716 Local Music - September 2013

“BUFFALO HAS A LOT OF CULTURE. A LOT OF MUSIC VENUES. THERE’S SO MUCH TO OFFER.” - DOMINIC SCADUTO, SWEET APOLLO • “IF YOU DIG DEEP ENOUGH AND FIND THE GENRES THAT YOU LIKE, GO TO A COUPLE SHOWS, IT’S COOL.” - BEN ALESSI • “EVERYTHING’S LIKE A FAMILY.” - JOE MOSEY, CURRENTS • “THERE’S A REALLY DIVERSE GROUP OF MUSICIANS.” - BEN CAIN, THE ODD TIMES • “[IT’S] ROARING LIKE CRAZY. I HAVE FRIENDS IN REALLY AWESOME BANDS.” - JACOB SMOLINSKI, THE CASCOS • “WE’VE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM OTHER BANDS THAT WE’RE STILL FRIENDS WITH.” - LELAN ALLEN, RITUAL WALK • “THE COMMUNITY IS UNREAL. IT’S GREAT TO BE FROM A CITY THAT HAS SO MUCH TO OFFER MUSICALLY, BECAUSE THEN EVERYTHING AROUND YOU ROCKS.” - ANTHONY MUSIOR, THE TRADITIONAL • “A LOT OF BANDS SUPPORT EACH OTHER.” - ALEX CZECHOWSKI, HEARTS LIKE RIOTS • “THE CROWDS. THE FANS. BUFFALO’S PRETTY INSPIRATIONAL.” - JONNY SZAFARSKI, THE CANT • “BUFFALO OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG BANDS TO PROMOTE WHAT WE ARE AND TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE ELSE.” - KERRICK WOYSHNER, THE CASCOS • “THERE’S AN UNSPOKEN BOND IF YOU’RE A BAND IN BUFFALO.” - WILLIAM LASHOMB, SWEET APOLLO • “PEOPLE ARE VERY HELPFUL AROUND HERE.” - JEN PALMER • “PEOPLE IN BUFFALO ARE EXTREMELY ACCEPTING OF LOCAL BANDS.” - NICK MILATELLO, RITUAL WALK • “CHICKEN WINGS. CHEERIOS. BUFFALO SABRES.” - NICHOLAS WILLIAM, THE BREATHING TREE • “EVERYONE’S MORE OPEN TO SOCIALIZING WITH EACH OTHER.” - PATRICK KELLY, HEARTS LIKE RIOTS • “WHEN PEOPLE FIND OUT YOU’RE AN ARTIST FROM BUFFALO AND THEY’RE FROM BUFFALO, THEY AUTOMATICALLY LOVE YOU. THERE’S SO MUCH HOMETOWN PRIDE. IF YOU’RE A BUFFALO ARTIST, YOU’RE GUARANTEED TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE LATCHING ONTO YOU.” - DANIEL ROBINSON • “THERE’S A LOT OF AWESOME LOCAL TALENT.” - HOKAN CROMWELL, HOKAN & FRIENDS OF THE SUN • “IT’S CLOSE-KNIT. YOU BECOME FRIENDS WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.” - BRAD GOTTORFF, CEDAR KITES • “ALL THE BANDS HELP EACH OTHER.” - JON CORIC, THE TRADITIONAL • “THE FANS ARE LOYAL WHEN THEY FIND A BAND THEY ENJOY.” - ANTHONY WACHOWIAK, THE CANT • “OUR RECORD IS A BILLS REFERENCE.” - ANTHONY MUSIOR, THE TRADITIONAL • “THERE ARE ECLECTIC GROUPS OF PEOPLE. THAT’S HOW I MET ALL THE PEOPLE I’VE PLAYED WITH.” - BRYAN ZELLS, EMILE HAWTHORNE • “THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE AND GREAT PROMOTERS.” - JOSEPH WRIGHT, FIASCO JONES • “THERE REALLY ISN’T A SHITTY PLACE TO PLAY IN BUFFALO. WE HAVE A GOOD TIME EVERY TIME WE GO OUT.” - DARREN SILVER, CURRENTS • “THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE TRYING. THERE’S ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO’S LIKE, ‘I REALLY WANT TO BRING THE MUSIC SCENE BACK,’ EVEN IF IT’S ALL THE WAY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL. THERE’S ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM THAT DOESN’T SEEM TO DIE. NO ONE’S GIVING UP ON THIS.” • JEREMY JEWULA, DARLING HARBOR • “THE SCENE’S REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER. ALL THE BANDS WANT TO SEE EACH OTHER SUCCEED.” - JUSTIN SHUTTLEWORTH • “PEOPLE WANT TO PROMOTE EVERYONE ELSE. [THEY] WANT TO PUT BUFFALO ON THE MAP AS A WHOLE. IT’S NOT ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS.” TOM BURTLESS, HUMBLE BRAGGERS • “A LOT OF MUSIC IS A COMPETITION, BUT MOST OF THE TIME HERE I FEEL IT’S MORE PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER.” - ERIN SYDNEY WELSH • “THERE’S A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE SAME THING.” - BRIAN CHIECO, HONEY SPINE • “THE MUSIC SCENE COLLAPSES EVERY SO OFTEN, BUT THAT DOESN’T STAY STAGNANT FOR LONG. HALF THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND USUALLY STICK TOGETHER AND THE OTHER HALF GO ANOTHER WAY. ASSUMING THAT THE BAND WAS GOOD, THEY FIND OTHER GOOD MEMBERS FROM THESE TWO NOW SEGMENTED GROUPS, AND THAT TURNS INTO TWO GOOD BANDS. IT’S COOL THAT BUFFALO CYCLES LIKE THAT EVERY [FEW] YEARS.” - NICK BORGOSZ, WORLD OF NOISE RECORDING STUDIO • “ANYONE CAN MAKE MUSIC. THERE [ARE] A LOT MORE PEOPLE MAKING MUSIC AND PLAYING SHOWS.” - MATT SCIME, GO EXPLORING • “THERE ARE SO MANY MUSICIANS WHO ARE WILLING TO COLLABORATE. EACH PERSON BRINGS SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW TO THE TABLE.” - SAVANNAH KING • “[IT’S] A GREAT MUSIC SCENE. YOU GET A LOT OF SUPPORT.” - VINNY PARISI, A FAILED APOLOGY

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