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    Posted: January 30 2012 at 11:02
Greetings, Prog Archives friends and colleagues! Smile

You were all so very kind and welcoming of me and Barry Thompson's debut project of The ANABASIS "Back From Being Gone" ... might I humbly submit with hat in hand my latest writing endeavor? 

This is a rock opera that I wrote with the extremely talented Steve Brockmann (German recording artist and producer) based upon a subplot from a novel that I had planned to write in the dim and distant past (well, these things take awhile LOL) ... it's called "Airs - A Rock Opera", and we're quite proud of it and would really love for you all to check it out.

Now, I've already passed this along in private to Andy Webb and Uwe Zickel for their advance reviews and thoughts and I believe that the album has since been turned over to the "Crossover Prog" team for consideration. 

We have two teaser trailers available (just follow the bouncing hyperlinks below) and we will be releasing more in the coming month as well as a full single, "Annabelle". Also, once our website is finished being built, we will have a trailer for the complete rock opera with teasers from all 18 songs in their running order. In the meantime, for continuous up-to-date information and coverage of the release please visit us at our official  Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/AIRS.Brockmann.Andrade

If we are fortunate enough to be included here on Prog Archives, I would really appreciate the opportunity to be reviewed by any of the collaborators or freelancers - anyone interested please don't hesitate to get in touch with me for an advanced copy!

Thank you for your time - here is our official press release! Big smile






 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  

January 30, 2012 – Steve Brockmann (“Expected Errors”) and George Andrade (The ANABASIS) to release “AIRS – A ROCK OPERA”, Featuring Guest Appearances by Paul Adrian Villarreal (Sun Caged), Gordon Tittsworth (Images of Eden), Dave Meros and Alan Morse (Spock’s Beard) on Fencesound Music.
 
Fall River, MA, USA/Bredstedt, Germany - January 30, 2012 (Fencesound Music) – Fencesound Music is thrilled to announce the pending release of the full length, debut rock opera from Steve Brockmann and George Andrade (Brockmann/Andrade) entitled “Airs – A Rock Opera”, on February 29, 2012.
 
“Airs – A Rock Opera” is packed with 74 minutes of exciting and emotional music that runs the gamut of rock, metal, blues, pop, gospel and even cinematic score in a classic rock opera style and comes with a beautifully designed, 24 page lyric book illustrating an engaging narrative story.
 
Steve Brockmann, music composer, arranger and producer, is a multi-instrumentalist who has played an active role in Northern Germany’s music scene since the early 1980s. Amongst others, he has played support gigs for such rock legends as Uriah Heep, Moody Marsden Band, and Hawkwind. Steve currently concentrates his musical work on various projects in his personal studio. Steve’s releases include “Don’t Sing” (2001), “Broskro Skrobro” (2002), “Expected Errors” (2007) and the upcoming “Pools Under Ganymede”.
 
George Andrade, story, lyrics and narratives, is the lyricist and Executive Producer for the progressive metal band The ANABASIS (10T Records). He has written adult and children’s fiction, provides critical readings of screenplays, reviews novels for HorrorNews.net and is a freelance editor. He is listed in the Locus Magazine author index and has been an artist-in-residence for Very Special Arts Rhode Island.  He also wrote, produced and directed the short film “Supports’ which won RI Cable Award for “Best Entertainment/Variety”.

"A theatrical feast for the heart and mind, “Airs - A Rock Opera" tells her story with simplicity and elegance: on a small circular island in the Atlantic, Owen Doane has rolled through a stop sign and driven a car carrying two tourists – a mother and her 9 year old daughter - from the road to strike a stone wall.  The accident caused the girl to suffer injuries that paralyzed her from the waist down, confining her life to a chair and thereby forcing Owen's father, Derrick Doane, to suffer the collapse of his company that had been built upon the Doane family heritage of pulling stone from fields before harvest and building walls after milling grain since they had first settled Manisses Island in 1664.  He returns home from prison to mend the walls and fences that he has destroyed and soon learns to speak of wind and air - not stone and mortar - and through the help of those he's injured understands that our hearts are on strings.  A powerful, vintage '70s/'80s rock score by Steve Brockmann conveys all of the loss, disillusionment, rekindled hope, reconciliation and ultimate redemption that is Owen's journey and is rich with soaring cinematic passages!"

“Being such a fan of 70s art-rock, particularly Kansas, Styx and Genesis, I was honored and thrilled when George and Steve asked me to participate in the AIRS rock opera,” says Paul Adrian Villarreal. “It was a pure pleasure to work on such a wonderful project and alongside so many other great talents. I can’t wait to hear it in its final form, and for the rest of the world to hear it! Thanks, guys and let’s do it again sometime!”
 
“What can I say – it’s an amazing piece of art and contains one of my favorite songs that I’ve heard in quite some time,” says Gordon Tittsworth. “”Kites” always takes me to a better place no matter how many times I hear it.”
 
“... The songs (“Annabelle” and “Flight II”) are both really great. I still have “Annabelle” circulating in my head. Every once in a while I'll find myself humming that one,” says Dave Meros. “I don't know if you've heard the term, but when something enters your ears and stays there for a long period of time and you can't stop thinking about it whether you like it or not, it's called an "ear worm".  Annabelle is one of my current ear worms.”
 
“The album’s 18 tracks explore a host of themes and elements, twisting and turning moods with the whim of the emotive lyrics, awakening the script from just words on a page to the heightened sense of emotion of which they deserve,” says Andy Webb of Prog Archives. “The continuity of melodies, the truly “human” concept, the mature and accessible compositions, and the fantastic production quality make this album shine, showing the great creative prowess of the minds of George Andrade and Steve Brockmann.”

“Airs – A Rock Opera” by Brockmann/Andrade is available for immediate pre-order through the official “AIRS” website or at Fencesound Music.  All orders received by February 19 will be entered into a random drawing for a chance to receive one of fifteen 8.5x11 signed glossy prints of the AIRS logo and kite detail from the album cover design of Matt Willett and will be shipped in time to be received as close to the release date as possible. Also available at your favorite online, digital download, or retail outlet on 2/29/12.

Teaser trailers from “Airs – A Rock Opera” are now available to preview on the Fencesound Music YouTube Channel. Additional trailers and the release of a single “Annabelle” are soon to follow. Further promotional support provided by month long radio campaign culminating with World Premiere Event on AiiRadio, February 28, 2012.
 
Updated information available on the Official Facebook Page.  Contact  information: Steve Brockmann / George Andrade    



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2012 at 15:56
Stones, mills, kites, the book of Airs ... Owen's tragedy, but hope and confidence as well ... an interesting story, for the heart and mind, indeed - and I'm with Dave Meros ... some songs are 'burners' in the meanwhile, speaking of 'Annabelle' and 'The Great Salt Pond' first and foremost



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 01 2012 at 08:58
Thank you so very much, Uwe - your kind comments mean a lot to me ... this project is very personal and dear. Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2012 at 19:09
Here are our first two trailers - starring Karlos the Prog Pug! LOL

Enjoy! Big smile






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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2012 at 19:44
Originally posted by Rivertree Rivertree wrote:

Stones, mills, kites, the book of Airs ... Owen's tragedy, but hope and confidence as well ... an interesting story, for the heart and mind, indeed - and I'm with Dave Meros ... some songs are 'burners' in the meanwhile, speaking of 'Annabelle' and 'The Great Salt Pond' first and foremost


Indeed, I enjoyed those songs as well! The whole album is a melodic joy ride; chock full of great themes and tricks to please any and all fans of the AOR-flavored prog hard rock. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 04 2012 at 11:22
Oh man, very cool and exciting to hear such responses from you guys ... Beer

This baby pre-dates The ANABASIS (!) - Steve and I have nurtured her as best we could through these past couple of years and we look forward to finally releasing the album for "the world" to hear!  

I appreciate all for the kind words and any attention or consideration you may give the project in the coming weeks - thank you!  Smile

Again, if we happen to be so fortunate as to be voted for inclusion by the crossover prog team we would appreciate any who would like to review "AIRS" - we start with a digital copy (master music and art files) to get you going and then we'll send youa physical copy with our thanks!! Hug
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2012 at 08:45
Hello, friends and colleagues! Smile
 
I thought that I would share a really cool interview that Steve gave with MetalShock Finland ... a pleasant conversation about his playing experiences and influences - and of course "AIRS"!
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2012 at 11:57
Hello again my friends!

I really appreciate all of the kind attention and gracious notes that this thread has elicited - you are all wonderful and I am so very pleased to be associated here! Hug

With that in mind, and in the spirit of sharing some more information on the project, I thought that I might post our "band bio" for you to check out (has a bit more background and information than the press release). Smile

Brockmann/Andrade is the collaborative writing team of multi-instrumental recording artist and composer Steve Brockmann (Bredstedt, Germany) and freelance writer/editor George Andrade (Fall River, MA, USA). In 2008 (or thereabouts), George approached Steve with the idea of writing an album from a subplot to a novel that he had planned to write based loosely on the “punishment” of the Manisses Indians on Block Island, Rhode Island for the “accidental” murder of the captain of a trading vessel by a chieftain’s son and the subsequent “claim by right of conquest” and resettlement thereafter.  Great idea, huh?

It was a book that was to deal with the individual mistakes that can bring down families and communities (and nations) and become the sins of fathers visited upon sons … and the transcendence of this guilt of lineage by ultimately reconciling one's self-perception with one's reality and coming to terms with the “space between the bars” of such self-imposed prisons.  It was about a miller and stonemason’s son who returns home from prison to mend the walls and fences that he has destroyed and soon learns to speak of wind and air - not stone and mortar - and through the help of those he's injured understands that our hearts are on strings … as his father had always dreamed.  How rock n roll is that?

The idea quickly grew from a concept album to a full blown rock opera and was named, well, “Airs – A Rock Opera” – and Brockmann/Andrade was born.

Steve Brockmann has written 74 minutes of exciting and emotional music that runs the gamut of rock, metal, blues, pop, gospel and even cinematic score in a classic rock opera style that has been described by some as a “mixture of Eloy and Camel and Savatage” and “Toto-esque AOR-flavored hard rock, utilizing progressive twists and turns a la Spock’s Beard … as well as many a salute to the complex metal structures of Iron Maiden”.  The story by George Andrade is Bradbury-esque and naturalistic presented through lyrics that are drawn as if working from a “word palette”, interspersed with narrative passages that set the stage for Brockmann’s oftentimes cinematic score.

"A theatrical feast for the heart and mind, “Airs - A Rock Opera" tells her story with simplicity and elegance: on a small circular island in the Atlantic, Owen Doane has rolled through a stop sign and driven a car carrying two tourists – a mother and her 9 year old daughter - from the road to strike a stone wall.  The accident caused the girl to suffer injuries that paralyzed her from the waist down, confining her life to a chair and thereby forcing Owen's father, Derrick Doane, to suffer the collapse of his company that had been built upon the Doane family heritage of pulling stone from fields before harvest and building walls after milling grain since they had first settled Manisses Island in 1664.  Owen returns home from prison to mend the walls and fences that he has destroyed and soon learns to speak of wind and air - not stone and mortar - and through the help of those he's injured understands that our hearts are on strings.  A powerful, vintage '70s/'80s rock score by Steve Brockmann conveys all of the loss, disillusionment, rekindled hope, reconciliation and ultimate redemption that is Owen's journey and is rich with soaring cinematic passages!"

Steve and George first "met" on the Spock's Beard message board awhile back (4+ years ago) where they also had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know Barry Thompson (The ANABASIS), John Fontana (Shadow Circus), Paul Adrian Villarreal (Sun Caged), Josh Sager (Din Within), Jamie McGregor (Singularity) and Martin Kornick (artwork for The ANABASIS) to name a but few ... those were some pretty heady times filled with exciting company for all!

The musicians there would occasionally send music files back and forth to collaborate for personal satisfaction as well as for charity (The Tsunami Projekt, being the most famous) and George would always be "that guy" on the outside looking in, jumping up and down at the perimeter of the circle hoping to one day be permitted to join in!  Well, after much hinting on his part that day eventually came – the group decided to let "the writer guy" take a shot at writing lyrics to a song.  He was thrilled when his words were well received and it was soon thereafter that he received an email from Steve Brockmann asking if he would consider writing lyrics to a song that he had written intended for his next solo album (Pools Under Ganymede, TBA).

George jumped at the chance and the song became "The Moment's Eye" … Steve and George hit it off immediately and very quickly found that they saw eye to eye (no pun intended) artistically.  They quickly realized, too, that they shared an emotional and aesthetic kinship as well as the uncanny ability to develop each others' vision through their respective crafts.  They also found that they each had the proclivity and the eye to tell stories through songs in complimentary ways; George’s lyrics tended to be narrative in nature and Steve’s music was sweeping and cinematic in scope (though firmly rooted in rock).

It was then that George decided (rather boldly) to approach Steve with the thought of perhaps writing an album together ... he told him the idea that he had based upon a book he was developing and proceeded to send a 20 page, single-spaced synopsis in English (not Steve’s native tongue, of course) to Germany!  A couple of weeks passed … and then George (who had been getting a bit worried) finally heard back from Steve who sent him an instrumental that was gorgeous, ornate and majestic - a perfect opening number!  That evening, unable to sleep, George finally got up not long after midnight with the song swimming in his head and wrote the words to what would become the opening track (“Fateful Days”) of their debut rock opera  ... and they were off!  Fateful days, indeed.

Steve assembled a magnificent cast of vocalists to perform the roles of the characters from “AIRS”; beginning with the lead “Owen”, Steve’s strategy was to cast the voices based upon the multiple emotional intensities required for the “scenes”/songs as well as the psychological undercurrents of the action – Paul Adrian Villarreal (Sun Caged), Gordon Tittsworth (Images of Eden/Dread The Forsaken), Tilman Eckelt (Grailknights), Cornelius Kappabani (Bifrost) and Jan Hoving (Stonefly/A. Vandenberg) all rose to the occasion and fleshed out the character superbly.  Gordon Tittsworth also performed as “Derrick” (Owen’s father) while Cornelius Kappabani played the roles of ”Derrick”, “Craig” (Owen’s brother) and “The Islanders”.  The lead female role of “Annabelle” was performed beautifully, soulfully by Floor Kraaijvanger (Superfloor/Floored) and the role of young “Hannah” was tenderly portrayed by Antila Thomsen.

The band of musicians was just as impressive with Steve performing all guitars, bass and keyboards except for bass on “The Great Salt Pond” played by his brother Christoph Brockmann (North Band - Germany) and special guest appearances by Dave Meros who played bass on two songs (“Annabelle” and “Flight II”) and Alan Morse who provided his signature guitar effects and sailing solos to the finale (“Flight II”).  The drums were played by Jochen Ohl (North Band – Germany) with Phil Robertson (Warner, Polygram, Electra, EMI, Atlantic session player) behind the kit on “Grounded II”.

The album was recorded and mixed by Steve Brockmann at his Fencesound Music Studios, Nordfriesland, Germany and mastered by Andy Horn at The Red Room, Berolzheim, Germany. 
Floor Kraaijvanger and Jan Hoving were recorded at EDGETIP recording studio, Arnhem, Netherlands by Raoul Soentken.  Gordon Tittsworth was recorded at Astral Sun Studios in Red Lion, PA, USA.  Paul Adrian Villarreal was recorded in a Large Wooden Badger in KluBerath, Germany.  Antila Thomsen, Tilman Eckelt and Cornelius Kappabani were recorded by Steve Brockmann at Fencesound Music Studios, Nordfriesland, Germany.  Alan Morse was recorded in Monrovia, CA, USA. Dave Meros was recorded at Pollo Del Mar in Fair Oaks, CA, USA.  Phil Robertson was recorded at Crawlspace in Vancouver, BC, Canada.  Tony Kost, Seann Jackson, Leigh Andrade and Nicolette Collard-Andrade were recorded in Providence, RI, USA and Fall River, MA, USA by George Andrade.

Album art was designed by Matt Willett (http://www.mattwillettdesign.com/).

Please visit the official website (due to launch during week Feb 13): http://airs-arockopera.com/

For daily updates and coverage of the release please visit the official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AIRS.Brockmann.Andrade

Brockmann/Andrade are proudly self-released under Fencesound Music: http://www.fencesound.de/

“Airs – A Rock Opera” will be available for immediate delivery from Fencesound Music as well as for sale in all major retail outlets and digital download sites on February 29, 2012.

The track listing for “Airs – A Rock Opera” is:

Now I Know
1. Fateful Days (featuring Paul Adrian Villareal)
2. Grounded (featuring Gordon Tittsworth)
3. Kites (featuring Tilman Eckelt)
4. Flight (featuring Cornelius Kappabani)

5. Current Events
  - Winds of Change (featuring Gordon Tittsworth)
  - Heirs (featuring Gordon Tittsworth & Cornelius Kappabani)
  - Winds of Change II (featuring Cornelius Kappabani)
  - Errs (featuring Gordon Tittsworth)
 
Book of Airs
6. History (instrumental)
7. Heritage (featuring Gordon Tittsworth)
8. Experiments (featuring Gordon Tittsworth)
9. Floating (instrumental)

The Flyer
10. Annabelle (featuring Jan Hoving)
11. The Center (featuring Floor Kraaijvanger & Gordon Tittsworth)
12. Fateful Days II (featuring Antila Thomsen)
13. Hannah (featuring Cornelius Kappabani & Antila Thomsen)

Airs
14. The Great Salt Pond (featuring Floor Kraaijvanger)
15. Grounded II (featuring Gordon Tittsworth & spoken cast)
16. Kites II (instrumental)
17. Flight II (featuring Floor Kraaijvanger, Antila Thomsen & Cornelius Kappabani)

18. Owen (featuring Paul Adrian Villarreal)

Steve Brockmann, music composer, arranger and producer, is a multi-instrumentalist who has played an active role in Northern Germany’s music scene since the early 1980s. Amongst others, he has played support gigs for such rock legends as Uriah Heep, Moody Marsden Band, and Hawkwind. Steve currently concentrates his musical work on various projects in his personal studio. Steve’s releases include “Don’t Sing” (2001), “Broskro Skrobro” (2002), “Expected Errors” (2007).  He has also composed and contributed charity singles for The Haiti Project, a collaborative album of 40 musicians and bands including Neal Morse, Roine Stolt, Dave Meros and IZZ (“For You” 2010), and for Förderkreis für krebskranke Kinder und Jugendliche. e.V., a center for young children and teens living with cancer in Northern Germany (“For Those Who Left, For Those Who Came (Christmas Eve)” 2011).

George Andrade, story, lyrics and narratives, is the lyricist and Executive Producer for the progressive metal band The ANABASIS (10T Records).  He has written adult and children’s fiction, reviewed albums for such progressive bands as Mars Hollow, Shadow Circus and Relocator, reviews novels for HorrorNews.net, provides critical readings for screenplays and is a freelance editor.  He is listed in the Locus Magazine author index and has been an artist-in-residence for Very Special Arts Rhode Island.  He also wrote, produced and directed the short film “Supports’ which won a RI Cable Award for “Best Entertainment/Variety” in 1992.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2012 at 11:58
^have talked with Steve via Facebook a bit, nice guy he is ...
a very informative interview ... well done Smile

project is cleared for inclusion in the meanwhile - it won't take long ...


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 13 2012 at 11:29
Fantastic news that Brockmann/Andrade has been added to Prog Archives as a Crossover Prog band! Big smile
 
 
Hooray! Beer
 
Thank yous Clap go out to Andy Webb, Uwe Zickel and Steve Lazenby for early support and championing of us and then to, of course, the crossover prog team of Olav Martin Bjørnsen, Scott Gold, Warthur and Windhawk for their ears and ultimate consideration! Smile
 
Cheers to all of you who have checked this humble thread from me and Steve ... here is the link to the page for "Airs - A Rock Opera": http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=36638
 
We would love to hear what you think - please let us know!
 
 
Oh ... the website is officially launched! Please visit www.airs-arockopera.com - sign-up for the mailing list and get an instant download to an unreleased track, "The Moment's Eye", the first that Steve and I wrote together for what was to be Steve's next album, ha-ha-ha! Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 15 2012 at 09:02
Hello once again, friends and colleagues! Smile

Well, we've received some wonderful, well thought out (and written!) reviews of AIRS from Andy, laz and Rivertree of which we are so very appreciative - thanks, boys! Clap

We have released our first "video single" today and as promised I am posting it here - we hope that you enjoy it and thanks for taking the time to check it out! Thumbs Up
 
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Hi everyone! Smile
 
I wanted to thank you all for the attention and consideration you have been gracious enough to have shown Steve Brockmann and I in the months since the release of "Airs - A Rock Opera" - it has been amazing and we are humbled beyond belief! It's been like enjoying ice cream with a truckload of sprinkles! Big smile
 
We have released another video single that you may be interested in checking out ... it is a gorgeous, soul stirring performance by Floor Kraayvanger narrating the spiritual coming together of the main characters of AIRS ... a perfect, gospel tinged music for this Easter weekend 2012, regardless of your religious beliefs!

"And she rises / Rises to freedom / She laughs and rest her head on Owen's chest / We fly / You're my sky"
 
Enjoy and please visit us (if you haven't already) at http://airs-arockopera.com/Home.aspx!
 
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2012 at 09:46
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2012 at 09:55
Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Nice - a true highlight of the albumThumbs Up


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2012 at 10:24
Thank you guys! Smile

From our Facebook page:

Steve and I are pleased to announce that we will be giving away the single "Annabelle" on CDBaby as a gift to all of you, our dear friends of "AIRS", with our thanks and compliments for your continued support!

 

We have been blown away by the statistics being registered lately here on our Facebook page and at the official "AIRS" website:

  • In the past two days alone our weekly total reach on Facebook has skyrocketed from an average 290 to 784 "unique people who have seen any content associated with our page" - astonishing!
  • Throughout the month of March there were 6880 page views and 1006 visitors to the site - amazing!

To receive your free  digital download of "Annabelle" - beginning tomorrow April 7th and available for one week through April 14th - simply follow the link:

 

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/brockmannandrade

 

Select song #10 - "Annabelle" - place it in your cart and checkout! Simple as that! If you are not registered at CDBaby you will be asked for your email address before proceeding to checkout.

 

And while you're there, why not have a listen to another song sample from the rock opera ... perhaps you may want to add it to your cart for the low, low price of .99 cents?  (smooth, huh?)

 

To hear the entire rock opera streaming (and to have the ability to open the lyric book in a separate window), please follow this link: http://www.airs-arockopera.com/Media/Audio.aspx

 

Steve and I love you all and consider ourselves blessed to have met so many new friends and colleagues through "Airs - A Rock Opera" ... we appreciate this experience more than you know.

 

Our hearts on strings ...


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2012 at 10:24
Hello friends and colleagues!

It's been awhile but I wanted to let you all know that Steve and I are giving away a copy of our rock opera and all you have to do to be entered for a chance is to visit our Facebook page and leave a message - that's it!


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