Site Review: Dinner With The Band

Part of: Music Site Scavenger

No Junk Food or Muzak At This Site
Dinner With The Band is a site that features great music and great food. The formula is simple. Invite a band to a spacious loft for dinner, ask them to help prepare culinary specialties with the guidance of a master chef, sit down to eat, converse, and drink adult beverages. When the band is satiated, they will do what they do best: play music. This is the recipe for an entertaining and musically informative show. The simple formula is full of surprises and made fresh with the arrival of each new band. Although this site is professionally produced it is not watered down for mass appeal. That can ruin anyone’s appetite for either food or music. 

Dinner With the Band is based on the combined passions of two brothers, Darin and Greg Bresnitz, with credentials in both food and music. Sam Mason the shows host is a Dinner With The Band Logowell-respected pastry chef, owner of Tailor Restaurant in Manhattan, and a music fan. The fun begins in his homey pad when the band members take on the duties of ad hoc sous-chefs. Mason’s relaxed amiable personality and style fit right into the mix. Seeing his beautiful tattoo sleeves, one might think he is a band member, brushing a snare drum instead of basting soufflés.

The show has a boutique feel and is produced with high quality digital film and sound by the top-notch outfit Super!alright! Media. Karaoke type graphics appear on the screen, to highlight each ingredient of Mason’s creative recipes. The music performances are vividly filmed, giving the viewers a close and detailed look into every aspect of the playing dynamics. More interesting than just straightforward filming, the camera picks up communication between musicians with close up footage and fresh camera angles. No gimmicks necessary, just the music.

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