"Inspiring and exciting" - Roberson hosts inaugural Music Video Festival spotlighting local bands
Watch the videos and see the artists featured in Roberson's first "Out of this World" music video event
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BINGHAMTON – The Roberson Museum may not be the mansion-turned-museum that comes to mind as a local music hub. But, during May’s First Friday, few things better captured the variety of genres, styles, and aesthetics of Binghamton’s growing music scene than its first Music Video Festival.
Subtitled “Binghamton Out of this World,” the event showcased recent music videos by 13 Binghamton-area bands in Roberson’s planetarium. The result was a fantastic hour-long introduction to the current Binghamton grassroots music scene.
“It was both inspiring and exciting,” said the band Kipani in a message following the event.
“We were exposed to new local groups and enjoyed the opportunity to be immersed in an hour of uninterrupted art, featuring many different creative approaches.”
Local venues and landmarks featured heavily in the videos, which varied in genre from hardcore to pop, rap, indie rock and cowboy trap.
“Part of Roberson's mission in this community is platforming regional artists, and it's not lost on anyone here how significant the music scene is to our regional arts culture,” said Sullivan Harris, Marketing Manager at Roberson Museum.
“Music can be difficult to display in a Museum since, in its raw form, it is an audio medium. We settled on a music video festival to combine the communal experience of the Planetarium with the experience of listening to local music, while also making it accessible to folks who aren't as keen on going out to a bar or venue to see live music.”
Harris said the festival showcased the “immense amount of diverse talent in our local music and film scene,” and involved the work of almost 50 artists between the local filmmakers, musicians, actors, audio engineers, and more who created the videos. They emphasized the diverse talent in the local music and film scene.
“It was so nice to see so many artists not only involved, but also show up to support the event with their friends,” said Brittany Miller, who performs under the name Amoreena and showcased her video for the song “Pastel Pink”.
“It was a super cool event that I hope becomes a staple – also a really great use of the planetarium!”
Two of the videos, Kipani’s ”Nice to Be Me”, produced by My Oh Myers Productions, and Peaches & Crime’s ”Widows Waltz”, produced by Binghamton puppeteer Mark Dickinson, premiered at the event.
Peaches & Crime won the festival’s People’s Choice award for best video and a $100 prize.
Angela Schwartz, lead singer and songwriter for Peaches & Crime, said the band has been looking to collaborate with Dickinson for some time. She said the darker tone of this song worked well with Dickinson’s experience bringing different classic horror stories like the works of Edgar Allen Poe to life with his puppets.
“We were really glad that he was able to bring that creativity to one of our songs,” Schwartz said.
See the Videos Here
Maddy Walsh – Humanmade Thing
Music By Maddy Walsh, Mike Suave
Video by Jeff Hodges, Mike Suave
Atari + Mari – Check Out Anytime You Like
Indie Pop
Music: Atari Antilion, Mari B Suarez
Video: Nick Cricitello, Joe Criscitello, Atari Antlion
Starring: Atari Antlion, Mari B. Suarez, Noah Holloway, Sarah Sperber, Mark Mayes, Antonio Frallicciardi, Dana Bennet, and Starbow
Amoreena – Pastel Pink
Indie Pop
Music: Amoreena, Brenna Swanger
Video: Oficialjoeyc (Joseph Criscitello)
Tragic Intent - The Tragedy Within
Metalcore
Music: Steven Airwyke, Mikey Hayes, Brandon Decker, Jay Stevens, Peter Wood
Video: Atticus Kiser
The Binghamton Outlaw – Big Colt Navy
Cowboy Rap
Music: Austin Kane
Video: Nicholas Friedlander, Theo Poulin, Edward Cigna
Allie Torto - Love Had to Lose
Singer-Songwriter
Music: Alie Torto, Damien Cornwell, Noor Hila, Dave Robbins
Video: Benjamin Dickey, Yohance Bailey, Eric Krohn, Jessica Krohn, Michael J. Rudolph, Dustin Tang Chung, Candace Phelan, Jewels Maben
Starring: Vito Longo, Jessica Nogaret Sedelmeyer
Tom Jolu - Twilight Zone
Alternative Rock
Music: Tom Lewis, Phil Hazen, Conor Mitchell, James Pilpovic II, Matt Ebbers
Video: Tom Lewis
Blizz the Illest - Represent
Rap
Music: Ryan Mahar
Video: Michael Rudolph
Peaches & Crime – Widow's Waltz
Vaudeville Noir
Music: Angela Schwartz, Cat McDonald, Zeb Carstorm, Mike Sclafani, Bryan Flood, Greg Baker, Ross Bennett
Video: Mark Dickinson, Angela Schwartz
Kipani – Nice to be Me
Diary Pop
Music: Tiffany Jhingoor, Mike McManamon
Video: MyOhMyers/Zach Myers
Alex VanTassel - Fingerprints
Singer/Songwriter, Art Rock
Music: Alex VanTassel
Video: Asher VanTassel, Dustin VanTassel, AlexVantassel
Miss. Imani ft. Chrisman – No Satisfaction
R&B
Music: Miss. Imani, Chrisman
Video: Chrisman/Kid Anonymous, Tyheem Chambers
Starring: Miss. Imani, Chrisman, Sakinah Kenon, Deandre Bethea, Karlee, Kameryn Frazier
Stuck in Place – On the Shelf
Post-Hardcore
Music: Maddox, Eli, Aiden
Video: Matthew Kaye
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