Diana Mercado, born in Santiago, Dominican Republic and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, is in the 2008 Objetivo Fama singing contest hosted in Puerto Rico and broadcast on Univision in Puerto Rico and Telefutura in the United States.
Diana’s performing experience ranges from Latin Pop to American Rock, with national recognition on both North and South American continents.
At the age of 10, Diana took piano and vocal lessons, which gave here exposure to various musical genres including traditional Colombian music, Cumbia, and American Pop & Rock.
During her high school and college years in Barranquilla, Diana participated in approximately 15 of the most prestigious singing contest locally and nationally obtaining 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes. Among the most notable contests she entered were "Colombia Suena Bien" from SONY-BMG in Bogotá, Festibuga Atlantico, and Festival De La Cancion UNINORTE.
She was lead singer of the band "ENYGMA" for 2 years, which traveled to different cities in Colombia performing Latin rhythms at local festivals and private events.
At 21, she moved to Miami, Florida, where she attended Florida International University, and majored in International Business. She earned her Bachelors Degree in 2005 and started a career in Banking. After a year in banking, Diana decided to start her own music business. In 2006, Diana became the founder and President of Musi-k Entertainment in Miami, Florida. Her company employs talented musicians with over ten years of experience who bring the best of international rhythm and songs to weddings, sweet sixteens, birthday parties & corporate events.
Diana’s performing experience ranges from Latin Pop to American Rock, with national recognition on both North and South American continents.
At the age of 10, Diana took piano and vocal lessons, which gave here exposure to various musical genres including traditional Colombian music, Cumbia, and American Pop & Rock.
During her high school and college years in Barranquilla, Diana participated in approximately 15 of the most prestigious singing contest locally and nationally obtaining 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes. Among the most notable contests she entered were "Colombia Suena Bien" from SONY-BMG in Bogotá, Festibuga Atlantico, and Festival De La Cancion UNINORTE.
She was lead singer of the band "ENYGMA" for 2 years, which traveled to different cities in Colombia performing Latin rhythms at local festivals and private events.
At 21, she moved to Miami, Florida, where she attended Florida International University, and majored in International Business. She earned her Bachelors Degree in 2005 and started a career in Banking. After a year in banking, Diana decided to start her own music business. In 2006, Diana became the founder and President of Musi-k Entertainment in Miami, Florida. Her company employs talented musicians with over ten years of experience who bring the best of international rhythm and songs to weddings, sweet sixteens, birthday parties & corporate events.
Eastern Glow is a "New Age Classic Rock Band" from Chicago, Illinois. It was formed in 2006 by Jake Mikolas and Tom Hicks, and is one of the the newest additions to small time local bands in the Chicago area.
Band Members and Roles
Current members
*Jake Mikolas- Guitars, Mandolin, Piano, Back-Up Vocals, Co-Songwriter
*Tom Hicks- Bass
*Patrick Bochenek- Drums, Percussion, Co-Songwriter, Lyricist
*Dylan Sheehan- Rhythm Guitar
*Kevin Scully- Vocals
Former members
*Brad Jemmi- Singer
*Connor Buchweitz- Temporary Singer
*Matt Bazel- Drummer
*Sean Mara- Part-Time Manager
The First Year
Within the first few months of practicing, the members of Eastern Glow began to develop their style of playing, and what songs that they were going to learn to perfect it. In January of 2007, the band started out with Highway To Hell, by AC/DC, since the band felt this was a relatively easy song to start out with.
The next time the band got together, Mikolas asked if it was time that they began a new cover song. Hicks immediately shouted out that they should do Takin' Care of Business by Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Within the next month, they mastered that song. Eastern Glow then realized that their sound was meant for doing classic rock covers.
Lose Control
By the summer of 2007, the band had numerous amounts of cover songs mastered, when they accidentally created their first song. Mikolas and Sheehan were hanging out, and started playing guitar. They were playing some common songs that they both knew, when Mikolas messed up on a chord, and than without realizing it, created their first original song. The two wrote the notes down and finished the guitar part of the song. Within the next few days, they created four more original songs, but so far, only two out of those five have stayed throughout their line-up changes. Unfortunately, the original lyrics for those two songs were eventually lost, due to complications with the band.
Purple Cobra Records Scandal
In August of 2007, a mysterious message was sent to Eastern Glow's MySpace page, saying that an agent from Purple Cobra Records, "John", knew Brad Jemmi and was going to manage and produce the group.
Mikolas immediately contacted Jemmi and asked if this was true, and Jemmi confirmed it, adding that the group needed to pay one hundred dollars to produce the label. Additionally, an old friend, Patrick Bochenek, had resurfaced, and was looking for a band. The next time the band practiced, Bochenek joined them. Since he was a skilled drummer, he was quickly accepted into the band as second drummer, which is not commonly done.
Unfortunately, as time went on, extreme differences between Mikolas and Jemmi flared up, after Purple Cobra Records was found to be a fake. As a result, Jemmi was kicked out of the band. Bochenek then became the official drummer, following the resignations of Matt Bazel and part-time manager Sean Mara.
Search for a new singer
With Brad Jemmi leaving the band, Eastern Glow was down a singer. One of Mikolas' friends, Connor Buchweitz, was considered as a potential candidate for the role. However, while in the band, Buchweitz felt that the group would find a singer better than him, but until than, he would do anything in his power to help the band. However, within the first month, differences between Buchweitz and Hicks resulted in Buchweitz quietly leaving the band, while helping Mikolas search for a new singer.
In December of 2007, Hicks was finally able to pull through on the band. For a few weeks he had been trying to get his friend, Kevin Scully, to be the lead singer. Scully had finally accepted, and became the new vocalist.
Eastern Glow
With Scully now in the band, they were finally able to get back to original material. Since they had two new members, and two members had quit, they decided they needed a new name. Their new and current name, Eastern Glow, was taken from a lyric in the song The Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin. It was an uncommon lyric and not many people knew the song, so no one would mistake them for a tribute band, which they didn't want to be classified as.
First Album
Eastern Glow was finally able to record, using Scully's brother's old recording studio. There, they recorded most of their original material for their un-labeled debut album, Eastern Glow.
== Track Listings For "Eastern Glow" ==
1. Lose Control (Mikolas/Sheehan/Bochenek)
2. Watch Out (Mikolas/Sheehan/Bochenek)
3. When the Lights Are Out (Bochenek/Hicks)
4. Pipelines (Mikolas/Bochenek)
5. Showtime (Mikolas/Bochenek)
6. Adventures of the Golden Cowbell (Mikolas/Bochenek/Sheehan/Hicks)
7. Eastern Glow (Mikolas/Bochenek)
8. Untitled (Sheehan/Bochenek)
Band Members and Roles
Current members
*Jake Mikolas- Guitars, Mandolin, Piano, Back-Up Vocals, Co-Songwriter
*Tom Hicks- Bass
*Patrick Bochenek- Drums, Percussion, Co-Songwriter, Lyricist
*Dylan Sheehan- Rhythm Guitar
*Kevin Scully- Vocals
Former members
*Brad Jemmi- Singer
*Connor Buchweitz- Temporary Singer
*Matt Bazel- Drummer
*Sean Mara- Part-Time Manager
The First Year
Within the first few months of practicing, the members of Eastern Glow began to develop their style of playing, and what songs that they were going to learn to perfect it. In January of 2007, the band started out with Highway To Hell, by AC/DC, since the band felt this was a relatively easy song to start out with.
The next time the band got together, Mikolas asked if it was time that they began a new cover song. Hicks immediately shouted out that they should do Takin' Care of Business by Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Within the next month, they mastered that song. Eastern Glow then realized that their sound was meant for doing classic rock covers.
Lose Control
By the summer of 2007, the band had numerous amounts of cover songs mastered, when they accidentally created their first song. Mikolas and Sheehan were hanging out, and started playing guitar. They were playing some common songs that they both knew, when Mikolas messed up on a chord, and than without realizing it, created their first original song. The two wrote the notes down and finished the guitar part of the song. Within the next few days, they created four more original songs, but so far, only two out of those five have stayed throughout their line-up changes. Unfortunately, the original lyrics for those two songs were eventually lost, due to complications with the band.
Purple Cobra Records Scandal
In August of 2007, a mysterious message was sent to Eastern Glow's MySpace page, saying that an agent from Purple Cobra Records, "John", knew Brad Jemmi and was going to manage and produce the group.
Mikolas immediately contacted Jemmi and asked if this was true, and Jemmi confirmed it, adding that the group needed to pay one hundred dollars to produce the label. Additionally, an old friend, Patrick Bochenek, had resurfaced, and was looking for a band. The next time the band practiced, Bochenek joined them. Since he was a skilled drummer, he was quickly accepted into the band as second drummer, which is not commonly done.
Unfortunately, as time went on, extreme differences between Mikolas and Jemmi flared up, after Purple Cobra Records was found to be a fake. As a result, Jemmi was kicked out of the band. Bochenek then became the official drummer, following the resignations of Matt Bazel and part-time manager Sean Mara.
Search for a new singer
With Brad Jemmi leaving the band, Eastern Glow was down a singer. One of Mikolas' friends, Connor Buchweitz, was considered as a potential candidate for the role. However, while in the band, Buchweitz felt that the group would find a singer better than him, but until than, he would do anything in his power to help the band. However, within the first month, differences between Buchweitz and Hicks resulted in Buchweitz quietly leaving the band, while helping Mikolas search for a new singer.
In December of 2007, Hicks was finally able to pull through on the band. For a few weeks he had been trying to get his friend, Kevin Scully, to be the lead singer. Scully had finally accepted, and became the new vocalist.
Eastern Glow
With Scully now in the band, they were finally able to get back to original material. Since they had two new members, and two members had quit, they decided they needed a new name. Their new and current name, Eastern Glow, was taken from a lyric in the song The Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin. It was an uncommon lyric and not many people knew the song, so no one would mistake them for a tribute band, which they didn't want to be classified as.
First Album
Eastern Glow was finally able to record, using Scully's brother's old recording studio. There, they recorded most of their original material for their un-labeled debut album, Eastern Glow.
== Track Listings For "Eastern Glow" ==
1. Lose Control (Mikolas/Sheehan/Bochenek)
2. Watch Out (Mikolas/Sheehan/Bochenek)
3. When the Lights Are Out (Bochenek/Hicks)
4. Pipelines (Mikolas/Bochenek)
5. Showtime (Mikolas/Bochenek)
6. Adventures of the Golden Cowbell (Mikolas/Bochenek/Sheehan/Hicks)
7. Eastern Glow (Mikolas/Bochenek)
8. Untitled (Sheehan/Bochenek)
A forthcoming Madonna world tour to be undertaken by the entertainer, to support her Hard Candy album is planned to begin in August / September.
French paper Nice Matin revealed on its April 26 issue that Madonna would kick off her Hard Candy World Tour on August 26, 2008, in Nice, France.
During the promotional tour for her eleventh studio album Hard Candy in March and April 2008, Madonna had mentioned in radio interviews that she hoped to tour at the end of summer 2008. On April 14, prominent fan site Drowned Madonna reported that Madonna would like to begin her tour on September 11, 2008, at Wembley Stadium, London. On April 25, French radio NRJ made it official that Madonna would play the Paris Stade de France on September 20, 2008. On April 14, Drowned Madonna also reported that Madonna would probably perform in places she has not covered since the 1993 Girlie Show Tour, such as Australia, South America and Israel. Some sites are also showing tickets for Madonna in Glasgow on September 15 and at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester on September 18. According to il Corriere della Sera, the Madonna world tour will include a stop at the San Siro Stadium "G. Meazza" in Milan and Dubai
Track List Official
1.Candy Shop
2.Ring My Bell
3.Super Pop
4.Hung Up
5.Incredible
6.Give It To Me
7.The Beat Goes On
8.Ray Of Light
9.Miles Away
10.The Power Of Goodbye
11.Frozen
12.Voices
-Dance Interlude(Heart Beat Sound)
13.Heart Beat
14.The Devil Wouldn't Recognize You
15.She's Not Me
-Dance Interlude(Dancers Break Dance To Music)
16.Music(Remix)
-Time(Clock Shows In Screens)
17.Vogue,Material Girl, Lucky Star
18.Holiday
19.Get Into The Grove
20.Hollywood(Blends In With Previous Song)
21.Forbidden Love/Get Together(Mix)
-Madonna goes under stage through elevator
--Big Pocket Clock Comes On The Stage(Madonna Comes Out Of The Clock Which Contains 4's Only)
22.4 Minutes
23.Music(Roseland Version)
French paper Nice Matin revealed on its April 26 issue that Madonna would kick off her Hard Candy World Tour on August 26, 2008, in Nice, France.
During the promotional tour for her eleventh studio album Hard Candy in March and April 2008, Madonna had mentioned in radio interviews that she hoped to tour at the end of summer 2008. On April 14, prominent fan site Drowned Madonna reported that Madonna would like to begin her tour on September 11, 2008, at Wembley Stadium, London. On April 25, French radio NRJ made it official that Madonna would play the Paris Stade de France on September 20, 2008. On April 14, Drowned Madonna also reported that Madonna would probably perform in places she has not covered since the 1993 Girlie Show Tour, such as Australia, South America and Israel. Some sites are also showing tickets for Madonna in Glasgow on September 15 and at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester on September 18. According to il Corriere della Sera, the Madonna world tour will include a stop at the San Siro Stadium "G. Meazza" in Milan and Dubai
Track List Official
1.Candy Shop
2.Ring My Bell
3.Super Pop
4.Hung Up
5.Incredible
6.Give It To Me
7.The Beat Goes On
8.Ray Of Light
9.Miles Away
10.The Power Of Goodbye
11.Frozen
12.Voices
-Dance Interlude(Heart Beat Sound)
13.Heart Beat
14.The Devil Wouldn't Recognize You
15.She's Not Me
-Dance Interlude(Dancers Break Dance To Music)
16.Music(Remix)
-Time(Clock Shows In Screens)
17.Vogue,Material Girl, Lucky Star
18.Holiday
19.Get Into The Grove
20.Hollywood(Blends In With Previous Song)
21.Forbidden Love/Get Together(Mix)
-Madonna goes under stage through elevator
--Big Pocket Clock Comes On The Stage(Madonna Comes Out Of The Clock Which Contains 4's Only)
22.4 Minutes
23.Music(Roseland Version)
The Masked Squirel is a comic strip originating in Yorkville, Illinois and possesing a small but devoted cult following. The exact origin of the series is unknown, since the author's name is known only to a few close friends. Some feel that the author of the masked squirrel comics is also the creator of the 9021 gelin' series of comics, since the artwork and humor are similar; however, it is not known if this is true, or if 9021 gelin' is merely a "copycat".
Origin
The author has also released a brief story on the creation of his comic strip. It was released in the form of an essay, a parady on a research paper assigned at Yorkville High School. The original text is as follows:
One day mega hunk Josh "Red" McAwesome got bored and decided to draw a comic using all of his drawing skill. Thus the first 30 issues of The Masked Squirrel Comic Series were created in the back of Spidertech magezines produced by Zoa the world famous production company.
It is not known how much of this story is fact and how much is the author's characteristic, exagerated humor; however, it is speculated that a mysterious Nintendo DS screenname with the name "Red" may be the author. Also, the back of each comic strip bears a logo for the fictitious publishing company Zoa.
Super Powers
The Masked Squirrel is known for having amazing acrobatics and a arsenal of powerful weapons all beginning with the word acorn. Despite this, most of his successes are due to dumb luck.
Origin
The author has also released a brief story on the creation of his comic strip. It was released in the form of an essay, a parady on a research paper assigned at Yorkville High School. The original text is as follows:
One day mega hunk Josh "Red" McAwesome got bored and decided to draw a comic using all of his drawing skill. Thus the first 30 issues of The Masked Squirrel Comic Series were created in the back of Spidertech magezines produced by Zoa the world famous production company.
It is not known how much of this story is fact and how much is the author's characteristic, exagerated humor; however, it is speculated that a mysterious Nintendo DS screenname with the name "Red" may be the author. Also, the back of each comic strip bears a logo for the fictitious publishing company Zoa.
Super Powers
The Masked Squirrel is known for having amazing acrobatics and a arsenal of powerful weapons all beginning with the word acorn. Despite this, most of his successes are due to dumb luck.