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:

 

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!

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:

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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.

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.

 

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The Attic Ends At Captain LawrenceSamantha 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.

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(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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Behind The Board – May Flowers May Shows

Well. Our post titles are never really that good anyways. But our schedule in May is crazy! Weddings, High School gigs, social events and concerts! This past Friday we worked at Briarcliff High School as the kids put together a little music performance to raise money for their local hospital. It was labeled “Songs For A Cause”. This was the fifth annual performance from what we’ve been told. It was a lot of fun for us. Some of the performances were written by the kids that performed them. Many of the kids had no experience performing in front of a crowd. Taking a chance in the spotlight for the first time is a brave moment. All of these kids should be proud of their performance. This makes us feel like there is still is hope for the future of music! Bravo Briarcliff High! What a great show!

May 16th we get to work with another great band. The Attic Ends will perform for the NEXT Charity Concert Series at Captain Lawrence Brewery . We got our first chance to work with The Attic Ends last year at Paulie’s. They’re such a great bunch of talented people! Just friendly, good hearted people! It’s easy to become an instant fan! Their eclectic, winding music sways you while the light airy notes of Samantha Rex hit your heart center! They’re coming out in support of their newest full release, Fortress. Go over to the event page on Facebook and click going! Invite your friends!

 

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This month’s charity is Guardian Angel Rescue! Guardian Angel “works to provide second chances for unwanted companion animals. We work with the breeds that get overlooked. The “Bully Breeds” – Rottweilers, Pitbulls, German Shepards, Huskys, Mastiffs, Cane Corsos, etc. Guardian Angel Rescue is made up of all loving, experienced volunteers.” We’re happy to see this one as this cause needs more attention and understanding.

On May 24th we will be back at the brewery for another show. This time we will get a chance to work with American Pinup. The energy level at this show should be a lot of fun! We’re looking forward to this! This is a free show so come on out and have a couple brews with us!

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With the wedding season upon us and party season about to kick in, it’s getting late in planning your parties/events for this summer. Send us a note from our contacts page for a free quote for your Audio/Video/Photo/Lighting needs.

 

See you at Captain Lawrence for these shows! Otherwise we’ll meet ya at one of these parties!