Category: indie spotlight

Indie Spotlight: Chipz Santana – “Rambo”

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Quintin “Chipz Santana” Salnon is a  Pittsburgh, PA native born & raised in the legendary Hill District of the city. While he has been passionate about music his entire life Chipz found his voice in music in 2012 . Before becoming a rapper Chipz Santana became a mixing and mastering engineer. With his unique style of trap rap Chipz brings his own exclusive custom touch to the rap game. Santana spent 4 years signed to underground label Kathouse Records before deciding to go solo & launching his Red Rose imprint. …

Jonah Melvon Releases New Album ‘The Rainwater Project’

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Jonah Melvon’s new full-length record “RainWater Project”, is finally here. This soulful record is refreshing, possessing deep musicianship, warm harmonies, a drip of lyrical weaponry, and overall a gravitational pull towards the repeat button. Jonah hailing from Oakland and being an entrepreneur advocate, spells out the grind and the need to support indie businesses, in his song “1099” (Mom and Pops). He articulates it best, in these lines of the song: “Support your local Mom and Pops, your local not to fund these spots, indie artists travel brick and mortar…

JustGlennJack releases new single “Morrissey”

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Up-and-coming Californian artist JustGlennJack returns with an uplifting and upbeat hip-hop/rap single ‘Morrissey’. The single features an uplifting production, driving beat, and an anthemic vocal performance by JustGlennJack. The single starts off with a fading percussive melody that resonates throughout the entirety of the track. The track then proceeds to the main beat and the powerful 808s. The arrangement of ‘Morrissey’ is unique and different from that of other commercial hip-hop/rap productions. Undoubtedly, the track has the ability to impact the listener as it contains every anthemic element for an…

Jillian Ferrera Releases “Intimacy’ EP and Debut Single “The Worst Way”

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Jillian Ferrara (Jillian Teresa Miano) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and dancer who was born on July 21st 1998 in Staten Island, New York. From an early age, she had a tough life that began with her father deserting the family to understanding how to cope with the fact that she had bipolar disorder. This disorder coupled with the fact that she later learned that she had Asperger Syndrome compounded an already difficult life. Jillian’s love for music started when she was just three years old when she began…