' tune here with the track "Heartbeat". They also have a song "December" that was in the nomination pool for a Grammy!! The song has been aired before on my show as other tracks have been from this solid pop act that has potential. They have just been signed to an indie label so we look for them to shine in the future.
BREAKOUT ARTIST - Ep. 13
FATE UNDER FIRE Sacramento, CA track..On the Water This band is wrapped up with the Netflix show "13 Reasons Why" find out why and how they are involved plus listen to their stellar new alt rock tune! They are this months intro band as well. Good job!! 
Shacktrack Artist - Ep. 13 VOXEAGLE Evergreen, Colo track...No Sleep Just absolute pop GOLD!! Hear for yourself why these guys have been making a "splash" on the scene! I just love this band!! We're gonna be hearing more real soon from this stylish electric pop act out of the Rockies!! 
Shack Muse -- Ep. 13
HARRY PANE London, UK track...Fletcher Bay Harry has been turning heads and winning hearts in his home country all the way across "the pond"! Let's show him some love here in the states. He's got an amazing gift at writing and delivering one of the best tunes I've heard in my life. I find 'em! They write 'em!
Check out reviews from our crackpot team of writers and blogging staff. Get your read on with excellent non-biased reviews!
CREW'S VIEWS section 
Jody Blevins-Spank
RIP to Jody Blevins
bass player for SPANK Died Feb. 24th, 2015 Amazing musician, great guy, loving family man and a well respected individual. He enriched the lives of so many and will forever be honored here at the Halshack. 
Mystery Spotlight band ep. 6
NARROW PLAINS... London, UK These guys are special! They won a huge contest and got to venture all the way to NC to work with famed producer John Davenport, played a couple a shows and got to sit down and have a nice interview with me at the Blind Tiger in Greensboro. They just released a new self-titled cd and its brilliant!! Here's two of the new tracks! |
New additions to Crews Views makes it a complete staff of wonderkids!!
Check out the un-biased verdict when our team puts the bands to the test on paper!! Get your READ on now with (link to.. CREWS-VIEWS) |
