Nickel City B-Sides

12/19/2025

If you're curious as to what our very own Mike Chmiel's been up to, he just released a new music video that he performed with Maria of The Water Dogs! I am really proud of them and the work he put into this so if anyone wants to take a look I encourage you to do so!

This song was originally written for a collaborative album called Good Neighbors Volume 4. It was a project by the Western New York Musicians Alliance. Maria...

06/26/2025

TONIGHT! Come see our ILLUMINATE & CREATE Music Video Series with The Water Dogs, Diyené and The Francis Bacon Experiment at The Ukrainian American Civic Center. The event is FREE but drinks are CASH ONLY, so join us at 7pm for a fun night full of filmed music and dance!

06/23/2025

THURSDAY: Live showing of FREE EVENT - ILLUMINATE AND CREATE Music Video Series at The Ukrainian American Civic Center at 7pm! See Filmed performances of Diyené and The Water Dogs!
FRIDAY: Countdown and Release our final Illuminate & Create Video with The Water Dogs as they perform their original song "Mummy"! With performance by dancers of The Francis Bacon Experiment!
Come visit us for our live screening AND for the YouTube drop this Thursday and Friday!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Z2g4FnVyY

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Funding is made possible through Arts Services Inc. - ASI's Creative Impact Fund thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature and the Office of the Governor, and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts. See less

Illuminate & Create is a collaboration between -sides , , and . We decided to combine music, Buffalo film, and...

06/20/2025

The "Close To Me" Illuminate and Create Music Video by Diyené featuring members of The Francis Bacon Experiment is Out Now!

Illuminate & Create is a collaboration between -sides , , and . We decided to combine music, Buffalo film, and...

06/18/2025

Very excited to share that this Friday's Illuminate and Create Video is Diyené 's song "Close To Me"! This one really feels like your right there in the video singing and dancing along with the band and the dancers from The Francis Bacon Experiment, so turn your speakers up and catch it on Friday for it's release!
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Funding is made possible through Arts Services Inc. - ASI's Creative Impact Fund thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature and the Office of the Governor, and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts.

Illuminate & Create is a collaboration between -sides , , and . We decided to combine music, Buffalo film, and...

06/13/2025

TOMORROW! Tomorrow we are releasing the second music video we produced for The Water Dogs for our Illuminate and Create Series, in collaboration with The Francis Bacon Experiment! The Water Dogs' song is called Cirque De La Confused and it goes LIVE! TOMORROW!
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Funding is made possible through Arts Services Inc. - ASI's Creative Impact Fund thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature and the Office of the Governor, and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts.

Illuminate & Create is a collaboration between -sides , , and . We decided to combine music, Buffalo film, and...

06/10/2025

A Second Screening? You bet! Join us on Thursday, June 26th at the Ukrainian American Civics Center at 7pm to watch the 6 music videos we produced for Diyené and The Water Dogs, choreographed by members of the The Francis Bacon Experiment! It's completely FREE and will be watched alongside members of the hall, so join us for another fun night of film, captured music and dance!
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Funding is made possible through Arts Services Inc. - ASI's Creative Impact Fund thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature and the Office of the Governor, and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts.

06/06/2025

If you didn't catch our announcement earlier this week, we have just released our second Diyené music video for our Illuminate and Create Series! Choreography was performed by members of The Francis Bacon Experiment! Without further ado, here is there song "Good Neighbors."
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Funding is made possible through Arts Services Inc. - ASI's Creative Impact Fund thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature and the Office of the Governor, and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts.

Illuminate & Create is a collaboration between -sides , , and . We decided to combine music, Buffalo film, and...

06/03/2025

The Countdown begins for Diyené 's second music video: "Good Neighbors" from our Illuminate and Create Series. A performance beautifully choreographed and performed by members of The Francis Bacon Experiment, and a musical performance from the band members you won't want to miss. Watch the clock here and check back on Friday for our new release!

Illuminate & Create is a collaboration between -sides , , and . We decided to combine music, Buffalo film, and...

05/30/2025

Today we're sharing our second music video of our Illuminate and Create Series: The Water Dogs original song "Ferris Wheel"! With a choreographed performance by Jamie Nablo, member of The Francis Bacon Experiment! Catch it here!
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Funding is made possible through Arts Services Inc. - ASI's Creative Impact Fund thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature and the Office of the Governor, and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts.

Illuminate & Create is a collaboration between -sides , , and . We decided to combine music, Buffalo film, and...

05/27/2025

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS UPCOMING FRIDAY? We're releasing our SECOND OF SIX music videos produced for Illuminate and Create, this week we have The Water Dogs original song "Ferris Wheel"! With a choreographed performance by Jamie Nablo, member of The Francis Bacon Experiment! Tune into the PREMIERE this Friday!
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Funding is made possible through Arts Services Inc. - ASI's Creative Impact Fund thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature and the Office of the Governor, and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts.

Illuminate & Create is a collaboration between -sides , , and . We decided to combine music, Buffalo film, and...