Halshack Indie Rockcast

REVERBNATION CAMPAIGN SHOW #4- 2000 submissions and 50 (roughly) were chosen across all genres. 2 new Shacknation shows coming Vol 8 and 9 (one will focus on pop, dance and urban sounds, the other will focus on country, americana and rock) Rapshack 8 will be great they said! Well these artists did not cease to deliver on the goods! Its a fine eclectic mix of some of the brightest rap and R&B t...

Time for Round 2 before we move on to something new! You're life would surely be blue without something to do while you listen to all this great music we found for you that will make your ears turn to goo! So in the words of the "great philosopher" of our time and Tik Tok (Rodney Norman) "Just do stuff and dont worry about all that other stuff when you got time to do stuff just go do it"...lol  oh...

Howdy folks! Your friendly neighborhood music guy here back with another legendary episode! This time we will focus on a ton of the songs or the bands and artists that got me to where I am today in the industry! STEVIE NICKS (Stand Back) was officially released just last week by the PAPER JACKETS after remaining a sole exclusive on my show for 4 years- which still is--READ ON..... (its a new versi...

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...

 Well folks I had 13 mins to use on Amazon or lose it! So I'm using it to my advantage!  UNDECIDED FUTURE could well be on their way to a MAJOR career in the music industry! Halshack is in the process of helping the band achieve their goals on stage and behind the scenes. I have become an integral part of the camp as we look to push forward together!! There WAS a VERY REAL possibility that the ban...

 EXCLUSIVE NEW SONG from "CAVO" (WORLD PREMIERE)! Frankie Muniz from FOX TV in the first song on drums with the band KINGSFOIL!! Ep 3 in my new eclectic AMAZON/ZENO FM exclusive series! Its all potential hits in their given genres and top quality tunes that you have come to love on my show! Well well, the band CAVO has come back to swell your ears with good vibes and rock bliss!! I'm so honored to...

WAMPUS CAT has been POSTPONED till Fall due to rain coming all week and the weekend! We are very sorry to announce this unfortunate news. We hope to see you there at a later date. The concert WILL happen! This legendary CAT will be seen one day in Lee County!! We got a new date!! AUG 5-7th!! Be there!! Almost time for the WAMPUS CAT MUSIC FESTIVAL (5/13-5/15)  Thought I'd squeeze out the last REVE...

 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!! Event has been CANCELLED due to bad weather! I am heartbroken Sanford and Lee County!!  I have ZERO affiliation with the events company who was sponsoring the festival. I was merely volunteering my services because 4 of my bands were on the ticket. I grew up in Sanford so I wanted to help ensure they had a great event. Its very unfortunate that the events company took a major f...

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 pl...

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...

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...

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...

Time to kick up heels (or boots)..lol and get to steppin'!! Country steppin' that is....lol The HALSHACK knows country cause I grew up in the country sticks and backwoods of North Carolina. Still live here now and let me tell you not much has changed in the past 50 years. NC has seen alot of growth and advancements in the world of tech and medicine but if you take a ride out of town about 10 to 20...

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY folks!! A spur of the moment decision or actually a forgetful memory inspired this show to happen....lol I always do something special for this lovely day because I'm a lovely feelin' Libra who's feelin' lovely and always in love with love. I'm usually "lucky in love" but not lately. I have no significant woman in my life at the moment so I've been living a closed knit life bu...

Well here we are back again with another installment of my potential hit series SHACKTRACKS.  Were serving up number two for you to dive in and bask in these artists skills and nuances. SAM TINNESZ is on deck! I found Sam first with "Ready Set Let's Go" and hes been on GO ever since from 1 million followers to now over 3 million!! He's been part of my team for 3 years now as his ray of sunshine sp...

Welcome to SHACK TRACKS vol 1. (original release Oct 2020 on Amazon music and Zeno FM exclusive) Official feed release 2-5-22  This line of shows is meant to throw focus on some of our potential mainstream "hit songs" across several genres. Most of these songs (if not all) could storm the charts and music fans playlists across the world (if they were known) This series began as my wildly popular P...

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 w...

BRAND NEW!! HOT NEW BANDS! All new Reverb campaign #2!! Shacknation vol 5 Hear ye! Hear ye! 2022 is here and so is a whole new season 4 of the Halshack! We are blazing a trail through the unknown future of the year with the unknowns of the industry! I'm hoping this year will be better than the last 2 for all as we set course poised in a good position to look forward to a very aggressive year makin...

BRAND NEW!! NEW MUSIC ALERT!! Reverb campaign #2 tons of new acts also including veterans of the Halshack! Looks like we wrapped up 2021 with a bang with 4 rap shows under our heels and stuck in our heads which left you and us wanting more good rap beats to get blasted out on repeat!! 2021 also left us Betty White's legacy of love, humor and a positive message for all even if her photo with famous...

Well Its that time of year you see where we are all full of holiday glee. Welcome to the first ever holiday shack episode. I managed to find enough good material from my artists with a mix of original tunes and some very well known Christmas yule tide cheer.  Have fun and enjoy your holidays while sipping eggnog by the fire or the BBQ if youre from the land down under.  Not much of a bio here. Im...

SHACKNATION vol 4 is all the lore as we dive into the digital sea of amazing talent that most agree! Here we are with another round from the Reverbnation campaign #2! we got lots to share and plenty of new tunes and good artists to boot!! Speaking of a boot, Santa's boot will be showing up at the end for 3 Christmas songs to get you in the season!  The bonus this month will be the FIRST EVER Halsh...

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...

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, ot...

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...

These are the bands and artists who at least got some votes in our Battleshack 3 competition! All these acts are just brilliant in every way!  Best bonus in our 7 year existence!  I will add more later to the bio! I needed to get these shows released!