For the Rock 'n' Register event at Harford Community College Gymnasium
401 Thomas Run Road
Bel Air, MD 21015

$6 advance tickets or $8 at door

For the Balitimore Music Conference event at Hour Haus in Baltimore, MD
135 W. North Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201

Visit the BMC on Myspace

Name - Bill "Progman55" Mangold
Hometown - Colorado Springs, USA
Occupation - IT Systems Engineer / Internet Radio Broadcaster

"I'll start off by addressing my internet radio stream at www.ProgRockandMetal.net. I broadcast some of the most intelligently created progressive rock and progressive metal music from very talented artists from all over world - at least in my opinion anyways! It's a very important hobby of mine I need for my well-being in life!!!

The music heard on PRM stream is truly "listening" music. You don't find this on your radio dial! I am a member of my son's band, Metro Society, which produced and published our first release in early 2007 titled "A Journey in Paris". I played guitar in my earlier years (I mean a LONG TIME AGO) and I still tinker around with it, but have focused more on drumming. I've been messing with guitars and drums for over 40 years now (crap, I pretty much gave away my age there - LOL). I'm not sure what this world would be without music. Let's say it this way. It would be a very, very scary world to live in without music - no matter the style.

I grew up in an awesome little town in Montana called Chinook. After high school, I entered the US Air Force with wife in tow. We've been married coming up on 35 years in November! I worked hard to get my bachelors degree (computer science) and masters degree (computer resource management) while in the Air Force and eventually retired from the Air Force as a Captain. During my early life in Chinook, I played in a band that traveled all over the state playing for proms, bar dances, basketball tournaments, and high school dances. WOW what great memories of those years and times. The money was awesome for the time.

I've been an avid listener of the more modern prog rock/metal since the very early 1990's (THANK YOU DREAM THEATER!). I like classic prog favorites such as Queensryche, Kansas, YES, and so forth, but there are so many talented and impressive newer artists out there that I focus more on my constant, neverending search to find the best of them for my internet radio station. My radio station is a tribute to ALL the great artists I have on the station and it clearly inspires me to continue pursuing on my son's next release (Metro Society - "The London Affair").

As I alluded to, I track down and find new artist's snippets and MP3 tracks constantly with hopes of finding yet another great find for the station. I cannot remember where I first heard Concrete Prophet, but when I heard "Mona Lisa", it hit the sweet spot for me. The three track EP were a must have for the station. It's driving metal sound PROX (I coined that word to apply to the sounds that are a cut above the rest!). CP has that heavy prog sound I tend to lean more toward, but yet, they rock with the best of them. I've been keeping my eyes (and ears) open on the next release from CP and look forward to their continued success. PROG ON!

SO -- Tune in at your Progleisure sometime and put in some requests, especially for the CP team!"

Bill (Progman55) Mangold
www.ProgRockandMetal.net
www.myspace.com/prmradio

Alright everyone, time to spread the word about another awesome band called Iris Divine. I first wrote about some of these guys back in our January newsletter.

Let me list the reasons why I like these guys so much.

1) They write great songs.
2) They are fantastic musicians.
3) They are down-to-earth, friendly people.
4) Their bass player is also named Brian Dobbs! No joke.

Take a listen for yourself and tell me that these guys don't ROCK. My favorite song of theirs is titled, "Halfway to Nowhere."

Members include...

Tanvir Tomal - drums
Navid Rashid - vocals, guitar
Brian Dobbs - bass
Farhad Hossain - vocals, guitar, keyboards

Below you will find some words written by Farhad Hossain himself...

Brian Dobbs

"Hey there guys, I wanted you all check out my new project Iris Divine!

After I called it quits for my band Encompass, I had initially planned to take a little break from being in a band and maybe pursue something solo, however this changed when Navid Rashid approached me to start a band with him. A Farewell Mercy (his band) had their last show a day after Encompass' so it must have been fate... no?

We have talked about being in bands several times in the past and even recorded side projects together but we were too busy with our bands to start a full-time band... until now. (Plus Navid has been bugging me for so long that I finally had to succumb to his shenanigans). I decided to gather the rhythm section of Encompass and bring them over to this project for several reasons such as.

1) Tanvir is a genius on the kit.
2) Brian is awesome on the bass
3) They both have played with each other and vibe off of each other well. I am a sucker for a super tight rhythm section in a band and so this decision was rather obvious to me. This would also allow us to start right away by having a full lineup. To anyone who has not heard Navid sing and play guitar, wanted to let you know he is a force to be reckoned with!

Please check out the first 4 songs we have written and recorded. Spread the word and add us if you like it!

You can also read along to the lyrics which are also posted in the music player!

www.myspace.com/irisdivine

ADD us if you are on myspace and spread the word! I hope everyone is in the best of health and doing well.

Much love, peace.

Farhad"

Tina Boyle, a member of the production team who created this video, contacted us and asked if we were able to provide about 10 seconds of music. Specifically, she was looking for "all guitar and relatively fast...Something a bit speedy that's a bit overdone." They had come to the right place.

I labored around for a few days and composed something a bit speedy that's a bit overdone, which we proudly offer here for free download (be warned, it's more over-the-top than requested...). You can also check out the full commericial below. We're very excited to have been a part of this project and (hopefully) will be able to contribute to additional projects like this in the future. Enjoy!

Kevin Boenning

To watch the commercial, please click the picture below.

To hear the unedited audio clip, click the note below.

www.ConcreteProphet.com