Singer/Songwriter/Producer. 

I do a mix of pop and rock music. There's a little bit of pop in my rock, and a little bit of rock in my pop. I like having rock drums and guitars working with synths. All the music you're listening to here was recorded and produced just in my cozy bedroom, endearingly nicknamed "Cozy Bedroom Studios."

Dj/Producer
https://soundcloud.com/djblapz?ref=clipboard

Just vibing 

Stanford University '23
Stanford Football #41

The Hawkeyes are a modern rock powerhouse. Rooted in rhythmic stomp and guitar-driven snarl, they make music that nods to the hard-hitting heavyweights of rock & roll's past, refashioning that diehard sound into something contemporary and larger than life.

Although hailing from Pittsburgh, the Hawkeyes sharpened their sound on the road. It was there — on the sweaty, beer-soaked stages of America's dive bars, clubs, and theaters — that the band's four members began blending anthemic hooks, hard-rock crunch, and amplified attitude, with frontman Jay Wiley leading the charge. Headlining their own shows one minute and open-ing for groups like Lynyrd Skynyrd and Collective Soul the next, the Hawkeyes became genuine road warriors, building their audience song-by-song and show-by-show. They solidified their lineup along the way, with drummer Luke Zajdel and guitarist Noah Myers both teaming up with Wiley to carry rock & roll's torch into a new era.

To properly capture their sonic swagger on record, the guys headed back home to Pennsylvania, where they teamed up with producer Sean McDonald — a Pittsburgh legend who had previously worked with another group of Steel City exports: The Clarks — to craft Ever for After. McDon-ald encouraged Wiley to dig deep into the music he'd grown up loving, including records by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Oasis, Queens of the Stone Age, and the Foo Fighters. Working together as co-writers and collaborators, McDonald and Wiley crafted a new batch of raw, larg-er-than-life songs that built upon the songwriting chops Wiley had already been honing for years, not only as the founding member of the Hawkeyes, but also as a solo artist. The result was an album that matched Wiley's melodies and Rust Belt persona with the power of a revved-up mod-ern rock band. 

With singles like "Stone's Throw Away" and "Wanted Man" receiving regular airplay on the band's hometown rock radio station, WDVE, the Hawkeyes have become hometown favorites. They've played some of Pittsburgh's largest venues, including Stage AE, Rex Theater, Thunder-bird Cafe, and Hard Rock Cafe. They've also continued racking up tens of thousands of highway miles on the road, making appearances at national festivals like Mile of Music in Appleton, Wis-consin, and Sturgis Music Fest in Sturgis, South Dakota. 

Driven and dynamic, the Hawkeyes are dedicated to updating rock & roll's adrenalized sound for the modern world. This is the sound of a band on the rise.

Dorothy Martin is the firestarter behind Los Angeles-based rock band DOROTHY—a powerhouse vocalist and songwriter known for fusing raw emotion, spiritual grit, and thunderous rock ‘n’ roll. Born in Budapest and raised in San Diego, Dorothy exploded onto the scene with ROCKISDEAD in 2016, earning massive DSP traction with anthems like “Raise Hell” and “Wicked Ones”. With each release—28 Days in the Valley (2018) and Gifts From The Holy Ghost (2022)—she’s built a global fanbase drawn to her blend of heavy guitar, gospel undertones, and fearless storytelling.

Dorothy unleashes her most personal and genre-bending work yet with her fourth album, The Way. Produced by Scott Stevens (Halestorm, Shinedown), it blends hard rock with Southern soul and Americana spirit. Tracks like “MUD,” “Tombstone Town” (feat. Slash), and “Haunted House” explore themes of addiction, rebirth, revenge, and faith—all anchored by Dorothy’s powerhouse vocals.

A born-again Christian who found faith in rehab, Dorothy infuses hope into her music. Whether sharing the stage with legends like Scott Stapp or Nita Strauss, or leading her own sold-out tours, she’s rewriting the rules of modern rock—one song at a time.

Shawn Champlin is following