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Stomacher at Great American Music Hall

Last time I was at the Great American Music Hall, I was there to see Imogen Heap (whom I love), so you can imagine my excitement when finding out my brother, Stephen’s band was playing such an awesome venue! On April 10th, 2010, Stomacher opened for the headliner, Tornado Rider, along with a few other opening bands. They played an amazing set. I know I may be biased, but they just seem to get better every time I see them. I’ll attach the band’s info to the bottom of this post so you all can check them out for yourselves.

Just the right people seemed to attend this show. First of all, my whole family was there: my mom, my dad and his wife, my brother and his wife, and even my sister and her husband, who live in England but were in town visiting. Secondly, I always enjoy seeing the friends that show up to these shows. It feels a bit like a reunion. Lastly, and most certainly not least, The Edge from U2 showed up (!!!) to check out the headlining band. He was in the crowd with his bodyguard, nonchalantly enjoying the show. Stephen and Jarrod, the lead singer of Stomacher, were able to give him their CD to check out. Later in the night, he actually walked into their dressing room to say hi and compliment them on their album cover. Let me tell you… before this happened, if someone were to have asked Stephen what one musician he would want to meet, he would have said The Edge from U2. He was a huge inspiration for my brother to start playing guitar. The experience was surreal.

Check out Stomacher here: www.stomachermusic.com

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Jon | Bay Area Portrait Photographer

This is the special friend I referred to at the bottom of this post: Visitor.

Stomacher | Bay Area Band Photography

Last night, I had the priviledge of taking some night shots of my brother’s band, Stomacher. It was nice to let go of my usual day time, natural light shooting and challenge myself a bit. Thanks guys, I had a lot of fun!

My silly brother.

Jake Mackey

I had the pleasure of shooting some promo photos of Jake Mackey today. He’s the singer of a band that John Lazarus plays drums for. A few of these will be used on their album layout. Maybe I can post the final product eventually. You can check out their music here: Jake Mackey Band.

John’s silly.

Btw. I finally have internet again. Hallelujah.

John Jazzarus

My brother is a guitarist in the band called In Reverent Fear. The drummer of his band is John Lazarus. Last Friday, John had me come shoot some live photos of a Jazz Trio that he’s a part of. They played at this cool little restaurant in San Jose. It was really fun! I got to take pics, enjoy the music and eat yummy food with friends.

This is John: