EXTREME VOCAL INSTITUTE NEWS

If you don't know who Zero 9:36 is, you should catch up because Zero (Matthew Cullen) is going to be all over - starting with the U.S. festival circuit and hitting the road with Pop Evil this summer and Shinedown this fall. His music is a unique blend of alternative rock, rap and metal influences that is both catchy and aggressive.

Zero, who has been working with David at Extreme Vocal Institute for a few months now, recently did a live performance for SiriusXM Octane featuring his songs "Adrenaline", "The End" and "In My Hand". You can check out the performance below and stream the live EP on your favorite platform.

Love what you hear? Follow Zero: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Spotify

Uncured releases single 'Living Like I'm Dead'

Uncured is a rock driven metal band from New Jersey in the United States fronted by EVI student Rex Cox. They released a new single "Living Like I'm Dead" on June 23, 2021. The release comes in anticipation of the group heading out on tour with Carnifex for their "Road to Rock Fest" run across western and central USA.

Uncured was founded in 2016 by brothers Rex and Zach Cox and since then have toured across 12 countries with acts like All That Remains, Lacuna Coil, Cradle of Filth, Soulfly, Children of Bodom, Devildriver, Whitechapel, Dying Fetus, Katatonia, and more.

Check out "Living Like I'm Dead" on your favorite streaming service and if you love what you hear, follow Uncured: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Spotify

MMune releases new track 'A Life Worth Living'

EVI student Zach Munowitz has released several songs throughout 2020 and 2021 for his project MMune, the most recent being "A Life Worth Living" released on June 25, 2021. The track features Munowitz on guitar and vocals with guests Jarred Barlow on bass and Chris Savarino on drums.

Munowitz described the track as being about "wanting to crush the inner demons that plague someone you love, and to remind them that there is always hope to be found."

You can check out the track on your favorite streaming service and if you love what you hear, follow MMune: Instagram | Facebook | Website | Spotify

Be sure to check back to see what else our students and homies are up to! We are incredibly excited to have our students so active and sharing their voices and artistic visions with everyone.

We are excited to say that our Facebook group, Extreme Vocal Institute: Community, surpassed the 4,000 member milestone this morning! This group is designed to be by vocalists for vocalists and is a place where people can share their bands, practice videos, covers, or whatever it is that they are working on.

We take pride in that our community has maintained a positive atmosphere where people can feel comfortable sharing progress even if they aren't entirely comfortable showing the outside world just yet. Our group is private which means that whatever is shared in the group stays there and our members that may have a bit of "stage fright", as it were, don't have to worry about their videos being shared outside the group.

We have hosted several "vocal cover contests" through our community and we are planning more in the future! Additionally, David goes through the group regularly to give advice to those seeking help and to do live Q&A sessions with members. We also source our questions for our YouTube Q&A videos from the group.

Our members come from all over the world and all walks of life; from people just starting out their vocal journey to internationally touring artists. While the group is designed for vocalists, we have many instrumentalist members as well! If you're just generally interested in extreme vocals, this is the place for you and we invite you to join us!

We were all taken aback by the incredible response to the "Foundation of Bones" cover contest we ran with Enterprise Earth! We had over 80 participants and so many incredible submissions that it was incredibly challenging to narrow it down to three winners.

Yesterday, Dan and David went live on Facebook to announce the top three, discuss a bit about how they assessed the entries and how the top three earned their places!

WINNERS:

1st place - Juan Garcia

2nd place - Adam Spencer

3rd place - Ryan Dennis

You can check out their submissions below!

In addition we would also like to recognize the rest of the top ten who made the decision nearly impossible for us; Ricky Fullen, Burt Kalectomy (Darb), Elijah Reiter, Jei Doublerice, Chris Velarde, Michael Cobin, and Casey Needler.

Again, thank you to everyone who participated and keep working hard!