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August 29, 2013February 6, 2014

Behind The Board – The Full Experience

Two weeks ago, at Captain Lawrence Brewery a most stunning moment took place. Well, maybe mesmerizing is a better word to describe what we watched. Or maybe it would be… If you were at this show, you know what we’re trying to say here. If you weren’t, what a shame for you!

The Matt O’Ree Band came back to the Tri-State Area and they destroyed Westchester County! Almost 2 straight hours of pure rock and roll bliss for the NEXT Music Charity Concert Series! We bring these guys up all the time and we just never get tired of how they can mesmerize a crowd. From the perspective behind the sound board, it’s amazing to watch people, meditating on sound, moving in odd motions as their body just takes off to the music. These guys are the best pure Rock and Roll touring band going on right now. If you haven’t seen them, you really need to. Especially those of you who call yourselves music fans. They count people like BB King as a fan! Since the days at the Rack N Roll Cafe, to the outdoor shows at JB’s Of Wilton, and then last year opening for Foreigner at Stamford Downtown’s Alive at Five, we have been watching these guys hypnotize crowds.

NEXT is all about great new music. If you haven’t heard the podcast then please do so. It’s only about an hour long and it always contains great music. And then come out to one of NEXT’s shows. All of them are for charity! This one happened to be for the Traveling Guitar Foundation and helping them promote music education in our schools. That is something BNK Productions will always stand by!

If you’d like to have The Matt O’Ree Band come up and impress your venue’s fans in the CT/NY/MA area, you can contact BNK from here and we’ll make arangements for you.

The night began with the beautiful and talented J Antonette singing a few songs. We hope to see her again real soon. Do go check out her website for more information about her. She was absolutely fun to work with, and she has an incredible voice.

DSB Photo, one of our award winning photographers, was on hand to catch the moment. We only use the best photographers for BNK Productions. Take a look these:

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Next month, NEXT is continuing it’s summer roll of incredible music with one of New York State’s best entertainers in StevenWright-Mark. Don’t miss this one either. Have a beer, or glass of wine. Listen to some fun music. Maybe dance a bit. And help out a great cause!

August 5, 2013October 22, 2013

Behind The Board – Putting Our Cowboy Hats On

July 13th through the 18th ended up being a major work period for us. We had to pull off some major shows in New York. First we were up in Amsterdam, NY (as mentioned in an earlier post) working the Camp and Jam at Perthshire with two of the bands consisting of more than 7 members. To finish that period of work, we went back to our favorite brewery Captain Lawrence to work with upcoming country artist Jessica Lynn. Jessica and the other 7 musicians in her band appeared as part of the NEXT Music Charity Concert Series, a monthly occurrence at the brewery.

On the hottest day of the year Jessica had a full house to play for. We’re talking 105F degrees at 122F heat index! It was the perfect setting for misery to be honest, but Jessica changed that. What an excellent set! Jessica Lynn is ready to be the next big country gal. Her brand of pop country is more honest and moving than Carrie Underwood. Her band has some of our favorite musicians including the incredible talented master of fun Steven Wright-Mark who will be performing on his own show at the brewery this September. Being fans of all kinds of music, we enjoyed working with Jessica and her crew. They are intent on putting together a total performance and it shows well!

Picture duty this month was handled by our great friend Sachyn Mital. Sachyn’s work is outstanding and well known. You can catch it at his website or at PopMatters, a site which he is a contributor. Regular NEXTers are familiar with his work as many of his autographed photos have been raffled off for the charities. We think his work is outstanding and are happy to feature it here:

Chris Bro’s next NEXT Charity Concert Series will be August 15th. It will feature one of our favorite bands The Matt O’Ree Band. The charity is also one that we find quite important. The charity this month is The Traveling Guitar Foundation which supports music education. You can go to allthingsnext.com/concertseries for info. Or stop by the event page on Facebook and let them know you’re coming out for a great night of blues rock and brews.

July 17, 2013

Behind The Board – Camp & Jam 2013

This past weekend we got to be a part of a great first time event titled Camp & Jam in Amsterdam, NY. This was one of the most fun weekend events we have been involved with. The event was planned, organized, promoted, and hosted by the Perthshire’s David Kluska and the staff at Perthshire. Starting after 2pm Saturday afternoon DJ Anthony Parisi began spinning tracks. Soon after 3pm bands began taking the stage to jam while people set up their tents on the outside perimeter of this huge field. Around 9pm the first of the main acts, Conehead Buddha from Albany, NY took the stage for a performance that ran about 3 hours. Conehead only took one break while we watched a fire dancing exhibition in the field. Once Conehead Buddha (an 8 piece band) was cleaned up, the stage was reset for Mirk, a 7 piece power hip hop band out of Albany as well. Mirk put on a powerful and energetic set mixing Pop/R&B with powered up Hip Hop similar in a way to Linkin Park.

This event turned out to be a great exposure to the music scene taking place in the Albany, NY area and we look forward to doing it again next year. The staff at Perthshire deserve a lot of praise for their work and dedication to this first time event. Everyone working this event were incredibly friendly and full of enthusiasm. The facility itself was just amazing. This huge 65 acre facility handles all kinds of events from weddings and parties, to corporate events and outdoor parties. They have a beautiful setting perfect for those wedding photos. We loved it there! If you need a place for your event/party and you’re in that area (or don’t mind taking a ride) check out their website at www.perthshireofperth.com

Here are some phone photos of the event:

This Thursday we will be back at the Captain Lawrence Brewery for the next NEXT Music Charity Concert Series event featuring pop country artist Jessica Lynn. This one is going to be a lot of fun and dancing! Jessica’s show will be pre-warmed by the great one Steven Wright Mark. Actually, Steven is in Jessica’s band as well. That should tell ya this is going to be great! We say it every time, if you haven’t been to the brewery for one of these shows, this is a good one to start. Bring a cowboy hat and some boots! Captain Lawrence Brewery is so easy to find right of I-287 in the White Plains area. Easily accessible to CT and NJ as well as the Westchester and Putnam County New Yorkers.

May 23, 2013October 22, 2013

Behind The Board – Coming Together Nicely

Last Thursday’s installment of the NEXT Charity Concert Series instilled us with a sense of pride. It’s a nice gift to work the same venue once a month or so, but when it is a brewery with the variables we meet each show and we turned it into a concert hall? Well, it just fills you up with pride to see it all come together. Now we don’t take all the credit. We don’t take much of it. Just our part in making it sound like Madison Square Garden! Chris Bro of NEXT deserves much of the credit for all his work for the love of music! And of course Captain Lawrence Brewery deserves much notice as incredible hosts of these shows.

Working with The Attic Ends last week we got to sit back and enjoy the
fruits of our fine tuning labors. But! Not without earning it this time! Setting up seemed like what ever could go wrong did go wrong. From electrical issues (sound engineer “B” got electricuted even) that were attempting to blow up our equipment to grounding issues. But once sound check was done and the lights went out, Charlie Scopoletti took the stage and warmed up the crowd to ultimately one of the finest tuned breweries this world will see. Charlie, who also opened up last month’s NEXT show for Glint, is an amazing performer. We enjoyed working with Charlie and he really puts on an excellent show.

Samantha Rex of The Attic Ends Overlooking the Brewery (Photo Credit DSB Photo)

Last year at Paulie’s in Pleasantville, NY we got to work with The Attic Ends for the first time. It was a wonderful show, but this time would be different. This time would be the big sound of Captain Lawrence Brewery! It was amazing to see how far The Attic Ends have come as a band in the last year. With their new album, Fortress, being released we were treated to some amazing new songs. The show had more flow to it (or even more flow) and more energy. The new tracks came across great.

(Photo Credit DSB Photo)

As a production company though, we really sat back thrilled by the overall sound we now get from this venue. Next up we get to work with American Pinup this Friday. This is our first time working with American Pinup but watching their videos gives one the impression of Imelda May with more power.

This show is at the brewery again. Although not a part of the NEXT series, it is going to be a great show. So come out and see how a brewery can be the greatest Rock Venue this Friday at Captain Lawrence!

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See you there!