[atlantaprog] Re: Atlantis

don't forget billionaire

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wade S" <cobwebstrange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 1:16 AM
Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: Atlantis


> >>If industry types actually go to showcases in Atlanta
> >>during the conference, I wonder which ones?
> >>I will place my money on rap/hip-hop bands, as that is
> >>where this area has gotten the most buzz lately.
> >>Bill
> 
> Actually, one of the festival founders was Mark Willis (of New Sound 
> Atlanta).  He was Stuck Mojo's manager and the guy who put together the 
> Saturday Night Six Pack series at the Roxy in the mid 90s - that was a once 
> a month show with 6 different local rock bands.  In fact, prog rockers Roots 
> of Consciousness were one of the bands that played (that was before I was a 
> member of the band).  So Atlantis seemed to grow out of Mark Willis' rock 
> connections and his history as a rock promoter.
> 
> Not only that, but most of the bands that have been signed at some point 
> after playing Atlantis (although not necessarily because of Atlantis) have 
> been rock bands - the two most famous were Injected and The Marvelous 3, but 
> the article that John listed earlier also mentioned Double Drive, Josh 
> Joplin, Brand New Immortals, Tender Idols, and several other rockers.
> 
> -Wade
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