Frankie Scinta and his family act originally broke out in Buffalo, rose to fame internationally, and these days continue to headline in Las Vegas. But Frankie has been coming back every year for the Buffalo Italian Heritage Festival. Frankie told me that he thinks he may have raised the most funds ever for the festival this year, and wanted to make this the best festival ever. Scinta, the musical director of the festival, thinks that this year we had a better main stage (now called the Frankie Scinta stage at its new location Hertel and Tennyson), a better band lineup, two jumbotrons and better light and sound equipment. I would have to agree. Last year's main stage surprised me in that it was covered by a huge tent that was low off the ground. I suffocated from the heat that couldn't escape, felt the tent did funny things to the sound, and you couldn't really view the stage unless you were just a few feet from the stage. Flash forward to this year
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Rimas Musteikis: July 2012 Archives
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July 18, 2012 12:21 AM
What a great session this is turning out to be! What a rare opportunity for rising Buffalo musicians who got to hear how to succeed in the ever-changing music business by the best in town. Also, if you listen carefully to what these industry people say, and you follow their advice, how can they not help you to succeed? This is the real secret to networking and how it works. And for so many young musicians that think it is about the "music" in the music business, it is really about the "business" in the music business that can springboard you to success. We
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July 10, 2012 8:26 AM
New this year to the Taste of Buffalo was the invasion of the food trucks. Four of them were parked in a "food truck alley", and they seemed to be doing well. Outside of this past weekend, the food trucks are very innovative in a "new-school" restaurant kind of way. These days they are leveraging going where the people are, as opposed to the "old-school" restaurant routine where people have to the food... now the food finds them! Food trucks certainly get "ease of use". Buffalo's world continues to
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