POP ARTIST & SINGER/SONGWRITER "LORAINE" STOPS IN AND TALKS ABOUT HER NEW SINGLE 'MAGIC MAN' AND UPCOMING EP "POWER FROM LOVE"

 Press Release: Loraine Unveils Her Enchanting New Single “Magic Man” Ahead of Upcoming EP Release

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Written by: Taylor Berry

Portland, Oregon – Loraine, the multifaceted singer-songwriter originally from the Netherlands and raised in Belgium, is set to captivate audiences with her enchanting new single, "Magic Man," available now. The track is a potent preview of her upcoming EP, Power From Love, slated for release on January 3rd, 2025. Known for her unique blend of soulful electronic pop, Loraine’s latest release offers a magical journey into the power of creation and self-transformation.

"Magic Man" is a reflection of Loraine’s deep belief in the power to manifest and create one’s own reality. "It's about magic," she shares. "We can create our own life. We can create our own world. We have the power to do that." The song was born out of inspiration from Loraine's time as a nanny for four young girls who loved fairies and magical worlds, combining this with her musical influences at the time. The result is an uplifting track that blends fantasy with a grounded yet whimsical message. Jokingly, she adds that her husband now is convinced the song is about him, which adds a fun extra layer of interpretation to the song…

The song’s evolution is just as fascinating as its message. Initially written over a decade ago, "Magic Man" began as an acoustic piece. Loraine explains, “I recorded the acoustic version... but working with my producer on all the electronic stuff... I wasn’t sure at first. But then I grew into really loving it.” The electronic production adds a fresh layer to the song, transforming it into a soulful anthem about growth, nurturing, and patience. "It’s just a lighter writing... not taking it too seriously either," she says, which adds a sense of fun and freedom to the track.

"Magic Man" is the second single off Loraine's upcoming EP Power From Love, which explores the concept of embracing one’s personal power. Loraine describes the EP’s theme as finding strength not in fear or anger but in love, stillness, and self-worth. "There is power in love, where you don’t necessarily need to do much... it comes down to self-love," she explains, offering listeners a sense of calm and empowerment.

For Loraine, music has always been a part of her life. Growing up in a musical family, she was immersed in music early on. “As long as I can remember, I was singing and doing music,” she shares, noting that her mother, a former elementary teacher, instilled a love for music through interactive classes. This early exposure to music paved the way for Loraine to develop a passion for singing and songwriting and, later, integrate her music into her career as a life coach. Through her coaching, Loraine uses music to help individuals process and transform emotions, promoting healing and self-empowerment.

With influences ranging from Christina Aguilera to Taylor Swift and Banks, Loraine’s musical style draws on a mix of genres, allowing her to create a distinctive sound that blends electronic beats with heartfelt lyrics. Her ability to draw on her own experiences and combine them with her love for music and coaching has led to a truly unique artistic voice.

Fans can expect more from Loraine in the coming year as she continues to blend music with personal growth. Power From Love is an EP filled with empowering songs that encourage listeners to tap into their power and create their desired lives.

For more information, visit LoraineLifeCoaching.com or follow Loraine on social media.

About Loraine

 Loraine is a talented singer-songwriter and life coach based in Portland, Oregon. Originally from the Netherlands and raised in Belgium, she found her passion for songwriting after attending a workshop with European platinum artist Milow. With a background in orchestral music and a focus on electronic pop, Loraine’s music blends soulful melodies with powerful messages of self-love, healing, and empowerment.

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R&B SINGER SONGWRITER 'JAY ANTHONY' STOPS BY AND TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW SINGLE "WORTH LIVING" PLUS MUCH MORE!

Jay Anthony is Here to Share His Gift of Music with the World

By: Paul K. Barnes

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Some people believe the gift of talent they’ve been given was meant to be regifted with the world. By sharing it with the world, they not only feel fulfilled with a sense of purpose but the happiness people feel when receiving their gift is priceless. Jay Anthony takes this even farther.

“The real goal is to fulfill God’s purpose for my life. It’s that plain and simple. That’s what I’m here to do.”

Jay Anthony is an R&B/Pop singer with a large Gospel influence throughout all his music. Whether it be the spiritual angle of his subject matter, the way he sings, or the way the music is arranged, he keeps God first in all things. His latest single, “Worth Living” from his EP Music & Me was written from a very vulnerable place and offers encouragement and motivation to anyone going through something. Jay explained that he actually began writing the song in 2021 and after going through the loss of his Grandmother, depression and therapy, was able to complete the song this year. He shared that losing her was what caused the depression which led to him temporarily losing his love of music. Since he grew up with multiple musically inclined family members and lives a family centric life, losing her was like losing a piece of the love that was in his heart. But, by completing this song he found the motivation to compose the rest of the EP.

“When I finished writing this song, I cried. When I heard the finished version, I cried. When my Mother - who didn’t know about all of my crying - heard it for the first time, she cried. I knew if it had that effect on us, I had no choice but to share it with the world. The song gave me hope to continue. I knew I had to finish this project and I knew He [God] didn’t give me these words just for me to keep them to myself.”

Jay purposely released this song during this time of year because of how depression affects so many people around the holidays. He wants people to know that it’s okay to not be okay and to get the therapy they need and keep living. All the music Jay writes is made with intentionality like this. For him, every song he writes is like a child which means they all need love and nurturing from him. And because of that love within them, he believes the music will resonate with people today and with people 20-40 years from now. He knows the music will be timeless because the lyrics within them and how they reached him are timeless. 

“It’s spiritual for me. The Most High gives me these lyrics and I’m just a vessel for Him.”

The spiritual perspective of the music creation comes directly from Jay’s background in the church. And with him, he’s found that all music comes from gospel. Whether it’s chords or melodies - all of it goes back to gospel. By learning this, he was able to apply techniques from that world to a plethora of other aspects of music. His Grandmother reinforced this perspective by teaching him that the key to it all is singing from the heart. 

“When you sing from the heart, you’re going to touch people.” 

To produce timeless music, you also have to study timeless music. That’s why Jay cites legends like Michael Jackson, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Luther Vandross and others as inspiration. And yet, he’s not trying to copy them - he’s letting the legacy they made set the tone for the legacy he wants to have. For Jay, he wants the next generation to be inspired by him just like he was inspired by them so the cycle continues. And with this EP, he hopes that when the music enters the ears, hearts, and minds of people, they feel happy. People experiencing happiness through his music brings him happiness and purpose as he shares his gift with them. 

“You have to start with a great melody that will stay in the hearts of people forever. When people smile, cry or feel triumphant because of my music, I feel happiness. My mission as a singer/songwriter is to inspire and nurture the human spirit. Music is my gift to everybody else.”

Jay Anthony’s EP Music & Me is out now. 

You can learn more about Jay Anthony’s gift of music by following him on his social platforms:

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MUNDANE MIRACLE TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW TRACK "CULMINATION" AND MUCH MORE!

With “Culmination,” electro artist Mundane Miracle launches his music into the market

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By Kurt Beyers

Electro, like a lot of music, can make you want to sing along, or play the steering-wheel drum, or get a body part moving, but it generally works by first taking over your head and holding it still for the coming bombardment of sound.

So it is with “Culmination,” the sixth track this year, releasing on November 24, from Mundane Miracle.

“Listening to electronic music is like an explosion in your brain, with all these crazy things going on,” he said. “It just really sets your brain off.”

“I think, with all my songs, it’s kind of like a flow of consciousness,” he said. “It is trying to put out different sounds, and once I have a little base, then I try out different elements, listening repetitively to the song trying different elements.”

Mundane Miracle, is starting to put out the music that he has wanted to make since 2010, when he first heard Matthew Dear’s “I Can’t Feel.”

“Culmination” is somewhat different from the five other songs he has put out so far.

“I started out basically creating the atmospheric undertones to it, and I thought I was just going to have that as a song, just that atmospheric sound.”

That’s the sound that hooks a listener at first. He describes it as “almost eerie, kind of ominous.”

“Most of the songs I’ve been working on more recently have that kind of eerie undertone, but at the same time they’re — I feel like there’s a happiness to them.”

But then he kept on listening, over and over. 

“Sometimes, I’ll keep listening to something, and with ‘Culmination,” I thought, ‘Oh, it would be good to have this here, and this here, and it just kind of evolved from there.”

“Eerie, kind of ominous” is an apt description of the atmospheric underlayer, but coming in and exploding over it is a fireworks display of sound.

He said he started hearing in it hints of other electronic music that he liked, and when he listened to those songs he tried to identify the kinds of things that he liked so that he could incorporate in his song the feelings they aroused.

“I tried to capture the feel as best I could in my own song, and I was really pleased with it, and so, ‘Culmination’ — I called it that because I think it’s a culmination of my being.”

His background is not music, but he has always been a listener. He says he loved classic rock — Jethro Tull was a favorite — and also krautrock, which he called “kind of like classic rock mixed with some electronic.”

But the thought of making music, let alone publishing it, never entered his head as a realistic possibility.

And then he heard “I Can’t Feel.”

“I loved all different types of electro music, but for some reason that hit me in a way that I said to myself, ‘Wow, I really want to try this.’ I thought it would just be a fun hobby.”

He recounts in his artist bio that he was inspired to contact Dear to compliment his song and to ask about music production.

And Dear responded.

“Although my intent was to simply do this for a low-level hobby,” he writes, “he provided a timeline for when I could expect to write and release a song, which I never imagined would even be possible.”

Fourteen years later, it has become a much higher-level hobby. He is putting out music and promoting it and working on more. He has a “lot of other singles in the making.” His genre, and he will stick with it, is lo fi, instrumental electro, “but within that I bounce around between different styles and approaches.”

“It’s still a fun hobby,” he said, “and I am so happy with it right now.

His fun, the happiness, is reflected in the titles he has so far put out: “Magnum Poopus,” “Herculean Homunculus,” “Confetti Illuminati,” and “Sweatpant Euphoria.” His first was “Surreal.”

“If I could make a living off it — I don’t need to be famous; I don’t even know if my genre really lends itself to being really popular — but even if I could just make a modest living off it, that would be a dream come true.”

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SINGER SONGWRITER KELSEY DODD STOPS IN AND TALKS ABOUT HER NEW EP TITLED "FOREVER EVERGREEN" AND MUCH MORE!

Kelsey Dodd’s New EP "Forever Evergreen" Celebrates Holidays, Family, and Timeless Memories

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By Natalia J

Kelsey Dodd, at just 17, is no newcomer to music. Since age five, Kelsey has been on a steady journey fueled by her passion for singing and the performing arts. From vocal lessons across genres and styles, to musical theater, and training on piano, ukulele, and (a recent dabble in) guitar, she’s set to release her debut EP, “Forever Evergreen.” Originally planned as a holiday project of reimagined Christmas classics, Kelsey shares that during the process of selecting songs, she became inspired to create an original track that captures her deep, imaginative connection to the colors, emotions, and memories of the holidays and family. 

Based in Saratoga, New York, Kelsey brings a vibrant blend of musical influences to her work, from contemporary pop, soul, jazz, and classical sounds. She’s drawn inspiration from greats like Barbara Streisand and Ella Fitzgerald to contemporary artists like Adele and Kelly Clarkson, for her ability to sing powerfully, and convey deep emotion through her voice. Kelsey shares that her style has also been shaped by her background in musical theater, where she’s learned to give each performance its own narrative. She really commits to delivering the story behind each song—something you’ll experience when you listen to “Forever Evergreen.”

The EP’s title track, “Forever Evergreen,” co-written with Cassandra Kubinski, and produced by Joel Moss and Jim Mastrianni, is the emotional centerpiece of the project. This original song embodies Kelsey’s authenticity and love for the holiday season, which she describes as a time when, no matter what happens throughout the year, the holidays serve to reconnect with family, yourself, and the things you cherish most. 

“No matter what we’ve lost, no matter what we knew,

Who had a golden year or who’s feeling blue

Those memories wrapped in red on that snow white scene

The moments that we share this season stay forever evergreen,” she sings in the chorus line. 

Kelsey describes the Evergreen tree as a symbol of both nostalgia and continuity—a constant rock, much like family and tradition. The color green represents the refreshing, and regrounding elements of connecting with her family, where each time, they get to create new moments with one another.

In addition to her original song, the EP includes four classic Christmas covers. She laughs that the selection process started with her bringing a binder full of 30+ Christmas covers to her team that she knew and loved, but needed support narrowing down. Her team comprises Grammy-winning producer Joel Moss, whom Kelsey met through the Saratoga Children’s Theater, producer Jim Mastrianni, and musical director Cassandra Kubinski. The team’s creative process included brainstorming over dozens of these holiday tracks, finally landing on the songs that sparked the most joy and musical uniqueness with Kelsey’s delivery. 

Joel played an instrumental role helping Kelsey cultivate an animated experience in the EP, full with live instruments like saxophone, clarinet, and organ to capture that classic Christmas warmth. She mentions not wanting to give too much away, but loved some of the creative touches they made to each track; Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song,” features a nod to the Nutcracker, while “Let It Snow” gets a jazzy twist with playful hints of “Jingle Bells.” Each song infuses Kelsey’s emotional connection to holiday memories and colors, and combines nostalgia with the newness of each season. While initially planned as an EP of just covers, the team delightfully realized that an original track would complete the collection, rounding out the project. 

For Kelsey,  “Forever Evergreen” represents more than a musical project. The EP celebrates self-expression, authenticity, gratitude, family, and tradition. Through her music, she hopes to inspire fans to embrace their own roots and cherish the people around them. “This project allowed me to bring myself to the table, to share my memories, and to watch them come alive in the lyrics and music,” she says. It captures a very real and foundational part of herself. 

As Kelsey steps into her future with dreams of performing and releasing more original music, she’ll be headed to NYC to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theater. 

To readers and future fans, Kelsey offers a closing piece of advice: “Don’t be afraid to share yourself with the world, being genuine and authentic can lead to some of the greatest gifts life could give you. Don’t be afraid to open those doors.” 

For a musical reminder to celebrate family and the little things that make this season so special, 

Catch “Forever Evergreen” coming out November 15th. 

THE BLAST HAVERS STOP IN AND TALK ABOUT THEIR NEW TRACK "TESTED ON ANIMALS" AND ALSO AN EXLUSIVE NEW TRACK DUE OUT IN JANUARY!

Blast Havers debut their paradoxical blend of slower beats and high energy while examining life’s absurdities 

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When Bay Area electronic outfit Blast Havers sits down to make new music, they do so with the dance floor and the people on it in mind. 

But that’s not all––after all, the group is isolated and often seated at a desk when a new tune comes to life. And so Blast Havers aims to make music with more than just danceable beats in mind, and the group’s quirky sound design and witty lyricism are meant for a wider audience. 

“The audience has to be expanded to people who want to be on the dance floor at the moment but aren’t,” the group says. “We’re listening to it in the car, at a desk, and we’re imagining where we want to be at that moment, having fun. We’re bringing a different angle to it where it’s not just on the dance floor and losing your mind to the music, but maybe there’s something else that hooks you.”

To that end, the music from Blast Havers––technically tech house––features a slower tempo that allows for more space within the beats. The result is something more chill and laid back, but still brimming with raw energy, and it fits the group’s overarching goal: make you dance while taking you back to the roots of electronic music. The group says they thrive on paradoxes, like the slower BPMs and some “high-energy tricks” that keep momentum going. But at its roots, the music from Blast Havers is about taking listeners on a whimsical journey through what they call “a musical maze.”

Blast Havers’ first single, “Tested On Animals,” is a perfect encapsulation of the outfit’s refreshing spin on electronica, and love of the absurd. It was inspired by a package of dog treats in a store that carried the label, “Product is not tested on animals.” That everyday irony is what fuels the group’s creative engine. 

“You have to throw some tricks in there to keep it interesting and that’s where the lyricism comes in; we’re sometimes a bit more heavy on words than most of that genre and with the space between the beats you can throw a lot more in there,” Blast Havers say. “By slowing down the tempo it allows everyone to slow down a little bit. We’re always in a rush for everything and the trends in music are to push the tempo and make things faster. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to be higher energy. The roots of house music came from disco, which was a little slower. And the connection between these absurdities we see in life and mentioning them in song is hopefully something that connects a lot of people.”

Blast Havers was inspired by everything from James Brown old-school funk to Daft Punk, Gorillaz and Pendulum, with hip hop flair from the likes of De La Soul. 

That first single is set for November release, and the group plans to release a string of singles going into 2025, including “Content Schmontent” in January and “Take The Ride” in February. They also plan to expand their visual efforts in the future. 

At its core, Blast Havers is just about having fun––for the audience, and the creators. Or, a better way to put it: “Just having a blast,” the group says. 

Stay connected to the group for new music, videos and social posts: 

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SINGER SONGWRITER RECORDING ARTIST " ROSE PRINCE" STOPS IN AND TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW SINGLE "FREAK" AND MUCH MORE!

Rose Prince Encourages Listeners to Carpe Diem with “Freak”

By: Paul K. Barnes

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Rose Prince is an artist who thrives on the emotional authenticity of his music. And, through his own emotional authenticity, he hopes to find relatability with his listeners. His new single “Freak” is one that compiles a series of late night adventures he's had in his life. He hopes it reminds people of their own exciting nights out.  

“I’m picking up diamonds and curating certain experiences from my life. I want to say it's like a dark dream…somewhere between fantasy and reality. It’s not like my life is like this every day…but I wrote this song because I’ve been there.”

Written over the course of years, “Freak” is a song Rose Prince hopes people queue up in their pre-game moments, add to their *spicy* playlist, or blast through bass-boosting car speakers on the way to the afterparty. As a songwriter who always writes with intentionality, he wants the lyrics of the song to resonate with people. He also wants the song to give people confidence in their “carpe diem” moments. Through the song’s entrancing production, heavy bass and overall mystical sound, the dreamlike state Rose was going for is strong throughout the entirety of the track.

“When people hear this, I want them to be like ‘Oh wow, this is hard.’ I want them to feel that way about the beat and the lyrics.”

Rose Prince is an artist that doesn’t only create or listen to music but absorbs it. When listening to his favorite artists, lyrics and production stand out to him clearly. He admires artists like The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky and Metro Boomin, who are all known for immersive sonic cohesion in their music. The emotional resonance he has with lyrics of his favorite songs is the blueprint for the effect his own music is written to have. 

“I write the music I want to hear.”

The song “Freak” is a track whose lyrics paint specific pictures in the listener's mind. They take the person hearing Rose Prince’s words to the moment he was in and the mindstate during those events. 

“There’s no limit to what you can write. Lyrics are pure emotion turned into words and you take that emotion and build whatever you want with it.”

For Rose Prince, the sounds around the lyrics are just as important. Rose often envisions melodies and sounds in his own head and works with producers to bring the full concept to life. Sometimes, the producer brings something different than what he had in mind and the end result is one that is even greater than what he envisioned. Collaboration is something he embraces and he’s well aware of the positive results it can create. 

“I’d say my strength is in songwriting…I want to find producers who can take my vision for a song and craft a professional quality production…I’m not willing to sacrifice quality…I think combining skill sets is important as a creator.”

While “Freak” sits in the lane of electronic, pop, rap-signing, Rose plans to go for something completely different with his next release. However, the intentionality with the music remains. By having such a diverse interest in the multi layered beauty of music, Rose Prince is able to take inspiration from his influences and craft something that best reflects who he is. He knows that no matter what he writes, they will be his words and they will be expressed in the way that he wants them to be. The emotional resonance and relatability will remain at the forefront as he crafts his story his way. 

You can keep up with Rose Prince on the following platforms:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosexprince/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rose.x.prince

HIP HOP ARTIST "BURT BANKKZ" TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW SINGLE 'DREAMS' AND MUCH MORE!

Burt Bankkz puts his music to melodic work in hip-hop statement track “Dreams”

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By Kurt Beyers

On the surface, “Dreams,” the latest single by Burt Bankkz, is a righteous hip-hop ballad about going after dreams, in his case, music as a way out of the hardship of growing up on the streets of a hard section of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

“I made the song based on the past struggles that I’ve been going through with life, growing up as a kid in a poor community and stuff.”

The guitar and the beat gently rock through his story of escape. Burt delivers the lyrics at speed but in waves set to the slower pace of the melody, telling a story of dreams, not just in life and livelihood, but also in music.

The song is based on his life, but it is also about what he wants to do with his music.

“It’s basically just to shine light on areas where, like nowadays, rappers are mostly rapping about killing people or all this other stuff, all this other negativity. I’m just trying to shine a positive light.”

I’ve been down this road

They tellin’ me slow down

’Cause I’m getting’ too old

I do this for my family

And people up the road

The lyrics delivered by featured artist T-Rell come fast and hard, focusing on the work that makes the dreams reality.

I ain’t never lettin’ go

I got too much to do

I got big dreams

The video and the track dropped simultaneously.

Bankkz has been rapping since age 11, growing up in the hardship and violence of the Deepside neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale. 

“The neighborhood wasn’t too good, you know, a lot of robbing, killing and selling drugs and stuff like that. Just a typical neighborhood.”

He started rapping with his older brother, who encouraged him to continue with it. Gradually, he began putting his focus to the music instead of the street. 

He put in the work, “the hustle,” and “Dreams” is about the work as much as the dream. For the video, he drove 20 hours from Fort Lauderdale to Oklahoma City, where T-Rell was, to shoot the video because “it would have been more money for me to fly him down to Florida for the shoot.”

His previous releases have been more straightforward rap, but with “Dreams” the music, the melody and the rhythm out front.

“I want to take a different path, because, like I say, everybody around me is doing the same thing. Especially in Florida, everybody’s doing the same thing. So, I wanted to try to give the world, who I really am, just do stuff naturally, how I feel I should do it.”

“Dreams” pulls the listener in. The dream is told through Bankkz’s lyrics, coming in bursts that are tied to the easy rhythm of the instruments, and the slow beat. Together, they create a dreamy vibe yet build up to the intensity of T-Rell’s insistent declaration of purpose.

Going forward, he said, his music will be more like “Dreams,” and his last two songs, the melodic “Only God Can Judge Me” and “They Don’t Know” rather than the machine-gun rap of “Clark Kent” and “Check.”

“I’m trying to find a clearer route, a clearer crowd,” he said. “I’m just trying to find more ways where I can be creative and learn.”

His plan is to develop his music and do the work involved in seeking his fan base — writing and putting out more songs.

And learning the business of music.

“I plan to hit the ground running, trying to network with mainstream artists, and get to the next level, elevate my music and get it heard — learning more about promotion, running ads, the whole nine yards.”

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