The Kerri Edelman Show

The Kerri Edelman Show Presents Mastering Engineer Maor Appelbaum

Maor Appelbaum is a mastering engineer and musician. After working as staff engineer (mixing, recording and mastering) for famed record producer Sylvia Massy Shivy at Radiostar Studios in Weed, California, Maor moved to Los Angeles where he opened his private mastering suite. Maor has had the pleasure of mastering recordings for major international acts such as: Faith No More, Yes, Walter Trout, Eric Gales, Starset, Ill Nino, Dokken, Fates Warning, William Shatner, Gus G, Common Kings, Sepultura, Yngwie Malmsteen, Halford, Fight, Armored Saint, Lita Ford, Seven The Hardway , Marco Mendoza, Angra, Treponem Pal, Wayne Hussey, Therion, Cynic, Nekromantix, Butcher Babies, Billy Sherwood and The Top Chops, to name more than a few! He has also mastered the works of well-known music producers such as: Matt Wallace, Mike Clink, Mike Plotnikoff, Bob Horn, Ben Grosse, Bassy bob Brockmann, Toby Wright, Justin Gray, Roy Z, Sylvia Massy, Gilby Clark, Warren Riker, Ryan Greene, Ulrich Wild, Fabrizio Grossi, Logan Mader, Stan Katayama, Ben Schigel, Mark Lewis, Jacob Hansen, Tue Madsen, Eyal Levi, Jason Suecof and Thomas Lang. Furthermore, he does mastering for unsigned artists of all genres from all over the world. Maor has an extensive background with the international music industry. He is well aware of the various music styles and sounds that are developing vastly as the today's technology develops. To Maor, being a mastering engineer is the best way possible to combine his love and passion for music, with his multitude of skills including objectivity, subjectivity, technical and artistic prowess. He finds pleasure in his job, more than anything, thanks to the variety of music and sounds he gets to master from all over the world. It is a profession he takes pride in and masters. For more information, his discography and credits, go to www.maorappelbaum.com

The Kerri Edelman Show Presents Comedian & Author Matt Balaker

Matt Balaker is a Comedian and Author who lives Southern California with his two sons and one wife. He has worked in investment funds, independent movies and has been performing stand-up comedy for the past 15-years. His contributions and credits have included The Adam Carolla Show, Thick Skin with Jeff Ross, Comedy Cellar Podcast, Hulu, Conan O'Brien, Can We Take a Joke and About Last Night. He also mentioned that years ago he was on a cable access show, which was cancelled (signaling his undeniable sense of humor). Recently, Matt co-authored a book with Wayne Jones, titled 'Greg Giraldo: A Comedian's Story,' which tells the life story for the first time of the late, great stand-up comedian! The book gives an inside look into the comedian’s life thanks to more than 60 interviews conducted by the authors with Giraldo’s friends, family, and colleagues. They dive into his early life as a lawyer, his success and eventual cult status in the stand-up comedy world and his premature demise from addiction in September 2010 at the age of 44. The book can be purchased at www.greggiraldobook.com!

The Kerri Edelman Shows presents Hard Rock/Metal Band Silent Season

Hard Rock/Metal Band Silent Season will be releasing their new EP 'The War Within' (Volume !) on Friday January 25th! Silent Season came together in the spring of 2008. Collectively, the band has built a resume on radio airplay and touring with bands such as Sevendust, 10 Years, Gemini Syndrome and Twelve Foot Ninja. With support from Sirius XM Octane, Music Choice, Sixx Sense and specific FM stations such as WZBH, WOBG, WHBR, KOZE, KJML, WIIL and WXTB, the band has been able to garner an undeniable and loyal fan base. Silent Season’s single, ‘Chance,’ made it to the #1 spot on Music Choice’s Metal channel in one week. Also, the band has shared the stage with several national acts such as Citizen Zero, Black Veil Brides, Falling In Reverse, Hinder, Lacuna Coil, Like A Storm, Nonpoint, Orgy, Powerman 5000, Red, Scott Stapp, Sick Puppies, Taproot and Trapt, to name a few. Be sure to download a copy of their new EP 'The War Within' (Volume I) on iTunes, Amazon Music and/or Google Play. For more information, visit www.silentseaonmusic.com and follow them @silentseasonmusic!

The Kerri Edelman Show presents Hard Rock Band Burn River Burn

The name is the sound. Churning, burning. Slowly rolling like a sludgy, incendiary river. Bending and twisting. Calm but raging. Soothing and fierce. It is next level heavy rock – crushing riffs, soaring vocals, steam train like grooves, dynamic and distinctive songs. On the first day, there was Black Sabbath. On the second, Soundgarden. Now, there is Burn River Burn. Burn River Burn's latest release, Neüstonia, is available everywhere via Pavement Entertainment.

The Kerri Edelman Show presents Modern Hard Rock/Metal Band Incognito Theory

Incognito Theory is the Hard Rock/Metal project of lead vocalist Dave Incognito (Dying Eyes of Sloth), which features lead guitarist Jay Prussack (Dying Eyes of Sloth), bassist Scott 'Stanley' Pustilnick (formerly of MCA recording artist Familiar 48 aka Bonehead whose major album 'Wonderful Nothing' with the hit single 'The Question' charted on the Billboard Rock and Hot AC Charts) and drummer Jon Tropp. Guest musicians have also included Lee Richards (Dropbox) and Mike LePond (Symphony X and Silent Assassins) with Silent Assassins contributing to Incognito Theory's debut album, 'Ashes Divide.' The band's hits single off of their debut album is titled, 'Reckoning,' which is accompanied by a video. The band is sponsored by Cold Cock Whiskey and endorsed by Dirtbag Clothing.

The Kerri Edelman Show presents Modern Hard Rock Band Farewell To Fear

Farewell to Fear was born out of the huge black hole that mainstream rock radio left during the absence of super rock stars like Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and Soundgarden. The band revisits that era with big rock riffs, big choruses, and big anthems for a new generation of mainstream rockers. With their first full-length album, New Blood, co-produced with Brett Hestla (Dark New Day & Creed), the group generated an incredible three singles on Sirius XM’s Octane channel, an unheard of feat for an unknown band. This also landed them at #1 on Amazon’s Hot New Rock Singles chart and #8 on iTunes Rock chart. Their debut also earned them direct support from Howard Stern, including the rarest of moments on Stern’s show, airing an entire song as opposed to the normal 20-second snippet he usually shares. Due to this enormous amount of support, the track “Diamonds” reached a most impressive 1 million streams on Spotify. Inspired by the recording process of their most recent EP, Legacy, the band started writing and recording relentlessly, ultimately allowing them to seamlessly merge their skills and styles together to create heavy rock songs that deliver a strong punch to the gut while staying melodic and delivering impactful lyrics, hitting all ranges and octaves. Their latest album,Voices, is available via Pavement Entertainment, which was co-produced with Damien Starkey (Burn Season & Puddle of Mudd). Farewell to Fear's highly anticipated new single, “Underneath My Skin,” sends a powerful sucker-punch with its anthem of Love and Obsession. It's an emotional gut wrenching song that will inspire the devil within.

The Kerri Edelman Show presents Hard Rock Band Facing Fire

Facing Fire is a hard rock band from southern Ohio. Collectively, the members have been in multiple bands and played countless shows. They officially formed as Facing Fire in late 2016 when vocalist Scott Artis, guitarist Tony Phillips, and bass player Josh Quillen began writing material together. Soon they had written enough to complete an EP and headed into the studio in early 2017. After much anticipation, they released their first single, “Dying Inside.” The band released a music video to go along with the single which received over 100 thousand views in the first two weeks of release. After so much success with the first single, the band headed back to Nashville to put the finishing touches on their EP in early 2017. The band then rounded out their lineup by adding Samuel Gibson on drums and began crafting their live show. After receiving several offers from various labels, the band finally settled on a deal with Pavement Entertainment in July of 2017. They recently released their self-titled EP through Pavement and are excited to bring their heavy hitting music to life. Look for Facing Fire with their high energy live performance in a city near you!

The Kerri Edelman Show presents Rock Band Cavo

Four years is not that long, relatively speaking. A ‘blip on the radar’ over a lifetime. But in the case of St. Louis’ Cavo, four years speaks to more of an eternity than some may realize. It doesn’t take much in this day and age for a band to break up. It takes a lot more effort to stay together, not to mention sustaining the want that got them together in the first place. So imagine a band, completely lost and void of the will to keep moving forward. In that reality, four years can seem like forever. And that’s where Cavo’s story really picks up. As vocalist Casey Walker likes to tell it, at the time “there just wasn’t anything left to give.” They had tried everything. ‘More guitars,’ ‘scream it don’t sing it,’ ‘pick up the pace,’ etc, etc. It didn’t work. Not for Cavo. No one believed it anyway. So they decided to stop. It was time to put this aside. And they did. But then something happened a while later. The want slowly started creeping back in. Not quickly, but little by little, over time. But the want this time was different. It didn’t feel the same. Something had changed. For once, it wasn’t about what someone else wanted. It was only about the four of them and what they wanted. No label, no producer, no agent, no manager, no one but them. And it felt right. So, they decided to try again, but this time, their way. Over 50 songs. A sound that truly reflected who they are as musicians. Not what everyone else told them they were supposed to be. No outsiders pushing for ‘more of this’ or ‘less of that.’ It was actually so much easier than they thought it would be. Cutting it down to just 12 songs was the hard part. They decided to call it “Bridges,” because they felt like they had crossed over to someplace new. A place where Cavo could just…be.

The Kerri Edelman Show presents Rock Band The Outfit

From the streets of Chicago, something is brewing. Chicago veteran musicians, brothers Mark and Matt Nawara, and Mike Gorman, along with Phoenix, Arizona’s, Andy Mitchell have formed The Outfit. The Outfit brings you straight up rock and roll, with catchy hooks and an aggressive sound. The Nawara brothers played the Chicago club scene for years, along with writing and recording original music. Mike Gorman comes from two legendary Chicago bands, Pezband and Off Broadway. Rounding out the lineup is singer/songwriter and guitarist Andy Mitchell, whose past bands included Dish, Verona and 9 Volt. The Outfit recently finished recording their debut album. The album was engineered by Chicago music veteran Matt Mercado at Sonic Palace Studios in Oak Park, Illinois and Larry Eylea at Minds Eye Digital Recording Studio in Glendale, Arizona. Mixing was being handled in Los Angeles by Grammy nominated, multi-platinum producer and mixer Ulrich Wild (Pantera, Static-x, White Zombie, Deftones, and Breaking Benjamin). Debut album available everywhere now!

The Kerri Edelman Show presents Hard Rock Band Saint Tragedy

Hailing from Kenosha, WI, Saint Tragedy formed their unique hard rock sound in 2008. Their line up features Wayne Wiginton (vocals), Matt Brudniewicz (guitar), Eric Serbedzija (bass), and Jason Scuffham (drums). In the years they have been together they have had the the chance to develop their sound and open for many national bands to expand their audience. Best classified as a modern day hard rock band with a bit of an old school sound thrown into the mix, Saint Tragedy has definitely been evolving through its years on the scene, and continues to attract people of all ages. This group of individuals come together to bring you their upmost heartfelt raw talent and honesty within their music. Get their new EP “Prolonging the Agony” digitally through Pavement Entertainment.