You probably already know that “Wish It Was Summer” by Mark Stone and the Dirty Country Band is out now on all platforms and you can get a download via LaGrungeMusic.com/music but have you seen this video?? https://youtu.be/Qc3G4uPdwTo?si=Em1Ve8E027_EHVAg

March 2025 will be the first break I've had in 6 years.  I've been releasing a song each month for the last 6 years.  It's taught me a lot but I think it's time to focus my energy on other goals.  No song release for March 2025 unless something amazingly odd happens….it still could but, I thought I'd let you know.

I've been doing less live performances and focusing my attention on at home production via LaGrungeMusic Studio creating music intended for use in TV, Film and Production Libraries over the last 8 years and will continue to do so.

This year I've decided to focus my energy on Sync Agents and Agencies who take on your music (Sign) if they think they have connects that may want to license the song for a percentage of the transaction.  In my opinion it's one of the last remaining elements of the old music business that still remain a lucrative option as a independent artist.

If you miss me in March The Dirty Country Band and I just released an album in February called “Wild Country” available on all platforms now, always directly from us at LaGrungeMusic.com/music or here's the YouTube Playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiFtTuIZ98C3S-UDAmKXxviP2ilSGdXa8&si=ewM_SLygJ_d6wGDa

I hope this message finds you well on your way to chasing all your dreams

Mark D Stone

Doesn't it feel like there's either nothing happening or everything all at once??

I doubt I'm alone in that feeling.  Just to Recap ULTRA-MEGA released "Gone I Lost It All on all platforms 8/15/24 Download and or Stream

Sept. 19th is Double Release Day with Mark Stone and the Dirty Country Band releasing “Barn Burner”in collaboration with Jeremy Schreifels and Kenny Wilson and My Solo project Mark D Stone in collaboration with David Easton releases “Relentless” on the same day.  Yeah that's a lot.

If You're into the Under the Hood videos on YouTube where I talk about how the song started and the collaboration there are 3 for “Barn Burner”

UTH pt1 https://youtu.be/6C3i2dZEII

UTH pt2 https://youtu.be/Wm2P3LTnRdY                                                                                                                     

UTH pt3 https://youtu.be/uLAehoITBgU

And 1 Under the Hood video for “Relentless” https://youtu.be/h9EbPfcCE1U

On deck Octobers release 10/17/24 ULTRA-MEGA release “Drowning Me In Memories”(As pictured above) Download https://lagrungemusic.com/album/3005525/drowning-me-in-memories 

Presave for streaming https://bit.ly/DrowningMeInMemories 

UTH pt.1 https://youtu.be/tJH4kwZ-k4U                                                                                                                         

UTH pt.2 https://youtu.be/p6i2WggqVFs                                                                                                                         

UTH pt.3 https://youtu.be/MCX7JSlJp6Q

Last but not least if you missed the A Team Dirty Country Fellers reunion at Honky Days this year Christmas might be extra special and or we might have a little candy for your inbox. (If you're on the email list)  Also Mark Stone and the Dirty Country Band will release “Low Down Dirty Christmas” 12/19/24

Guess I'm getting ahead of myself a little bit I hope you have a best of what's left of fall before hibernation.  I'll be @honkysbarandgrill 8pm-12am  Friday 9/13/24 if you wanna visit.

Be Good To Each Other and Be Safe Out There

Mark D Stone

Greetings and Salutations.   Hopefully today finds you well and you’re having an amazing day.

I just wanted to drop this Dirty Blog and let you know that

Summertime High is now available on ALL platforms

https://songwhip.com/mark-stone-and-the-dirty-country-band/summer-time-high

And or directly from us https://lagrungemusic.com/album/2772196/summertime-high

ULTRA-MEGA’s new single Escape the Void is also available

https://songwhip.com/ultramega/escape-the-void and or directly from us

https://lagrungemusic.com/album/2805295/escape-the-void

But that’s not all, coming to all platforms 5/15/24 I will be releasing “Gotta Make It” which really didn’t fit either the Dirty Country Band or ULTRA-MEGA project so it will just be released as Mark D Stone.

Preorder directly from us https://lagrungemusic.com/album/2807519/gotta-make-it on sale until it’s release date at 22% off

Or Presave on Spotify https://bit.ly/GottaMakeIt

That’s a lot I know but choices are important.

Thank you for supporting independent music we definitely appreciate you.

Until next time.

Be Good To Each Other and Be Safe Out There

Mark D Stone

Drooble Radio: What is music to you? What does it give you? 

LaGrunge Music: Music is like breathing. There's nothing more essential to surviving the bad times or celebrating the good ones 

Drooble Radio: What is your music dream? 

LaGrunge Music: To write a song that lasts beyond me 

Drooble Radio: If you could change the world - what would you start with? 

LaGrunge Music: I'd rid the world of hate and ignorance and celebrate love and understanding 

Drooble Radio: Which is the most memorable song from your childhood? 

LaGrunge Music: Thin Lizzy The Cowboy Song 

Drooble Radio: Who are your favorite musical artists or bands? 

LaGrunge Music: ZZ Top, Charlie Daniels, The Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blackberry Smoke, Alice In Chains and Soundgarden

Drooble Radio: What inspires you to make music? 

LaGrunge Music: Life and its experiences, music, just the ambition to connect to new people and create...actually I can't think of 1 good reason not to. 

Drooble Radio: What is the message you want to send with your music? 

LaGrunge Music: It depends on the song but generally I want folks to celebrate life. Music can help us get through the bad times and helps us celebrate the good ones 

Drooble Radio: How do you feel when you perform in front of an audience? 

LaGrunge Music: It's my favorite place to be. There's just energy there. There is nothing else like it in my humble opinion. There's a very deep connection that happens when people get you and they know the words to your songs because they connect with you like you were speaking for them 

Drooble Radio: How do you see the musicians’ reality nowadays? What could be improved? 

LaGrunge Music: I think it's what you make it but in my eyes the days of being a pompous jerk celebrity rockstar are over. I think there was a time folks ate that up. I'm not sure that works anymore and at the very least it never worked for me. Success to me is being able to do the music I want to do without compromise and connect with people who can identify with the band and I. I'd like to circle further and further out and eventually spend more time on the road unless we are recording and then COVID happened and I'm just thankful I have a home studio and still make music with friends. 

Drooble Radio: What do you think of Drooble? 

LaGrunge Music: Update: I genuinely like it here and have enjoyed connecting with a few folks to work on collaborations and that ain't bad. So far it seems like a community willing to help creatives connect. I'm the #1 contributor this week so I keep coming back and I don't think I'd be here if I didn't have something to offer and visa versa which is super healthy. I do enjoy the Drooblillions 

Drooble Radio: What frustrates you most as a musician? 

LaGrunge Music: Sometimes there are obstacles that seem impossible to pass and those situations are definitely frustrating. I think you have to choose your battles. Also breaking down a very large goal into small reachable goals is called a plan not a dream but its good to have both aligned accordingly 

Drooble Radio: Do you support your local scene as a fan? How? 

LaGrunge Music: I go out and see other bands when I'm not playing. My top 5 albums are all tied to the local scene 

Drooble Radio: What qualities should a musician nowadays have in order to get their music heard by a larger audience? 

LaGrunge Music: Patience and good music, I think it's more about developing a relationship with people who identify with you and your songs. I think the old model expects if you play it folks will come. I think now it's more about giving people an experience a memory something that lasts. Give them a reason to come they've already been to the building. Grit-I think there's a tenacity component in play that is 100% necessary if you want to make music your life's work. Be open to opportunities and be willing to try new things. You may find your dream evolves over time or you may make an action plan to break down your large dreams and see them realized in a plan of action 

Drooble Radio: Share some awesome artists that we’ve never heard of. 

LaGrunge Music: New Black 7, The GooDBarS, The Dagnabits, The Honey Dogs, Daisy Dillman, 
The Hell Country Truckers and Papa Bear Norton

See event Link for more info and google map https://lagrungemusic.com/event/4622048/594396226/rock-the-river-side-music-in-the-park 

It's a pretty amazing venue and I'm really looking forward to playing you guys a bunch of songs that Jeremy and I wrote together as well as some outdoor favorites. 

We will not have physical copies of ULTRA-MEGA's BLACK Album unfortunately Disk Makers is a bit busy(Apologies)

You can however, from the comfort of your smartphone order the download https://lagrungemusic.com/ album/2185412/ultra-mega-black-album

or Tip us https://lagrungemusic.com/tip-jar if you are enjoying your listening experience or for no other reason than you're feeling particularly generous and want to support our musical habits. For those who do, you have our sincere heartfelt THANKS. We definitely appreciate your appreciation and support.

I just realized I haven't done a blog since Christmas so if you'd like to get at least once a month notifications from me I'd encourage you to sign up on the front page to get our Dirty Emailer or if you're a Spotify user and PreSave us it will ask you for your email.  Either way, unsubscribe whenever you wish no hard feelings.  It's just for folks who wanna try to keep an eye out.

Speaking of.......Keep your eye out for Mark Stone and the Dirty Country Band's next single.

Until Next Time Be Good To Each Other And Be Safe Out There

Mark Stone

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.  It's definitely a time of celebration and family.  We want to celebrate with our LaGrunge Music family so there are 2 ways to get Mark Stone and the Dirty Country Band's latest release "Away In A Manger" drop us your email and we'll send you a free download or if you'd like, pay what you want on the https://lagrungemusic.com/music 

Last gigs in 2021 already making #moremusicin2022 1st up January 20th ULTRA-MEGA's new single Stranded In Alien Nation will be out on all platforms or you can preorder pay what you want directly right now 

https://lagrungemusic.com/album/2093929/stranded-in-alien-nation

 I'm also in the final mix phase with Mark Stone and the Dirty Country Band's February release Hell and Back Out on all Platforms 2/17/2022 and soon it'll be uploaded on https://lagrungemusic.com/music

So That's what we got cooking for the end of the year into the new one hope to see you soon

Be Good To Each Other and Be Safe Out There

Mark Stone

me@lagrungemusic.com

Brandy(You're A Fine Girl) by Looking Glass covered by Mark Stone and the Dirty Country Band

Crank It Up by ULTRA-MEGA is available for Pre-Order now

Mark Stone and the Dirty Country Band's Christmas

Song Away In A Manger is also Available for Pre-Order

Halloween comes before Christmas and adults should get Halloween before the kids so I'm supporting your right to party with us and wear your best 80's horror themed outfit.

And I'll be At Route 47 Pub and Grub Friday Nov.5th and Saturday Nov.6th at the Maxx Bar and Grill

I'm at Honkys tonight in Grove City 7-11pm

Cheers!!! Hope you all had an awesome weekend

Be Good To Each Other and Be Safe Out There

Mark Stone

me@lagrungemusic.com

Groove City is out everywhere https://songwhip.com/ultramega/groove-city and of course you can download directly from us if you're digging it and you'd like to support our musical habits.

ULTRA-MEGA https://lagrungemusic.com/album/2032804/groove-city

Speaking of support if you are one of our YouTube Subscribers I just put up Sundays Video if you're interested in watching it early.  If you're interested in seeing and hearing our new music and or what we are working on next sign up to get our emailer https://lagrungemusic.com/the-dirty-news-letter If you're already an email subscriber the last email I sent you will have the new video in the playlist link I suggested you bookmark.  Probably look at the bottom because it runs to the top when it goes public.  It will probably go public Saturday.  I just realized I wrote all that and never said what IT was.What Hurts The Most was written by Jeffery Steele and Steve Robson and you may have heard Rascal Flatts do it but it really caught my ear when I heard Aaron Lewis(former Staind frontman) cover it.  This year as well as doing suggested songs for sync I wanted to make sure I covered songs that I love that I haven't been able to do.  This is definitely one of those and it's been added to the live show so I wanted to do it like that just the acoustic and my voice.  Coming Oct. 3rd is an acoustic cover of Blue Bayou which you may have heard me sing at a live show.  I LOVE Linda Ronstadt and Roy Orbison so it had to happen.Oct.10th ULTRA-MEGA covers No Doubts Sunday Morning And on Oct.17th it's a double header Sunday with I'm All In Mark Stone and the Dirty Country Band's new single coming out on our LaGrunge Music YouTube channel and at 5pm cst I'll be on BOB FM's Homegrown Show with Brandon Backstrom  debuting the new single on country radio listen live at 5pm cst here https://v7player.wostreaming.net/2956 

Spotify users can Presave I'm All In here ------> https://show.co/pftpdpa

Maybe even a couple of songs acoustic live in studio too and a T-Shirt Give away because it's been awhile since we've done one of those and it's my birthday month I can do what I want. Oh hey,  speaking of I jumped the gun a little if you wanna party with me for my birthday I'll be at Aurelio's Pizza in Ramsey Oct.8th 7-10pm and or my hometown bar Honky's 8pm-12am Oct.9th and or New London American Legion 6-10pm Oct.16th and or ALL OF THE ABOVE.  Why Not?? I'll be at Ruff's Wings in Wilmar Oct.22nd, Back at Honky's Bar Oct.23rd and I'll be filling in for the Rock Godz for the Halloween Party at the Dalles House Oct.30th for any information on those shows and or what comes after that it will be on the homepage of the website or <------Click that huge sentence 

That's brings us to November and Thanksgiving I should be able to muster another blog by them but before I sign off I just wanna say.  I'm very thankful for everyone of you who subscribe, follow, reply, leave comments and buy directly from us to show your support. It means the world to me and I'm very lucky to be able to do this musical thing.  Hopefully I'll see you soon.

Until Then Be Good To Each Other and Be Safe Out There

Mark Stone

me@lagrungemusic.com 

Just shy of 2 weeks away The Dirty Country Band and I are doing a cover of the Looking Glass Classic "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" for Sync Cafe Wednesday Aug 18th at 12pm CST sign up here if you'd like to join us http://syncsummit.com/synccafesignup/

But tomorrow I'll be at Aurelio's Pizza in Ramsey from 7-11pm

and Saturday I'll be at Flickabirds Resort in Rush City from 7-11pm

Sunday I'll hopefully be back at it putting the finishing touches on Brandy and creating some more music see the post below for more on that and email me if you have some music we should collaborate on.

I better get back at it

Mark Stone

me@lagrungemusic.com