SHADOWS FALL's JASON BITTNER Schedules Chicago Clinic

Jason Bittner, drummer for New England metallers SHADOWS FALL, will hold a drum clinic in Chicago this Wednesday, May 6. The clinic is being held in conjunction with The Drum Pad, a local music store, at Durty Nellie's in Palatine, Illinois. Be there to see Jason tear it up on the kit and provide instructions to up-and-coming drummers.

The details are as follows:

Wednesday, May 6
7:00 p.m. - $8
Durty Nellie's
180 N. Smith Street
Palatine, IL 60067
Phone: 847.358.9150
All ages welcome

For more information, visit www.thedrumpad.com or call (847) 934-8768.

SHADOWS FALL vocalist Brian Fair recently spoke to Noisecreep about the band's decision to form their own label in conjunction with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group and Ferret Music.

"We had an amazing run with Century Media that opened up many doors and taught us even more," he said. "This led to our decision to sign with a major label like Atlantic Records to see what that world was all about. We realized quickly that the entire music industry was in a state of flux and panic as sales figures and profits were dropping by huge percentages each year. It was time to change up the business model in a way that would help break the cycle of large unrecouped budgets and put the power and profits back in the hands of the band."

Fair continued, "In a traditional record deal, the band is fronted large amounts of money by the label and they control the spending for promotion and video that then must be paid back through album sales, leaving the band as the last ones to get paid as the money trickles in. In our current deal, we have the power of a major label distributor combined with the everyday input of an independent label that understands our music and scene."

Fair told Revolver magazine that the band's new songs are similar to those on 2007's "Threads of Life", though darker and almost ballad-free. "There's more like two half-ballads," he said. "There are some acoustic moments and some melodies that let the songs breathe, but there's old-school thrash as well. We've written a lot of fast stuff which is definitely going to be fun to play live."