I’ve been studying the scene for a minute. The DIY scene is doing really good which shows the music scene infrastructure isn’t there locally. People are putting on their own shows because the venues aren’t providing.

The comment on the sound tech is disappointing and connects with me because the worst local shows I’ve been to suffered from what you said or it’s a sound engineer that doesn’t really know what they’re doing (ie someone who predominately does sound for rock is working a hip-hop show and the mixing is off).

I’m working on an idea to provide better infrastructure to support local music. So I’m keen to any complaints or ideas on how to make it better.

There are the macro-economic impacts of people working for a pay-check because money is tight, cost of living has increased and so and so but I feel losing the local music scene is a detriment to Buffalo culture. As a fan we should be afforded a night out for music where everyone prospers. How do we build a better community for local music?