OK, for those who are of a sensitive nature don’t read the next bit and skip to the 3rd paragraph.

I FUCKING LOVE MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY!!!!!

Ok, I do apologize. I have been sitting in front of this Macbook trying to find a sentence that encapsulates my feelings for what I do. It’s not very Christian, but it’s definitely rock and roll. I have already photographed a living legend, it was a moment I’ll never forget. My problem was, back then I did not fully appreciate the opportunity. A year and dozens of bands later I know what makes a great stage performance, and typically performances are average or just unmissable.This is why photographing for The Rolling Stone magazine would be amazing. They have a long history of interviewing the giants of music, but MORE importantly they recognize new talent.

Often it is very easy to be swept by the current biggest bands and as amazing as they are they are they it is very difficult for them to adapt and re-invent themselves. Young Unsigned bands can move, adapt and mold very quickly making them very exciting to meet and photograph.

I’ll be honest, I am not so impressed with the Rolling Stone Website. I would say the NME website is more to my styling. In fact I’m looking for a template for Gigphotographer that matches closely to the NME website, but I’m waffling here.

“What does this have to do with GigPhotography?” I hear you scream! Well, everything! It’s because of all those classic black and white shots of those legends that inspired me to start up GigPhotographer.com.

Take a look at the magazine’s current cover; it’s the frickin’ Beatles!  I don’t know that was taken and I know it’s too late to capture them, but what is so exciting is capturing the legends of today, and I don’t mean signed bands like U2, Kasabian, Snow Patrol, Kings of Leon. NO, I’m talking about the ones who have not been signed up yet, the ones who are digging hard for their dreams to become successful commercial artists. I want to photograph bands who are still fighting in the small make-shift rooms to rehearse. I want to be there when the bands still have to lug their own equipment around, I want to capture those bands who give it everything they’ve got!

I dream of Rolling Stones phoning me up and saying “Hey, wanna job?”. I could not imagine anything better, but only if they let me photography new bands…