ONE NIGHT ONLY! –March 28th 7PM

ADAMS MARK HOTEL, BUFFALO, NY – Tickets: $12-$15

The “Sweet Lady with the Nasty Voice” will be in Buffalo to perform her music and discuss her life as a musician.

Wanda changed music history in 1954 with her incredible voice and stage persona. Come see the legend perform live, in concert, followed by an interactive Q & A session. She toured with Elvis Presley (and dated him!), Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, etc.

Wanda not only performed with some of America's greatest rock n roll icons, she became one herself. Hear her incredible music and stories from Queen of Rockabilly and the “First Lady of Rock n Roll."

Wanda Jackson, best known as the Queen of Rockabilly and the first female sound recordist’s of Rock and Roll, has mesmerized audiences from around the world.  With her earlier years of dating Elvis Presley and touring with some of the most influential people in music such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, Elvis Costello, Carl Perkins and many more Wanda has and still is one of the most remarkable music artists in the world.

Wanda was nominated twice for a GRAMMY AWARD as Best Performing Female Singer. She has been inducted into THE OKLAHOMA COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME, THE ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME, THE INTERNATIONAL HALL OF FAME, THE INTERNATIONAL GOSPEL MUSIC HALL OF FAME THE OKLAHOMA MUSIC HALL OF FAME and most recently the GERMAN COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME. She has been awarded THE OKLAHOMA NATIVE DAUGHTER AWARD. Wanda was on the final ballot for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 and  2005.

Wanda recorded for Decca Records for two years (1954&'55), and for Capitol Records for 18 years,(1956-1973). She now records for legendary bluegrass label CMH Records. Wanda has recorded between 50 to 60 Albums, 8 Tracks, Cassettes, and CD's around the world.

If you are a filmmaker looking to understand the need, placement and importance of music in your film, or a musician trying to discover how to get your work heard and included in film, you won’t want to miss the Music in Film this discussion being offered through the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival.

On Friday, March 28th, at the Adams Mark Hotel in downtown Buffalo, Scottpatrick Sellitto, known simply as “Scottpatrick” in the music business world, will discuss and speak about both sides of music and movies. 

The lecture begins promptly at NOON and will last approximately two hours. Cost is a $10 Ticket Fee.

The first part of his lecture, The Filmmaker’s Perspective on Music, will help filmmakers understand the need and importance of finding, placing and utilizing music to enhance their project.  Other topics will include, creative sourcing, fee structures, licensing deals, how to protect yourself, how to get free music placements, what royalty-free music is and when you should and shouldn’t consider using it, time lines and helpful hints on obtaining music, and obtaining temp tracks.  Scottpatrick will also discuss what a music supervisor is and when you should hire one, along with a discussion on creating a movie’s soundtrack for additional revenue and how one goes about doing that.

The second portion of the lecture presents the opposite point of view- The Musician and Composer’s Perspective on Providing Music for Movies.  This portion of the lecture will include discussions on topics such as: identity development using the internet, how to get your name/band recognized, finding arenas such as commercials and corporate video, where music is also used, how to find music supervisors, how to get the attention of a music supervisor, submission guidelines for submitting your music to projects, when getting ‘placed’ is better than getting ‘paid’, overview of terms and conditions normally found in music contracts, understanding how musicians and composers get paid,  working under deadlines and timelines, how to protect yourself and your music, ins and outs of creating ‘new’ music for a project, and developing music on the computer.

Scottpatrick will be proving attendees with a handout containing valuable additional information as well as valuable resources to retain as reference materials.  There will be a Q&A session afterwards. 

LOOKING FOR MEMORABILIA –

Were you living in this area in 1983?  If you did, and were old enough to have participated in the film production of The Natural, we want to hear from you.  We’re asking for owners of memorabilia of any type (photos, home movies, newspaper articles, costumes, props, etc.) to please call us.  The festival will have a temporary museum of all things related to the movie, The Natural, but we need the community’s assistance.  It will be fun to walk through history!  

Items must be able to be on loan from March 24th through March 29th .  We may be able to arrange for large or bulkier items to be picked-up and dropped off, but smaller items would need to be delivered and retrieved by the donor.  

If you or someone you know has such items, please contact us at 827-3534 for additional details.

CASH PRIZE AWARDS!

Hello Everyone! Just letting you know that DAMON & MOREY LLP has offered to give away a $2000 cash prize to the winner of the Best Feature Film Category this year!

And THE BUFFALO NEWS has also offered a $1000 cash prize giveaway to the Best WNY Filmmaker Category. 

Keep a look out for more cash prizes to come.

WAY TO GO BUFFALO!

Thank you, and have a Prosperous New Year! 

 Your friends and staff at the BNFF!

Hello Everyone, The Buffalo Niagara Film Festival is officially announcing a Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror day on March 27, 2008. We will be dedicating this day to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror films only. Special guests, celebrities, venue and panels will be announced in the weeks to come.  Tickets and special VIP Passes will be available after January 1st, 2008. Any interest in helping out or submitting films to this event can be done through our website at www.BuffaloNiagaraFilmFestival.com  - Sincerely, The BNFF Staff & Advisors

It's only been two weeks since the submissions opened for the upcoming BNFF event and already we are have a slue of star powered films submitted. Keep it up everybody and pass the word! This is going to be an event to remember!