About DownTown Mystic
The sound of DownTown Mystic is “vintage yet modern”. The music is rooted in all the great traditions of American Rock‘n’Roll, blending story telling songs with vintage guitars and analog recording into a unique style that owes nods to Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Eagles, The Beatles and Rolling Stones but somehow manages to sound as contemporary as anything currently available.
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Posted at 2017-06-15
Hard Enough03:19
Rock’n’Roll spoken here!
If it’s June then summer is right around the corner. Actually, next week the Summer Solstice arrives. We’re getting a sneak peek with a mini heat wave here in the NYC area. Up in the heavens the planet of Good Luck, Jupiter, is now direct and is especially good for relationships and partnerships. Neptune is going retrograde at the end of this week and it will be a good time to go inward and assess all matters with heightened intuition.
NEW NEWS…DownTown Mystic has started to get material together for a new release while waiting for the European release of Rock’n’Roll Romantic on Nub Music in the UK. Right now we’re hearing plans for a possible Single release on vinyl later this summer before the release of the full album. Fingers crossed!! More to come…
RADIO…DownTown Mystic continues the streak of 65 consecutive weeks on the AMA Radio Charts! The DownTown Nashville EP debuted on March 21, 2016 and Rock’n’Roll Romantic has continued to keep the streak alive, marking nine months this week!!
SYNC…Our good bud Eddie Caldwell has hooked up one of our songs, “Fly Like The Wind”, in a new movie called MONUMENTAL that’s scheduled to be released in 2017. Actor Jeremy Irons has a featured role in what is being described as an Action-Comedy: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2762662/
DOWNTOWN BLOG…The latest blog post is about our good bud, drummer Tommy Mastro, who passed away last month. Tommy played a big part in helping DownTown Mystic become a reality and you can read about it here: https://t.co/TjGlcwM0CT
VIDEO…The Lyric Video for “Dead End Space” has been released as part of the “Side Two EP”: https://youtu.be/P-AjbWhd2nQ
SOCIAL MEDIA…Stay up to date with DownTown Mystic via Social Media. Hook up with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shalaman and https://twitter.com/DTMysticBand
Until next time…Keep It Rockin’ – The Rock’n’Roll Renaissance is at hand!!
PS. Sha-La Music has a new website: http://sha-lamusic.com
DownTown Mystic Website: http://downtownmystic.net/
LIKE us on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/DownTown-Mystic/33506110940
DownTown Mystic YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/DowntownMystic1
DownTown Mystic on SPOTIFY: https://play.spotify.com/artist/19VD3b7cxZuylUNNUP9sdm
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Posted at 2017-05-19
Turn Around and Go03:29
Rock’n’Roll spoken here!
May Day May Day! Spring is in full bloom with summer showing it’s near. Also, the Mercury Retrograde is finally over! This would all be good news if you didn’t have to watch the carnival that is US Politics. Nevertheless, take a few deep breaths and keep moving forward, it’s the only way to go!
NEW NEWS…There was some bad news last week when we heard our good friend and drummer Tommy Mastro passed away passed away last week in Sweden on May 8, 2017. Tommy and his wife Yasminne moved to Sweden last year where she has family. As most of you know, Tommy had been battling ALS for close to 6 years. The only good part of this is that our friend is finally at peace, no longer having to suffer. Rest In Peace Tommy.
The latest DownTown Blog post is about Tommy. I wanted to remember our personal relationship as well as thank him for his many contributions to the recordings. I knew how much he appreciated me talking about his skills as a drummer and one of the most gratifying things for me, was releasing the Rock’n’Roll Romantic cd last year and having Tommy see his name in the credits between 2 great drummers, Max Weinberg and Steve Holley. :-)
DOWNTOWN BLOG…The new blog post had been in the planning as part of the Rock’n’Roll Romantic cd release when we heard the sad news of Tommy’s passing. There will be another blog post In Memorian for Tommy soon. Here’s the new post: https://t.co/TjGlcwM0CT
RADIO…DownTown Mystic has been on the AMA Radio Charts for over a year now. The DownTown Nashville EP debuted on March 21, 2016 and the Rock’n’Roll Romantic cd has been there for the last eight months, making it 62 consecutive weeks!
SYNC…Our good bud Eddie Caldwell has hooked up one of our songs “Fly Like The Wind”, in a new movie called MONUMENTAL that’s scheduled to be released in 2017. Actor Jeremy Irons has a featured role in what is being described as an Action-Comedy: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2762662/
VIDEO…The Lyric Video for “Dead End Space” has been released as part of the “Side Two EP”: https://youtu.be/P-AjbWhd2nQ
SOCIAL MEDIA…Stay up to date with DownTown Mystic via Social Media. Hook up with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shalaman and https://twitter.com/DTMysticBand
Until next time…Keep It Rockin’ – The Rock’n’Roll Renaissance is at hand!!
PS. Sha-La Music has a new website: http://sha-lamusic.com
DownTown Mystic Website: http://downtownmystic.net/
LIKE us on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/DownTown-Mystic/33506110940
DownTown Mystic YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/DowntownMystic1
DownTown Mystic on SPOTIFY: https://play.spotify.com/artist/19VD3b7cxZuylUNNUP9sdm
AirPlay Direct: http://www.airplaydirect.com/music/DownTownMystic/
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Posted at 2017-04-12
Hard Enough03:19
Rock’n’Roll spoken here!
Spring is finally here! It’s the middle of April, which means Tax Time here in the US. This year it also means that Passover and Easter are occurring this week. Happy Holidays to all! If that wasn’t enough, up in the skies it’s Retrograde City. Mercury joined Jupiter, Venus and Saturn this week in retrograde and Pluto joins the fun next week. So if your computer or hand held device blows up while you’re reading this, blame it on all of them!
NEW NEWS…As we told you last month, DownTown Mystic has the Side Two EP release out in Europe currently on Nub Music. This is the 1st release to help set up the Rock’n’Roll Romantic CD, which is being scheduled for a September release on NUB via ADA/Warner Music. There’s also talk of a 7 inch Single release in August to set up the CD release, as well as some live shows in the UK. Stay tuned as plans develop.
The Side Two EP just received a gr8 review in JamSphere Magazine: http://jamsphere.com/newreleases/downtown-mystic-side-two-ep-a-standard-bearer-for-a-generation-of-rock-fans
RADIO…DownTown Mystic has been on the AMA Radio Charts for over a year now. The DownTown Nashville EP debuted on March 21, 2016 and the Rock’n’Roll Romantic cd has been there for the last seven months, making it 56 consecutive weeks! Add to that the 80 stations that played Rock’n’Roll Romantic across 3 radio formats and it has been quite a radio ride and success story!!
SYNC…Our good bud Eddie Caldwell has hooked up one of our songs “Fly Like The Wind”, in a new movie called MONUMENTAL that’s scheduled to be released in 2017. Actor Jeremy Irons has a featured role in what is being described as an Action-Comedy: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2762662/
VIDEO…The Lyric Video for “Dead End Space” has been released as part of the “Side Two EP”: https://youtu.be/P-AjbWhd2nQ
DOWNTOWN BLOG…The latest blog post is about the quiet man of The E Street Band—Garry Tallent. The E Street bass player has stepped out front on his new release called “Break Time” and we share some thoughts about Garry: http://downtownmystic.net/downtown-blog-garry-tallent-rocknroll-romantic/
The previous blog post is about the Golden Stone, Brian Jones: http://downtownmystic.net/downtown-blog-brian-jones/
SOCIAL MEDIA…Stay up to date with DownTown Mystic via Social Media. Hook up with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shalaman and https://twitter.com/DTMysticBand
Until next time…Keep It Rockin’ – The Rock’n’Roll Renaissance is at hand!!
PS. Sha-La Music has a new website: http://sha-lamusic.com
DownTown Mystic Website: http://downtownmystic.net/
LIKE us on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/DownTown-Mystic/33506110940
DownTown Mystic YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/DowntownMystic1
DownTown Mystic on SPOTIFY: https://play.spotify.com/artist/19VD3b7cxZuylUNNUP9sdm
AirPlay Direct: http://www.airplaydirect.com/music/DownTownMystic/
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Posted at 2017-03-08
Dead End Space03:47
Rock’n’Roll spoken here!
March is here and that means Spring is coming soon. Always a fave time of the year, the weather has been spring-like at times recently, but winter keeps sticking its head in to show its still around. Daylight Savings starts next week. The Vernal Equinox comes in the following week with the start of Spring.
NEW NEWS…DownTown Mystic gets new release in Europe. After signing a new deal with Nub Music in the UK last month, Nub has released the new digital DownTown Mystic “Side Two EP”. Nub Music also signed a major Promotion and Distribution deal with Warner Music last month and plans to release the Rock’n’Roll Romantic album via their deal with Warner. The Rock’n’Roll Romantic album release will be on CD, with vinyl also being discussed. Here’s the Press Release link: https://shar.es/1OPAOo
RADIO…It’s been a Gr8 ride at Americana Radio for DownTown Mystic over the past year. The DownTown Nashville EP logged in 30 weeks on the AMA Chart and the Rock’n’Roll Romantic cd has been there for 22 weeks. All in all, DownTown Mystic has been on the AMA Chart for 52 consecutive weeks! Add to that the 80 stations that played Rock’n’Roll Romantic across 3 radio formats and it has been quite a radio ride and success story!!
VIDEO…The new Lyric Video for “Dead End Space” has been released on YouTube as part of the “Side Two EP”: https://youtu.be/P-AjbWhd2nQ
DOWNTOWN BLOG…The latest blog post deals with the Golden Stone, Brian Jones. What makes this one different from the one we did on Brian a couple of years ago, is that we finally find out what happened on the night he drowned in his swimming pool on July 3, 1969.
Here is the link: http://downtownmystic.net/downtown-blog-brian-jones/
SOCIAL MEDIA…Stay up to date with DownTown Mystic via Social Media. Hook up with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shalaman and https://twitter.com/DTMysticBand
Until next time…Keep It Rockin’ – The Rock’n’Roll Renaissance is at hand!!
PS. Sha-La Music has a new website: http://sha-lamusic.com
DownTown Mystic Website: http://downtownmystic.net/
LIKE us on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/DownTown-Mystic/33506110940
DownTown Mystic YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/DowntownMystic1
DownTown Mystic on SPOTIFY: https://play.spotify.com/artist/19VD3b7cxZuylUNNUP9sdm
AirPlay Direct: http://www.airplaydirect.com/music/DownTownMystic/
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Posted at 2017-02-02
Hard Enough03:19
Rock’n’Roll spoken here!
It’s Groundhog’s Day here in the US. That’s when some chubby rodent decides if there will be 6 more weeks of winter based on either seeing or not seeing his shadow at 5 in the morning…no surprise…there’s always 6 weeks left in winter after Feb. 2! Either way, we’ve got bigger news to tell than whatever that varmint has to say!!
NEW NEWS…Here's the Press Release that was released today announcing the new deal with Nub Music in the UK and the new DownTown Mystic release coming out next week!!
Here’s the Press Release:
NEW YORK, NY, February 02, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Sha-La Music, Inc. announces the signing of a Licensing Deal with UK Indie Nub Music. Under the agreement Nub will release recordings by American Roots Rocker DownTown Mystic in Europe and Asia. First up will be the digital release of the DownTown Mystic Side Two EP on February 10 via The Orchard to help set up the release of the Rock'n'Roll Romantic album later in 2017.
The deal between Sha-La and Nub came about thanks to a mutual associate in the UK, Jurgen Dramm/BMP, who brought the two principals together. Nub Music has been raising its profile recently with Nub TV, a new show on Sky TV Channel 212 in the UK. That profile will be substantially raised when a big announcement is made shortly about an impending Major Label deal.
The Side Two EP will have 4 songs, including the rocker Hard Enough, featuring the RnR Hall of Fame rhythm section of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band--Max Weinberg & Garry Tallent. Eyes of The World features Steve Holley & Paul Page from Ian Hunter's Rant Band. Lead track Dead End Space was sync licensed by Manchester United, one of the UK's premier Football Clubs, for a private in-house video last year. Final track Think It Over speaks to a time for change that faces everyone, especially timely in the UK after Brexit.
2016 was a banner year for DownTown Mystic that started with the single Way To Know going to #1 in Europe. The spring release of the DownTown Nashville EP debuted in the Top 5 Most Added on the AMA Chart and went on to be DownTown Mystic's most successful release at Americana Radio in the US. In the summer, the Rock'n'Roll Romantic album was digitally released to critical raves and in the fall, the Rock'n'Roll Romantic CD followed. With an ambitious promotion plan at 3 radio formats, over 80 radio stations in the US have been playing Rock'n'Roll Romantic, making it the artist's most successful release to date.
Sha-La Music President and DownTown Mystic writer/producer, Robert Allen, says signing with Nub Music is the next step in the musical evolution of the DownTown Mystic Brand. Robert comments, "The DownTown Mystic project has always been about the music, and that is why it's very exciting to be part of a label like Nub Music. The one common denominator in all of the deals I've made is that the other company is also run by a musician." Mark Lee, Head of Nub Music, is the founder of UK indie faves The Pocket Gods, who set a record last year in The Guinness Book of Records for Most Songs on a Digital Album.
Robert began work to build the DownTown Mystic Brand in 2010 by signing up some songs with a small indie music agency named Jingle Punks, which is now one of the top music licensing companies at TV. Robert says, "The cool thing about Jingle Punks is that it was started by this crazy RnR wildman, Jared Gutstadt, aka Jingle Jared, and all the employees there are musicians. Jared placed one of the songs on NBC's The Voice, which at the time was the #1 TV show in the US." The following year, a fateful meeting with future LA power broker Eddie Caldwell/Music of The Sea in France, would create a business partnership that would lead to 3 of Robert's songs being sync licensed by LA's #1 Music Supervisor--Alexandra Patsavas of Chop Shop Music.
Robert continues, "I was in Cannes for Midem to meet with this legendary German A&R guy to get a deal for DownTown Mystic. I kept bumping into Eddie, who was going to 10-12 meetings a day there. Besides being a real hustler, in the best sense of the word, Eddie is also a musician with great ears. On our last night at Midem we finally got together to compare notes over drinks in this tiny bar off of the lobby in the famed Carlton Hotel. We became fast friends. Back in the US I introduced Eddie to my friend Sat Bisla/A&R Worldwide and Sat opened some doors in LA. That's all Eddie needed. Next thing I know, Alexandra Patsavas is calling, looking for music for The Carrie Diaries. Eddie sends her some songs and she picks mine!"
Since then the DownTown Mystic Brand has continued to grow with music sync licensed on over 100 TV shows in over 15 countries, as well as songs placed in films and played on over 10,000 radio stations around the world. If 2016 was a banner year, then the new deal with Nub Music should make 2017 an even bigger one for DownTown Mystic and Sha-La Music.
Press Release Link: https://shar.es/1OPAOo
DOWNTOWN BLOG…Last month we published the 1st installment of our Review of 2016. We were going to publish the 2nd part this week but the Press Release took precedent. Here are the links to both blogs:
2016 Year In Review Part 1: http://downtownmystic.net/downtown-blog-2016-year-review-part-1-downtown-nashville/
2016 Year In Review Part 2: http://downtownmystic.net/downtown-blog-2016-year-review-part-2-rocknroll-romantic/
SOCIAL MEDIA…Stay up to date with DownTown Mystic via Social Media. Hook up with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shalaman and https://twitter.com/DTMysticBand
Until next time…Keep It Rockin’ – The Rock’n’Roll Renaissance is at hand!!
PS. Sha-La Music has a new website: http://sha-lamusic.com
DownTown Mystic Website: http://downtownmystic.net/
LIKE us on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/DownTown-Mystic/33506110940
DownTown Mystic YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/DowntownMystic1
DownTown Mystic on SPOTIFY: https://play.spotify.com/artist/19VD3b7cxZuylUNNUP9sdm
AirPlay Direct: http://www.airplaydirect.com/music/DownTownMystic/
ReverbNation: http://www.reverbnation.com/downtownmystic
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