The Detroit Welcome Center is looking for local Detroit area CDs and Swag to sell in their store. Items must be submitted in person at the store by 4 pm Tuesday May 25th to be available for sale for their launch on May 26. They are looking for CDs, t-shirts and other swag from local musicians.

Time is short, so don't miss the oportunity.

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Hollywood rocker Colby Veil (right) of Dopesnake and formerly of Adler’s Appetite flew into Detroit for a surprise appearance at the Lordd Virgil show at New York New York in Chesterfield, MI, but the surprise was on Veil when Michigan frontman Lordd Virgil (left) brought him to the stage to perform Veil’s hit song “Hell Yeah”.  Watch for “Hell Yeah” in the trailer for the upcoming film “Easy Rider: The Ride Back”, the sequel to the cult-hit film “Easy Rider”.  Click here for the trailer:  http://www.easyridertherideback.com
 

SATURDAY, APRIL 3 - Travel back in time to the decade of decadence- the‘80s-this holiday season to revisit a Detroit dance club that was the epitome of ‘80s glory. Todd’s, formally known as Todd’s Sway Lounge, was a gay nightclub on Detroit’s far eastside that was on the cutting edge of the new wave of eighties music and lifestyle.

Detroit club impresario- Stirling, first approached the owners of the venue in 1983 and convinced them to try out a dance music night on Monday evenings to cater to a growing subculture of club kids. The owners welcomed this idea, and a new dance party, "Modern Dance Mondays" was launched. Stirling hired the eclectic DJ Charles English to spin the latest in dance music, Euro-pop, new wave and even some punk classics and funk gems thrown into the explosive mix of music that had the patrons up and dancing the night away. When Monday nights became thee popular weekly destination, they expanded to Thursday nights as well.

Detroit native drummer, Eric Fischer, has a page feature on him in the April edition of Modern Drummer Magazine.  Eric earned this great achievment by creating a very unique tribute/ instructional video that features the jazz great, drummer Buddy Rich.  The videos are now available for viewing on the home page of Modern Drummer Magazine (www.moderndrummer.com).

Eric has been playing around the Detroit area for many years in the prog rock band Space Nelson, and more recently has also been performing in Radar Pilot.  His Buddy Rich video has earned him accolades from many of the top drummers in the world including Charlie Watts and Dennis Chambers, and he is working on a similar  project for Carl Palmer.

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SoulScholar is our latest band link addition to the Original Artiststs /  Hard Rock category - and a hard rock band that claims to be from that vague city with fuzzy boundaries known as "Metro Detroit".  You might conclude from that decision that 1) Their real home town just doesn't rock.  2) They're hearts are really with the "D", or 3) It doesn't really matter since any given band typically has members that cross city, county and sometimes even state lines and forcing them to claim any particular one as "home" is just retarded.  Well, it doesn't take a SoulScholar to figure out I'm just trying to fill some space here, so click "read more" below for all the pertinent links!

Michiganbands.com would like to welcome our latest link submissions in the Specialties/Dueling Pianos and Cover Bands / Classic Rock categories.  Main Street Dueling Pianos is a fearless musical team from Grand Rapids who perform an all-request show with a healthy dose of interactive comedy thrown in to entertain any audience, big or small; wedding, corporate party, country club, birthday, fundraiser, holiday –you name it.  Be prepared for an addictive experience as this dynamic duo tackle your request. Click Here to check out their website.

Backstage Pass are a classic rock cover band out of Livonia who play everything fom Aerosmith to ZZ Top.  Parts of this five-piece band have been together for more than 30 years, jamming rocking together in one group or another. "Now we're old and fat," reads their MySpace page. "But we've still got the fire burning so here we are, doing something we all love, playing good old rock and roll music and having a ball."  Click Here to check out their MySpace page.

Eddie Leighton (of the Eddie Leighton Project) has posted a new video you'll want to check out, particularly if you've suffered any of the ill effects of the Michigan economy as of late.  "I'm Broke Up" finds Eddie in unfamiliar waters, struggling to find a job or economic opportunity of any kind.  "I've been up and down / I've been all over town / through thick and thin / and no one will help me out / I'm not used to this abuse / because I've never been here before...".  He does his best to stay optimistic, and patriotic (even stating the Pledge Of Allegiance) but pulls no punches in laying the blame at the feet of the fat cats who sold us out.  You'll want to check this one out.  Click Here to see "I'm Broke Up".

Hello fellow band heads,

For the last year we've been working on a new website for the Michigan music community. In a nutshell it's a social media site like Myspace or Facebook. The primary purpose is to bring Michigan fans and artists together in one spot.  The site allows artists to post music and media. Friends and Fans can join too and network with the community. Indie artists can upload their music and videos and even sell songs like Itunes and SnoCap if they choose. Cover bands are encouraged to sign up too.

You can check out the site and signup for a profile here:

http://www.michiganmonster.com