Welcome back to  “As I See It”.

I love music.

I believe that we all love music. 

I believe that it is human nature to love music. 

I love experiencing live music. 

My first memory of going to a live concert was when I was a child. I’m not sure how old I was. I would say that it was in the late 60’s, maybe early 70’s.

My mother was friends with Dizzy Gillespie. I was even given his real surname as one of my middle names. Birks.

Diz, as my mother called him, was playing at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. I only remember one other player on the stage and that was the drummer, Max Roach. I still remember watching in amazement as he drummed so fast, I could barely see his hands. 

After the show was my first time backstage. It was not to be my last time. Those are stories for another writing.

I love photographing live music.

The majority of my body of work of live music was BD. 

Before Digital. 

The golden olden days of film. 

If you don’t know what I mean, 

you can search engine it, and find out all about those days of yore.

Secured away in totes I have pictures and negatives of live shows that I have shot. Possibly secured away are photos that I shot for other people, with their cameras. One day I may try to gather some of those photos.

Here are a few images that I have shot AD.

After Digital.

And yes, that is Michael Franti. 

I look forward to when it is safer to move about the global cabin, and I can shoot many more images of people living their Soul’s gift.

Making music.

Pure true bliss in action.

Till next time,

Be Well