Yep, failed on the podcast front - sorry guys! - Day seven might be a wrap up podcast... Friday, yes, tomorrow night I'll do one...
The UK press card is a really valuable tool, It will allow you into most outdoor "press scrums" It might get you into a concert if you're lucky and you know somebody... I applied for a UK press card via one of the "Gatekeepers" I was disallowed!... The system works, hell, I'm no news gatherer!!...
So, I shot Red Bull air race and met a few people in the industry, posted a few photos online... That's all good, I got a page on the 2008 RedBull Air Race highlights dvd, maybe... We shall see - TV is a fickle friend...
I managed to get accreditation for the gig at Indigo and have constant access to all Fishmouth gigs... So, I'm getting my name out there and I'm getting more and more involved with Fishmouth and other bands from that, but the one thing I'm not doing is charging anyone anything - this is bad, no?
No UK Press card. Various accreditations. Go ask people, all they can do is say no, or yes... Now it's down to how the gigs go, I guess? I get one shot at Henry Rollins and from that I have to make it work and get those images out for people to see and get myself into more gigs and then, from that, paying gigs... this is the idea anyway.
At the end of the day, we all need to pay the rent and this whole accreditation thing is very important to me because I don't want to fix printers for the rest of my life, I want to shoot bands and, well, anything else... except weddings!!!... (Well, maybe one or two)
I showed my Redbull shots to the general manager at work today, he liked them, that's nice.
I don't have a load to say or a lot of knowledge to impart today, I mean I am well on my way to where I want to be but just have to get over that one last hurdle.
Well, I have a website or two to update and a friend from HK to go see and a few other things to sort out... Life, when did it get so busy!..
I have some listening for you to do!
www.lukeritchie.co.uk - I heard Luke again on Tuesday night at Fishmouth : Brilliant!
and, when you're done there - go check out fishmouth, Rita Kvist is the imagineer of Fishmouth - well worth a look!!! (That's her above!!) www.myspace.com/fishmouthlive
Seven Days : Day Six
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You'll be making the big bucks before you know it! But then you'll spend it all on gear.
Lovely portrait of Rita. She does some great work for Fishmouth.
I'll give the music a listen later, thanks for the recommendations.
- Jen
busy busy busy.....
charging - uh-huh...you'll have to sooner or later.
I'd consider your 7 days a success, accrediataion achieved & it'll get you more work if you keep pushing it as you have been this last week.
Well done :-)
"Life, when did it get so busy!.."
are you kidding? You've always been this busy or worse, it's what you love best!!
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