On Saturday, NOVEMBER 7TH, 2009 @ THE HARD ROCK CAFE, The second PRELIMINARY ROUND of the Paragon Rock The House Hard Competition took place.

Some info on the bands that played & when:

RAJASI http://www.myspace.com/rajasi 8:00 PM
KILLING ISAAC http://www.myspace.com/killingisaac 8:40 PM
DOCILE http://www.myspace.com/docile 9:20 PM
ELYSSA http://www.myspace.com/elyssacg 10:00 PM
MANED YOUNG LIONS http://www.myspace.com/manedyounglions 10:40 PM
ALTERNATE END http://www.myspace.com/alternateendrocks 11:20 PM
BETTY SHYNE http://www.myspace.com/bettyshyne 12:00 AM
FUGITIVE UNDERGROUND http://www.myspace.com/fugitiveunderground 12:40 AM

Thanks to these amazing bands that played. It was a great night. It was a tough decision for our judges, but the following bands are moving on the the Paragon Rock The House Hard FINALS at the Opera House on January 16th:

FUGITIVE UNDERGROUND 1ST PLACE (TIED)
ALTERNATE END 1ST PLACE (TIED)
DOCILE 2ND PLACE
BETTY SHINE 3RD PLACE

One of these bands will win:

*Thirty hours of recording with Wellcraft Music Group. http://www.wellcraftmusic.com/
*500 Duplicated CDs from Firebrand Interactive http://www.firebrandinc.com/
*Three sit-down interviews with one Major, Independent and Publishing Label.
*A band Merchandising package which includes: Logo Graphic Design and printing of good quality, cotton T-shirts & More.
*An Artist Development Deal with Paragonyx Entertainment which includes:
-A slot in three of Toronto's biggest indoor, industry music festivals.
-Three Lucrative weekend gigs at hard to crack Toronto Venues.
-One industry showcase.
-Featured band - www.paragononline.ca for three months.
-Your band's song on Paragon's myspace for three months.
*An Electronic press kit.

*A live professional digital recording of your band's next show.
*A professional photoshoot.
& MUCH, MUCH MORE! A prize valued at $20,000!!! & We are in the process of adding thousands of additional dollars in prizing so keep posted, as we will be continually updating the grand prize.

Thanks to our MC Launy Schwartz for keeping the large audience entertained, thanks to the Hard Rock Cafe and especially to Joe the Sound Guy.

The Line-up for the Friday, November 27th show is ready to go and will be posted on the site next week so keep an eye out for that!