Before shooting Breaker Breaker One Niner, we found ourselves at the Soda Bar. This was my first time there, and it has a good look to it. It was fairly busy this night, so next time I hope to get a booth and enjoy a drink there. But that's another night, tonight I'm standing up front.

Doves and Desperados have a horn section, but the last 2 songs were just the backing band, and those were the only two songs I shot.



They're dirty, sweaty rock and roll. With keys.





Zodiac Death Valley were up next, pretty much the same kind of music, but a bit more refined.









A bass clef tattoo I get, I'd probably have one too if it weren't for the whole no-tattoos policy of Judaism, but a paper airplane tattoo is not something I would have thought of. It does look artistic. I actually do have a bass clef in plain sight on me at all times, but no one has ever noticed it without me pointing it out.

The first time I saw Scarlet Symphony, I was impressed by how a good a show they put on.





They liked my photos enough to be the first band to put a bunch of them on their myspace, which was flattering, but it was during my first month with my camera and I felt like I could do a better job with a bit of experience.





The lights at the Soda Bar are weird, which is why I processed mostly in B&W. They're mostly purple and green, not very pleasing colors.





It was tough to get a normal looking skin tone.


Not only are these guys really tall and expressive, but they bring an energetic crowd. I think I get better crowd shots with these guys than anyone else so far. These light have some sort of stroboscopic element I can't decide if I like it or if it's incredibly annoying.  When I feel this way about a band, that usually means they're a few weeks away from being my favorite band, for at least a few weeks.