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Grey Haven Concert, Tonight

If you're in the Birmingham area tonight, come out to Workplay at 9 pm and see Grey Haven perform our 2nd show.

Grey Haven is a local music community I helped start about 5 months ago. We have a bi-monthly concert are they are amazing! So many different styles are represented by so many different people. It's a lot of fun.

....you should come.

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Nostalgia (6 of 7)

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Nostalgia (5 of 7)

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A Skin, A Night

Vincent Moon, the genius behind Blogotheque, has teamed up with band The National to release a one hour documentary called A Skin, A Night, which covers the creation of their latest album Boxer.

Check out the preview:


Buy the movie HERE.



The feature also comes with a 12 song EP of demos and live recordings called The Virginia EP. Buy the movie and you get the album, or buy the album alone HERE.

Click HERE to hear one of my favorites from the EP called You've Done It Again, Virginia.

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Nostalgia (3 of 7)

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Remarkable

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

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Top Hat

Random polaroid from a wedding I shot recently.

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Nostalgia (2 of 7)

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Nostalgia (1 of 7)

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Light up the Darkness

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Michael Hanson

Phrase of the Day:

A sense of place.

Thanks Michael.

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Wayne Grayson

Check IT out.

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Test Shot

Testing out lighting for a shoot with MPJ coming up next week.

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Steve Greenstein

The world is a wonderful and weird place. I guess that's why the story of the journey has been spoken and written about for thousands of years. Odysseus' journey home, Joseph's journey to leadership, Jack Kerouac's Road, all serve as highway reminders: "It's not where you're going, it's how you get there."

Travel becomes story when you take your eyes off the road.

In late November of last year, I decided that the month of December was going to be a travel month. As much as I love home, sometimes you have to go find inspiration outside the four walls of your own city. I bought two plane tickets: one to Denver and one to New York City.

In Denver, I found Larry, of whom I've already written, and in New York I found Steve, of whom I will write about....now.



It was cold. The rain had just begun to fall when all three of us, guided by now native Rob, took shelter in one of the many "open-late" italian dessert shops in Alphabet City. This one was called "De Robertis." As we walked in the shop, there was no question about what they sold. Two refrigerated glass columns stretched the floor for 30 ft on both our left and right, literally stuffed with baked goods. We shuffled past a line of customers and moved into the crowded dinning area. Leathery booths lined the eggshell walls, while florescent lighting buzzed and flickered above our wet heads. Framed photos hung heavily on the walls, weighed down by years of balancing on a single hook and a thickening layer of dust on top. The place was filled, and a table in the center of the room was the only one available. Seated in front of the table was a man in his forties holding a violin , and next to him, a younger man with a guitar.

Small restaurant musicians by nature exist for sheer environmental reasons; one of the five restaurant stimuli. Food satisfies taste, it's aroma satisfies smell. The decor satisfies sight, while the materials that compose the decor satisfies touch. Then comes hearing. French restaurants have their tuxedo dressed violinist; mexican restaurant have their mariachi bands; and most ever restaurant has the circular poor quality tile ceiling stereo with whatever Enya, Celine Dion, or 97.5 FM Easy Listening compilation you desire.

However, it was clear after the very first chorus of "Blowin in the Wind" that Steve (the violinist) and Peter (the guitarist) were not your average restaurant musicians. They were not there to add to the environment. They were there to create experience. Between stanzas, Steve peppered their performance with cries to the crowd like, "Everybody sing!", or "One Last Time!" And everyone did sing, and we alway sang one last time.

Here's a clip of their rousing cover of "Yellow Submarine", by the Beatles: CLICK HERE.

The singing continued for about 45 minutes. After which, I decided I wanted to take a portrait of Steve and Peter.



When Steve saw me approaching, he asked, "Where you guys from?" When we told him Alabama he lit up and said "I was in a movie once in Alabama." He went through his pockets in a burst and took out a card which read: Steve Greenstein - Musician, Actor. He went on to explain, "It was called 'The Bear', and it was about Couch Bear Bryant. I played Joe Namath and even got on the poster."



*note: he's the one to which Bear Bryant says, "If you won't be beaten, you can't be beaten."

We continued to talk for about 10 more minutes. I asked if I could take their portrait. Steve gave me a nod and a, "Sure", and began cradling his violin (which I thought was pretty corny, but kind of priceless). I took about four frames and then we parted ways.

A month later, Rob sent me a text message that read, "At De Robertis, the dessert shop. The same musicians are here and I am the only non Italian."



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Patty Griffin - Rain

Buy the album HERE.

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Grey Haven Concert

"Against the midnight winter light, a love of living springs delight of time to stop a summers night. Look forward to the sinking pier, the grey haven* draws you near. Its arms a sea of raging peace, safety, goodness, sweet relief."

I'm singing two song in the show. Come on out if you like! Get tickets HERE.

Find out more about the Grey Haven Community HERE.

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Inspiration: TED

Ever wish there was a place where great people with great ideas could come together for the sole purpose of expressing those ideas and giving a tangible reason and way in which those ideas can be obtained...

I know I have.

Well, wish no longer.

Everyone, meet TED.

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It's purpose is to provide the public access to great ideas.

On the TED website, they have created a cataloge of online video lectures. In this catalogue you can watch videos ranging from Stephen Hawking asking big questions about the universe, or Seth Godin discussing sliced bread.

And the best thing about the TED website is...it's all free! You can watch, listen, and download all of the TED Talks for nothing!

I highly recommend you check it outHERE, or subscribe to it on iTunes HERE.

Also, click HERE to listen to one of my favorites by the Author Dave Eggers .

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Baba O'Riley and the Blue Man Group

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The Genius of Baz Luhrmann

I love movies. I love getting sucked into the world that writers, producers, actors, and directors create. There really is nothing like that feeling you get when you walk out of the theatre after seeing a good movie. You feel... clearer.

I've deemed these past two days as Baz Luhrmann Marathon days. I own all of his movies, so I've been watching them while I work. If you are unfamiliar with Baz's work, these titles may remind you:

Strictly Ballroom
William Shakespeare's: Romeo + Juliet
Mouline Rouge!

Anyway, after I finished these movies I decided to research his new movie that is coming out in August called, "Australia."

This brings us to the meat of the post.

Apple has decided that they want to help bring the Baz experience to podcast viewers, so they've started the Set to Screen series on iTunes. Every few weeks, Baz launches a video which documents and gives information on the different processes that go into making a movie.

The series is really inspiring, so I totally recommend you check-check-check it out. (Particularly the one about "On Set Photography"... truly inspiring.)

Click HERE to go to the iTunes store.

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Taylor Bruce

My friend Taylor needed a picture for the contributors page of Paste Magazine.

He recently interviewed and wrote a story on...wait for it....

Jack White.

No big deal (wait, it is).

Check out some of Taylor work HERE, read his most recent Paste Magazine contribution HERE, and look for the Jack White story in the August addition of Paste Magazine.

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Song-After-Shoot: Matthew Perryman Jones

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Rob Culpepper

This is the man called Rob, a kickn photographer and an awesome writer.

Rob just started working with me a few weeks ago over at A Bryan Photo.

We had a few shots left on the Rollei, so I thought I would use them on Rob.

Enjoy.








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