The Drama Club who hails from Scranton, PA will be performing at Don Hills (NYC) on November 29th at 7:30pm. Several labels will be attending. The EP was produced by Rob Caggiano (Jesse Malin/Anthrax) and mixed by Jay Baumgardner (Evanescence/Papa Roach/Godsmack) and also features Ben Burnley (Breaking Benjamin) on their song “Brand New Day”. The track “Brand New Day” was added to XM’s “Squizz” & AOL Radio “New Rock First” channel (POWER rotation) and the band has shared the stage numerous times with Breaking Benjamin, as well as with Flyleaf, Velvet Revolver, Sound The Alarm, Silvertide, Warped Tour (PA date) and headline shows around the N.E. region. For more information contact Robert Dippold or legal David ChidekelÂ

Passings: Casey Calvert, guitarist for emo band Hawthorne Heights was discovered “unconscious on the band’s tour bus” outside Washington’s 9:30 Club and “pronounced dead at the scene” by police. The band is in the midst with legal troubles with former label Victory Records. Quiet Riot frontman Kevin Dubrow has also passed away at the age of 52.

Yahoo! To Compete with YouTube: Yahoo struck a deal with Sony BMG that will allow users to incorporate music from Sony’s artists into their own video creations as well as embedding them in blogs and other personal pages. AOL is about to do the same. Yahoo! and AOL are trying to compete with YouTube and Myspace that allow viral clips and user made content.

A Bum Deal: Word is out that Terra Firma Chief Guy Hands is in a wild panic about his impulsive acquisition of EMI and how he’ll manage to make a return on the record company he bought on the back. Read why here. One doesn’t need to be a prophet to see that Terra Firma/EMI is sitting on a fault line. Just look at the recent press release where Guy Hands said he would fire artists who weren’t working hard enough. This approach is reactive no proactive.