30 June
Since our last Blog we have held two events that were separated by a much needed vacation.  On Friday 13 June we held our second Go-Go Concert for 2008.  The fans are turning out, the band were a hit and Go-Go is alive again in St. Mary's County.  Our next event was held on 27 June, it marks a change in PJMA events.  On the Thursday before the event Calvert County Southern Community Center advised that there was a scheduling error when the touring bands from NJ stopped in to check out the venue.  As a result we had to find a new venue and fast!  A quick driving tour of St. Mary's County resulted in two possible site to relocate to.  We decided on giving Boatmans Restaurant in Ridge a try. It was a good choice! We were able to cut the door fee to $5 and had over 40 people paying at the door.  We we closed the show with Butterfly Chuck we still had fan arriving to check out the scene.  As a result of this successful event PJMA has been asked to fill as many dates as they can.  The Freedom Fest planned for the fairgrounds has been changed to the Freedom Concert and moved to Boatmans.  We are also planning to relocate the Battle of the Bands Finals and PJMA fest there too!

3 June
No events this weekend.  Park Rock post cards are in and available for bands to pick up at My Brother's Place in Waldorf.

27 May
On Saturday we supported a concert ran by Colors Promotions.  the event was to be a Battle of the Bands but due to some confusion of booking between RWAB, Colors Promotions and PJMA we decided not to hold our hold our event but instead just pick the best band from the night.  The best bands was Deep Down

12 May 
Spring Fest was a big success,  Randae did from EFF Promotions did a great job coordinating the bands, helping with all aspect of setup.  The crowd set got to enjoy 10 rock-in bands.  We know that the next PJMA Fest will be even a bigger success!

5 May  The 3 round of battle of the bands was held on Friday, the winner is Breaking The Legend.  Thanks for all the bands that competed.

28 Apri
The Go-Go show went head to head with the Great Mill Prom.  We lost!  We had a poor turn out.  We hope our next event in May will go much better.  On Saturday PJMA supported a Gospel Concert in Laurel Maryland.  It was a refreshing change to work with so many professionals and exceed their expectations with sound and lighting.

21 Apr
A roller coaster weekend of concerts.  Friday was a Spring Concert in Lusby.  We high energy night with performance by  . Beating the Legend, A New Born Thriller,  Mile High School, Stand Clear and. Leprosy Cupcake.  Saturday was the Winter Battle Finals feature the 4 winners from the Winter Round of Battle of the Bands.  On Saturday morning RWAB opened their shop with a Boy Scout Camporee and tents back up to the fence separating the site with the St. Marys Fairgrounds.  In the interest of good community relationship with the campers,  RWAB management requested we cancel the event and reschedule for another time.  This was a low point, but probably better than dealing with campers complaining of loud Rock Bands playing all evening.  We are evaluating our remaining spring schedule and planned summer schedule to find a date and location to hold Winter Finals..
14 Apr
After a fast change of venues we held Part 2 of the Battle of the Band at the St. Mary's County Fairgroound.  Our  fan based found their  way to enjoying 4 grinding bands.  The winner for the night was Resistance of the Fallen  with some Delaware Hardcore.

7 Apr
A weekend of Good new and bad.  PJMA supported Southern Maryland Youth Day at St. Johns Church in Hollywood.  During the day we provided sound reinforcement for some truly motivational speaker on Christian lifestyles. In the evening PJMA sponsored a Christian Rock Concert featuring Latrice Carr, Failure To Excel and Under Command.  The band got to play for an audience of over 200 new fans! That was the good news, the bad news is that the management at Room With a Brew has decided to cancel all future PJMA events and focus on in-house sponsored events. This was the fallout of a non-PJMA Rock Concert that was poorly run at RWAB this past weekend.  We have begun the process of booking other venues.  We  have several alternative locations and as a result of the SMYD event we have new added options of several church halls that will be available for booking events.  We will start with relocating this weeks event and the focus on the long term plans.  We try to only cancel events that have not been booked with bands.  

31 Mar
Friday was a fun Battle of the Bandst with 3 bands at the Southern Community Center.  The winner was Sound Break.  However, Blame the Victim put on the most awesome performance with their thick metal tunes.  Saturday was a thrown together show at Room With a Brew.  Casey Colors was very help full in making the event a big success with a very supportive audience, security and all the help in setting up and take down.  The fans got to enjoy 6 bands for their money!

25 Mar
Wow what a weekend for St. Mary's County Rock Fans with two rock concerts the same night both within walking distance.  Aditi promotions was at Room With a Brew and PJMA was at the St. Mary's Fairground working with Colors Promotions..  The touring bands were amazed how lucky the fans are with such support for new bands. 

 

17 Mar
We held our first event at the new Room With a Brew Location,  it was a good evening with three bands.  The winner of the battle of the Bands is Cataleptic Burial.

12 Mar
This past weekend was to be a no show weekend but in Saturday evening during we a last minute request by Count Your Blessings to provide sound at an fund raising event at Ricken High School.  We worked around the sound system that was present to bring in and setup the PJMA sound system.  We were able to provide sound for 4 of the 7 bands that play that night.  We made it home to see Saturday night live too!

3 Mar
We tried out a new venue at the St. Joseph Church Parish Hall,  the attendance was low, the Fiction and Carefree competed for the Battle of the Bands, with Carefree the winner.  The good new is both the leadership for the St. Joseph Church Youth Ministry and PJMA see high potential for the location with the proper planning and promoting.  We will be announcing future events on a quarterly basis for this location for the future.

25 Feb
We were back again  on Saturday at the St Mary's County Fair Grounds with a successful Rock Concert promoted by Colors Promotion.

18 Feb
This past weekend was the second round of the Winter Battle of the Bands.  Another successfully event, we had 4 bands in this round with Branch Avenue being the winner

11 Feb
Cudos to Colors Promotion for all the work promoting the winter rock concert on 9 Feb.  Casy was also helpful in getting the Fairgrounds for the event.   There was a wide range of bands, fans and support that came.

4 Feb
We supported a community event at Lusby on Friday. On Saturday we held the 2007 Battle of the Bands Finals. We had all great night of music, with the 2007 winner of Malice Vitality!  White Shadow and Scarborough Fair were the other bands in the final round.  The judges were A New Born Thriller from VA Beach.

31 Jan
There were no formal PJMA events this past weekend, we did support a private party.  The major good news is we have signed a lease for a building in Leonardtown Maryland,  we submitted our permit for use, we are dealing with all the questions from the county planning and zoning office.l

24 Jan
Last weekend was the first of the Winter Battle of the Bands, The winner was Anathemas.  We have been very busy with the leasing of the new venue.  On Thursday we sign the lease and begin a new phase of the PJMA community program!

15 Jan
Kudo's to Color's Promotions for thier best concert to date on Saturday at Room with a Brew.  Hot Band all night.  The final bands was Audio Strobelight, it is such a pleasure to work with such a professional band!  On Tuesday night we held met and organized the PJMA Board of Directors.  We have nominated officer some of the officers and are looking for volunteers to fill two postions.  In Feb we will be voting in the slate of officers..

7 Jan
Two events and two different results, The Gallery Crawl on Friday started out with 3 band and end with 7 bands. We had more fans that band!  On Saturday we held the Fall Battle of the Bands,  There was 4 bands who were in  the Fall Finals, however, only 2 bands were able to make the event.  The winner was Voyant Clair. We had a special guest band called Kids of Survival.  The played a high energy opening set that set the bar high for the competing bands.  There were also the judges.   

31 Dec
We held the rescheduled Fall Battle of the Bands on Friday at Room with a brew.  The event featured 2 bands, with The Phoenix Endeavour being the winner.  The go on to the fall finals on 5 Jan at My Brother's Place in Waldorf. 

24 Dec
The Friday Go-go had the anticipated attendance and we made some more money for the future New Venue.  The Saturday event was canceled half way thought the night when we found out that a local bar was holding a competing Rap event!  We are making major steps forward to having a full time venue for PJMA events.  read the concert countdown for more details.

17 Dec
The Holiday Party on Friday has two bands that played a holiday song.  Phoenix Endeavor was the winner with their impromptu song.  Saturdays event was held at hyperspace.  The rain and potential ice kept the attendance down but sill there was a good crowd to see some really good band brought together by Colors Promotions.

10 Dec
Friday was a Go-Go held at Room With a Brew, the event started on time but the second and third band got lost  and did find the place till after 10 PM.  So, ACB got to play two extended sets while Sucka Free and U-Neek had to play short sets.  SMG and OLB played after them, we added an extra hour on to the evening so that everyone got time to play to the good size audience who turned out for the event.  On Saturday we were at My Brother's Place with an event put together by Color's Promotion.   Given the short notice of the relocation and band lineup intended for St. Mary's we have a good event.  The bands were all great and the fans who came enjoyed the event.

3 Dec
We had two concerts scheduled for this past weekend.  The Friday New Venue Concert was managed by Colors Promotions.  We had a small but supportive audience for 5 truly great bands..   Many of the local fans were holding out for the Battle of the Bands on Saturday.   Thing were coming together well on Saturday night until we had a fan's Dad come by to check out the venue, he made us aware that studio did not have the required paper work to hold public events.   As a result we shutdown the event and are in the process of rescheduling the Battle of the Bands for a date later in December at a more suitable location.   All other events planned for the studio will also be relocated until they can get the building approved for PJMA type public events. . 
 

26 Nov
The Thanksgiving Holiday was celebrated by two Go-Go Concerts at Hyperspace Fun Center.  The Friday event was held in honor of Kiki turning 18 years old.  Her sister arranged for numerous bands to take the stage, each had a special tribute song Kiki. well over 130 people turn out to party.  On Saturday we held the second go go with the plans to have CCB make the closing appearance.  About mid way through the event the promoter for CCB decided to cancel CCB in order to keep the event with positive cash flow.  An outstanding young DJ Wise filled in late hours with crowd appealing Go-Go Music.  Both night the event ran in to the early morning hours ,as a result we started cleanup on Sunday afternoon and did not leave until 6 PM. It was a long but fun weekend.  The surplus from these two events will be going to the New Venue Fund which will minimize such long hours of setup and cleanup.

19 Nov 
The Battle of the Banda at Lusby had a good turn out for the bands with the winner Soundbreak.  On Saturday we had our first event organized by Colors promotions.  We had our first international band from Netherland called The Black Atlantic, the  featured act of Drama for the Masses from New York and even a last minute performance by Prometheus.  It was a busy night and everyone who came have a great night of entertainment.

13 Nov
We held our annual Park Rock Thank You Party.  It was a laid back night with lot of music, free food and fun.  Thanks to everyone who made Park Rock 2007 happen and join us next year for Park Rock 2008.

8 Nov
The Friday Gallery Crawl was crawling with people, we were up to 1 PM with so great Gospel Go-Go music.  On Saturday we worked with Aditi Promotions for their first show featuring Ball Room Break Down.  A Special thanks for a well done job of arranging for some really great inde bands and a house full of fans!

23 Oct
A roller coaster weekend!  Friday's Battle of the Bands had 4 bands competing with Voyant Clair the winner with a very good following of fans that voted for them and play good too.  Saturday was a downer, only The Corpses made the event with their 5 fans,  there was just too many high school events, we closed early with no money made for the new venue.   .

15 Oct
Busy weekend with our first New Venue Concert at the Sandybottom Studio and Roctober Fest.  Due to a lot of competing high school home coming events the attendance was low. Voyant Clair had thier first show at the Roctober Fest,  They did a great job of bringing in the fans to the event.

8 Oct
On Friday was the Galley Crawl with the Posse 4 Christ and Higher Heights,  The event was a success.  We will be back next month we even a bigger and better lineup of Gospel Go-Go music.  On Saturday we held the second Fall Battle of the Bands at the Sandybottom Studio.  The winner was Apathy of the Dead. We provided a detail report of plan to improve the venue to get it up to a super venue for Rock Concerts as well as a recording studio.

1 Oct
Friday was a long night, PJMA supported a local Go-go event.  We did not get home until 3 AM,   On Saturday we held the battle of the Bands Finals on Saturday at My Brothers Place.  The winner was Malice Vitality with a one song demo recording at Sandybottom Studio.

25 Sept
This past weekend PJMA only arranged for the Coffee House Concerts at the Coffee Quarter with the CSM Guitar Club and a group of local talent brought together by Chris.  The other big activity for the weekend was the county fair which surely attracted many of our fan base.

17 Sept
On 14 Sept we held a Fall Concert at the Calvert Southern Community Center.   A good night for music with 5 bands jamming from 7 to 11.  School was out so we had good attendance.  The special feature for the night was the bands Brian Severn and Those Victorious who drove down from Frederick MD to share thier pop-inde sound. We hope to have them back for future events..

10 Sept
Saturday we held our first event at the Sandybottom Studio.  The venue worked out great for our events.  There was more that enough space for the bands and fans.  We had a special appearance by Encore.  Great band, great music and some great entertainment.  Encore will be back on Nov 16 for their second performance in Southern Maryland .  The winner for the Night was Murderface, we also place Malice Vitality as a wild card at the Battle of the Bands on 29 Sept at My Brothers Place.

6 Sept
Park Rock has kept us very busy that we have not had time to update this Blog each week.  PJMA organized Part 3 of the Battle of the Bands at the Southern Community Center.  The winner was Anathemas however they are already in the Summer finals so the second place band Distorted Muse will be playing in the third slot on 29 Sept.  Park Rock 2007 was the biggest Park Rock Fest out of the 5 years PJMA has sponsored the event. Music was rocking on all 5 stage.  There was a wide selection of food and vendors.  Great weather and great fun!  The bands, volunteers and fans made this event.

6 Aug 
It has been a while to update this blog and much has occurred.  The break in blog happened because at the end of June the hard drive used for PJMA died and had to be sent out for recovery, that was followed by a two week vacation to Hawaii.  We are now back to working order!  The month of July had three major events the Freedom Fest, Summer Sizzler and  the Cove Point Pool Party.  Freedom fest was great, the band played well and the attendance was good. The Summer Sizzler Concert for the military at Naval Air Station Patuxent River went well.  It was hot, but the bands put on a sizzling performance.  The Battle of the Band at the Cove Point Pool was a disaster.  It started with a lineup change with both Astora and finally Fall Away dropping due to last minute changes in in band members.  On the night of the event a huge storm blew in with Lightning, thunder and buckets of rain.  Where upon the organizers from the county had to cancel the event.    On Aug 4 we held the annual PJMA fest.  The event was a success, again despite the heat the fans and band filled the day with Punk, Hard Rock, Metal and Hardcore.  The hit of the day was Audostroblight from Virginia Beach who rock out with a outstanding licks on keyboard and flying V violin.

25 June
A very busy weekend.  Friday we held the First of the Summer Battle of the Bands,  with a new band  Anathemas winner, the brought in the fans and got the audience and judges vote. A special thanks to Karate High School   who joined the event while on their tour and capture the audience with their high energy performance. On Saturday, we were at the Three Notch Theater with a special concert featuring  Below Sixth.  After a delayed start it ended with a good crowd and an impressive performance by all the bands. At the Coffee Quarter Nix the Latter entertained the patrons.  Finally on Sunday we were at the Room With a Brew where Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies and Ciao Roma played as part of their early summer tour.  Check them out, be sure to catch them when they come back this way again.

18 June
This past weekend we had two concerts at the Coffee Quarter and Part 4 of the Spring Battle of the Bands.   The Bands rocked out to their fans with Hail False Heroes taking the top spot and going on the the 30 June finals at My Brothers Place

10 June
The Spring Concert was a very successful event.  Non-stop music from 1 to 9 PM.  Everyone who came to play got to play their sets.  The fans came and we all had some good times.  The Room with a Brew is looking forward to hosting future PJMA events!

3 June
The only event we held this week was the Coffee House concert featuring Under Command. They delighted the auidence with a

26 May  This week we did not have any concerts planned.  Everyone should be enjoying a safe and fun Memorial weekend.  June will be a busy month with Spring Fest, Battle of the Bands, Spotlight Concerts, Pool Parties and weekly coffee house concerts.

6 May
On Friday we held our Second Spring Battle of the Bands at Hyperspace Fun Center.  The concert line up changed twice, with Decade filling in for February Fiction and Pleasure for a Season filling in for Defenestrate. In total  had 5 bands in the competition.  The winner was Pleasure for a Season, a new death metal and hardcore band from St. Mary's.  We had a good showing of fans.  Mostly to to the last minute efforts of the new bands.  The event closed with a first time performance by We are the Sky in St. Mary's County.  They were able to keep the attention of the audience all the way to the end at 12:30 AM 

30 May
On 27 May we held a successful Off Duty Concert for the military at the Patuxent Naval Air Station.   On Sunday we held a Go-Go Concert.  As a result of the poor attendance we have suspended the efforts of holding Sunday afternoon Go-Go concerts.

16 May
On Friday we held the First of the Spring Battle of the Band, 4 band competed, it was a one point spread between White Shadow and Decade.  Decade move on to the Spring Battle of the Bands Finals on 30 June.

10 May
This past weekend was a 3 part spring Break Concert.  The Thursday Go-Go Concert did well with over 300 fans,  The Rock Concert on Friday had far less but was still a financial success. The Monday Go-go only drew 50 fans who got treated to Back Yard.  On Saturday we stopped by Fusions to help with sound for 209 Band and  DIE.  We got a good feel for the needs of the fans and the owner for live music.

5 May
Very busy weekend and week.  Lots of good thing happening.

26 Mar
The weekend went by very fast! Friday was a spring concert at the Southern Community Center, with a last minute addition of Unkempt to the lineup.  The event went off like clock work and sounds were all good.  On Saturday we fielded 4 bands at the Fusions Club as part of the Gig Exchange; the place was packed with people and the were lots of patrons enjoying the live bands.  On Sunday PJMA supported a Rock Recital with Schettie Music in Huntington.  Nicky and the Breakers was the solid act for the event with their version of classic rock songs

19 Mar
Sunday was our fist event at the Room With a View, Great event, Great location, Great management and fun for all. We also provide sound for the Keltic society who held a fund raiser for a musician to go to Ireland to learn fiddle.  On Sunday we held our first Sunday Go-Go.  It was a success too! Now we are scheduled for Go-Go's every other week on Sunday afternoon.

11 Mar
This was an off weekend for PJMA,  See you all at Room With a Brew on Saturday 

5 Mar
Friday was a Go-Go event at the Lil' Evas concurrent with From the Ground UP at the Coffee Quarter and Part 4 of the Winter Battle of the Bands at Hyperspace on Saturday.  All dramatically different events.  The Go-Go started out bad with the bands delayed due to an accident in DC and finally closed at 10 PM due to poor attendance.  The group from the Ground Up and the Battle of the Band both had capacity crowds.  On Friday before and after the event we were able to capture bits of the first of hopefully many performance by this outstanding group of youth from the Calvary Baptist Church in Calvert.. There were 5 band competing for the winning spot at the Battle of the Bands.  Both Honor We Speak and Death Among Hero were the biggest draw of fans.  Winner was Honor We Speak who will be performing on 31 March at MBP.  Hyperspace management was very impressed with the quality of the music and the record setting attendance of over 180 fans.

26 Feb
The only events held this past weekend were at the Coffee Quarter.  Friday featured My Radio Flyer with Anthony Swartz and Michael Leard.  Both are receive our special thanks for filling in the last minute.  Saturday at the Coffee Quarter featured Basement Tapes, Cadence, Ghost Outfit, and  Prisms.  All of these groups have college students from St. Mary's County that are now attending studies in New England.  Richard at the Coffee Quarter says they put on a great performance for the patrons.

19 Feb
We are back in the saddle at the Calvert Community Center.  The concert on Friday had 5 good bands that attracted a good audience.  We shared the building with a church group, a fencing class and a square dancing group.  The result was Day Spring being the winner of the Battle of the Bands and we have secured the spring schedule of concerts at the Community Center.  We have also got an invite to do some concerts a the Calvert Northern Community Center.  We will announce them when the get scheduled.

12 Feb
On Friday we featured Call Shores at the Coffee Quarter.  Saturday was the Grand Finals for the 2006 Battle of the Bands at My Brothers Place.  The winner was Space Lumberjacks.  All the bands were offered to go on tour to either Boston on VA Beach.  Congratulation to all the Bands for making it to the grand Finals, they are all winners!

 

5 Feb
On Friday we held our second Go-Go event at the Southern Community Center.  The event was well attended and audience was well behaved.  We have been invited back to have more Go-Go events in the future.  At the coffee Quarter we had two group entertaining the patrons, Unless Your Willing report a good experienc and is looking forward to booking a future event there.   On Saturday we held our second Battle of the Bands for the Winter of 2007.  It was our second event to be held at the Three Notch Theatre in Lexington Park.  Despite an accident on Route 235 with detour to Great Mills, all the band arrived at the venue, however many of the fans did not do as well.  The evening ended with Scarbourgh Fair taking the winning spot with high ticket sales, fan votes and good scores by the judges.

28 Jan
This past weekend we held two events at two new locations.  On Friday we held our second Go-Go event, at the Holiday Inn in Solomons.  The attendance was good and well behaved. The music ended when the both heads on the kick drum broke.  For the next show we will have a hydraulic head with a protection spot.  Our second event was a Spotlight Concert at the Three Notch Theater in Lexington Park.  The musicians put on a outstanding performance that showed PJMA has the talent to put on a very professional event.  We are looking forward to holding more events at both of these location.

20 Jan
Friday nights event at the Southern Community Center started out as well attended event.  We got off with a slow start due to some technical problems with the PA, but then Space Lumberjack, Mile High School and Semperfy really rocked the audience.  Then  where we were half way through the program were were shut down because of some people who left the event and were bothering local retirement center.  We had Lennen Falls all the way from Boston, then Defenestrate and Three Star Shaman still to perform.  It was going to be a very close battle of the bands! Due to the premature closing of the event,  PJMA was forces to decide the winner.  Defenestrate was selected because they had sold 24 tickets, and had been pivotal in the attendance and band lineup.  Their performance if it had occurred would have been also as remarkable.    

14 Jan
Our Friday event feature a CD release of Broken Stigma's CD at the Coffee Quarter.  Their fans and patrons fo the Coffee Quarter enjoys a night filled with new and old song.  Broken Stigma also took request and was amazing in filling every song.  On Saturday we were at My Brother's Place with the Fall Battle of the Bands Finals. All the band did well in bringing in the crowd, with the Space Lumberjacks coming out on top with the highest draw of fans and the highest score by our judges from Strictly Fun Entertainment.

9 Jan
The Coffee House Concert on Friday was to be event with one band, then two then three.  As ended up, we had Under Command do perform a great full band set, followed by Phoenix Endeavor with their acoustic set.

2 Jan
Welcome to the new year.  The coffee  Quarter enjoyed the sounds of The Peasantry and Flinn Pomeroy. 

27 Dec
We hope everyone had a merry Christmas and will have a Happy New Year'.  This past Friday we had a holiday coffee house concert at the Coffee Quarter featuring Generation Gap, and Phoenix Endeavor.  We also had a guest appearance by the Co-Pilots.  The music covered traditional carols, contemporary holiday songs and some progress acoustic guitar songs.  It was a great evening to enter in to the holiday weekend! 

20 Dec
Christmas is just next week!  PJMA held our annual Holiday Concert with at the Calvert Southern Community Center in Lusby with Below Sixth, Defenestrate, Arsenic, and Hail False Heroes.  Dwell could not make the event due to a car accident that involved their guitar player.  We hope he recovers and will be out playing quickly.  Our next formal event is on 13 Jan with the Winter Battle of the Bands Finals.  We will be supporting Music Box at the day before New Years concert at MBP.  It is time to say have a safe and Merry Holiday, and a Happy New Year

4 Dec
This past Saturday PJMA held the last of the Fall Battle of the Bands, there was a last minute lineup change with Space Lumberjacks filling in for White Shadow, they were followed by Downfall, Incoming Machine, AM Flixs, and Hail False Heroes.   Downfall had the scored the highest on Talent, Stage Presence and Appeal, but Hail False Heroes took first place with a good advance ticket sale and high voting by the fans.  At the Coffee Quarter we heard the youth voices from St. Paul's Methodist Church in Leonardtown.  The gave a sampling of their Christmas music the weekly PJMA Coffee House Concert.  Unfortunately Atonement was not able to play due to an injury on Monday. We wish their keyboard player a speedy recover and return in January. 

27 Nov
This past Friday and Saturday we organized the Fat Pilgrim concert at the Hyperspace Fun Center.  Friday featured Go-Go and Rap.  The musicians were all appeared but the fans did not!  At 10 PM we closed the event and went home!  Saturday was much better,  we again had all the bands and they brought 50 fans,  we had a good time with the fans who id come.  A special thanks to Broomfiller who came all the way from Toronto Canada to play at our event.  They were on a tour of the east coast from Florida to Massachusetts.

19 Nov
This past weekend PJMA held two super events.  Friday PJMA worked with the Navy MWR at Patuxent Rive to provide a "Off Duty" Concert at Lil' Evas.  The show featured Manifest to open the Kneel to Zod and the Reflection Factor to close.  The event was a big success and we have been invited back ASAP for another event.  Saturday was part 3 of the Battle of the Bands, 5 Band competed with Lifted Down being the winner to go on to the finals on 5 Jan.

12 Nov  
This weekend PJMA held a Thank You party to show appreciation for the volunteer and bands who supported Park Rock Fest 2006.  Compared to past events it was a big success.  The bands played well, the fans too came out early and we all had a good time.

6 Nov
This week end PJMA had an off weekend, but at MBP they held their first round of the MBP Battle of the Bands.  The sad part is that two band were no show and Defenestrate was the only band who showed up to play.  Needless to say, Defenestrate won!  They got to play for 3 hours too.  The two bands who were no show have will now have to pay a performance fee to play in the future.

29 Oct
Halloween is coming on 31 Oct, but PJMA held two Halloween events on Friday and Saturday.  Friday was the Fall Battle of the Bands Part 2, with 4 bands.  PJMA introduced our new light system at the event. The notebook computer used for controlling the lights and scoring would not work properly, it kept rebooting, which prevented it use for scoring.  However, it was very obvious from the hard work put forth by Against the Tide who sold lots of tickets and got the majority of the votes was the winner.  Saturday we did our first event at the CMS Auditorium with Fright Fest 2006.  We all had a great time.  A special Thanks for Hotspur and Lifted Down for who worked had to bring in the fans.  We used the new light system again, the computer was working better and the DMX controlled lights were amazing.

23 Oct
PJMA supported three events this weekend.  The CSM Guitar Club appeared at the Coffee House Concert with a whole group of new members and jammed out for 3 hours straight.  The Saturday Coffee House Concert featured Ernie Keen and. Assassinate Caesar.   Ernie reports that his CD release went well and looking forward to a future performance.   Saturday PJMA supported a benefit concert at MBP organized by Music Box Promotions,  the event raised money for relief efforts in Darfur.

15 Oct
Another busy weekend,  Friday we has a last minute appearance by Jeff Miller at the Coffee Quarter.  For those that stopped by he covered a lot of ground with excellent vocals and guitar playing.  Saturday was our Roctober Fest.  Everyone made the event on time, we completed on time and a great time was had by all.  A special thanks  to Tropical Joe who provide their unique Hawaiian and Philippine  foods.

11 Oct
The Summer Battle of the Bands Finals went off well with 4 bands competing for the title.  There was a last minute wild card band of Count Your Blessings who joined the event at 9 AM on Friday.  The vote of the fans and the judges (Bigbutch) was clear for Count Your Blessings.

3 Oct
At the Calvert Southern Community Center three  bands competed for the Part 2 Battle of the Bands.  The winner was Space Lumber Jacks.  They were the first band to sell all 30 advance tickets and got an immediate payment of $25.  At My Brothers Place in Waldorf they only had 2 out of the 3 bands appear.  As a result PJMA will be asking bands to confirm their booking the week before. Bands that do not confirm will be replace the following week.

16 Sept
The Summer Battle of the Bands is over,  we have 3 solid bands, with Unkempt taking the winning position on Saturday among three other very good bands. A special thanks for Steve Nelson for playing a solo act at the Chophouse, the patrons were asking for more all night long.  This Sunday PJMA participated in the monthly My Brother's Place Trustee Meeting. They were very happy with the new booking site for MBP and the availability to book bands on-line by using the booking@MyBrothersplace.org e-mail.  We work out the plans for Rocktober Fest in the Parking Lot along with other plans for future events.

9 Sept
    Park Rock 2006 came and went very fast.  Just like the tropical storm Ernesto that came and went on Friday before the event.  Needless to say we were impacted by the storm. We lost tent for the north stage which resulted in moving that venue inside to the Loffler Hall.  We had no power all day Saturday and most of Sunday. We were promised power on Saturday by 3 PM, when that did not happen we rented generators.  The show went on!.  Thanks to all the fans, band and Park Rock Staff who worked with us on Saturday to put on what we had left of the event when the generators arrived.  Sunday was a great day, the sun shined the fans came out and the music when on and on and on!  The closing acts were great. We lived up to our goal of making this event a huge end of summer rock concert, the largest in southern Maryland.
Another good event was the second summer sizzler at the NAS, Patuxent river.  The military enjoyed the show and we have been invited back for many more events.  Another venue for all!
     PJMA has opened up two new venues for gig exchange at Jake and Ale's  and Isaacs at Holiday Inn in Solomons.  Both are classy venues that are looking for class acts!

11 Aug
We had a great event on 28 July at the Southern Community Center.  All the band contributed to the well attended event.  We are still waiting for the county to let us know how well we did with the surplus from the event.  The event on 5 Aug was canceled due to last minute cancellation by the groups that had signed up to play. were are looking for options to replace the event so that we will have a full lineup for the Fall Battle of the Bands on 6 Oct at My Brothers Place..

12 July
This was another busy weekend.  The Spring Battle of the Bands Finals at My Brothers Place featured 4 bands to to over 150 fans.  The winner was Blame the Victim who will go on to the grand finals in Jan 2006.  The Part 2 of the Battle of the Bands did not occur due to some facility problems so instead we were able to have the band play at the Skate Park.  Part 2 BOTB will be rescheduled for a new date.  On Sunday we held our first Touring Band Concert in support of Doctors without Borders.  It was a successful event with over 9 bands coming from 4 states to perform for the fans  and skate boarders.

6 July
The Freedom Fest Concert ended up featuring three great bands Held Under from Albany NY, Permanent  Holiday and Death Among Heroes.  The rain, thunder and lighting hit during the middle of the set with Death Among Heroes.  The county had to close the fairground and we closed the concert early.  Do not miss any of these guys at their next gig!

25 June
To all of you who stayed home because of the rain you missed some very good groups that played at the first round of the summer battle of the band.  The Judges had a hard choice between Molotov Valentine and Remember Daylight.  The final winner was RememberDaylight.  They will be playing on 6 Oct at the Summer finals at My Brothers Place.  A special thanks to all the band who made it our to play on such a gloomy night.

18 June
The Summer Sizzler was rained out on Wed, and got rescheduled for Thursday.  Broken Stigma and Blame the Victim were able to make the date.  The party started off slow but by the end of the night the pavilion was surrounded by sailor rocking out.  We got many request to come back for future concerts.  We should have our next gig at PAX in late July.  The Saturday Spring Concert was also a successful event,  Capsized and Drowning closed the show with their get down hardcore metal from Delaware.

11 June
Phillips Union from Winchester VA, played both concerts on Friday and Saturday.  A very unusual sound with a SAX.  They played for well over two hours of music with some very sophisticated playing.  We look forwarded to having them back for the Park Rock Fest.   The Farmers Market at Charlotte Hall  was filled with many shoppers, however very few stopped by for the PJMA Spring Fest.  Many of the merchants could not handle the the contemporary rock music say that the could not hear the customers and people were avoiding the area due to the loud music.  We are very grateful for the support of the Rite Note Guitar Ship and the owner of the Farmers Market for allowing us to try out the location for PJMA Spring Fest.   However, PJMA will not be holding any future events there do all the negative results.  We will be looking for a new location for next years Spring Fest.   The good thing for this weekend is PJMA has obtained a 16 x 20 stage that we can use for indoor and outdoor events in the future (most important for Park Rock 2006)

4 June 
Those of you who were not at the Black Box Theater for the Spotlight Concert this weekend missed some real good bands.  Scott from Nix the Latter put together two great shows.  The Friday concert featured Downtown Singapore.  Amity a band on tour from LA was a tight group with a great hard rock sound. The Wading Girl appeared both Friday and Saturday with a intersting mix of hard rock, punk and country.  The Saturday concert featured The Heart String Band who delighted the audience with a wide range of music style.  At the Coffee Quarter Harvest Fellowship Praise Band and  Kristyn Leigh a fantastic Christian singer from NC

28 May
Between the this blog and the last PJMA has organized 15 events, including 2 so far of the Memorial weekend.  The rock concerts are all doing well, we have been having good attendance.  The regional bands are have been putting on great shows with good entertainment for their fans. In an effort to create and share consistent rules for security PJMA has developed a set of security standards.  The new PJMA security team will be enforcing these rules at all future PJMA concerts.  The security standards and security team guidelines are available for download on the band resource page of this website.

30 April
Two Awesome concerts this weekend.  If anyone had asked in the beginning of the week how the weekend concerts were going to go, it was looking bad with all the last minute band changes, competing concerts and Proms at the local high schools.  However, we had full lineups each night, everyone had good performances, and the fans turned out.  As special thanks to Rise From Ruin who brought in 3 warm-up bands for the Saturday Battle of the Bands at the Hollywood Rec Center and provided their band's equipment to play on  The band count for that night was 8 bands!  The winners of the Battle of the Bands were Blame the Victim on Friday and Nervosa on Saturday.

23 April
Our second event at the Calvert Southern Community Center was big success.  All four bands had lots of fans in audience.  The music ranged from  classic metal, to emo, pop punk to death metal.  Concurrently we had 4 bands perform at My Brothers Place Inc, in Waldorf.  They to brought in a good size crowd for the season.

17 April
Easter break is over.  We had a good time at the Coffee Quarter with Sapient Dove and Fall Away.  Get ready to join PJMA as we bring on a flood of spring events here in April out to June.  Something for everyone!

5 April 
A lot has happened throughout the month of April.  PJMA held 10 event ranging from Winter Battle of the Bands, Spring Concerts and Coffee House Concerts.  PJMA has started a new process for concert coordination. Bands will be asked to confirm their plans to play a concert 3 weeks before the event.  Bands who do not confirm will be replace by a band who are confirmed.  PJMA and the CBFT have work out new date and plans for the spring and summer for booking concerts at the Backbox Theater in Waldorf.  Another new addition to the spring and summer schedule are new date at the Calvert Southern Community Center.  The last announcement is PJMA providing music at the Patuxent Naval Air Station for a summer picnic for the enlisted personnel.

27 Feb
Two more rock concerts were held this past weekend (beside the Coffee House Concert),  one well attended and one poorly attended.  The Friday Battle of the Bands had 4 bands competing for the 3rd slot for the Winter Battle of the Bands Finals on 31 March.  The winner was Semperfy.  A special thanks to Fall Away who played a break slot and provided the Judges even with a sick drummer (Thanks Brian).  The Band Three Fold Trust is to be commended for filling in the 4th Slot on the program on Friday at 4 PM.  There as  a last minute cancellation by Malice Vitality due a change of their band members.  In comparison the Saturday show the band Mass Destruction was a no show,  the Band Droplight has one band member go ill and there was only about 15 fans in the audience compared to Friday with over 200.   The lesson learned is that band  need to  promote their performance and selling advance tickets to lock the fans in to coming to the event, this did not happen with the Saturday event.  Also when a band know in advance that they can not play, a simple e-mail and phone call will allow someone else in the Alliance to pick up a concert.  Everyone want a  is successful event!

23 Feb
This weekend we had our second successful concert at the Calvert County's Southern Community Center in Lusby.  The event was a battle of the Bands,  the winner is Counterminde who will be playing in the second slot on 31 Mar.  The Valentines Concert was an even more successful event.  All the bands who performed we able to share in the door after paying for the use of the facility and policeman. The event also  marks our return to the Hollywood Rec Center working under our arrangements where PJMA is more responsible for the event.  We learned that we will need to restart our volunteer Concert Security Team.  Bands participating in future events will be required to provide one adult (over 18 at least)  to be part of the security team

28 Jan
This weekend PJMA  had two concurrent events on Friday.  The Coffee Quarter held the weekly Coffee House  Concert with Dan from Droplight.  The second event was a Hip Hop Go Go and Rap Concert at the Calvert County Southern Community Center.  The was the first event at the venue.  Access if a bit confusing becaue you have to go to the old Solomonds Road now call Truman Road, and then turn west on to Apeal Road.  The room we used has a good size stage and room that is remarkably clear of clutter.  Kevin Brooks organized the event with 4 bands from 8 to 11 PM.  The musician all pitched in with setup and take down.  This was much appreciated.  Our next event at this site is on 17 Feb.  Planning for Park Rock has begun in full swing with the publication of the Park Rock Operating Plan.  It can be download from this website under the General Info Band Resources page.  The Park Rock Executive Committee is fully formed and we are looking for volunteers to fill the program producing and event coordination positions.  Send e-mail to Fred@pjma.info to volunteer.

22 Jan
The coffee house concert at the coffee Quarter with the CMS Guitar Club featured a Fender Strat donated by Nambo Guitar Emporium that will be raffled off at a fund raiser on 18 Feb for the Tri County Youth llll.  The first part of the Battle of the Bands competed 4 Bands from Calvert County at My Brothers Place.  The winner was Fall Away who scored the best because of selling all their advance tickets, getting the high number of votes from the audience and being rated the highest by the Judges.  They will be the first Band to play at the Winter Battle of the band on 31 March.

16 Jan
This past weekend we has three successful event.  The owner of the Coffee Quarter reports that the music on Friday went well. A special thanks for Miles for doing the sound.  The 2005 Winter Battle of the Bands Finals had over 250 fans. it was a long evening.  There was a special guest appearance of  by member of the former band The Hurting Truth now with a new line up and new name -Death Among Heroes.  The judge was Paul Throne from P.A.T. Productions.  The winner was Count Your Blessings.  The Saturday event was the Spotlight Concert at the Black Box Theatre.  The theater has a capacity crowd to see the performance by Semperfy, Reflection Factor and Eternal Winter.  This event marked a new relationship with the CBFT.  They will be providing more date and higher sharing of the door with PJMA as the result of our good effort for the past year.

9 Jan
Both the Coffee House Concert and Winter Concert were well attended and the music was great.  Ernie Keen performed  with a full band.  After playing his planned 45 minute set, he can back and play a encore set closing down the Coffee Quarter.   Just before the Winter Concert on Saturday we sent our a plea for a replacement for Just Another Hero.  Droplight was on online and was able to pull off a last minute performance bring in a sizable crowd.  The other two bands Semperfy and Count Your Blessings also get a special thanks because they also filled in for bands that canceled earlier in the week and played awesome sets with good size audience.  Does anyone know what happened to Fallen Chaos they did not show up for this show or shows in December?

5 Jan
We have added a small version of the bilog here on the main page of the PJMA website to give better visibiltiy to the happening of PJMA and to force me to provide something each week.  This Saturday's concert is a good example of how well all of you help with the PJMA events.  We have had several changes in the band lineup all filled by other members.  Thanks to the PJMA members we have a great line-up and it will the a rocking concert.

30 May
PJMA held a Thank You Party for all the bands and volunteers at Park Rock 2004.  There was an equal number of band members and fans came and joined the  celebrations.  Bands were jamming on the stage from 2 PM to 10 PM. The fans from Eternal Winter, and Reign Within know how to party!

 

7 May
Or thanks to the all four band who played this eveing.  In Tyler We Trust came and played with substutie members and then rushed off to make thier school PROM.  Army of None too came despite thier internal striff to play thier set.  Rivera never appeared.  This is the thier time they have not showed up for an event and will not be able to play in future events.

 

6 May
We held our second Christian Coffee House at the IHM Church Hall.  The groups varied from folk rock to contemporary to metal.  The unexpected hit of the night was Stones Overtunrned.  Their heavy metal sound and Christian theme was a crowd pleaser with the youth who attended the event.  The night closed with Crosseyed.  The are looking for a new name to reflect their current new members of their group.  Crosseyed made a great closing act for the evening. The IHM youth group will be making this one of  their annual events.

 

30 April
This was the first show that we have held at Carver Rec Center in the Multi-Media Room.  All the way around it was a better location at that site for our current concerts.  The sound was better.  The audience was closer.  The access was better.  However the almost all out of county bands program did not bring in the crowd.  We have experience this in the past and will avoid having this kind of mix in the future.  As for the groups Catching Thieves  and Semperfy were impressive.  The other band played well too.

4 April
The recording of the State of Rock took a new approach with the event being held at My Brothers Place.  Despite a delayed start all 4 bands got their chance to be recorded for future cable TV broadcast.  The plan is to edit the show and get it shown on St Marys and Charles County Public Access.  The Baltimore connection to Musicworkz has not produced any shows.  We will continue to interface with them to see what can be done to improve their support.

 

23 April
This event was to feature Lividity, however their drummer broke his leg so they could not play.  Eva however did a great service by continuing to support the event by getting a replacements bands. putting out flyers, and coming to support the event.  A special thanks to Brambledon Productions how came down from La Plata to provide the sound for the event.  The spring concert brought to the scene the group Electric Citizens who played a great set of alternative music.  Stealth Waffles, Flashbasket and Droplight rounded out the night with their high energy sounds.

 

22 April
 This was a sad day for our efforts for the Coffee House Concerts in Leonardtown.  The two groups that were to play  did not.  One canceled and other did not show.  We filled the time with a short performance by Fred and Sue Heather. However no one appeared to listen to the music.  A week later the owner of the shop sent an e-mail advising that he was not going to support concert for the future due to the poor attendance. All coffee house concerts henceforth  are being held at the Coffee Quarter.

 

1 April
The group Bond Ambition preformed at the Coffee Quarter.  She played an amazing set with a good size crowd.  Her song about being a St Maries resident is was the high point of the evening.

April 16
The Leonardtown High School adopted the 3rd Spring Battle of the Bands.  They had 8 band competing from 3 PM to 9 PM.  It was a long day, but the crowd came, all the bands played well.  In the end 4 band were recognized for their performance.  The scores were based on advance ticket sale and 4 judges.  The winner was Just Another Hero a group that comes from Calvert County.

April 9
We just wrapped up the Winter Battle of the Bands and right in to spring battle.  The Bands did well with the ticket sale and brought in a good size crowd for their audience.  It was clear from the audience that it was going to be close between Malice Vitality and Three Fold Trust.  This night marked the first performance ever of Malice Vitality.  Some where between death metal and hardcore the put on a growled out some great songs.  The second act dEbRiS.  Lacking a following but still put on some good tunes.  Cut Throat Policy has undergone several change over the past year, all to their better in playing hardcore.  Three Fold Trust with their EMO to hardcore style captured the audience with the closing act.  The winner was Malice Vitality with high sores in ticket sales and audience vote.  Thanks to the judges picked out by the bands who helped score this weeks bands.

April 8

The Winter Battle of the Bands Finals was held at My Brothers Place in Waldorf.  There were over 280 fans that came to see Arsenic, Postscript Apologies, Define New Ara and Avenue compete.  Define New Ara was a replacement for Lividity who unfortunately could not play because of an injured drummer.  It was clear from the audience attendance that it was going to be close between Arsenic and Avenue.  All the band played well.  Even DNA who came on a 3 hour drive from western MD, and were suffering from the flue introduced the audience to  their unique combination of RAP, soul, and rocking metal.  The winners were Arsenic who got First Prize (Recording with KMH Studio), Avenue with Second Place (Recording with Brambledon Productions), DNA with Third Place (Recording with Test Box Studio), and Postscript Apologies with Fourth Place (Recording with My Brother's Place Studio)