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January 16th, 2008 7:07 PM

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Music Special is Almost Ready for the World!

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The Students of the Unusual song contest was fan-tastic and we have
some truly gifted artists represented on this fabulous album. The
artists were asked to record a song influenced by their experience
reading our horror adventure series and the variety of genres we
received is awesome.We are certainly appreciative of the good folks at Abyssmal Studios in Orlando Florida for mastering this incredible CD package and lending their professional seal of approval to this project. Special thanks to Steven Shea and Kevin Ohr.

The contest turned into a popularity contest with an on-line voting
system on our Myspace site. Despite valiant and strong efforts by the fans of each band in the
final hour North Carolina's Hip Hop artist extraordinaire, Ty Bru, took
home the honors of winning the contest with "The Dark Harbor
Strangler." Our sincere congratulations go out to all the artists
involved in this project as we couldn't have done it without your
dedication to "Students of the Unusual!"

Ashley Holt's song-like configurations of sound have entertained and
bewildered nearly dozens of concerned listeners since his first
multi-track experiments in 1986. Throughout his tenure as a recording artist,
Ashley's goal has been to promote the program of personal fulfillment
known as Thrdgll (pronounced "Threadgill"), a revolutionary self-help
methodology that has changed the lives of many notable celebrities and
their housekeeping staff with the power to transform penniless louts
into penniless louts with terrific self-esteem. Ashley resides in the chicken-fried foothills of South Carolina with his wife, dog and the world's largest collection of soy sauce packets.
Ridicule him at http://www.thrdgll.com.

One part dance party – two parts rock – one part roll. Here's the
gawl-dern Impediments. It is the brain child of an intergalactic bounty
hunter named Chris Fury, stranded on earth when his star fighter
sustained severe existential malfunctions and left with no way to
survive but to put down his blaster and take up his epiphone against
the tyranny of evil men. They are Duckie on drums, Marvin Berry on rhythm guitar and Rockin'
Ricky Rialto on bass. It's easy to see why the Oak Drive Neighbor
Newsletter calls them the "Reason we have to move book club meeting
time to a night those boys aren't making devil music louder than an
elephant wrestling a rhino in a firecracker factory on fire."
http://www.myspace.com/impedimentsrocknroll

Jezebel is a hard rock original band from Greenville, South Carolina,
who do play covers but not the way they were recorded, "we try to put
our own spin on them"!!! They decided to write a song in honor of the
return of Recalcitrant Jones and Deadbeats. Featuring lead vocals and bass guitar: Jonathan
Mule; guitar, Andrew Wollens; drums, Roland VS-2000; and back-up
vocals, Morgan Reynolds. http://www.myspace.com/jezebelchainedtothebed

PEELANDER-Z, the Japanese Action Comic Punk Band, was formed by
Peelander-Yellow, Peelander-Blue, and Peelander-Red (claim they are
from Z area in the Planet Peelander!!) in 1998, and came into action
based in NYC. These three dress up in color-coordinated costumes
as if they came out of Japanese animation. Have you heard of human bowling,
wrestling and kung-fu action, or funny dance at the punk rock shows?
Peelander-Z knows how to entertain the audience by dragging them into
the show. Peelander-Z has been appearing not only on the major
music festivals like Bonnaroo Music Festival, CMJ and SXSW, but also on
the TV programs like Best Week Ever on VH1, Upright Citizens Brigade on
Comedy Central and MXC: Most Extreme Challenge on Spike W, and on the Anime
Network. http://www.peelander-z.com

Ash Reeder is a Florida native and has played the fiddle more than 30
years. Starting with Old-Time/ Bluegrass and mixing in some Cajun and
Rock and Country, recently added Caribbean rhythms. He's self-taught
and, at age 57, he's a full time musician playing five instruments.
Self-employed most of his life, even owning a violin store for more
than 10 years. Ash sees the joy of life and the pleasure of helping
others. ashreeder@bellsouth.net

Singer/Songwriters Robin & Eddy aka Robin Krasny and Eddy Fischer have
been performing and sharing their unique acoustic sound and sensibility
with their loyal listeners and fans in the independent music scene. When confronted with the thought of writing a song for Students of the Unusual, the idea was "How great it
would have been if SOTU. were (in Eddy's case) a late '50s or early
'60s TV or cartoon show format, and what a theme song might be,
something catchy that tells a story and at the same time does not fit
any particular genre or style so as to complement the characters and
the show, leaving the listening public to wonder WHAT was that?" The
students being rather young and adventuresome and not usually sitting
around in a pre-made "universe" pushing buttons and hoping the
electricity stays on to keep them busy, but rather figuring out what
electricity is and then making their own. Robin & Eddy had the pleasure
of Rick Johnson and Nick Chirico's help in adding to some of the more
unusual aspects of the track. To find out more about Robin & Eddy,
(think about it) http://robinandeddy.com/

SANDra "Born and raised in Miami, Fl with my mother, sister and cousin.
My father passed when I was five. I sang in every choir in the
neighborhood and my mother kept me busy with many acivities. She said
it would keep me out of trouble...it did!! I moved to LA in 2001 for
school and decided I wanted to pursue singing after I earned my degree
in 2004. I don't need fame. All I want to do is entertain. Hope that
people will enjoy my music and want to hear me. To see them smile and
move to my melodies. That's all. To give happiness."
http://www.myspace.com/sandrafisher

Sterling Schroeder originated playing guitar and keyboards in several
bands throughout Florida and Virginia before going solo in 2006. His
first published song was "Horror" written and recorded for the movie
Hoodoo for Voodoo. It was after then that Steven Shea began playing
congas and xylophone at live shows, and soon on the album. After they
played the Florida Music Festival in May 2007, they went into the
studio to record the 11 song album Ballads & Bloodshed. They recorded
at Steven's Abyssmal Entertainment recording studios in downtown
Orlando, Florida and released the album in November 2007. Sterling
Schroeder is currently playing shows around Central Florida, as well as
writing more original music for their upcoming second album.
http://sterlingschroeder.com/

Subshark's Toupee and the Melvinators are high school buddies and
former band mates in various youthful incarnations of days past. Some
years later, they share musical ideas via the internet and create
little gems like the one submitted for this contest. The entire song
was created in the virtual world of file sharing. The prospect of winning "Pop Immortality" 500 big ones and or/a slot on a real CD has given the bandmates something to live for. Prior to this
contest, mundane life events such as having children, finding God, or
protecting the environment for future generations, have been playing
second fiddle to their rock and roll fantasies. Counselors have been
contacted by the band members' spouses.The Members are Mel Scott (Melbourne Beach), vox and "shaft-like" gyrations; Jeff Thinschmidt (Gainesville), bass, drum machine, Elvis
impersonations, producer; Matt Butler (Cummin, Georgia), lead guitar;
and Denny Haberkern (McKinney, Texas), guitar noises and tortured fret work.http://www.myspace.com/subsharkstoupeethemelvinators

Straight out of North Carolina, Asheboro's 26 year old Ty Bru has been
in and out of the underground hip hop scene from state to state and
even country to country. While chasing five degrees at Appalachian
State University, Bru performed his raw and unrecorded tracks at local
spots and fraternity/sorority functions, but that just wasn't enough.
Shortly after graduation, Bru went on tour through Europe opening up for some of the hottest DJ's and MC's in each country. In 2006, Bru immediately began working on shows,
tracks and his solo project, On The Brink. Since then, Bru's
unforgettable, energetic, and original up-close and personal
performances have put him in a class all by himself and he has earned
the right to open for Bubba Sparxxx, Andre 3000 (In Europe), Nappy
Roots, Coolio, and Public Enemy. Now with Bru's freshman solo album,
On The Brink, finished, he looks to shake things up nationwide using
the incredible momentum that he has already established and
proving Ty Bru is exactly "The Way Hip Hop Should Be."
http://www.myspace.com/tybru

The Yuri Gagarins are a band with a rotating membership that always
includes guitar player/college English instructor Eric Newsom. This
track features him on guitar, bass and lead vocals, his lovely wife
Karen (a special education teacher) on backup vocals and old Charlton
comic book letterer A. Machine on drums. Aside from a few Dick
Dale-style chants, this marks the Yuri Gags' first foray into music
with vocals, as they usually play surf-spy-spaghetti guitar
instrumentals. The Yuri Gags hail from Sylva, North Carolina. http://www.myspace.com/yurigagarins

Hope to see you at these upcoming shows.

Jan 17th-20th— Marked for Life Female tattoo artist convention

Jan 25th-27th –FX Show Orlando FL http://www.fxshow.com

March 7-9th MegaconOrlando FLhttp://www.megaconvention.com

May 23-25th Florida Supercon Weston FL

June 20-22 Heroes Con Charlotte NC

July 24-27 Comic-Con International San Diego CA

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