Last night’s Rock Summit show at Sector 7G had all the potential in the world to be a great event for the Augusta area. In the end all that was left was a show that, while encouraging in regards to the performances put on by the lokal acts, left many discouraged by what many are now considering to be a possible sham. While the acts were requested to show up at a designated time, the show’s promoter arrived nearly an hour later, causing the event featuring ten Augusta bands to go on much later than scheduled. To add to the chaos, the second stage area reportedly to be equipped by sound via the promoter never happened. Ten bands, one stage, a few hours to do so. Also questionable are some the ways that bands get voted to the next level of the competition.
According to www.houmatoday.com, a website containing information regarding a Rock Summit event held May 10th in Houma, Louisiana, “Local winners will be selected after considering several factors, including; a fan poll during admission, overall stage presence and sound quality, in addition to the input of Knight with the help of Rock Summit talent agents.” That is almost mirrored on Rock Summit’s myspace page. The last part of that is quite interesting as the rep for Rock Summit, who one has to assume would need to be there to judge “overall stage presence and sound quality”, didn’t even stick around to see all of the acts performing leaving shortly after receiving Rock Summit’s take of the door. Furthermore, reportedly the reps explanation of where raised funds were going consisted mainly of paying for promotions ala radio and possibly television of which there was neither. Yet according to Rock Summit’s myspace FAQ blog, – “The admission charged at the door and other revenue generated from Rock Summit helps finance the music project of the band selected at National Rock Summit, as well as securing nationally known talent, travel expenses and venues.” This is a bit of a contradiction to the supposed “lokal” explanation.
Another piece of misleading info found on Rock Summit’s myspace: “The venues for the event are usually all ages that have a capacity of 400-500 people.” While Sector 7G is undoubtable Augusta’s all-ages venue, the capacity doesn’t come close to 400-500 people.
It is tough being in a “lokal” band no matter where you are located. It makes it even tougher if outside forces come in and take advange of a band’s desire to move to the next level. Whether Rock Summit is a scam or just experienced a bumpy night is yet to be determined, but for all intents and purposes, all signs points to “scam”.
the name is Stoney…Mr. Jack Ass is you’re nasty!
Posted by Stoney | November 9, 2008, 8:05 pmhey guys im former member of “Abition By Day” band, which was supposed to be winner of the Rock Summit 2008 competition, as of now we hav lost contact with derrick knight and no money/tour rewarded which was supposed to be guaranteed, no paper works/contracts given to us for terms/agreement that were supposed to be given before the competition, he said “Ambition By Day” won the competition, i wonder where he is now!! Derrick knight if you are reading this, please do comment back and let me know when we are gonna get what we deserve, if my friends can’t do anything about the situation, i will be forced to HIRE SOMEONE to find YOU and take you to COURT!! YOUR reputation for local bands has been damaged already don’t make it worse i am asking you in a nice way!!
” and as for the people who’s reading this, i will be needing some help and support from the ones that were “SCAMMED” by him!!
i just want what is FAIR for everyone specially for the ones like new bands, if no one is going to do something about this situation then i have a feeling that he’s going to continue this so called “SCAM” that he does!!
Posted by ABD | March 8, 2010, 6:17 amDerrick Knight –
8503417228
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=330671623393#!/derrickmknight?ref=ts
Posted by PNT | May 3, 2010, 4:34 pmCopied from Soul Bar Message Board by user Sector_7G:
Our friend from rock summit
I’ve gotten two emails recently warning me (albeit too late) not to work with Derrick Knight, who scammed me and several Augusta musicians with the Rock Summit show. I thought it was interesting and thought I’d share.
Here’s what one says:
FRAUD ALERT!
PLEASE BE ADVISED, MAY BE COMING TO YOUR TOWN NEXT!
DERRICK M KNIGHT W/ ARMORPIO ENTERTAINMENT
Here is an article that we found about Derrick Knight/Armorpio Entertainment (AKA: Con Artist/Theif)
http://lokalloudness.org/2008/06/rock-summit-or-rock-scam/
ESCAMBIA FLORIDA CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT DOCUMENTS:
http://www.escambiaclerk.com/xml_or_1.asp?uname=KNIGHT%20DERRICK%20MATTHEW
BOOKING VENUES, DJ’S, ONLINE TICKET SALES THRU ONLINE TICKET BROKERS (ie: PAYPAL, GROOVYTICKETS) AND VENDORS AND CANCELLING THE EVENT AFTER COLLECTING FUNDS FROM PARTY-GOERS AND VENDORS.
ATTEMPTING TO HOST PARTIES (VENUES) AT LOCATIONS WITH OUT OWNERS PERMISSION. HANDING OUT FLYERS, FALSE ADVERTISEMENT W/ DRINK SPECIALS THESE OWNERS HAVE NO DEALINGS WITH HIM AND HAVE WRITTEN STATEMENTS ABOUT HIS UNPROFESSIONALISM AND SHADY DEALINGS!
I HAVE EMAILS/COMMENTS FROM:
HEMINGWAY’S IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
EMERALD CITY, PENSACOLA, FL
PORTOFINO ISLAND RESORT, PENSACOLA, FL
SHORE ULTRA LOUNGE, LONG BEACH, CA
GM @ HEMINGWAYS:
This is a (statement) via email that I received from the GM @ Hemingways!
thanks for the video, it reminded me of some of the problems, the video is what caused him to lose our site as a venue. Originally his event was scheduled at our Bimini Beach Bar, which is underneath Hemingway’s but a separate entity. Putting the Hemingway’s restaurant with the logo was copyright infringement that he almost got sued over. Then his free drinks ad was a lie, we never agreed to free drinks. his video also included the tower bar at Hemingway’s which also was not part of his deal. i have no volume on my work computer but I’m sure he said a lot of things that weren’t true. He was asked, then ordered, in a meeting with our managing partner to remove video and never did. So we cancelled his event and tried to help him find an alternate site. He started advertising that his event was at another location on the boardwalk and we even printed up flyers and paid someone to pass them out to help send people to the right location. It turned out he did not have permission to hold his event at the new location and they became upset at us. Meanwhile since the video was not pulled and he had collected money from people, we continued to get people coming to our location looking for event and quite upset. On Sunday of Memorial weekend, a few of our patrons approached me and said “I just got these free drink cards from a guy on the boardwalk and he is passing them out in your restaurant”. I tracked him down on the boardwalk and found him with the manager of the 2nd establishment (Capt Funs) and the police. He was also passing out free drink cards for the other establishment. He was trespassed off the boardwalk and his friend (helping him pass out the free drink cards, maybe 2 guys) were arrested on prior warrants.
GM @ EMERALD CITY:
GM @ Emerald City-Pensacola:
we do not do business with derrick knight. i am VERY
surprised that he would list us as a reference! i can not recommend him under any circumstances.
general manager
emerald city of pensacola, inc.
PORTOFINO ISLAND SALES/BANQUET DEPARTMENT:
Good Afternoon! We have previously spoken with Mr. Knight regarding events, but have never worked with him; therefore, cannot provide a reference.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Take care,
Sales and Customized Vacations
Portofino Island
850.454.2341
http://www.portofinoisland.com
SUL-Long Beach, CA
Shady & a waste of time! Unprofessional and a low budget con-artist!
Last know addresses: (per court documents)
6524 Forest Drive
Milton, FL 32570
http://www.realtor.com/property-detail/6254-Forest-Dr_Milton_FL_32570_194a4e04
9009 University Parkway #82
Pensacola, FL 35214
Oakwood Properties (877 902 0832)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9009+University+Parkway+%2382++pensacola,+fl&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=9009+University+Pkwy,+Pensacola,+FL+32514&gl=us&ei=8WyKTIyROYGclgf1_IW7CQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ8gEwAA
DERRICK M KNIGHT W/ ARMORPIO ENTERTAINMENT
http://armorpio.com/site/
Numbers from his website:
310-734-8623
850-341-2792
FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/derrickmknight?ref=search
EMAIL ADDRESS:
moc.liamgnull@thginkmkcirred
cell # as of September 10, 2010
850-341-7228
CALL AND EMAIL DERRICK AND
LET HIM KNOW THAT IS SCAM IS
OUT…IM PUTTING HIS
BUSINESS IN THE STREETS…
PLEASE PASS ALONG TO…
YOUR FRIENDS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, FRIENDS THAT WORK AT RESTAURANTS, FRIENDS THAT WORK AT RADIO STATIONS (COAST TO COAST), OTHER PROMOTERS, DJ FRIENDS, VENUE HOSTS, SITE
OWNERS, HOTELS, CLUBS, BARS, TAVERNS!
LONG LIVE THE INTERNET!!!
Posted by Stoney | September 11, 2010, 6:16 pmI hear Derrick Knight has a BIG VAGINA in between his legs too!
Posted by Lady Gaga | October 14, 2010, 11:44 amInfo on Mr. Knight’s recent court issue as emailed to us…
ESCAMBIA COUNTY COURT RECORDS:
THIRD DEGREE FELONY CHARGE (5/18/2010)
http://www.escambiaclerk.com/xml/xml.asp?ucase_id=58654685
ESCAMBIA COUNTY COURT RECORDS:
2006 EVICTION FROM EATON SQUARE APARTMENTS – PENSACOLA, FL
http://www.escambiaclerk.com/xml/xml.asp?ucase_id=89431049
ESCAMBIA COUNTY COURT RECORDS:
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
http://www.escambiaclerk.com/xml/xml.asp?ucase_id=2234671
ESCAMBIA COUNTY COURT RECORDS:
1ST DEGREE MISDEMEANOR-BATTERY
http://www.escambiaclerk.com/xml/xml.asp?ucase_id=93043738
ESCAMBIA COUNTY COURT RECORDS:
COUNTY CODE ORDINANCE CODE VIOLATION-MISDEMEANOR INFRACTION
http://www.escambiaclerk.com/xml/xml.asp?ucase_id=16530330
Posted by Stoney | October 14, 2010, 2:55 pmSo the charges against Derrick Knight WERE DROPPED.
The state didn’t prosecute the case and now I hear he is recording music and working on an album. WTF! He just needs to go away lol!
Posted by Witchy Woman | November 23, 2010, 7:44 pm