I think many people in D.C. take the 9:30 Club for granted. Our city is amazingly lucky to have such a world class venue. When I interviewed Bloc Party a few weeks ago they said they specifically booked the show at the 9:30 Club because they like the venue so much. They were generally playing much larger venues on this tour, but they packed everything onto the 9:30 Club stage and proceeded to wow everyone that packed…
For any concert photographer, photographing your favorite band is a very special thing. Whenever I have a big shoot ahead of me, I try not to put any pressure on myself as far as getting the perfect shot because more often than not it ends up being counter productive. I basically try and treat important shoots just like the any other gig. But that wasn’t happening with Oasis. My palms were sweaty and my stomach was in…