Drumming Icon Ian Paice to Participate in Rock Legends Adventure 2008
- Deep Purple drummer rounds out workshop for budding rock stars
- Private registrations being accepted currently / Casting shows on radio and in press soon
Cologne, Germany, April 3, 2008 - Legendary drummer and pioneer of the heavy rock drum sound Ian Paice is the final international rock powerhouse to sign up to participate in this year's Rock Legends Adventure. The event will be held from May 21 to 24 in Cologne. Paice will join fellow musicians, including John Miles, Lee Sklar, Herman Rarebell from the Scorpions, and Toto frontman Steve Lukather at the multi-day rock workshop. The event will be followed by a rock gala benefit at Cologne's E-Werk venue. German actor and musician Uwe Ochsenknecht will participate in Rock Legends Adventure as a special guest.
Rock Legends Adventure is aimed at music fans who want to fulfill a dream by participating in this exclusive workshop. During the three-day event, participants will enjoy not only a minimum of eight hours of on-stage rehearsals and jam sessions with the best in the music industry, but also eat their meals and stay in the same hotel as their idols. To ensure that the grand finale concert goes as smoothly as possible, all participants will receive sheet music, CDs and a set list of the songs planned for the show.
The goal of the event's organizers is to bring amateur and professional musicians together while also supporting charitable, music-related projects. This year, a portion of the revenues generated by the event will be donated to the "Musik Hilft" ("Music Helps") music therapy initiative by the Nordoff Robbins Stiftung (Foundation).
The participants in Rock Legends Adventure 2008 are currently being selected in radio casting shows on public radio stations and some private radio stations in Germany, as well as via contests in the print media. Interested music fans can also register and pay the regular participation fee on the organizers' Web site.
The sponsors of Rock Legends Adventure will have the chance to take part in a number of glamorous PR opportunities at the gala rock benefit that go far beyond ho-hum, everyday marketing. These include branding and promotional opportunities, VIP tickets including a meet-and-greet, a stay in a 5-star hotel, and reserved workshop participation spots. Media partners will enjoy the opportunity for live reporting prior to and during the event featuring interesting and prominent guests in an authentic rock ambience.
The full list of rock legends taking part in the event, rules for participation, ticket prices and sponsoring opportunities are available on the Rock Legends Adventure 2008 Web site. http://www.rocklegendsadventure.com
November 12, 2007
Rock Legends Adventure Makes Childhood Dreams Come True: Perform Live on Stage with the Stars from Your Record Collection
Extravagant gift for music enthusiasts / Four days of intensive rehearsals plus finale concert for large audience of fans
Cologne, Germany, November 12, 2007 - You board a tour bus at the Intercontinental and drive to your finale concert at E-Werk, a music venue in Cologne already packed with fans. The other seats on the bus are occupied by musicians who have played with the Scorpions, Phil Collins, Roxy Music, Udo Lindenberg, Tina Turner - the idols of your youth. Three tough days of professional rehearsals are over. Now you're just minutes from the pinnacle of this unique experience… Rock Legends Adventure will again offer this adrenaline-driven adventure to a strictly limited number of participants in May 2008.
The organizers at Music Networx GmbH have been successful participants in the top echelons of the music marketing industry for many years. Their Rock Legends Adventure event offers participants a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience the rock star life and to sneak a peek at how the professionals pull off those virtuoso guitar riffs and sophisticated vocal stylings.
In the three days of practice sessions, participants will enjoy not only a minimum of eight hours of on-stage rehearsals and jam sessions with the best in the music industry, but also eat their meals and stay in the same hotel as their idols. To ensure that the grand finale concert goes as smoothly as possible, all participants will receive sheet music, CDs and a set list of the songs planned for the show four weeks in advance. After all, the audience at the concert will consist not only of the participants' friends and business partners, but also a base of fans numbering in the thousands expected to attend to the concert thanks to a broad-based marketing effort.
Rock Legends Adventure also invites non-musicians who would like to experience the rock-and-roll life to attend the event and learn to contribute their talents as video producers, sound and lighting engineers and more. After the event, each participant will receive a DVD with highlights from the four-day event and a complete recording of the live concert.
Participating Rock Legends:
- John Miles (Hitkomponist "Music was my first love", The Alan Parsons Project uvm.)
- Bobby Kimball (Sänger der Kultband Toto)
- Herman Rarebell (Ex-Drummer der Scorpions)
- Carl Carlton (Udo Lindenberg, Peter Maffay uvm)
- Miller Anderson (Spencer Davis Group, T.Rex)
- Pete York (Spencer Davis, York & Hardin, Superdrumming)
- Leyland Sklar (Phil Collins uvm)
- Ollie Marland (Tina Turner, Cher)
- Paul Thompson (Roxy Music)
Rock Legends invited to participate:
- Huey Lewis (Huey Lewis and the News)
- Paul Rodgers (Queen)
- Simon Philips (Toto)
- Steve Lukather (Toto)
- Ian Paice (Schlagzeuger Deep Purple)
- Eric Bazilian (The Hooters)
- Michael Balzary "Flea" (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)
- Rick Wakeman (Yes)
The event at a glance: Rock Legends Adventure 2008
- May 21: Arrival and first rehearsal day
- May 22-24: Coaching, rehearsals with the Rock Legends
- May 24: Evening: finale concert at E-Werk in Cologne
- May 25: Departure
