Halshack Indie Rockcast

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 rapper Easy E was photoshopped (which it was) we can all relate to the "mother" we see in Betty White! She was cool enough to hang with Easy and Dre! I'm sure they would have loved having her around for a party! SOOO speaking of parties! Lets kick off the new year with a hip-hop party like none other! ONLY the Halshack can bring you these special curated shows and exclusive music with this level of professionalism, experience and knowledge behind my years of history in the biz.1800 submissions and 60 total got picked across 4 shows! Well done to all those involved!We got BIG PLANS for the new year so let's show the world what were all about here at the HALSHACK!!Be sure to catch the rock/alt/pop/country episode SHACKNATION 5!Find my show at www.halshack.com24 hour radio stationwww.zeno.fm/halshackFind us on IHEART, ITUNES, AMAZON MUSIC, GOOGLE, STITCHER, and many more!!

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 in the middle of moving my entire life and history for the last decade to a new home where I can build more fond Christmas memories in the new HALSHACK!Have a safe and happy holidays from all of us here at the Halshack! As always catch more great shows at my website or 24 hour radio station on ZENO FM or just about any music service out there!!HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

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 Halshack CHRISTMAS/Holiday episode! I managed to find enough quality material and fun holiday songs from my artists! About half and half originals or classics to bring in the holiday cheer!So weve got special surprises and presents of great tunes abound for this special Vol 4 show. Its a little more indie this time around. We got some cool rock bands too and new pop/alt as well as a retro block!New soft sounds like Colbie Caillat from around New York that remind me of "bright sunshine" on warm spring/summer afternoon! Also a special talented female rocker hidden away in Wasaga Beach Ontario Canada!So much more to tell! Halshack has been published in a book and its the number #1 new release on Amazon!! "WHY 75% of PODCASTS FAIL AND HOW YOU CAN AVOID IT" a book by Daniel LarsonI'm so honored for all the love!! Yall have fun listening to the great episode and Ill catch you peeps just in time for the Holidays with a bonus show! Find the Halshack anywhere including Itunes, Iheart, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Google, the list goes on....Websitewww.Halshack.com24 hour radio stationwww.zeno.fm/halshackPS...To all Podcasters, Im taking up free commercial ads to run on my radio station for you podcasters to help grow a community of hope and engagement! Please contact me about free promotion at [email protected] or find me on my webite contact page or find me anywhere on social media!Thanks for all my fans!!HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!

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 and DON STAXKS (were both discovered during the first campaign with Reverbnation) JAWNY BADLUCK and JAYBREEZY were picked up from collabs from the BSQUARED MGMT show! 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!!...lolFind all RAP SHACK series and other Halshack shows at my website www.Halshack.com24 hour radio station (random rotation but will run heavily at initial release)www.zeno.fm/halshackFind 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.com24 hour radio stationwww.zeno.fm/halshackFind 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......www.halshack.com24 hour radio stationwww.zeno.fm/halshackATTENTION 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)

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!

100th episode spectacular!! Battleshack 3 is here! Best of the new artists over the last 2 years!!90 artists and this is your TOP 10 playlist built by fans and important people in the business!A full bio will be out soon! Just enjoy! Along with SHACKCREDIBLES 3 will be out soon!!

ALERT!! ALERT!! All-new music and several new acts to the show and the country series!SHACK COUNTRY 2 get it now for stream or download!Country seems to be the new home of diversity in the music world. It seems to be the only place where rock and old school pop undertones are still allowed to shine and thrive. We've seen some major changes to the country/folk/bluegrass landscape over the years with even this new country/rap that seems to be gaining in popularity with the younger generations. I'm not really a fan of that honestly so we're gonna keep things standard flare around the Halshack bringing great country music styles that you know and love!There's too many FANTASTIC acts in this show to pinpoint but Ill name a few for honorable mentions. OF SEA and STONE is up on deck with their spotlight showcase of 2 songs in the center. BATTLESHACK 3 is in current contention in my private group for A&Rs, major label talent scouts, influencers, staff bloggers and writers, and long time fans and supporters of the show. As it stands, at this moment, they are in 4th PLACE out of 90 quality acts!!!! Well done!! The contest is set to close soon and the results show for EP 24 will be out later this month!Also look for WILD FIRE's new tune "Rolling with the Stones" and more newcomers from Reverbnation campaign show and BSquared MGMT (show) AMANDA COOKSEY dropped us a brand new tune as well "Wish You Were Here" (its awesome) Brand new artist WILL DEMPSEY making his Halshack debut with "Mississippi Mud" absolutely excellent in every way!! One of the best new country songs Ive heard in 2 decades!!! The show starts off with newer styles in the first segment, then we go into some classic type sounds and bluegrass and folk then we work our way into some new rock country at the end!! Its brilliant! This is what I'd want my country radio station to sound like! In fact it already does you can find it spinning on ZENO FM!!...lol24 hour radio stationwww.zeno.fm/halshackwebsitewww.halshack.comOf course you can find us all over the web and music sites as well like ITUNES, IHEART, and AMAZON MUSIC plus many many more!Enjoy your afternoon in SHACK COUNTRY!

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"...lolAnd 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!www.halshack.comZENO FM--- 24 hour radio stationwww.zeno.fm/halshackFind me on Iheart, Itunes, Amazon Music...plus many more!Thanks for helping our striving musicians try to thrive in this ever changing music world!

ALERT ALERT!! (Halshack Records presents- "first ever created" track with DUSTIN WUTSCHKE produced and Cristina Soto on vocals!EXCLUSIVE MUSIC ---- DANCE/CLUB/POP SHOW!! Ep 23.5 (Shake it Shack) Sept 2021Well well, would you look at me not dwell on the usual way of doing business around the Halshack! We're gonna "club" it out this time! Keeping with the summer theme let's have one last party to send the summer out with a bang! I'm covering all the bases from dance pop rock to club dance to techno pop to everything in between. There is also a "SPECIAL TRACK" made by Dustin Wutschke and myself with Cristina Soto on vocals with our FIRST EVER Halshack Records exclusive created track "SHINE" (cover photo). There's a special treat at the end with the last 2 songs (both have received some commercial success) and both are "special endorsements" that run under my podcast brand.Fall is upon us and so is the Battleshack 3! Hard to believe it's been 4 years since the first BS! My my how the show and the talent have changed! I was marked for greatness with the onset of the show and its all these bands that have helped carry my name with their quality talented skills and I'm very honored to have their backing!UNDECIDED FUTURE is ever so closer to gaining their "15 minutes" of fame that hopefully lasts a lifetime! They are that GOOD and they could very well have many many years of longevity in the industry after seeing their "potential" chance to be on TV for NBC next summer come to fruition! We are awaiting the final word from the company! The future looks fresh with Halshack and UF!! Teammwork makes the dream work!! Check them out with a new track I haven't played yet on my show from them! You know what we're gonna make it "EXCLUSIVE" to this show only! Get it here and only here!! Brand new track (never been aired on the Halshack) from UF! Also catch "FUTURE FRESH" on Amazon Music exclusive 13 minute UF mash-up (3 full songs and 2 bonus sections)Too much to say!! Too much to cover!! Check out the latest BSQUARED MGMT show and one of those artists (Mandi Macias) made this show here with her really cool dance hit "Take You Home". Check her out again in the upcoming super special RAP SHACK 3!!!Follow HALSHACK everywhere you find your music (except SPOTIFY) and find everything Halshack at my website www.halshack.comOne day soon I will be getting "paid" to do this for real out in the live setting and it will be the BEST DANG PARTY YOU WILL EVER HAVE!!! That's the HALSHACK promise!!!So y'all dance your ass off!! Have a blast on my dime and time...lol

ALERT ALERT!! ---------ALL-NEW music bonus show!!Ep 23.5 (Dare to Be Squared) Aug 26, 2021-- Special bonus introduction from yours trulyAs fate and destiny would have it, a little birdie must have landed on Sarah Woods desk at BSQUARED MGMT and tweeted in her phone to look up the Halshack! I'm not sure how she found me yet whether it was the little twitter bird or the book of many faces...(lol) with a well placed promotional post, that has yet to be discovered. I love a good mystery!...lolSo keeping with the story about our pre-destined futures, turns out that one of our very own artists, LAINEY DIONNE, is part of their team unbeknownst to either one of us. Sarah didn't say one word about it when she approached me so I just assume she had no idea. I brought that point up so she was happy to hear that great news! (That's usual par for the course with me, everything just falls into place on its own..lol) I dug through a rabbit hole folks for 10 hours of somewhere in the ballpark of 60 profiles at least and honed in on the A-class talent of the BSquared roster. Lainey has a new album coming out in less than a week and you can (Pre-Save) on Spotify as well as catch her in 3 other episodes of my popular show! Also she is in a contest in New England so please check out her social pages to find links. She has been nominated for 5 different categories. GO VOTE FOR LAINEY!! Thank you!!My show has hit 350 markets around the world in over 100 countries over the course of its 7 year history! I'm very proud and thankful for the fanbase and respect I have earned in the industry! We are moving ever so closer to a record label and entertainment behemoth! BIG NEWS may be afoot as we look forward to helping to decide the fate of NBC scouted band UNDECIDED FUTURE in a new show coming next summer, they are almost at the final decision to be on the show) We're rooting for you guys!!! We are working on some things behind the scenes together that may prove beneficial for so many aspiring hopefuls that have graced my show.This is why important people from the President of Reverbnation and NBC casting scouts have come to me for talent as well as many stars have allowed exclusive music projects for my show! I'm so very honored to have their approval and endorsement!! Check out CAVO with their endorsed version of "Come Undone" by DURAN DURAN!! Its an exclusive for my show as well. Find it in EP 23 DESTINY"S FATE! So lets try to change a destiny or two with my intervention into these artists lives. The Halshack is becoming connected! One day we aspire to be much more than a radio/video/ and blog review show! There's too many ways to help indie artists and change the course of music for the future back to quality like we used to have littering the airwaves and invading your ears for decades! What happened to that magic??? The magic of fun music used to rule the world!Now go find everything Halshack at my website!!www.halshack.comFind my show all over the web just google me or hit up anyone of your favorite music sites from Deezer, Iheart, Itunes, Amazon Music, Stitcher, Google Play, Podomatic, Player FM, and many more....(NO SPOTIFY) sorry long story but they want allow me on because I'm music and that's a NO NO in their podcasting policy! I was on for ONE YEAR and they kicked me off for that reason. Built 13,000 monthly listeners and POOF!! Gone!! Email from the company that was the reason! Have fun!! Follow me on social media!!Catch you in a couple weeks for a "Club Shack" called (SHAKE-IT-SHACK)..lol. Will include Mandi Macias in that show from this list and there will be a RAP SHACK 3 soon as well and will include these rap collabs that are in this show plus other top talent of mine and some new talent coming (maybe) from my manager/partner associate Mike Loco Hoffman and MLM ENTERTAINMENT!Thanks for tuning In!! Look out for BATTLESHACK 3!!!Please go follow my social media pages!!Thanks for rockin' the HALSHACK!!

BRAND NEW MUSIC ALERT!!Ep 23.5 BIG BLUE SKA- Get your summer ska/reggae fix here!Probably my favorite style of music! This show covers various influences from ska, reggae, funk and blues! Its summer time and this is a great show to go along with Ep 22.5 SUMMERSCAPES! Let's continue the party here! The never ending party that is the Halshack!!SEE WATER is back after a 2 year hiatus! Check them out at the TREE LOVE OPEN in Johns Island SC. Its a DISC GOLF open tourney and a festival. You can just attend the festival if you want. Go to the festival event page on Facebook or the web or SEE WATER's social pages to buy tickets.Hope you enjoy this cool summer treat for chillin' by the pool or wherever you are taking your backyard vacation!....lol Wherever you go or whatever you do, do it with style! Do it with the HALSHACK!!Thanks for all your support and help in supporting these bands to succeed. Find everything HALSHACK at my websitewww.halshack.comFind my show all over the web and all over the world. Cracked 350 markets in over 102 countries!People are wanting more from their musical experience. You will ALWAYS get more here on my show!Find us on ITUNES and IHEART, AMAZON MUSIC, plus PODOMATIC, and many more!!PS..... I have received Uncle Marcus review for MARQUIS of VAUDEVILLE! Its most fantastic!! Be out soon on the CREWS VIEWS page! Also a Publicist hit me up with a roster full of brilliant professional unsigned talent! There will be a special BONUS show coming soon that will feature ONLY their artists! I'm most impressed with their roster! Hope you will be too! This could change the game for the HALSHACK!

ALERT ALERT!! Brand new music alert!!Ep 23 (Destiny's Fate) Aug 2021 - full talk and music "super special"********WARNING 18+*********** (Explicit Content!!! and heavy deep subject matter, some language)Where do I begin? ....lol Its been a long tough almost 7 years since I started this podcast with lots of ups and downs to say the least. There have been many very weird strange coincidences as well as much synchronicity has evolved around this show with my life the bands the music and songs involved. The important connections I make and how I made them. Flukes and weird circumstances has allowed me to progress in the industry from the outside looking in. Its the ONLY reason this small town guy from North Carolina has garnered some attention from my peers. it's almost as if a path is being carved for me. Strange I know, I cant help but notice the rare amount of events that have happened are 1 in 8 billion odds!!!So go listen to the show and find out what I mean. I talk alot about some of these events and how I met the spotlight band almost 10 years prior to this show and we re-connected both ready to move forward together!!Night Panda w/KRIGARE-Twisted Games is in Netflix show "Elite", we have the ultimate "mainstream" shock rock type mystery spotlight band, and BIG SURPRISE guest appearance from rock gods "CAVO" with a special approved and endorsed version of Duran Duran's - Come Undone!!Also featuring a special spot for UNDECIDED FUTURE and their news about a "potential gig" on NBC network!! HALSHACK was contacted by an NBC television casting and talent scout to find artists for an upcoming TV show AMERICAS SONG CONTEST! I'm very honored! Let's see if we can help decide this bands future and hear their GREAT new song "Intoxicated" which can also be found in a new video I made for the show with all my cute adorable puppies!!Enjoy what I feel is the BEST SHOW YET!!Find it anywhere you play your music (except Spotify) Itunes Iheart Deezer Google Play, Amazon Music, Podomatic, or at my websiteFind everything about my show here, the one and only stop and shop...lolwww.HALSHACK.comThanks for becoming a fan!! I love you all!!!!BATTLESHACK 3 voting contest starting up this summer! Look for details soon!!

BRAND NEW SHOW ALERT!! BRITISH INVASION Ep 22.5 JULY 2021The British are coming!! The British are coming!!Let the reverie begin for all music lovers who will hear these great sounds and bands from our fine talented friends from "across the pond"!!Its nearing the 4th of July here in the states as we celebrate our great yet tattered country that has much rebuilding to do but we are Americans and we are resilient just like our friendships abroad. As we look back to important holidays like Memorial Day, where so many allied forces gave their lives in the name of freedom, we are reminded of great relationships forged over the years with our friends we fought so hard to break free from then we fought along side of to help rid the world of tyranny.Memorial Day weekend 2015, NARROW PLAINS won a spectacular contest to come to the states and work with famed producer John Davenport and play a couple gigs while they were here. I got the pleasure of meeting with the gents in my home area at the Blind Tiger in Greensboro, NC. I was elated to meet these fine chaps, we had a beer, some laughs, and a great interview which you can find posted on the podcast feed. I was honored to flap my gums with the fellas for 320 mins and record their show. I used some "live excerpts" from the show in Greensboro and mixed them with their song they recorded at Deep River Studios in Sanford NC, USA!So with Memorial Day recently passing in May and 4th of July coming its a great time to remember and honor our British, Irish, and Scottish pals from way across the "giant lake" of salt and seaweed...lolSpeaking of memorials....We have a special TRIBUTE in this episode for VIOLA BEACH, young British rockers with a HUGE future who's lives were so tragically taken from this world in a terrible auto accident in Sweden in 2016! Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of these wonderful young men. I appreciate this rare opportunity I was given to help support this band and help with their release of a possible new tribute album in the future! I'm very honored to Have VIOLA BEACH in my camp of talented artists!Its so ironic to be doing this show now unplanned mind you, I got the idea off one of my US artists spent some time evidently in London and met a friend or potential lover, not sure which. She wrote a song called "Hey London" and I just ran it in the (Summerscapes episode, June 2021) all about places around the world and how you get there and want to get back home. Great episode! It made me think about London and Narrow Plains and all my good friends and bands and radio stations that support the show! I said its time to do something special for my friends in the UK!! (some I'd consider family, just love you guys!!)Then the irony of all to release it unplanned at our Independence Day from England who are now are best chums on the planet!!...lolBIG THANKS to TIZZ SHEARER at XRP Radio and Dave Cruttendan with DISCOVER UNSIGNED for always supporting the HALSHACK and showing us much love and exposure to you fine brilliant folks inENGLAND, IRELAND, and SCOTLAND!!Be sure to catch brand new FULL TALK and MUSIC (Ep 23) later this month and BATTLESHACK 3 super exclusive voting and band showdown contest will be kicking off later this summer! Voting will open after Ep 23 (DESTINY'S FATE) is released!! ONLY 30 bands out of 100 new acts over the past 2 years will get a chance in this year's contest!Be sure to find my great show and bands all over the web including my website where you wil lfind all things Halshack related!www.halshack.com24 hour radio stationwww.zeno.fm/halshackFind me on Itunes, Iheart, Deezer, Google, Podomatic, Amazon Music and many many more!!And of course at XRP RADIO!!!!!

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....lolSummertime 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!websitewww.halshack.com24-hour radio stationwww.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!!*********

HAPPY FATHERS DAY DADS!! 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 DOES 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 www.halshack.com24 hour radio stationwww.zeno.fm/halshackShow 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!!www.halshack.com24 hour radio stationwww.zeno.fm/halshackFind 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!!

Hear ye! Hear ye! POPIFY 6 is NOW on the list! It sure is bliss and one show you will NOT want to miss!....lol (I just had to, that was too easy)...lolIts 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!Website---15 pages of contentwww.halshack.com24 hour radio stationwww.zeno.fm/halshackFind my show on most major music platforms like Itunes, Iheart, Deezer, Google Play, Amazon Music, Podomatic and many many more!

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"...lolWell, 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 everthing Halshack at my websitewww.halshack.com24 hour radio stationwww.zeno.fm/halshack

(*****WARNING!! EXPLICIT CONTENT*****)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....www.halshack.com24 hour radio station at ZENO FM!!www.zeno.fm/halshack

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....www.halshack.com24 hour radio station at ZENO FM!!www.zeno.fm/halshack

<<<<<<>>>>>>Brand new!! SHACKNATION vol 2 Mar 20212-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 www.halshack.comzeno fm radio stationwww.zeno.fm/halshackFind 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.halshack.comwww.zeno.fm/halshackThanks for your support and support these bands and indie music!!

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!!..lolI 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 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 at www.halshack.com24 hour radio station spinning shows at random (You can usually find the premieres playing heavily on the station on premiere day)www.zeno.fm/halshackyou can find my show anywhere but the main podcast host feed is at PODOMATIC! you can stream or download any show!www.halshack.podomatic.comYou can always find the the show here tooIHEART, 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!!

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!!www.halshack.comBIG 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 thats 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!!Follow the Halshack at my website or any of your favorite music sources! (except Spotify)www.halshack.com

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!Enjoy this GREAT show as well as others at my website or your favorite music service or ZENO FM!!

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 www.Halshack.com

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!Find everything HALSHACK at my websitewww.halshack.com24 hour streaming radio station www.zeno.fm/halshack

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Well we made it!! DANG!! What a year its been! Lets try to start 2021 off with a bang!! Brand new show to ring out the last day of the year including all new songs and a special Christmas/New Years treat from one of our ace bands!!Keeping on with the "letter series" and these worldly bands of the world and the written word!!...lolIts Vol. 5 of HALPHABET SHACK (P-R) (3 more to go after this) Enjoy this end of the year blow out party from yours truly! Have a happy and safe NEW YEAR from all of us here at the HALSHACK, wishing you well this upcoming 2021 as we look for steady growth and carving a path forward! After all, it is the year of the OX!!... (no joke)HAPPY NEW YEAR!!websitewww.halshack.comFind the Halshack on most major music platforms plus 24 hour radio staion ZENO FMwww.zeno.fm/halshackCheck out SHACKVIDS www.halshack.com/shackvids(Battlevids shows out now including an audio version Ep 21)

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!! SHACKVIDSWhat 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!www.halshack.com/shackvids ENJOY the new 24 hour radio station at ZENO.FMwww.zeno.fm/halshackAs always you can find us just about anywhere you listen to your podcasts or your favorite tunes!!Thanks a bunch!!

The first time around Indie Flavors was such a HIT! We had serve up some more delicious tempting sounds for your ears and your brain to absorb!!Try out a sample of just SOME of the diversity and fantastic talent you will find buried across 60 hours of content spinning on my brand new 24/7 radio station serving up new tunes for you all day long through my shows!!Professional sounding vocal tags with station identification running in between the shows!New content coming from new podcasts PRODUCER SERIESand a new audio review show CREWS VIEWS TWO!! Keep it here at the www.HALSHACK.com, we continue to just GROW GROW GROW!!Thanks fans and our new friends at AMAZON MUSIC!! 24/7 HALSHACK RADIOwww.zeno.fm/halshack

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!!

Singing "ABC,123" is how you feel free at the Halshack! And free is what it will be when you download or stream Vol 3 of my bevy of songsters I decree!...lol ("I was a poet and didn't....") I'm not going to finish that phrase, Its lame just like this bio...lolHave fun with this amazing group of musicians and fine artists of the whimsical word as well as rhythms! There is always an upstanding and outstanding group of talent on display on my show. Not one bad song, not one bad band ever!!Thats the Halshack promise .....GUARANTEED!!!!Find your fave new song on my show today!!Find my show on MOST music services and always my website www.halshack.comBRAND NEW!!AMAZON EXLCUSIVE series (SHACK TRACKS)......out now on AMAZON MUSIC! You can only hear at AMAZON! Go find it today!!Thanks for being just awesome fans!

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 I'm living proof of that..lolThere's some more new tunes in this show as well as tracks barely heard. As always its fun interesting and you never know what youll 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..lolFind my shows all over the world on most every major music outlet!New AMAZON MUSIC exclusive series coming soon!Halshack.com

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!! Go find us there too along with all the other music services and radio stations and my website that support the show!!www.halshack.com

Well I promised you folks a NEW rock show in my banter from Ep 20! Are you ready to have your age rocked or do you want to rock your age?...lolRock is for all ages and rock is ageless timeless music for rocking.This is a journey through rock/alt unlike anything you will hear anywhere today in the current mainstream market!! We aim to please with some of the FINEST bands the indie community can muster to compete with the mainstream to one day form our own record label and media/music giant!We got new tunes and new bands like SECRET OF BORIS and The VEER UNION along with new tunes from several of your Halshack faves like STEALING EDEN and TRAPDOOR SOCIAL!This is a bit heavier show this time around over the first Rock Ages which is fantastic as well. Were upping our game around the Halshack. We are certainly not filled with dead rocks...lol Our rock is alive and ready to rock everyone through the ages!!Thanks for rockin' out to our show! Please follow and subscribe to the HALSHACK for more rock goodness!www.halshack.com

WARNING--- EXPLICIT CONTENT (very last song)ALERT!! 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 newSHACKVIDS series!!NEW MUSIC that has NEVER been heard in the podcast feed!!Grab your copy today then go check out SHACKVIDS at www.halshack.comTAMBR exclusive coming soon...POPIFY 6 only available on TAMBR later this month (TBA)!!Thanks so much folks for helping indie music shine!!

Ep 20 "Local Vocals" Aug 2020 New show featuring a new slew of local homegrown talent. Crossover show with my new exclusive spot coming on TAMBR. New music network solely for the indie artist!!Be more on this bio later.....Enjoy and as always find everything on Halshack.com including the new SHACKVIDS reboot of MTV style video shows!!Have fun!!

Wow!! 2020 sure has been one helluva year and its ONNNLLYY June...lol. So much has transpired as of late its hard to keep up with it all. Well..new announcements coming and a BIG LEAP forward for the Halshack.We're here to "Conquer it All" baby!! More to this story later.....

I've been working with my own top quality bands from Canada for years and some just recently, either way, this is some of the absolute best unsigned undiscovered talent CANADA has to offer. If its better then I just don't know about them yet. If it has my name on it then its guaranteed to be some of the most eclectic bands and engaging music you have heard in years. These Canadian bands are no exception. Technically brilliant bands and artists with soaring vocals and harmonies to boot just like the beautiful mountains and spacious skies of the GREAT WHITE NORTH!Over 40k subscribers and growing!! Broadcasted and heard in over 70 major met USA markets and 70 countries around this giant rock we call mother Earth!!Find me on every major music service including IHEART, ITUNES, STITCHER, and many more!! Just search Halshack or hit up my website!! Easy-peasy Weezy!!Thank you so much for all the love and support. Keep rockin' CANADA!!

ts POPIFY 3 ..Halshack style!! Only some of the best POP infused songs my library could conjure up! You're NOT going to find a better mix of finely crafted pop songs on the planet. These are real musicians, real singer-songwriters and bands bringing you the coolest pop tones and tunes anywhere on the globe!Find my show at Halshack.com and the shacklist as well. Also you can find all episodes on every major music service under the sun! Have some summer fun on the house!! From yours truly HALSHACK!!

Hows everyone doing during the lockdown? I'm doing great!! Hope you are too, if not then maybe a new (old) show will cheer you up and have you smiling for 25 minutes. So I'm staying busy and still working too. Life never stops for the banking industry..lol. Back when I was on SPOTIFY (kicked me off in Mar for being a music podcast..lol) I had a popular exclusive series named POPIFY. I got out 5 plus a Canadian based show to run as exclusives for them and draw attention to the show on Spotify. So this was POPIFY 2 released June 2019...each POPIFY show contains at least one exclusive song or more that can't be heard anywhere else in a regular show or regular bonus. (not counting SHACKSTARS)So have fun getting to know these very cool indie acts and even cooler indie tunes. Some don't sound so indie at all and could be your next love song or the song you sing to your wife at your wedding party or down the aisle. Could also be your new dance fave. Too many stellar tracks to learn and enjoy!Just have fun and be sure to download or stream all the Popify series, so far 1,4,5 are also posted to the official feed! Go find them today as we say.....SEE YA LATER SPOTIFY!!Find my show on every major music network including DEEZER, IHEART, ITUNES, GOOGLE, PODOMATIC...etc...

BRAND NEW MUSIC ALERT! 6 NEW SONGS!Lets all take some time to reflect while we are stuck in quarantine!Well folks everyday is "ALL THE SAME" as we fight the lockdown blues. Some of you may be reflecting on life's choices and next moves or if youre like me youre "ON IT" till 3 or 4 in the morning working towards your new life and career path. We will all be making changes as we're "MOVING FORWARD" with life but its important to remember to "DONT LOSE YOUR HEAD" and try to stay focused during these trying times........ This story is a work in progress. Just catch up and reflect with your maze of personal reflections. Life will go forward folks!! Just Enjoy!

Its the very first in my famous POPIFY series. It used to be a Spotify Exclusive but they decided I couldn't be on their network anymore.Being a music based podcast goes against their podcasting policies.Even though I had been on there for a year already. Just stupid!!..lolAnyway enjoy this show and when youre done with that go find more things Halshack at my website or all over the web baby!!Halshack.comThanks for rockin' indie music and helping the indie family and community thrive.(Spotify original release Dec 2018)(1st RSS feed release 4-13-19)(2nd RSS feed release 4-8-20)Will stay up for good now!

Ep 19.5 (Stay Home, Don't Roam) Apr 2020 ....bonus show, music onlyA 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! ..lolSo 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 struming 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 todays 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 dont 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 Halshack.comCheck out the new VH1 or MTV style videos shows over at SHACKVIDS pageHalshack.com/shackvidsFind everything at my website including the playlist for this show at SHACKLISTS!

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!!Halshack.comSPOTIFY has since retracted my show from being on their service and cited that "Spotify for Podcasters was not meant to be used as a music distribution tool" even though they "KNEW" full well I was on their site for a year because they had to approve me then they removed me. HAHAHA! Its ok I know what it is. Im a way better playlister than anybody they could possibly find or hire and they dont like it. I have more knowledge and experience than they ever will! Lets bring indie out front, the way it should be!

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 publishedAs always find us on my most major music services or my websiteHalshack.com

Welcome to the fabulous Halshack and the wondrous POPIFY series. Its #4 in the run and, just like its predecessors, it focuses on not just pop music but a whole mix of pop infused styles from many genres. Find all my other great shows on Spotify too. Theres a few not posted so you can find them everywhere else you can find the Halsahck like Podomatic, Iheart or Itunes or my website. Show is growing tremendously folks. Please give me a follow!! Thank you!Halshack.com