Justin Raines holds both Bachelors and Masters degrees in music composition. As an award-winning composer, Mr. Raines has had music performed all over the world. The Tad Wind Symphony from Tokyo, Japan has premiered several of his works and has released these recordings internationally on CDs and via Internet downloads. His most recent work, Metropolis, is now available for purchase worldwide. Justin’s versatile writing style has made his music accessible to any ensemble from chamber music to choral music, and from stage productions to film scores.

Recently, Justin has worked with both Voltage Pictures (The Hurt Locker, Dallas Buyers Club) and Hollywood Media Bridge to score the films Ambushed and A Certain Justice (directed by Giorgio Serafini.) In 2011, he also composed the score for the film Stealing Las Vegas (produced by Roger Corman.)

Throughout his career, Justin has had the opportunity to work and collaborate with many talented and creative artists. Under the guidance of Tony Award-winning writer Mark Medoff (Children of a Lesser God), Justin has composed music for many high-profile projects including orchestration work on the new musical We Are Enron, which was co-created by Christine Sanders and Bradford Hodgson. He also collaborated with Medoff on several other projects including the film 100 MPG, the first major project completed by the Creative Media Institute at New Mexico State University, and more recently the short film Hatching Max, which won Best in Fest at the Sycamore Film Festival in Chicago.

As a regularly commissioned composer, Justin has developed a repertoire of chamber works that have been premiered and performed at instrumental conferences nationwide. In 2003, Dr. Pancho Romero commissioned a trumpet ensemble piece based on the musical exercise of noted trumpet instructor John Haynie. Some High Notes, A Few Low Notes, And One Too Many Trumpets was premiered at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Denver, Colorado by 50 of Haynie’s former students. A year later, Trumpet Soup was premiered at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Dallas, Texas. In 2005, Dr. James Shearer commissioned a work for horn, tuba, and piano titled The Haunted America Suite, which has become one of his most popular recital works to date. This work has enjoyed performances throughout the greater Southwest, including a recent performance at an International Tuba Euphonium Association Conference at the University of Redlands. The work was also recorded for international commercial release by Summit Records in 2014. In 2009, The Madera Winds from Las Cruces, New Mexico commissioned The Mad Hatter Suite for flute, sax, and piano for the North American Saxophone Alliance Conference in Athens, Georgia, and in 2010, Nancy Joy commissioned a horn trio for the Southwest Horn Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

Also recently completed was a new work for Tuba and String Quartet titled Cauterizing The Soul, which was premiered on April 12, 2012 by James Shearer and the La Catrina String Quartet. Cauterizing The Soul also won Justin the Harvey Philips Award for Composition Excellence on May 21, 2014.

Justin Raines was born in El Paso, Texas. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Music Theory and Composition from New Mexico State University under the guidance of Michael Staehle-Laburda, and completed his Masters in Music Composition under the guidance of Jorge Grossmann and Virko Baley. He lives in Redondo Beach, California. 

Relicseed, founded in 2004 in Latvia, made their mark with style-defining tracks “Bailes” and “Pēdējais Vergs” in 2007, both of which received immediate airplay on local SWH Rock Station. Their debut 60 Minūtes Sapņa (“60 Minutes of a Dream”) followed in 2010, paving the way for international recognition. In 2011, the band played its first shows in the UK and Germany and made its U.S. live debut at San Francisco’s Metallibash: 3 Decades of Damage, before heading to Burbank, CA in 2012 to record Slaughterhouse at Tranzformer Studios with the late Bryan Carlstrom behind the desk.

Since then, Relicseed has toured extensively across Europe, the USA, and Japan, sharing stages with acts like Testament, TYR, Mushroomhead, Sirenia, Dethklok to name a few. Their discography includes three albums “60 Minūtes Sapņa” (2010), “Slaughterhouse” (2014), and “Ideoloģija” (2017). “Slaughterhouse” earned the band the Independent Music Award (USA, 2015) for Best Metal/Hardcore Album, while “Ideoloģija” won Latvia’s Golden Microphone (2018) for Best Rock or Metal Album.

In 2024, Relicseed marked their 20th anniversary with a major show at Palladium Riga and released the single “The Difference.” The following year brought new singles “Neitrālais” and “Taisnība,” further outlining the sonic direction of the band’s upcoming studio album.

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SKySWiM is the core project name for all musical work by Arnie Stanton.

Latvian-American Arnie Stanton (Arnolds Skrimblis) has been very involved in creating an eclectic musical blend of classical, electronic, rock, jazz, and  other styles.  Because of his wide musical background from training and listening, he tends to not stay long with one particular sound, mood, or feel. Arnie creates music meant to evoke deep emotions and strong visual imagery. His lyrics have spiritual overtones, sometimes comforting, but more often, challenging and ominous. He plays trombone, keyboards, sings, and usually talks in the first person, rather than third person tense, as he is doing here. :-)

Intellectually emotional pop rock, most awaited live act and LP debut of 2013 in the Baltics.

SKySWiM is the core project name for all musical work by Arnie Stanton.

Arnie Stanton has been very involved in creating an eclectic musical blend of classical, electronic, rock, jazz, and  more.  Because of his wide musical background both training and listening, he tends to not stay long with one particular sound, mood, or feel.

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