There should be a Prog Power Texas

[Pellaz]

Only suggestion I'd toss in to the hat would be to have a full-on Texas BBQ to kick things off.

Hell, I might travel just for the BBQ!


"For your safety, please step clear of the pan of pulled-pork barbeque...." <cricket, cricket> "Errm. Ahem. Paul is coming." <crowd flees in terror>


Every once in a while, BTW, the Masquerade here rents a BBQ cooker and sets it up outside the front door. It's actually not a bad idea for show catering, whether for the audience or the bands, or both.

 

[J-Man]

You better show up Paul if you know what's good for you, plus we will have a whole platter of pulled pork for you.

 

[Pellaz]

Muzt.....resist.....the temptation.......

Or not.

Have it somewhere near Austin so I can make my once-per-decade pilgrimage to Barton Springs, visit my uncle, and finally see the bats of the Congress St. bridge in all their glory!

(I kid, I kid....Austin might not be the best choice logistically, but there's something amazingly freaky about umpteen million bats all departing at sunset from under a bridge, like a stationary tornado......)

 

[sh0kr0k]

TX BBQ? I'm down!

As for a date, we want to work on this for close to
a year, if not more to account for the timing between
Powerfest & ProgPower. We want to do this right, and
have more than plenty time for promotions.

FBI is likely the spot, but please, don't quote me on that.
Afterall, this is only Day 3 of the idea. We want to keep
it relatively small to ensure that our costs can be covered.
We can reach out to bigger venues in the future. Rome wasn't
built in a day. If you need another analogy, you have to be
the best at your school before you can go to state.

 

[TX Metal Cowboy]

BBQ and beer is there any other way for a TX fest to kick off?!?

 

[Daybreaker]

This is actually pretty cool to see the idea of this shindig snowball into what I'm assuming is going to be a reality.

As for the beer on hand, of course it's gotta be Shiner.

 

[J-Man]

As for the beer on hand, of course it's gotta be Shiner.

You bet your Tony Llama's it's gonna be Shiner, in fact......nope i ain't gonna say yet.

 

[TheWhisper]

You bet your Tony Llama's...

I prefer Lucchese's...

 

[TX Metal Cowboy]

Tony Llamas with spikes and studs!!

 

[Bryan316]

What the HELL do you people drink down there? I'm scared to even look it up on the net...

 

[ashaman7122]

Damn, Bryan...how come when I drink too much and post some shit...it just gets ignored?...look at what you started man....!

I've looked into promoting different shows in Corpus or San Antonio but given up due to the endless logistics (once I started getting the ball rolling)...it irks me that I haven't had the balls to bite the bullet and follow through...money is not that much of a problem...although losing money would certainly suck...plus, not having any kind of support staff doesn't help...

Anyway...shokrok (and everybody else)...count me in for just about anything...cuz I'd like to hone some skills...and (evidently) piss away some hard-earned cash in the name of metal...

Damn you, Bryan...you're an instigator...

Rock on!

 

[J-Man]

Ashaman PM me your contact info so i can enter it in the database so we can have it on file. And don't worry about losing money, hell if one loses we all lose and we are doing this slow and logical so we hopefully don't have that problem.

 

[sh0kr0k]

Right on, ashaman! Good to have you on board! Like John (Pyramaze51) said, send him your contact info, either PM or at john_cheek@raytheon.com

Let's get this rollin'!

 

[SavaVIDude]

Has anyone seen Mindcrime already? I hear they are incredible and just
like hearing the real thing!

Bryan what are you going to Vegas for?

I'm going Friday night. Shane is in the band as well as Don LaFon from Six Minute Century. And Chris can flat-out BRING the Geoff Tate!! I do BELIEVE he sings "Queen of the Ryche" better than Geoff did!!

Chris

 

[TX Metal Cowboy]

John shoot me an e-mail man let me know where we stand thus far...

 

[metropolisimages]

Lots of hotels, places to eat and so on. The venue is in down town I think. Great location and great venue. You could get some bigger bands in there to pack it the rest of the way out. I dont see why it couldnt be a sell out crowd

WHOAAAAAAA i just checked out the Warehouse, man i think we have found the place, please everyone go to their website and check it out. Now if Metropolisimages can tell us, Are there suitable hotels in the area, and eatries.

 

[metropolisimages]

Dont forget Helstar is from good ol H-town too. They just played at FBI#1 last month and sold it out. If you had a few of the bands mentioned playing there, I dont think it would be hard to reach capacity limit. Maybe not the meridian or warehouse live but something a little bigger than FBI#1. Just my opinion

 

[13ShadesofGray]

This might be a stupid question... but was a name discussed/given/mentioned for this little monster? Could be tired brain syndrome, but I didn't see anything after scanning through the thread again.

I'd also (time and Bryan willing - not wanting to step on your toes, bub) like to offer to help with any graphics needs that might come up. Just lemme know.

p.s. I think One of Sixx kicks ass.

 

[TX Metal Cowboy]

This might be a stupid question... but was a name discussed/given/mentioned for this little monster? Could be tired brain syndrome, but I didn't see anything after scanning through the thread again.

p.s. I think One of Sixx kicks ass.

As of now there is no name...so its the No Name Fest!!

And yes One of Sixx does indeed kick ass...

 

[Bryan316]

Who's One of Sixx?

And I got no problems with getting graphic help, man. Hell, that's the fun part. Doing four, five versions, and then letting people say, "Hey, I like this part of these three, can you do that, but take this font with the original colors and then widen it, and add this and that and ramble ramble.." It's fun to bounce things back and forth. Competition breeds Quality, man! Plus if we really get swamped, you can do things for other projects and bands depending on who's more available or who's got the stroke-of-genius idea.