Halshack Indie Rockcast

Ok folks! Its spring and I got the spring fever for theme shows! I made a bunch in advance while we wait on the brand new Reverbnation Campaign #7 to be fleshed out! Just started on May 15th- July 31st. Get your submissions in now to have a chance to be heard on my show or find me anywhere on social media and hit me up in my inbox. I'm always checking my messages and I check my spam folders as well for hidden requests because we are not connected (you can find me on Facebook, IG and Twitter) I'm super social and always ready to make friends and fans or meet new bands. You can also submit to my email through my website at Halshack.com

These themes are full of new topics for you to enjoy that take a different turn as they twist and weave in and out of my library that has expanded full throttle over the years. Back in Oct 2018, its a well known story about my craziness of my show and how its all connected and I do things in advance that trigger events in the future or I'm just on target with my future and I don't even know it. I plan things in advance and some of the themes and the songs play out in my life at the same time that I air the episodes. Crazy! Its not always the case but we will see what happens here with the next set of shows. There's already events unfolding in this numbers show! 27 by Below 7 was supposed to be in an earlier show and it was replaced for another with a better fit. I didn't know I was going to plan a numbers show..lol. Paper Jackets has an exclusive album that resides solely on my show. "3 for the show" has never been played off that album. Ive covered about every song from it but I never made it to that one for some reason. Its now time to finally let that one see the light of day!

There's more I could talk about but Ive yammered enough so instead of yammering lets start humming to all these great bands and fun tunes with numbers that will make you hummmmm all day long!!..lol

Its Hummer Numbers....enjoy!!

LOTS OF NEWS!

New Battleshack 4 contest coming this summer! Be on the lookout for the voting competition to start in June and run till Labor day! Be 30 bands and artists chosen out of 125 eligible contestants since the last contest 2 years ago. (pop, alt, indie, rock, country, plus more to choose from) Vote for your fave 3. You HAVE to vote for 3 or your vote will be disqualified. 

 High Rock Music Fest for August 2024 at Caraway Speedway in NC is inching ever so closer to reality! 

Shackhole and Club Shack down at the Axehole/Friction Skating coming this summer in Lexington NC! 


Catch the Halshack everywhere you catch your tunes! 

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See you again soon for the next theme show! I wonder what it will be! ....lol

Happy Mothers day to all our loving Moms! Its been 4 years since the last Mother's Day show.  That one dealt with all my female artists at the time to celebrate women and their achievements. This time around I'm building on the idea of family, moms, dads, kids, babies and more titles dealing with the subject of moms lives even if you are NOT a MOM yourself you will still enjoy this show. 

Thanks to all our Moms for the daily sacrifices they make for the love of their families. Sometimes life is great and works out how you want sometimes it isnt and these are life lessons that we all need to learn at any age. There are stories here of youth  and never being to young for love or having fun in the night to growing older and desiring a more simple quieter life. Don't worry about the kids, they will be alright! You just focus on you this Mothers Day and have some "Whiskey Baby" on us!

Thank you to our loving mothers for all they do!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all!! 

Have a great weekend!

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"Themes are us" here at the Halshack! ..lol with special guest (CAVO) 

This show came about because of a submission from Alternative Twist Radio! They submitted to me a new competent talented artist by the name of Will Buck! I searched through his library and found this "little diddy" that almost "slipped my grasp"..lol with his song "Sleight of Hand"  Will bucked this idea into my head to do a theme show based solely around this song. I had to find a way to use it so I dug deep through 10 years worth of my catalogue new and old to pull out one of the best episodes in the theme series to date! The best shows come along unplanned!

This episode is all about what one faces from the negative side of life. Its a very serious tone. Some of the songs are upbeat but the show as a whole will tax your inner self and test your strength plus your mental fortitude. You can and will survive. Learn how to cope and find the inner strength needed to push forward. A good support system in your life is a must.  

Everyone experiences loss in many ways from the loss of a loved one to the loss of their family unit to losing ones keys or even losing yourself to the madness we call life. We all desperately want change but some lack the will or the fortitude to see it through. I have been in a very dark place the last several years of my life at different moments after the loss of my family unit plus the loss of my pets dying to losing my great house at the lake after 7 years then my car died. (lost house due to owners selling, I was a renter). Life has been somewhat strange and an adventure ever since...lol Its allowed me much introspective and retrospective on how to cope with life's curve balls. 

Through it all the music and my new phase of life have kept me positive and happy, for the most part, despite all the misery!
New adventures are on the horizon as we plan forward for a SHACK HOLE at the Axe Hole/Friction Skating in Lexington NC! 

Next year coming August 2024 is the High Rock Music Fest with Halshack at CARAWAY SPEEDWAY! 
(hopefully, we are waiting on county approval for a permit for the festival at this time)

Spotify playlist for some of the potential acts at the fest. we could see 40 to 50. 
Heres at least 15 to get you started!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7acb5ugqLCvykCiztlz027?si=8ba26a7ba0e24883

We will keep you posted!

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Rap Shack 12 is sure to delve into some great jams to make you go "........DAMN!"..lol We're back again with another edition of my stellar rap and hip hop series I'm becoming renown for around the globe per our official radio submission campaigns with Reverbnation! This rounds out official campaign number #6 with the company. Moving on to 7 this summer!! We had 1500 submissions and chose about 50 to fill a few shows! Be sure to get your submissions in for the next campaign starting May 15th and ending July 31st! 

"She wanna do it for the Gram!" says Black Shawd and indeed we do want to get our message out to the Gram and Tik Tok and anywhere else who wants some dope tunes for your ride or to flash your hide...lol I managed to put together a cool special featuring some new rap infused R&B with a little soul pop in between then we go cruising into the islands for a little flavor of Jamaica. Skylar Lutes and Drifting Roots were having fun in the sun till the boys in blue thought they we're a "suspect" for bringing too much good music to your ears! Meanwhile MIGS718 is getting "Wasted" off good vibes after his BRAND NEW track just released!! Then we're going to take a slight stroll down memory lane to the harder edge of rap with some various new and old style hip hop mixes! 

Thanks for enjoying this journey with me. Its hard to put these shows together and manage to find all the right material to form a proper flow in order to arrange these various styles in a one hour setting. I manage to get lucky and do it everytime which is quite intriguing that I can do this without flaw. It does take alot of work. I have to dive through every single library of every potential artist for the episode and find the song that works and is presentable and professional enough for radio play. If its not there it doesnt make my show. Thats the quality Ive become known for. I appreciate everyone so much for becoming a fan and recognizing what we do here at the Halshack! It means the world to me and the most to these artists who have no voice to help them stand out! 

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See you soon! Time to start up some theme shows again and have a  Shack Hole "live" event coming soon to the Axehole and Friction Skating this summer in Lexington NC. where we hope to announce our official plans for the High Rock Music Fest Summer 2024 once we get the approvals and location solved.  

See ya later alligators!! ...lol ....... Peace out my friends!!

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! 

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See you again soon for Rap Shack 12!

High Rock Music Festival plans are in full swing for Summer 2024! More on that later!

Its time for SPRING and time for us to spring forward into action!! Time for Shacknation 11. New Reverbnation Campaign #6 is underway and almost near closing time. You got one more week to get your submissions into for this campaign for a shot at my show through the Reverbnation Opportunities Program! Weve had about 1500 submissions this go around and have chose 45 roughly for 3 shows! Shacknation 11 and 12 and Rapshack 12 coming soon!

Ive been stagnant lately on life and the show! Its time for that to change! Its time to get motivated on more radio shows and starting my plans for a "Shack Hole" down at the Axe Hole here in Lexington, NC and the bigger picture of the High Rock Music Festival "goin down" here in my county (hopefully...planning stages) late Summer 2024. 

This show is full of surprises and quality talent!! 2nd track is a new comer from Austraila, Xanna Behn, and the 2nd artist to make my radar from the land down under. Shes got a potential pop hit on her hands! Its an earworm folks! Tomboy is no boy at all and shes got massive appeal feeling a bit lucky these days cause shes inflicted with the "Lucky Girl Syndrome"!! This is one of the more unique pop hits Ive heard in many many years. It mixes up about 6 genres in one song and is a throwback to multiple styles of artists from the 80s and 90s. Its a finely crafted tune and well worth worldwide exposure. 

Plenty more for you to enjoy from indie rock, pop, alt and some indie folk/blues thrown in the mix as well as The Slacksons are making a reappearance from all the way across the giant pond with their funky cool version of STORMY WEATHER! Love having the Brits on my show! You can find my show on some British radio stations as well like XRP and Discover Unsigned Radio!

Thanks again to all of these quality artists! More to come from some of them in future shows as always the quality songs stay in rotation here on my show as we are building  a new music universe (old school style) for the next generation of the industry! 

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Thanks for becoming a fan! New shows coming for Shacknation 12 and Rapshack 12!!

Happy Spring everyone! Well well do we have  a loaded show for you this month! All new Reverbnation campaign #5 with some combined artist from #6 as well as a special EXCLUSIVE collab with metal band Disaster Theory who joined forces with D12 (Swifty McVay) close friends with none other than Eminem!!! We scored the track here on the show and glowing approval to help promote the band and the song!! Im super honored to have Eminem as part of the Halshack!

This is alot more "indie" type episode than usual for us. Something different this time around for your musical palette to enjoy!

So much more news to go over! Listen to the show and find out! 

Ive been invited on to a podcast coming in a week with my partners Greg Goodell and Mike Hoffman as we have a "little chat" with my friend Jesse Blount on The Undiscovered Entrepreneur Sun Mar 12th at 2pm Est!!  If you miss it "live" you can find it later on his podcast feed and Ill more than likely upload it to mine as well!

BIG SHOW here folks! Really BIG DEAL for the Halshack and all these awesome artists! Please help and share the show! No one really knows about these bands nor do they know about EMs collab song! Its not owned by Eminem and its vulgar but it has a great message about adversity they have all faced in the music industry! 

Too cool to be apart of this moment in history! 

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 New bonus shows coming soon for Shacknation vol 11 and 12! 

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 See you again soon! Thanks for becoming a fan!!

Up for grabs now is RAP SHACK 11, a special R&B focus show for your groove! Bobbin' to the beat of the Halshack to start your new year with Devonne24k and many more new artists from the last Reverbnation campaign!  

We got a few recurring artists and some new finds from the last campaign and we just started a brand new campaign #6. Discovered Leroy Booker from the new camp!! Ponder is a cool song! 

Middle of the show features some suave "indie rap" along with Jawny Badluck in the middle and some eclectic world beat sounds with a few international genre artists to round out the segment. Apollo King 47 bringin' the Latin infused beats along with 2 guys from Nigeria you will love if you're into Seal! Mt Boi and Dibi_Ju!

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Show has grown into over 100 countries total but we expanded our city reach this past year by a ton! 
This year we reached 482 cities in 83 countries! THANK YOU!!!!

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

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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!!!!!

Happy Holidays everyone!! No time for a proper bio right now. Heading out the door for family Christmas!!


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Hope you all have a wonderful holiday!