BETHANY CLANCY
Staff Writer
Saturday afternoon, Music Industry Club teamed up with Sound Services to put on Rhythm and Brews, a monthly event where three acts offer acoustic performances at The Spot in Tim Hortons.
Julia Mason, a sophomore music industry major, booked JoyBox, Cheyenne Bruyere and Sleepfirst, who came all the way from Buffalo.
JoyBox, made of freshman applied music major Tyler Will and freshman sound recording technology major Jaden Zhang, opened the show with acoustic original emo songs. Being a fairly new band, they gained some new fans at this event.
Up next was Cheyenne Bruyere, a junior music industry major. She won over the audience by playing ukulele covers of “Anna Sun” by Walk The Moon, “Northern Wind” by City and Colour, “What You Know” by Two Door Cinema Club and her own rendition of Adele’s “Send My Love” and “Unthinkable” by Alicia Keys, which she dedicated to her girlfriend who was happily watching.
Closing out the acoustic event was Sleepfirst, an emo/pop-punk band consisting of Brad Ziolkowski, Nick Terlecky, Greg Vinal and Michael McKerracher. All members come from different parts of Buffalo and even Canada.
“It’s the love of music and playing music that brought us together,” said guitarist Brad Ziolkowski. This was their first time doing an acoustic set, but they all said it was a success.
Nick Terlecky, the vocalist, played never-heard-before Sleepfirst originals and a cover of “Shed Your Skin” by Title Fight. Making jokes in between songs to calm his nerves, Terlecky interacted with the crowd and advertised their show happening later that night at Spirit Brew.
“Our music is really difficult to play acoustically because of the type of guitar playing we do. I think it went really well, better than expected since we’ve never done anything like that before. The guys and I talked after the set and are now thinking about putting together a full band one,” Ziolkowski commented. They currently have two EPs out on Spotify and Bandcamp and are working on a third, which is expected to be released in the spring.