Sad news...

[Behshad]

I don't think Jenna Jamison's knees could hold out in the front row til the headliner.....lol

actually thats one person who's knees would hold out longer than any of us, even SteveW2's

[Melissa]

Ya know I'm kiddin' Melly.....like I could ever get sassy mouth with ya. Ok, not kidding about Debster being front row for MB though.

Oh of course I know! That venue really was great to see from pretty much anywhere in there!

[kgdjpubs]

Well, 500 went to MRF II right? Would have been 502 if it was in California, however, I digress. 500 would seem to seem to be a reachable number no? That would be $17,000

I'd be surprised. General guess is that Andrew got about as many diehards to melodicrock.com to the site as Journey/Winger, etc would get to their live show, which is roughly 10-20%. It's probably skewed a bit with the small size of the show, but I'd hazard a guess to say 200 max out of the 1000 admissions (which I presume included the Friday VIP?). Sounds like about 15 from these forums and some amount of a UK contingent, plus some amount that read the site but don't post much if at all. The rest (ie vast majority) were local, heard the advertising and came out to see big band X.

He might get that amount to pay for posting rights, you never know. I'll still think that if there was really money to be made with having paid music forums, there would be a bunch more of them out there.

Id say about half the 500 , were NOT locals and travelled there,,,

if Andrew got 250 travellers who knew about melodicrock.com (and presume a good percentage got tickets for more than one day), the melodic scene didn't fail him. It was getting the locals to show up. That's always the hard part.

[Melissa]

I don't think Jenna Jamison's knees could hold out in the front row til the headliner.....lol

That's what I got in trouble for, not being able to stand all day! Even being a runner I can't stand in one spot for 12 hours, so no front row for me

[Behshad]

Well, 500 went to MRF II right? Would have been 502 if it was in California, however, I digress. 500 would seem to seem to be a reachable number no? That would be $17,000

I'd be surprised. General guess is that Andrew got about as many diehards to melodicrock.com to the site as Journey/Winger, etc would get to their live show, which is roughly 10-20%. It's probably skewed a bit with the small size of the show, but I'd hazard a guess to say 200 max out of the 1000 admissions (which I presume included the Friday VIP?). Sounds like about 15 from these forums and some amount of a UK contingent, plus some amount that read the site but don't post much if at all. The rest (ie vast majority) were local, heard the advertising and came out to see big band X.

He might get that amount to pay for posting rights, you never know. I'll still think that if there was really money to be made with having paid music forums, there would be a bunch more of them out there.

Id say about half the 500 , were NOT locals and travelled there,,,

if Andrew got 250 travellers who knew about melodicrock.com (and presume a good percentage got tickets for more than one day), the melodic scene didn't fail him. It was getting the locals to show up. That's always the hard part.

The hotel was packed with melodic rockers and you could tell from the shuttle getting filled back and forth from the venue to the hotel than there was a lot of people who travelled,,,,

[SuiteMadameBlue]

You know...even if members made flyers a few months before the event and passed them out...stuck them on windshields....tacked them up in mom & pop music stores...get all grass-roots about it....

Flyers could be posted at the various record/cd stores in and around the area. Sorry I didn't help before, but there could be people bombarding other music forums/websites promoting the show.

I know that a lot of musicians that attended the show bombarded Facebook about the show, way in advance up to show time.

[StevePerryHair]

I don't think Jenna Jamison's knees could hold out in the front row til the headliner.....lol

That's what I got in trouble for, not being able to stand all day! Even being a runner I can't stand in one spot for 12 hours, so no front row for me

Yeah, well you could have been like that really rude woman who pulled a chair up to the front and made people stand around her

[Deb]

Ya know I'm kiddin' Melly.....like I could ever get sassy mouth with ya. Ok, not kidding about Debster being front row for MB though.

Oh of course I know! That venue really was great to see from pretty much anywhere in there!

You can always grab some newspaper and sit right down on the floor between sets, no? Didn't we have this discussion before. LOL, hey if I'm traveling all the way from Canada I wanna be close enough to look up and see nosehair! Just kidding - sorta.

[Behshad]

Ya know I'm kiddin' Melly.....like I could ever get sassy mouth with ya. Ok, not kidding about Debster being front row for MB though.

Oh of course I know! That venue really was great to see from pretty much anywhere in there!

You can always grab some newspaper and sit right down on the floor between sets, no? Didn't we have this discussion before. LOL, hey if I'm traveling all the way from Canada I wanna be close enough to look up and see nosehair! Just kidding - sorta.

I dont think the newspaper thing wouldve worked at this venue,,,,, I personally think the balcony view was MUCH better than upfront,,,the sound is better and you can view the entire band, their fuckups and setlist !

[StevePerryHair]

Ya know I'm kiddin' Melly.....like I could ever get sassy mouth with ya. Ok, not kidding about Debster being front row for MB though.

Oh of course I know! That venue really was great to see from pretty much anywhere in there!

You can always grab some newspaper and sit right down on the floor between sets, no? Didn't we have this discussion before. LOL, hey if I'm traveling all the way from Canada I wanna be close enough to look up and see nosehair! Just kidding - sorta.

Yeah... I mentioned you and your newspaper when we were at the venue We just hope it was just for sitting on...

[StevePerryHair]

Ya know I'm kiddin' Melly.....like I could ever get sassy mouth with ya. Ok, not kidding about Debster being front row for MB though.

Oh of course I know! That venue really was great to see from pretty much anywhere in there!

You can always grab some newspaper and sit right down on the floor between sets, no? Didn't we have this discussion before. LOL, hey if I'm traveling all the way from Canada I wanna be close enough to look up and see nosehair! Just kidding - sorta.

I dont think the newspaper thing wouldve worked at this venue,,,,, I personally think the balcony view was MUCH better than upfront,,,the sound is better and you can view the entire band, their fuckups and setlist !

i really liked the balcony! I think it was the best kept secret because there was so much room up there to watch and they were not far at all!

[Deb]

I don't think Jenna Jamison's knees could hold out in the front row til the headliner.....lol

That's what I got in trouble for, not being able to stand all day! Even being a runner I can't stand in one spot for 12 hours, so no front row for me

Yeah, well you could have been like that really rude woman who pulled a chair up to the front and made people stand around her :roll:

Seriously?

[StevePerryHair]

I don't think Jenna Jamison's knees could hold out in the front row til the headliner.....lol

That's what I got in trouble for, not being able to stand all day! Even being a runner I can't stand in one spot for 12 hours, so no front row for me

Yeah, well you could have been like that really rude woman who pulled a chair up to the front and made people stand around her :roll:

Seriously?

Yes!! During winger!! and no one made her move it

[Deb]

I don't think Jenna Jamison's knees could hold out in the front row til the headliner.....lol

That's what I got in trouble for, not being able to stand all day! Even being a runner I can't stand in one spot for 12 hours, so no front row for me

Yeah, well you could have been like that really rude woman who pulled a chair up to the front and made people stand around her :roll:

Seriously?

Yes!! During winger!! and no one made her move it

During Winger?! Who the heck could sit during Winger?

[Deb]

Ya know I'm kiddin' Melly.....like I could ever get sassy mouth with ya. Ok, not kidding about Debster being front row for MB though.

Oh of course I know! That venue really was great to see from pretty much anywhere in there!

You can always grab some newspaper and sit right down on the floor between sets, no? Didn't we have this discussion before. LOL, hey if I'm traveling all the way from Canada I wanna be close enough to look up and see nosehair! Just kidding - sorta.

Yeah... I mentioned you and your newspaper when we were at the venue We just hope it was just for sitting on...

Bahaha! Could save on those pesky potty breaks too, if of course you've been paper trained.

[Melissa]

Ya know I'm kiddin' Melly.....like I could ever get sassy mouth with ya. Ok, not kidding about Debster being front row for MB though.

Oh of course I know! That venue really was great to see from pretty much anywhere in there!

You can always grab some newspaper and sit right down on the floor between sets, no? Didn't we have this discussion before. LOL, hey if I'm traveling all the way from Canada I wanna be close enough to look up and see nosehair! Just kidding - sorta.

I dont think the newspaper thing wouldve worked at this venue,,,,, I personally think the balcony view was MUCH better than upfront,,,the sound is better and you can view the entire band, their fuckups and setlist !

i really liked the balcony! I think it was the best kept secret because there was so much room up there to watch and they were not far at all!

I did too! And MG found the best-kept-secret bathrooms up there!

[StevePerryHair]

Ya know I'm kiddin' Melly.....like I could ever get sassy mouth with ya. Ok, not kidding about Debster being front row for MB though.

Oh of course I know! That venue really was great to see from pretty much anywhere in there!

You can always grab some newspaper and sit right down on the floor between sets, no? Didn't we have this discussion before. LOL, hey if I'm traveling all the way from Canada I wanna be close enough to look up and see nosehair! Just kidding - sorta.

Yeah... I mentioned you and your newspaper when we were at the venue We just hope it was just for sitting on...

Bahaha! Could save on those pesky potty breaks too, if of course you've been paper trained.

What was weird is that venue only had 4 stalls in the bathroom, and I never had to wait in line!! It was a very male dominated event! So it wasn't the typical kind of thing where you had to fight to get in and out and for the bathroom. Everything was so relaxed. This was the most relaxed I ever was at a music event.

[StevePerryHair]

I don't think Jenna Jamison's knees could hold out in the front row til the headliner.....lol

That's what I got in trouble for, not being able to stand all day! Even being a runner I can't stand in one spot for 12 hours, so no front row for me

Yeah, well you could have been like that really rude woman who pulled a chair up to the front and made people stand around her :roll:

Seriously?

Yes!! During winger!! and no one made her move it

During Winger?! Who the heck could sit during Winger?

We did in the balcony!!! But he was like 8 feet away from above

[G.I.Jim]

I don't think Jenna Jamison's knees could hold out in the front row til the headliner.....lol

That's what I got in trouble for, not being able to stand all day! Even being a runner I can't stand in one spot for 12 hours, so no front row for me

Yeah, well you could have been like that really rude woman who pulled a chair up to the front and made people stand around her :roll:

Seriously?

Yes!! During winger!! and no one made her move it

During Winger?! Who the heck could sit during Winger?

Deano...

[stevew2]

Shirts cost me a shitload more than $3!!!!!!!!! These are GREAT quality full colour shirts!

I can verify this. The Melodic Rock Fest shirt were cool. Definitely worth the money.

did you buy a xxx large to cover your fat ass ?

Very funny. LMAO

However, let me clarify (and you must not know me that well after all) I did not buy a shirt. I was commenting that they were cool shirts and high quality.

I know you were to cheap for that,you only buy T shirts and underwear from the goodwill

[Behshad]

I don't think Jenna Jamison's knees could hold out in the front row til the headliner.....lol

That's what I got in trouble for, not being able to stand all day! Even being a runner I can't stand in one spot for 12 hours, so no front row for me

Yeah, well you could have been like that really rude woman who pulled a chair up to the front and made people stand around her :roll:

Seriously?

Yes!! During winger!! and no one made her move it

During Winger?! Who the heck could sit during Winger?

Deano...

Deano would sit through anything unless it BRUCE !

[Deb]

I don't think Jenna Jamison's knees could hold out in the front row til the headliner.....lol

That's what I got in trouble for, not being able to stand all day! Even being a runner I can't stand in one spot for 12 hours, so no front row for me

Yeah, well you could have been like that really rude woman who pulled a chair up to the front and made people stand around her :roll:

Seriously?

Yes!! During winger!! and no one made her move it

During Winger?! Who the heck could sit during Winger?

Deano...

Deano would sit through anything unless it BRUCE !

Pretty sure he'd be standing at attention for Shania too. Bahaha in more ways than one probably.

[Behshad]

I don't think Jenna Jamison's knees could hold out in the front row til the headliner.....lol

That's what I got in trouble for, not being able to stand all day! Even being a runner I can't stand in one spot for 12 hours, so no front row for me

Yeah, well you could have been like that really rude woman who pulled a chair up to the front and made people stand around her :roll:

Seriously?

Yes!! During winger!! and no one made her move it

During Winger?! Who the heck could sit during Winger?

Deano...

Deano would sit through anything unless it BRUCE !

Pretty sure he'd be standing at attention for Shania too. Bahaha in more ways than one probably.

You dirtyminded MRFII-Not-Goer- you !

[StevePerryHair]

I don't think Jenna Jamison's knees could hold out in the front row til the headliner.....lol

That's what I got in trouble for, not being able to stand all day! Even being a runner I can't stand in one spot for 12 hours, so no front row for me

Yeah, well you could have been like that really rude woman who pulled a chair up to the front and made people stand around her :roll:

Seriously?

Yes!! During winger!! and no one made her move it

During Winger?! Who the heck could sit during Winger?

Deano...

Deano would sit through anything unless it BRUCE !

Pretty sure he'd be standing at attention for Shania too. Bahaha in more ways than one probably.

See, that's why I love Deb!!! Cause we both think like a guy when it comes to humor!!

[Andrew]

Well, 500 went to MRF II right? Would have been 502 if it was in California, however, I digress. 500 would seem to seem to be a reachable number no? That would be $17,000

I'd be surprised. General guess is that Andrew got about as many diehards to melodicrock.com to the site as Journey/Winger, etc would get to their live show, which is roughly 10-20%. It's probably skewed a bit with the small size of the show, but I'd hazard a guess to say 200 max out of the 1000 admissions (which I presume included the Friday VIP?). Sounds like about 15 from these forums and some amount of a UK contingent, plus some amount that read the site but don't post much if at all. The rest (ie vast majority) were local, heard the advertising and came out to see big band X.

He might get that amount to pay for posting rights, you never know. I'll still think that if there was really money to be made with having paid music forums, there would be a bunch more of them out there.

Id say about half the 500 , were NOT locals and travelled there,,,

if Andrew got 250 travellers who knew about melodicrock.com (and presume a good percentage got tickets for more than one day), the melodic scene didn't fail him. It was getting the locals to show up. That's always the hard part.

Except I got 700 travellers for MRF1. So that drop in numbers was definitely a disappointment.

[Deb]

During Winger?! Who the heck could sit during Winger?

Deano...

Deano would sit through anything unless it BRUCE !

Pretty sure he'd be standing at attention for Shania too. Bahaha in more ways than one probably.

See, that's why I love Deb!!! Cause we both think like a guy when it comes to humor!!

Right back atchya chicklet! LOL, life's too short to have your filter on all the time.

By the way, saw this Winger - Headed For a Heartbreak clip from MRF2.........very cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRDZRHIeOtA

[StevePerryHair]

During Winger?! Who the heck could sit during Winger?

Deano...

Deano would sit through anything unless it BRUCE !

Pretty sure he'd be standing at attention for Shania too. Bahaha in more ways than one probably.

See, that's why I love Deb!!! Cause we both think like a guy when it comes to humor!!

Right back atchya chicklet! LOL, life's too short to have your filter on all the time.
By the way, saw this Winger - Headed For a Heartbreak clip from MRF2.........very cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRDZRHIeOtA

LOL! My husband tells me I need a filter a lot! I'll tell him what you said!

I might have video'd something winger. I need to check and see if it turned out.

[Deb]

Gotta question? Did Jamison do this one? Gawwd I love this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e98UOB0etdo

[Andrew]

Gotta question? Did Jamison do this one? Gawwd I love this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e98UOB0etdo

Yep. Jimi da man.

[stevew2]

I don't think Jenna Jamison's knees could hold out in the front row til the headliner.....lol

aint she a porn star??