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We've been talking it up on the show for the last couple of weeks, and now the moment of truth is upon us...lol

Musician Rob Mazurek will be on the show this Sunday night, the party kicks off at 9 p.m. eastern time over on blogtalkradio.

Rob is always a hoot when he's in chat, so to have him on the show is going to be a total riot.
Here's a short bio;

I'm Rob Mazurek from Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada. I've been a huge music fan since I was a little kid. Growing up I listened to Aerosmith,Zepplin and the stones. Started playing guitar at age 6, (well at that point it was more like just driving my family crazy with the guitar..until I started learning some basic chords.lol) I was always a popular kid at school- being about 6 feet tall back then (I'm 6'6" now) I was basically harassed by my friends and teachers to join the basketball team. (never really had a huge interest in sports back then-was more into music and girls..as you look at my friend list you can tell that some things never change huh ?..LOL) Anyway, I started playing guitar more heavily,took lessons to read music and learn scale patterns . (Up to that point I played by ear really) Had a Great teacher by the name of Andrew Wasson (He was a GIT Grad) He still runs his school Creative Guitar Studio out of Winnipeg here (see his link here at : www.creativegtrstudio.com ) Took lessons with Andy for a few years and would come out and occassionally check out his band here at the local clubs when he had some gigs to play. if you live in Winnipeg and want to learn to play guitar..I strongly urge you to check out Andy's school ! (He's a really great instructor and a fun guy to chat/hang out with) Growing up, I was hugely influenced by a large assortment of guitar legends, my two favorites though are Slash and Zakk Wylde. They both have very unique styles and great guitar tone. Aside from Music also took an interest in acting, having appeared in some films shot here over the years. but Music is really my main interest. (although I still consider some acting roles now and then - if the right offers happen to come my way,and I really like the film thats being shot) On a personal level, I'm a very laid back type of guy, friendly with everyone I meet and quite Down to earth. I dont take myself too seriously and make music for myself really..if others happen to like my music then that's great too ! , I'm not impressed by appearances and have never been a very materialistic person. I judge people on their actions and personality really. At least this is my formula for choosing my personal close friends anyway. Anyway,I hope you enjoy these brief tunes here and wish to thank you for your e-mails,friend requests/adds ,and sweet comments. !! I've got the best friends here at myspace ! ...Thanks guys ! , My song "Out For Blood" is commercially available on i-tunes,Rhapody,Amazon,and a host of other fine online music stores for purchase/download.

I stole that off his myspace page, which you can find right here which by the way, if you like pretty ladies his friends list is full of 'em...lol

Here's a link to the show, again it starts at 9 pm eastern time and we hope to see ya there.

Click here to go to showpage

Continuing our series on the music industry, the shakedown that the M.O.B. (Muthas of Broadcasting) conducts on people and how the mainstream music industry tends to stifle the Indie artists who are just trying to get their work out there. Working with my good friend Deb from Unsigned Musicians our goal is to educate, inform, and maybe entertain our listeners. Feel free to call in to discuss this topic, call in # is 347-324-3431.

Continuing our series on the music industry, the shakedown that the M.O.B. (Muthas of Broadcasting) conducts on people and how the mainstream music industry tends to stifle the Indie artists who are just trying to get their work out there. Working with my good friend Deb from Unsigned Musicians our goal is to educate, inform, and maybe entertain our listeners. Feel free to call in to discuss this topic, call in # is 347-324-3431.

Continuing our series on the music industry, the shakedown that the M.O.B. (Muthas of Broadcasting) conducts on people and how the mainstream music industry tends to stifle the Indie artists who are just trying to get their work out there. Working with my good friend Deb from Unsigned Musicians our goal is to educate, inform, and maybe entertain our listeners. Feel free to call in to discuss this topic, call in # is 347-324-3431.

This was a really good show. It simply amazes me how we keep getting awesome guests and Troy was no exception. Amazing guest, amazing musician, we really had fun on this one.

First let me toss out some web links....

Troy's website is www.troycastellano.com/. While you are there be sure to sign up for his newsletter.

Here's his Myspace here, and he also has a ton of music on his youtube page.

We talked about his songwriting process, some of the things he's been up to lately and played some of his songs. It literally took my breath away, this music is totally amazing.

I don't remember ever seeing the chat room so packed. Deb and I thought it was amazing the amount of support he is getting, especially from his family. We almost had a riot at one point while I was waiting for some songs Troy sent me to upload and process. Thankfully the files processed pretty quickly (which surprised me considering some of the issues we've been having on blogtalk lately) and we were able to get the songs played before the live portion of the show ended.

Especially listen to the story behind the song Angelene after we played it, names changed to protect the guilty of course, and one of many light hearted moments we had during the show.

We did continue the show after the live stream ended, in fact we ran close to 3 hours, so the best way to enjoy this one would be to go to the actual showpage (click here) and listen from here. Blogtalkradio does have a "pop out" player that does seem to work, well most of the time anyway.

Having said how long the show was, I also have to say that 3 hours wasn't long enough to talk about the stuff we wanted to talk about.

Guess that means we'll have to have him on again, I'm looking forward to it!

Hailing from the Twin Cities, Minnesota, the state of ever changing seasons, Troy Castellano is a rock-pop singer and songwriter who's music has been described as Bon Jovi met the Goo Goo Dolls, got on Daughtry's tour bus and jammed! Writing and performing music has always been one of the biggest passions in his life. It's those burning affections that continue to drive his lust for creating memorable music. Troy's passion for music started one fateful X-mas when his parents bought him his first electric guitar. Coupled with another gift of music, Deep Purple's Machine Head album, Troy's musical fire was ignited with sparks from the soul. That fire has been a non-extinguishable flame that burns strong and bright today. Since those first sparks, Troy has felt that music is the most influential force in the world. As he says, “Music can be the healer, the peacemaker, the influencer, the agitator, and the fire starter. You name it, music has been there in all forms and emotion throughout the history of the world. Throughout his music career Troy wrote, produced and recorded a full length CD with his regionally popular band the Troy Castellano Group (self titled 1999). The release received airplay on 5 Minnesota radio stations. In 2006 Troy engineered, produced and recorded a 6 song EP/CD called Reliability Test Lab with his current cover/original band, To The Core. A few tracks of Reliability Test Lab received airplay on local stations as well. The band also garnered the cover of the music magazine Stone Roller (March 2005 & March 2006). In 2008 after a long break from writing Troy was booked at and played the infamous BB King's in Hollywood, CA. Troy's show was well received and the fire for creating was once again lit. Since then Troy has started to let a few of his recent demos slip out into public. One of those demos is a song named All Torn Up. The song won Broadjam.com's July 2008 song of the month for which he won some great music gear and was featured