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    I'm staying at Marriott for free this year (one night)

    Long-time PPUSA attendee here (Craig). I've been every year except PPUSA VIII (my brother's wedding, dammit!!). I've been meaning to post this for 2 months, and finally got around to it... Anyway, I signed up for a Marriott Rewards card a few years ago, and for PPUSA attendees, it's the best...
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    New CD from Disperse guitarist Jakub Zytecki

    For anyone else who (like me) absolutely loved Disperse's "Living Mirrors" and were disappointed that they didn't make it to PPUSA a couple of years ago, here's something to tide you over until their next CD (which they're supposedly working on now). Guitarist Jakub Zytecki has released a solo...
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    Potential free ProgPower hotel stays at Marriott

    I've been doing this the past two years, and thought I'd share...I know finances keep some away from PPUSA, so this might help. If you sign up for a Marriott Rewards credit card, you'll usually get tens of thousands of bonus reward points. I think I got 60,000 when I signed up 2 years ago...
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    Check your credit card statements -- fraud during and right after ProgPower

    I just found out that the credit card we used while in Atlanta has been locked for fraudulent purchases. CHECK YOUR CREDIT CARDS!!! We stayed at the Residence Inn (the one a block away from Center Stage), and used the card in exactly 2 places: Residence Inn itself Sausolitos (the place...
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    New Tony MacAlpine is *awesome*

    I've never been a *huge* fan…always appreciated his talent, but his albums never really hit me. This one has…it's his most recent CD, called simply "Tony MacAlpine." If you're a fan of instrumental music, this is well worth buying. It's not just a wank-fest, as instrumental discs often...
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    ProgPower USA mentioned in Grammy.com interview with Petrucci

    Don't know if this has been posted before, but I thought it was awesome that the festival was mentioned on the Grammy site in an interview with Petrucci. The latter part (being a Petrucci interview =) should give some nice exposure for the fest...
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    RUSH - latesT CD (MP3s) on sale for $0.99 - today only @ Amazon!

    Even if you're not a huge fan...i think it's one of their best CDs ever, well worth a buck!!! :kickass: http://www.amazon.com/Clockwork-Angels-digital-booklet/dp/B0086QS7N2/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343826525&sr=301-1 Craig
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    I'm loving the Beyond the Bridge CD - Prog-metal awesomeness!

    I only bought their CD "The Old Man & The Spirit" a few weeks ago, and listened to it a few times since then. But I just listened to it twice in a row here at work, with headphones, and it has finally sunk in what a fantastic, brilliant CD they've produced. GOOD STUFF!!! If you haven't...
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    New music from STRIDE guitarist, Joel Gregoire

    I was listening to Stride's fantastic CD "Imagine," and it made me wonder if there was any news on the band (yes, I know they broke up), or their members. Found this article that guitarist Joel Gregoire has released a solo instrumental CD ("Deranged Kids of the Electric Playground") that's...
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    Great band for Enchant fans

    Hi all, I browse the forum here pretty regularly, but I haven't posted in a long time (if ever??). I'd love to participate more both here and on the PPUSA forum, but just don't have the time. However, I wanted to make time to let everyone here know about a GREAT band I recently discovered...
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    Two awesome "new" bands - "3" and "Dead Air Radio"

    New to me, anyway.... I made a couple of AWESOME recent discoveries and was a little shocked that I hadn't heard much about either of them before, so figured I'd post about them. 1) First one is Dead Air Radio (unrelated to the ChromaKey CD of similar name), specifically their 2nd CD...
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    Overdue PP4 pics (w/ "Room 111" party)

    Note: This is a duplicate post from PM, so if you saw it there, ignore. OK, so I'm completely lame for not getting these posted sooner than a year, but here's my pics from PP4: http://www.craigcaldwell.com/ProgPower4 Unfortunately, the digital camera I had at the time really blew in...