It just keeps getting better. CalProg ’05 - Progressive Rock Music Forum

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CalProg Pre Party

The Whittier Radisson Hotel will be host to a party on Friday night (June 3) in the ballroom to kick off the weekend. Expect to see many band members and attendees at this event. It starts at 9:00 and will run until approximately 11:00. There will be an attended bar. This event has a miniscule cover charge of $10.

Performing at the party will be Los Angeles based LA Underscore.

Artist Profile: L.A. Underscore

L.A. Underscore is hardly a new band. In fact, the core lineup has been together for nearly ten years. Guitarists Sean Joplin, Derek Scott, bassist G.T. Richards, and drummer Jonathann Launer were briefly known as Area 51, and later released the CD “Tales from Area 51” under the name Dreamland. While the names may not immediately ring a bell, they are all veteran musicians with dozens of album and film projects to their credits. Additionally, they are all actively engaged in producing and performing with countless other artists, bringing a constant infusion of new ideas, and supporting talents back into the fold. L.A. Underscore has arrived at a new plateau with the release of “Escape from Omaha ”. It is the culmination of many years of extensive writing, arranging, and recording. The core lineup is supplemented by several guest artists contributing their extraordinary performance skills, which include Ryo Okumoto, keyboardist from the mighty Spock’s Beard, Jerry Goodman, the violinist of Mahavishnu Orchestra and Dixie Dregs fame, and guitarist/violinist David Ragsdale, who has recorded and toured as a member of the legendary rock group Kansas. Drummer Jonathann Launer who is also the band’s producer, explains, “I felt that the material being written for the new album warranted a much larger production scale and so I brought in Jerry,Ryo & David to really bring it up a notch. In addition, I added full orchestration to the track “Just Dreaming” and bringing in an oboe player from the L.A. Philharmonic. I even got Simon Phillips to assist me in getting my drum sounds. The new record has some cool vintage Mellotron, Mini Moog, & Hammond sounds on it, courtesy of Ryo, & we’re real proud of the way it turned out.

"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?"

This just in:

CALPROG '05

Saga vocalist/keyboardist and ProgrockRecords solo artist Michael
Sadler will be joined by Henning Pauly and Matt Cash of Chain and
guitarist LINO to perform a live acoustic set of music on the outdoor stage during the dinner break that will include tracks from Michael's recent solo album, Saga songs, Chain songs and a variety of classic
prog songs.

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Dan Bobrowski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 02 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5243	Topic: It just keeps getting better. CalProg ’05 Posted: March 08 2005 at 20:47
	I really need to take some serious spending money along for the trip, it looks like it might get expensive.

Garion81 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2004 Location: So Cal, USA Status: Offline Points: 4338	Posted: March 08 2005 at 13:41
	Yeah and add this one in too: CalProg Pre Party The Whittier Radisson Hotel will be host to a party on Friday night (June 3) in the ballroom to kick off the weekend. Expect to see many band members and attendees at this event. It starts at 9:00 and will run until approximately 11:00. There will be an attended bar. This event has a miniscule cover charge of $10. Performing at the party will be Los Angeles based LA Underscore. Artist Profile: L.A. Underscore L.A. Underscore is hardly a new band. In fact, the core lineup has been together for nearly ten years. Guitarists Sean Joplin, Derek Scott, bassist G.T. Richards, and drummer Jonathann Launer were briefly known as Area 51, and later released the CD “Tales from Area 51” under the name Dreamland. While the names may not immediately ring a bell, they are all veteran musicians with dozens of album and film projects to their credits. Additionally, they are all actively engaged in producing and performing with countless other artists, bringing a constant infusion of new ideas, and supporting talents back into the fold. L.A. Underscore has arrived at a new plateau with the release of “Escape from Omaha ”. It is the culmination of many years of extensive writing, arranging, and recording. The core lineup is supplemented by several guest artists contributing their extraordinary performance skills, which include Ryo Okumoto, keyboardist from the mighty Spock’s Beard, Jerry Goodman, the violinist of Mahavishnu Orchestra and Dixie Dregs fame, and guitarist/violinist David Ragsdale, who has recorded and toured as a member of the legendary rock group Kansas. Drummer Jonathann Launer who is also the band’s producer, explains, “I felt that the material being written for the new album warranted a much larger production scale and so I brought in Jerry,Ryo & David to really bring it up a notch. In addition, I added full orchestration to the track “Just Dreaming” and bringing in an oboe player from the L.A. Philharmonic. I even got Simon Phillips to assist me in getting my drum sounds. The new record has some cool vintage Mellotron, Mini Moog, & Hammond sounds on it, courtesy of Ryo, & we’re real proud of the way it turned out.
	"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?"

Prog_Bassist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 29 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 830	Posted: March 06 2005 at 14:14
	sssshhhiiizzweeett.
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Dan Bobrowski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 02 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5243	Posted: March 03 2005 at 12:04
	This just in: CALPROG '05 Saga vocalist/keyboardist and ProgrockRecords solo artist Michael Sadler will be joined by Henning Pauly and Matt Cash of Chain and guitarist LINO to perform a live acoustic set of music on the outdoor stage during the dinner break that will include tracks from Michael's recent solo album, Saga songs, Chain songs and a variety of classic prog songs.