About The Haiti Projekt

Welcome to the home for the Progressive Rock community's charity CD "The Haiti Projekt". This is our effort to raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake disaster this January 2010. With a death toll estimated to be more than 200,000 with over 300,000 injured and millions without homes, food, or water, the need for humanitarian help is immense. The Haiti Projekt is a compilation of 40 songs donated by famous and not-so-famous prog bands from around the globe.  The list includes prog luminaries such as Neal Morse (Neal Morse, Spocks Beard), IZZ, Roine Stolt (Agents of Mercy, Transatlantic, Flower Kings), Randy George (Ajalon), Dave Meros (Dave Meros, Spocks Beard), and a special appearance by Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Planet X) on the Relocator tune.

This effort is being spearheaded by the co-producer of The Tsunami Projekt and bassist in the instrumental prog metal group Asymmetry, Brian Cobb. In 2005, Brian and Barry Thompson produced a compilation CD that sold over 700 copies and raised over $10,000 for the victims of the Indonesian tsunami disaster. All proceeds were donated to the Red Cross. The same applies to The Haiti Projekt. All proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross in support of their humanitarian efforts in Haiti.

Brian was helped by two key individuals in this effort: Martin Kornick (Man In The Mountain) created the original artwork for the cover and the website, and John Fontana (who also donated a track to this effort from his band, Shadow Circus) has coded this wonderful website, and Shawn Gordon (ProgRock Records; Mindawn) has assisted in recruiting some of the talent represented on the collection. Advertising space has also been generously provided by Maxime Roy on his excellent websites, Progarchives and MetalMusicArchives. The Haiti Projekt is being exclusively distributed via digital download on this website. All money is routed directly to Brian Cobb's PayPal account and will be donated in a lump sum to the Red Cross. Please see the Purchase page for information on how to download The Haiti Projekt.

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Thank you for your interest and support!


Brian Cobb
Organizer
The Haiti Projekt