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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Mayer Hawthorne Releases Song “Designer Drug”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Announces New Album
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Last week
<b>Mayer Hawthorne</b> posted a video which confirmed that the release of new music was imminent. <a href="http://youtu.be/RgNh__lng1g">PRESS HERE</a> to watch Mayer's "I'm Ready" announcement that "Tropical Storm Hawthorne" is upon us. Today, the Ann Arbor,
MI born, LA based artist announces that he will be releasing an album this Summer. To give fans a sneak peek at what he’s been working on, Mayer revealed the song
<b>“Designer Drug”</b>. <a href="http://bit.ly/Z3yU7b">PRESS HERE</a> to download the song.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Mayer Hawthorne has produced and played instruments for much of his life, but never intended to become a singer. What he became, however, is a new school, multi-talented
artist and producer. The classic Motown sound that provided the blueprint for Mayer Hawthorne’s self-produced independent debut,
<b><i>A Strange Arrangement</i></b>, was a key influence for his 2011 first major label effort,
<b><i>How Do You Do </i></b>(<b>Republic Records</b>). The album debuted at #1 on
<b>iTunes</b> R&B/Soul and #7 on iTunes Top Albums lists. <b>The</b> <b>New York Times</b> describes Hawthorne as “an able singer, a gifted mimic and an arranger of astonishing precision” and has received praise from fellow musicians
<b>Justin Timberlake</b>, <b>Kanye West</b>, <b>John Mayer</b>, <b>Snoop Dogg</b>, and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">For more information visit:
<a href="http://www.mayerhawthorne.com">www.mayerhawthorne.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://twitter.com/MayerHawthorne">https://twitter.com/MayerHawthorne</a>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/MayerHawthorne">http://www.facebook.com/MayerHawthorne</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">For more on Mayer Hawthorne, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">PRESS HERE<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Gina Schulman//Carina Contreras<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com"><b><i>gina@pressherepublicity.com</i></b></a><b><i> //
<a href="mailto:carina@pressherepublicity.com">carina@pressherepublicity.com</a></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Republic<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Kimberly Harris<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/OWA/redir.aspx?C=8a065a6862d84558a024fb04ff0c0616&URL=mailto%3aKimberly.harris%40umusic.com" target="_blank">Kimberly.harris@umusic.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">212-373-0701<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Gina Schulman</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000">PRESS HERE </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D">(Los Angeles)</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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