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Find Musicians in New York, NY
New York has the deepest pool of working musicians anywhere, from the Village jazz clubs to Harlem to every borough's local scene. The talent is endless, which is exactly why finding the right collaborator is hard. Bandry filters the whole city down to who's actually near you.
Why Bandry
Built for finding people locally.
Local, not regional
Radius-filtered means you see people who can actually make it to your rehearsal, not someone hours away.
The full music chain
Studios, mixing engineers, photographers, videographers, designers. Everything to take a project from rehearsal to release.
Direct contact, always
No in-app messaging to babysit. Link up, and they reach out to you directly. Off-platform, on your terms.
The scene
New York has the depth.
The deepest bench on earth
Jazz, hip-hop, indie, classical, every genre at the highest level. Role and radius posts turn an unsearchable city into a shortlist.
All five boroughs
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island. Set your radius and the bulletin reaches whoever you can actually get to by train.
The whole industry, local
Studios, engineers, producers, photographers: the people who make records live here. Bandry covers the entire chain.
On the ground
Where New York plays.
A quick map of the New York scene: the indie-reachable rooms and the shops that keep it running. Bandry connects you to the players who fill them, and the Resources tab pins the rest near you.
Venues worth knowing
Bowery Ballroom
Lower East Side institution around 575 cap, the storied step-up room where indie and alternative acts break in NYC.
Mercury Lounge
Lower East Side, around 250 cap, the no-frills rock club that launches emerging artists, beloved for its sound.
Music Hall of Williamsburg
Williamsburg, roughly 650 cap with a balcony, a mid-size room for local and touring indie acts.
Elsewhere
Bushwick multi-room venue and arts space spanning indie, electronic and global, spotlighting artists before they break.
Baby's All Right
Williamsburg club and restaurant, a small launchpad for emerging artists with stacked, genre-spanning lineups.
Brooklyn Steel
East Williamsburg, around 1,800 cap in a converted steel plant, the larger indie-rock room touring acts aspire to.
Le Poisson Rouge
Greenwich Village multimedia room on the old Village Gate site, mid-size, booking genre-crossing and indie bills.
Record stores, studios and rehearsal
Generation Records
Record store. Greenwich Village since 1992, two floors deep in punk, hardcore and metal with a used basement.
Rough Trade New York
Record store. Rockefeller Center destination for new and used vinyl, with regular in-stores and exclusive releases.
Main Drag Music
Gear shop. Williamsburg staple for new and vintage instruments plus a well-regarded full-service repair shop.
The Bunker Studio
Recording studio. Williamsburg room with vintage Neve consoles, booked by indie acts like Big Thief and Parquet Courts.
Battalion Studios
Rehearsal. Brooklyn facility with high-end backline and treated rooms, a working-musician favorite for practice and prep.
A starting map of the local scene, not a directory or an endorsement. Rooms and shops change, the people you meet on Bandry are how you stay current.
Who's on Bandry in New York
Every role in one place.
Find your people
Looking for a specific role?
Resources tab
The places, not just the people.
Beyond the bulletin, Bandry's Resources tab pulls in nearby studios, rehearsal spaces, venues, repair shops, and music stores from Apple Maps. Everything you need to actually make the record, all in one app.
Looking for a specific place? Recording studios, rehearsal space, music stores, instrument repair, music venues, or vinyl pressing near you.
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Finding musicians in New York
How do I find musicians in New York?
Post what you're looking for on Bandry's New York bulletin and set your reach to local. Musicians within your radius see it, and when someone's interested they link up, sharing their contact info so you can reach out directly and take it off-platform. No DMs and no inbox to manage.
Is Bandry free to use in New York?
Reading the New York bulletin and endorsing posts are free forever. Posting your own ad and linking up run on a subscription, $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year, after a 14-day free trial of everything. Bandry never takes a cut of any gig or arrangement you work out.
What kinds of musicians and pros are on Bandry in New York?
All of them: drummers, guitarists, bassists, singers, and keyboard players, plus producers, mixing and mastering engineers, photographers, videographers, designers, and studios. New York's scene runs deep, and role-based posts cover the whole chain from forming a band to finishing a record.
How close are the New York musicians Bandry shows me?
As close as you set. Bandry's local posts are radius-gated on both sides, so you only see people who can realistically make it to a rehearsal or session, whether that's across New York or out into the rest of New York.