Metal Music Promotions

MMP (Music Media Productions/Metal Music Promotions) presents BAYOU FEST HOUSTON featuring SALIVA, REV THEORY, DIMITRI’S RAIL, BACK FROM ASHES and many more. Bayou Fest Houston takes place Saturday, April 16th, 2011 at Verizon Wireless Theater, Bayou Place and Hard Rock Cafe. With three stages and over 20 bands, Bayou Place will be rockin’.

Proceeds from Bayou Fest will benefit the Layla Grace Children’s Cancer Research Foundation. http://www.laylagrace.org/

MORE THAN 20 BANDS on three stages. National, regional and local acts coming together for the cause.
Ticket Pricing : $15 General Admission under 21 . $29 General Admission 21 and Over, 21 and up VIP $89.00

Or to avoid box office charges see your favorite band on this bill.

See below for bands and times:

VERIZON STAGE
Saliva (1hr 10mins) – 10:30pm – 11:40pm
Rev Theory (40 mins) – 9:20pm – 10:00pm
Dimitri’s Rail (45mins) – 8:20pm – 9:05pm
Back From Ashes (42 min) – 7:10pm – 7:52pm
Dev Electric (40 min) – 6:15pm – 6:55pm
Deep Ella (40mins) – 5:20pm – 6:00pm
Forever Falls (40 min) – 4:25pm – 5:05pm
Melovine(40 min) – 3:30pm – 4:10pm
Saturate (40 min) – 2:35pm – 3:15pm
The Band Foster (40 min) – 1:40pm – 2:20pm

BAYOU PLACE STAGE
From Guts to Glory (50 min) – 7:00pm – 7:50pm
Paris Green (45 min) 6:00pm – 6:45pm
Carmeci (30 min) – 5:15pm – 5:45pm
Sheila Swift (30 min) – 4:30pm – 5:00pm
Weston Brown (30 min) – 3:45pm – 4:15pm
Fear Fed Eyes (30 min) – 3:00pm – 3:30pm
Dawn Over Zero (30 min) – 2:15pm – 2:45pm
Metavenge (30 min) – 1:30pm – 2:00pm

HARD ROCK CAFE STAGE
TBA (1 hr) – 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Sundance Head (30 min) – 6:15pm – 6:45pm
Cari Quoyeser (30 min) – 5:30pm – 6:00pm
David Vidal (30 min) – 4:45pm – 5:15pm
Ben Phoenix (30 min ) – 4:00pm – 4:30pm
Stükenberg (30 min) – 3:15pm – 4:15pm

SPONSORS: Buffalo Wild Wings, Jim Beam, Kat’s Guitars, Turnkey Industries, My City Rocks, Thunder Roads Magazine, Jamba Juice, JR Homes

Bayou Fest Houston is to take place Saturday, April 16th, 2011 at Verizon Wireless Theater, Bayou Place and Hard Rock Cafe. With three stages and over 20 bands, Bayou Place will be rockin’. Talent will include a few top 20 National & Regional acts, as well as, numerous amazing local artists that will blow you away.

Bayou Fest Houston is the brain child of Paul Ehmer (Dimitri’s Rail), Hank Cortez and Mike Cortez (MMP). The goal of Bayou Fest Houston is to help create and rejuvenate the music scene in Houston, Texas and bring notice to the extraordinary talent of the core group of high end bands based in Houston and regionally. This will help boost the economy in Houston through awareness of local business. Bayou Fest Houston is benefitting The Layla Grace Children’s Cancer Research Foundation to raise money/awareness for childhood cancer.

What national, regional & local bands would you like to see there? Stay tuned for more inforamtion on who will be playing Bayou Fest…

We’re bringing Back From Ashes to Texas on Friday Oct. 15th Clicks Live performing with The Truman Syndrome and then on Saturday, Oct. 16th Skillman St Pub! We’re ready to do it again! Hope to see all those that have attended our past events and some….”SPREAD THE ASHES”

Hank & Mike Cortez are in the process of revamping Metal Music Promotions and “MMP” will also be known as Music Media Productions. MMP and iyfMusic.com are producing Bayou Fest coming this April and it won’t stop there! Stay up to date by following Hank at http://www.facebook.com/HankatMetalMusicPromotions.

On behalf of Metal Music Promotions,

Thank You!

This is both a rant and a response to Derek Sivers recent blog, Not happy with existing venues? Make a new one. In short, the blog suggests to do exactly as the title says. Make it a point to read it and don’t forget to leave him a comment as well. The following relates to my own personal experiences regarding this subject.
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Yep, there’s a plan for that too! You should know by now that I have a plan for just about everything. “But can’t I just post a Myspace bulletin requesting sponsorship?”, you ask. “NO!”, I reply. Well, I guess you could, but soliciting through social networks will not likely land anything that will remotely affect your music career.

Let’s break this down:

A SPONSOR is the individual or group that provides the support.

TO SPONSOR is to support an event, activity, person, or organization financially or through the provision of products or services.

A SPONSORSHIP is a cash and/or in-kind fee paid to a property (typically in sports, arts, entertainment or causes) in return for access to the exploitable commercial potential associated with that property. An example being, Bud Light may provide the funds needed to build a stage for a music festival in exchange for brand recognition, and of course, exposure to potential paying customers.
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When our good friend and business associate, Shauna O’Donnell (MUEN Magazine/MUEN Talk), asked us to hook up with THE SAMMUS THEORY when they passed through Houston, we jumped at the chance. Hank was able to catch them at Gary’s Spot and do a short video. We’ve included that video here. We later found out that another of her bands, PANDEMIC, were going to be at the Baytown Foozies gig. Wicked D used that opportunity to put together this little article. hope you like it!
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WICKED WORDS OF WISDOM, a monthly feature on Artist Development, brought to you by Wicked D’s Network, will follow the music biz ramblings of core founding member, Don ‘Wicked D’ Harrison. Dubbed the Indie Metal Entrepreneur by ArtistsHouse Music, Wicked D unselfishly shares what he learns, living by his motto, Network or Die!

Most of you have heard of ‘The Secret’, a new-fangled approach to the Laws of Attraction. Unfortunately, it has been commercially packaged, then shoved down your throat like an infomercial. This alone drives many of you to scream “bullshit”. I say new-fangled because the following quote has been stuck in my head for nearly 30 years, long before any of us found The Secret!

“You are never given a wish without being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.”

How does this relate to your music career?
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Metal Music Promotions

BAYOU FEST HOUSTON

Bayou Fest Houston

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