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Here are some highlights from The Faculty Showcase last Friday! Thank you to our amazing faculty for putting a wonderful show together.

Look forward to our next showcase, The Student Showcase. October 31, 2026 starting at 7:30pm in the Raisbeck Auditorium!

Our lovely Faculty/Guests:
First Clip: @elias_taiko
Second Clip: @grettahmettle
Third Clip: @james.falzone
Fourth Clip: @mphobenjaminhunter
Fifth Clip: @marcinpaczkowskimusic
Sixth Clip: @michael.nicolella
Seventh Clip: @james.falzone, @michael.nicolella
Eighth Clip: @jimmie_herrod
Ninth Clip: @tombaker26 @mphobenjaminhunter @jackswinginjive

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Warm and Fuzzy Feelings is a fascinating snapshot of Seattle in 1993, released on 3:23 Reckerds, the label created through the Music & Video Business Department at the Art Institute of Seattle. There’s a great concept running through it too, with every track timed at 3:23, seemingly tying into the label name and possibly the Art Institute’s 2323 Elliott Avenue address.
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There’s plenty to discover across the 19 tracks, from Maxi Badd’s “Feast in Me”, written by Tess Lotta, with Gretta Harley on vocals and guitar, Lotta on vocals and bass and Dave Parnes on drums. You can hear a short clip of the song on the next slide. Inflatable Soule’s “Lake City Way” brings another fascinating Seattle connection, with singer and guitarist Peter Cornell, brother of Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell. The Lemons’ “Keep Diggin’” is another standout, adding to a compilation that feels like a genuine document of the wider Seattle scene.
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With Art Chantry credited for the design and thanks extending to names including C/Z Records and Daniel House, Warm and Fuzzy Feelings becomes more than an obscure compilation. It’s a little piece of Seattle music history, capturing the city’s independent spirit while giving students the chance to learn the record business by actually doing it.
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#warmandfuzzyfeelings #maxibadd #louderforheavydays #seattlemusicscene #cdcollection

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Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense is much more than a compilation album. Released 30 years ago in 1996, it grew out of the work of Home Alive, the Seattle organisation founded following the 1993 murder of Mia Zapata of The Gits. Created by Valerie Agnew, Zoe Bermet, Gretta Harley, Julie Hasse, Lara Kidoguchi, Jessica Lawless, Mich Levy, Cristien Storm, and Stacey Wescott, Home Alive was dedicated to providing affordable self-defence classes and raising awareness about violence against women, ensuring that something positive could emerge from an unimaginable tragedy.
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What makes this album so special isn’t just the music, it’s the reason it exists. Artists including Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, The Gits, 7 Year Bitch, The Posies, The Presidents of the United States of America, Joan Jett & Evil Stig, Ann & Nancy Wilson, Kathleen Hanna, Jello Biafra, and many others donated tracks in support of a cause that mattered deeply to them. The album is a remarkable example of the solidarity shown by Seattle’s music community, with so many artists coming together to honour Mia’s memory while helping others.
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The music is outstanding, but it’s the sense of community, compassion and purpose behind this album that stays with me the most. Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense is a lasting reminder of how people can come together to honour a friend while helping others, creating a legacy that reaches far beyond the music itself.
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If you’re interested in the story behind the album and the organisation, I also recommend the documentary Rock, Rage & Self Defense: An Oral History of Seattle’s Home Alive. It’s available to watch for free on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IPemvIkUHIw.
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#homealive #theartofselfdefense #seattlemusicscene #CommunityThroughMusic #endviolenceagainstwomen

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Don’t miss the first Great Women of Folk and Country show of July tomorrow night at 7:30pm!

Our fantastic lineup of local musicians will perform the music of Folk and Country legends who have blazed trails throughout the music industry including Joan Baez, Bonnie Raitt, Memphis Minnie, Patsy Cline, Dusty Springfield and more!

#country #folk #royalroom #seattle #livemusic

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JULY SHOWS (Week of 7.6 — 7.12)

07.09 THU:
CONOR BYRNE PUB feat. Sturtz | Joseph Pennell | Jessie Thoreson
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TRACTOR TAVERN feat. Drew Martin | Adam Ezra Group
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NECTAR LOUNGE feat. JAMN | Rainbow Jackson | Vanilla Abstract
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the ROYAL ROOM presents Great Women of Folk and Country: Trailblazers feat. Sara Camille | Nance Castro | Gretta Harley | Bri Ashlee Little | Havilah Land
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ADD-A-BALL feat. Beautiful Freaks | Apocalipsticks | Torch

NOTE: Any changes on the shows and lineup will be best represented directly to the venue websites/socials

[we apologize in advance for any spelling corrections needed from the generated images]

#seattlelivemusic #seattlelive #seattleband #seattlesingersongwriters #seattlelocalmusic

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250 Years - KKollective reminds you that - Dissent is Patriotic people! #dissentispatriotic #fightforyourrights #america250

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Our fantastic lineup of local musicians will perform the music of Folk and Country legends who have blazed trails throughout the music industry incluting Joan Baez, Bonnie Raitt, Odetta, Patsy Cline, Dusty Springfield and more!

Featured artists:
@sara_camille_benson
@nancecastrosings
@grettahmettle
@bri.on.keys
@havilahsings

MC/Curator – @reesepiki
Piano – @bri.on.keys
Guitar – @gregfultonmusic
Drums – @aimee.zoe.drums

#royalroom #seattle #tickets #livemusic

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On this day, 17 May 1992, Seattle band Maxi Badd, later renamed Danger Gens, shot the music video for ‘Big Black Marble Eyes’.
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Written by Gretta Harley, the song appeared as “Side 1” of the 1994 Danger Gens 7-inch 1994 single The Fireman. “Side A” featured “Muscle,” written by Tess Lotta, and both tracks later appeared on the Danger Gens album Life Between Cigarettes.
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Maxi Badd emerged from the vibrant Seattle music scene of the early ’90s, sharing bills with bands such as The Gits, 7 Year Bitch, and Babes in Toyland. These bands were vital voices of the era and, in many ways, under-credited architects of the scene.
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I’m just as passionate about the punk and underground music that came out of Seattle as I am about the bands heavily promoted by major labels. I loved going to local gigs in the ’90s and watching friends play in bands, and when I first heard the Danger Gens album, it genuinely transported me back to that time. To me, it feels like standing in a dimly lit club, surrounded by that raw, honest energy pouring off the stage. That’s the world I always want to return to!
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This is music that doesn’t feel manufactured or distant, it feels lived in. You can hear the late nights, the cramped clubs, the friendships, the heartbreak, the sweat, and the hope inside every song. Decades later, it still carries that human pulse; proof that some music never really fades, because it was real to begin with.
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Maxi badd - “Louder for heavy days”
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I would like to add my sincere thanks to both Gretta and Tess for allowing me to use the music video for this reel.
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Director - Brooke Dammkoehler
Producers - Dammkoehler & Pruzan
Editor - A.J. Pruzan
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#maxibadd #dangergens #seattlemusic #90s #nowplaying

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What a GREAT night! Raised over $4000 for Riverton Church Migrant support. Thank You to everyone who came and donated and listened. Thank you to all the musicians who participated - @braly_sangster and @libertystrikes #kkollective #communitythroughmusic #musicwithpurpose #seattlelivemusic #This is what community looks like! Stay tuned for more posts!

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“Sneak Preview” of a song I’ll be playing tonight with @keith_lowe_bass for the Benefit for Riverton Church tonight @royalroomseattle. This was shot in “The Shop” surrounded by the beautiful work of @elaniananopoulos! Doors at 6:30, show at 7:30 - see you all there! #kkollective #communitythroughmusic #seattlemusic #musicwithpurpose #seattlelivemusic

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Five Day Count Down! @libertystrikes , @braly_sangster and @kkollectiveofficial at @royalroomseattle Friday May 8th! Benefit for Riverton Church! Come support Justice for Immigrants while you get your groove on too! Buy Tickets in Advance. Music +Community+Just Cause=Joy! #communitythroughmusic #seattlemusic #musicwithpurpose #seattlelivemusic #kkollective

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Benefit for Riverton Church Immigrant Support @royalroomseattle May 8th 6:30 Doors. Get your tickets now! Gonna be a fun, joyful and rowdy night! Never know just what we’ll do! #theroyalroom #seattlemusicscene #communitythroughmusic #seattlelivemusic #musicwithpurpose

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