Regular readers of these ramblings will know that I spend a lot of my time out photographing gigs. I've been doing this for about five years now, on and off, following on from a stint filming gigs for bands.To me photographing music is more than just trying to get a pretty picture of a band I like; it's about recording and documenting the music scene.
Bands come and go frequently and as they change so does the scene. A band might only exist in the live scene for a matter of months, playing a few gigs, or be around for a decade. Both leave their mark on the local music, through the musical ideas they created and left behind but also through the movement of musicians between bands and cities.
Having a moment of those bands captured allows us to look back and get an idea of their legacy, allows us to remember the excitement of seeing a band live, to recapture the atmosphere of that moment. It's another way of keeping the music alive, long after the band has disappeared.
You can check out all my music photos on Flickr, or my personal favourites on my new-ish website Light and Noise.
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