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@kevcaster Is this the first band you've been in?  Pretty dope bro!!!  What seat do you hold in the band?

Check out the promotion I posted RE: ChroniX Radio and let me know if you'd be interested in having me hook you up with my friends there....

https://www.metalforum.com/topic/19024-chronixradionet-your-1-streaming-metal-network/

(the station graphic in my signature is linked to their site also if you wanna "tune in" I'm usually on their chat, like explained in my promotional post).   I'm certain the one DJ that plays the special "METAL" shows I mention in the promotional post would without a doubt throw you guys on his show!!

Keep at it HARD!!! ?

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15 minutes ago, kevcaster said:

Not my first band. I’m the vocalist/songwriter of the band. We’d be interested in that. Thanks man 

...didn't sound like a first timer...lol!!!  hope you guys stick it out man... you're already pretty damn good!  not for anything I'm not really a music video kind of guy so I did go back and listen a couple times at just at the audio and you'll certainly go places!  video's distract me too much... it's an attention thing with me... you're video was excellent not trying to knock it! LOL

You see the links to the station? Can you come on tonight during their Metal show I'll introduce you direct?  Just to be aware they're gonna ask you to mention their station on your social media and help spread the word too in exchange to putting your track(s) up online... not a bad trade off IMO!  Give them a chance I fell in love with their playlists and if you don't like a song, then you can switch over to one of the other 2 stations! LOL  It's perfect for attention deficit disorder like I am!

Tuesday 6-7 PM Mercury 7-8 Pm Metal Masters  (EST)

The "Mercury" show is probably where they'd slip you in.. that's CJ's Metalcore; Death Metal; Melodeath; etc. etc. show it's normally a 2 hour window but he's bringing back the "Metal Masters" show too so for now he's crunched both into 1 hour segments...

(you're in CA right? we're over on EAST SIDE!!! so you're most likely 3 hours behind EST zone, making tonight's METAL show start by you at 3pm...) it's super easy all you need is a username and password ONLY for the chat part.... no need to put in your email and they don't spam anyone... the station been around long time but went down and my friends resurrected it several years ago trying to rebuild it back and better...I'm volunteering to help them however I can while I'm in between jobs...  If you can't get on during cjuggernaut's show tonight you can always sign in later when you can... the head dude is usually around late too!!!

If you'd rather not get on there we'll understand and you can always email me and we can get you connected that way too:

it's my username here "par9noid"  @gmail dot com, of course...  again on the station I have same username you'll always know it's me by some sort of eyeball avatar too! LOL  If you want to get on now I'm also there and my friend is spinning tracks from FRANCE on their GRIT station.. Look forward seeing you over on the other side or however you'd like to approach this bro!!!  They are all for talent and any kind of rocking METAL!! (so am I!)  If you've been able to preview the site they'll only be able to post an album cover or an image during streaming.... as talented as you are I'm sure you have one but if not I can help you put something together if you'd like... a placeholder until you get something more permanent...

With Brotherly Love for KICKIN Music,

Eric a/k/a par9noid

Thanks for poking me back... look forward to rocking out with you.. hopefully this will help us both!

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