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A New Kind of Music Company

Curated BY Buffalo musicians—FOR Buffalo musicians.

Connect with professional Buffalo artists for music lessons, workshops, performances, and pro music services.

Music Lessons with Buffalo’s Pro Musicians

A new kind of music teacher.

The artists at Buffalo Music Club have dedicated their lives to writing, recording, and performing just about every style of music there is on every instrument imaginable, right here in Buffalo and beyond. And they’re ready to provide instruction and music life mentoring across a wide variety of instruments, pursuits, and styles. All you have to do is pick something to explore.

Find YOUR music lessons and learn what YOU want to learn.

Featured Music Lessons

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    TUBA • TROMBONE • TRUMPET • BASS GUITAR • ACOUSTIC GUITAR • PIANO
    Performance, Improvisation, Music Theory
    Learn music with a pro tuba player, bass guitarist, & touring performer (Lost In The Trees, SNMNMNM, The Avett Brothers, Superchunk, and Peter Holsapple), music educator, and founder & CEO of Markola Beverages.
    MY FAVORITE THINGS TO TEACH
    Instruments: Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba
    Pursuits: Improvisation, Music Life Mentoring, Music Theory, Performance
    Styles: Alternative, Blues, Classical, Country, Folk, Indie, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock, Soul/Funk
    Instruments: Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba
    Pursuits: Improvisation, Music Life Mentoring, Music Theory, Performance
    Styles: Alternative, Blues, Classical, Country, Folk, Indie, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock, Soul/Funk
    Skill Levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
    From: $30.00
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    BASS GUITAR • ELECTRIC GUITAR
    Performance, Improvisation, Music Theory, Songwriting, Composition & Arranging
    Learn music with a pro bassist, guitarist, & touring performer (Mac Ayres, Cautious Clay, Aqueous), composer, and songwriter (Brasstracks).
    MY FAVORITE THINGS TO TEACH
    Instruments: Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar
    Pursuits: Composition & Arranging, Improvisation, Music Life Mentoring, Music Theory, Performance, Songwriting
    Styles: Hip-Hop/Rap, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock, Soul/Funk
    Instruments: Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar
    Pursuits: Composition & Arranging, Improvisation, Music Life Mentoring, Music Theory, Performance, Songwriting
    Styles: Hip-Hop/Rap, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock, Soul/Funk
    Skill Levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
    From: $35.00
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    TROMBONE • EUPHONIUM • BARITONE • TUBA • SOUSAPHONE
    Performance, Improvisation, Composition & Arranging, Instrument Repair & Maintenance, Music Theory
    Learn music with a pro trombone player (Tiger Chung Lee, Blue Rootz), multi-instrumentalist, low-brass music educator, and instrument maintenance & repair tech.
    MY FAVORITE THINGS TO TEACH
    Instruments: Euphonium, Trombone, Tuba
    Pursuits: Composition & Arranging, Improvisation, Music Life Mentoring, Music Theory, Performance, Instrument Repair & Maintenance
    Styles: Blues, Classical, Jazz, Rock, Soul/Funk
    Instruments: Euphonium, Trombone, Tuba
    Pursuits: Composition & Arranging, Improvisation, Music Life Mentoring, Music Theory, Performance, Instrument Repair & Maintenance
    Styles: Blues, Classical, Jazz, Rock, Soul/Funk
    Skill Levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
    From: $30.00
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    BASS GUITAR • VOICE
    Performance, Improvisation, Music Theory, Composition & Arranging
    Learn music with a pro bassist (Nick Jonas, Cee-lo Green, Willow & Jaden Smith, Adam Lambert, Lizzo, Bernard Purdie), vocalist, model, and music educator.
    MY FAVORITE THINGS TO TEACH
    Instruments: Bass Guitar, Vocals
    Pursuits: Composition & Arranging, Improvisation, Music Life Mentoring, Music Theory, Performance
    Styles: Alternative, Blues, Hip-Hop/Rap, Indie, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Pop, R&B, Rock, Soul/Funk
    Instruments: Bass Guitar, Vocals
    Pursuits: Composition & Arranging, Improvisation, Music Life Mentoring, Music Theory, Performance
    Styles: Alternative, Blues, Hip-Hop/Rap, Indie, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Pop, R&B, Rock, Soul/Funk
    Skill Levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
    From: $35.00

Music Workshops with Buffalo’s Pro Musicians

Learn what YOU want to learn.

Many of our artists frequently host music workshops, curated for all age groups and skill levels, and covering a wide range of topics. Come take a look at what’s coming up, including featured guests, group lessons, and recurring workshop series.

Find YOUR music workshops and learn what YOU want to learn.

Featured Music Workshops

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    MY FAVORITE THINGS TO TEACH
    Pursuits: Performance
    PERFORMANCE
    Learn how to practice analyzing music from a multitude of genres, and how to effectively apply that knowledge to improve your own playing—and your own unique musical voice.
    Declan Miers is a pro bassist, guitarist, & touring performer (Mac Ayres, Cautious Clay, Aqueous), composer, and songwriter (Brasstracks).
    Pursuits: Performance
    Skill Levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
    Monthly (Fourth Thursdays)
    7:00pm–8:00pm
    $12.00
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    MY FAVORITE THINGS TO TEACH
    Instruments: Drums & Percussion
    Pursuits: Performance
    DRUMS & PERCUSSION • PERFORMANCE
    Join a supportive environment to have more individual ambition and artistic confidence behind the drum kit, with focused time for individual performance and feedback, as well as a chance to offer feedback to other aspiring artists.
    Damone Jackson is an award-winning pro drummer, music educator, mentor, and founder of The Damone Jackson Outcome.
    Instruments: Drums & Percussion
    Pursuits: Performance
    Skill Levels: Intermediate, Advanced
    Monthly (Fourth Wednesdays)
    5:30pm–7:00pm
    $15.00
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    MY FAVORITE THINGS TO TEACH
    Pursuits: Music Life Mentoring
    MUSIC LIFE MENTORING
    Learn how professionalism, etiquette on the bandstand, being mindful of your surroundings, and "getting in where you fit in" can help you make the cut as a touring musician and session player.
    Declan Miers is a pro bassist, guitarist, & touring performer (Mac Ayres, Cautious Clay, Aqueous), composer, and songwriter (Brasstracks).
    Pursuits: Music Life Mentoring
    Skill Levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
    Monthly (Second Thursdays)
    7:00pm–8:00pm
    $12.00
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    MY FAVORITE THINGS TO TEACH
    Instruments: Drums & Percussion
    Pursuits: Improvisation, Performance
    Styles: Traditional, World Music
    DRUMS & PERCUSSION • PERFORMANCE • WORLD MUSIC • TRADITIONAL
    Explore the art of African drumming as you learn traditional techniques, expand your rhythmic vocabulary, and develop the strength and endurance needed to play hand drums in a way that is safe, healthy, and fun.
    Griffin Brady is a pro percussionist & touring performer (SAAKUMU Dance Troupe, Mohamed Diaby and Manding Foli Kan Don, Brian Marsalis, DJ Logic), music educator (founder of Slyboots School of Music), and executive director of Bernard Woma Dagara Music Center USA.
    Instruments: Drums & Percussion
    Pursuits: Improvisation, Performance
    Styles: Traditional, World Music
    Skill Levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
    Weekly ( Wednesdays)
    6:00pm–7:00pm
    $25.00

Performances from Buffalo’s Pro Artists

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Due to COVID-19, all Buffalo Music Club activities will be conducted following CDC guidelines.

All of our artists are prepared and willing to work virtually.

Support the Artists of Today. Create the Artists of Tomorrow.

About Buffalo Music Club

Founded in 2020 by David Cloyd and Eric Crittenden, Buffalo Music Club seeks to create and foster a vibrant and sustainable local music scene by providing a reliable and curated touchpoint between professional Buffalo musicians, aspiring musicians of all levels, and the audience—supporting the artists of today while helping to create the artists of the future.

Meet Our Artists

Buffalo Music Club showcases a diverse group of talented local musicians, each of whom draw on their own personal experience as a professional working artist to provide multi-disciplinary instruction and guidance, special music performances, and pro music services to people of all ages in the city of Buffalo and the surrounding area.

Buffalo Music Club Featured in Buffalo Rising

In “Buffalo Music Club: Keeping Music Alive” (November 25, 2020), Judith Frizlen interviews David Cloyd and Eric Crittenden and gets the inside scoop about the origins and aspirations of this new kind of music company.