Torn Curtain @ Scotty's

Torn Curtain will make another rare appearance this Saturday, June 19th at Scotty's ( 301 German)

Coppermine, Seahollies & General Noreaga to perform June 5th

New York City's COPPERMINE will be performing at Sherlocks, with local favorites General Noreaga and the Seahollies, Saturday June 5th. COPPERMINE is a hard driving rock engine with jazz overtones, and has been gaining recognition throughout the NYC area. The group's "Seven-One-Eight" CD was recently released on Paved Earth Music, and their song "I'll Be Waiting" will be included on ShutEye Records "Buzzlighter" music series, to be distributed to college radio throughout the country. COPPERMINE also includes former Erie musician, Teddy Williams.

Come out and support two of Erie's finest rock bands, and catch some new sounds from New York City. www.coppermine.com

Blue Fire wins award at NYC festival

Blue Fire recently won the award for Best Teen Band at the New York Music Festival 2004. The awards are decided by a team of music industry professionals and were officially released on Thursday, May 27th to NYC press and industry.

Blue Fire traveled to NYC last month to compete in the annual festival and were the youngest band worldwide to perform at the event. An awards ceremony is scheduled for June 26th at Plaid in NYC.

Marie Miller - Grammas Stories

Saturday May 8 at 2 p.m.

Marie Miller is a local author who will be reading excerps from her newly released cd "Gramma's Stories" at Media Play on Saturday May 8 at 2 p.m.

Her cd was recorded at Norweigian Wood Studios.

Rock The Block - Music & Arts Festival

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Announcing the Energy FM 90/Media Play ROCK THE BLOCK Music & Arts Festival
 
We’re proud to announce the Energy FM 90/Media Play ROCK THE BLOCK Music & Arts Festival, also presented by playerie.com and the Schuster Program for the Arts. Saturday May 1st on the campus ofGannonUniversity.The day-long event starts at1:00pmand features local bands and artists’ exhibits. Admission is free and open to the public.
 
The Energy FM 90/Media Play ROCK THE BLOCK Music & Arts Festival is an end-of-semester celebration for Gannon students, and a showcase of the local arts scene. Bands participating in ROCK THE BLOCK can also be heard as part of Energy FM 90’s local music library.
 
The ROCK THE BLOCK stage will be set up on7th Street, under the Gannon arch. Bands will play 40-minute sets, with a new band starting each hour. At 1:00p, Midnight Jacks play, followed by Black Rose Diary at 2:00p,Paper St.at 3:00p, and Criminally Insane at4:00. The final bands to take the stage are Calling Blue Skies at 5:00p and Super No. 7 at 6:00p.
 
Artwork from local artists will be displayed outside along AJ’s Way, between 7th and 8th Streets, and inside theWaldronCampusCenter. Artists from throughout theEriecommunity, including student artists, are invited to participate. Interested artists may contact Anita Snider, Director of the Schuster Program for the Arts, at 814/871-5467.
 
Additional ROCK THE BLOCK attractions include vendors and band merchandise areas. An outdoor food area will also be set up on the Friendship Green, the lawn in front of theWaldronCampusCenter.
 
ROCK THE BLOCK is a rain-or-shine event. Some attractions will move indoors in inclement weather.
 
The Energy FM 90/Media Play ROCK THE BLOCK Music & Arts Festival—Saturday, May 1st, starting at 1pm on the campus of Gannon University. Free and open to the public.
 
For information regarding art exhibits, contact Anita Snider, Schuster Program for the Arts Director, at 814/871-5467.
 
MidnightJacks
Black Rose Diary
Calling Blue Skies
Criminally Insane
PaperSt.
Super No. 7

Boil It Down - a new PlayErie.com concept

PlayErie.com has launched its "Boil It Down" section of the site, accessible from the left navigation menu on each page.

Boil It Down it is a journal / weblog area where various music industry people and Erie alumni can post their thoughts to the PlayErie community. Posts may be about a variety of subjects related to music in some way. Currently on board are John Novello from Los Angeles and Teddy Williams from New York City, both being former Erie natives.

Working in tandem with the journalist's pages will be a new Boil it Down section on our Forum. Within this section are topics relating to each journalist. This will allow discussion and two-way communication between the journalists and the PlayErie community.

Keep watching the Boil It Down area as new journalists are added.

Competition for Erie's top metal band to begin April 29th

The "Rock Fight" competition will begin April 29th and run every Thursday through May 27th at Sherlock's.

Rock Fight is currently looking for Erie's best to compete for top metal band, with 10 major cities involved in the search/competition.

The winner from each city will be invited to perform at the "World Series Of Metal" held on July 24th at the House Of Blues Scene Pavillion in Clevland, OH. In addition, the winner from Sherlock's will recieve $1000 and a CD single from Diecaster studios. As many bands as can be accomodated will be accepted.
 
Deadline for entries is April 19th, 2004. Submit your entries/presskits to:

Sherlock's c/o "the Rock Fight"
508 State Street
Erie, PA 16501

Great Lakes Film Association to present live bands/videos

On April 30, 2004 the Great Lakes Film Association will showcase it's inaugural event, the Great Lakes Music Video Festival.

After accepting music videos world-wide they have chosen the best of the best for this event, which will be held Friday, April 30 at the Docksider Tavern. Showtime is 7pm and the cost is $5.00 per person.

Artists that will be performing this night will include Jim Patterson (Acoustic), Black Rose Diary, Blue Fire, The Void, and The Dogs on the same stage on the same night for a once in a lifetime show.

In addition to this live presentation, the GLFA will also be screening music videos from around the world with many of the artists who made these videos in attendance. For more info visit www.greatlakesfilmfest.com

Blue Fire to play NYC show

Out of thousands of submissions Bluefire was one of 51 bands selected to perform in The New York Music Festival in New York City. The band will have a chance to network with all the major record label A&R reps and perform a half an hour set as well. MTV, Vh1 and Rolling Stone magazine are just a few of the media folks that will be on hand.

Bluefire will be in New York City for 5 days in April and have an opportunity to sit down 1 on 1 with the industry people and listen to their originals and discuss possible future events. BlueFire will be the youngest band WORLDWIDE to perform at the New York Music Festival.

New Calling Blue Skies release

Calling Blue Skies will be holding a CD Release show Saturday, April 10th at Forward Hall. The show is in support of the band's newest release which is a self-titled 9 song CD.

Calling Blue Skies will also be appearing at this year's Blue Cat Cubed event.