Rick Beato Breaks Down Karnivool’s Goliath
Music Producer, Guitarist and Teacher Rick Beato chats on his Youtube channel in episode #88 of “What Makes This Song Great” about Australian rock band Karnivool and their larger-than-life track Goliath off the second album Sound Awake, of which I photographed the band during the making of. To my delight the episode is peppered with the shots I took, so I had to share this with you. It’s also a great introduction to the band Karnivool if you haven’t heard them before. And be sure to subscribe to Rick’s channel! Enjoy!
DJ ROJDAR @ Goodlife Festival, SYDNEY 2015
For those of you who don’t know him yet, DJ Rojdar is an emerging electronic music producer and DJ from Melbourne Australia, who is hustling hard to mark his name on the east coast EDM scene.
DJ Rojdar took to the stage as the opening act for the all ages Goodlife Music Festival 2015 in Sydney at Randwick Racecourse over the long weekend.
As the barometric pressure and humidity began rising, temperatures began to hit 40 plus degrees celsius by lunchtime, and an epic thunderstorm loomed in the distance.
DJ Rojdar sliced through the sweltering midday sun to produce high energy summer vibes interacting with the young crowd like a regular baby David Guetta.
Rojdar introduced his set with a bang-up version of Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball”, splicing with hard electronic beats like TJR & Vinai’s “Everybody Make it Bounce” plus mixing gorgeous summer hits from the likes of Empire of The Sun, Taylor Swift, and John Newman. It was plain to see that the young folk were ready to kick off the festival and were thoroughly enjoying every minute of his pop and trap pumping remixes.
At least the lucky ones who made it early to Goodlife Festival got the opportunity to see Rojdar live, when said thunderstorm and lightning hit only hours after, causing the under age festival to be cancelled due to unsafe weather conditions. In the aftermath kids were found tweeting their complaints all over social media, totally bummed out by the rain and apparently ‘unfair’ conditions. This is true, but it happens, so cheer up FB kid.
Til’ next time, play his tracks loud in the bedroom and make sure to keep your ears and eyes open for DJ Rojdar, as an act not to miss, in your home state when he goes on his national tour around Australia during June and July 2015.
Check out his mad skills here on Youtube
Photo Essay : A Norwegian Summer with Svartlamon Hardkor
Svartlamon Hardkor is a Norwegian mens choir whose repertoire spans wide, from humorous numbers, classical crosses and African tribal songs rewritten with trendish texts. We met the guys through my cousin Stian who is a member. This summer in Norway became the hottest summer Norway had seen in 40 years, with temperatures reaching a record high of 32 degrees Celsius. (2014)
MUSIC PROMO : ANTON FRANC
Anton Franc
Anton Franc, the ever delightful “medicine men of music” had a session with me in the studio for their new release “All this Talk” at The Bakery on the 1st of November.
Check out more http://www.antonfranc.com/
XPRESS MAGAZINE : THE XX
The XX
UK indie trio The XX begin their Australian tour on the 1st of April at Metro City Perth.
Photos taken for Perth’s Xpress Magazine, you can read music journalist Alfred Gorman’s beautiful review here.
Drum Magazine USA : DEEP PURPLE
Deep Purple played Perth Arena last night and I had the absolute pleasure of assisting Jordan Shields on a photoshoot of Ian Paice for Drum Magazine USA.
Meeting Deep Purple at the Perth Arena during their warm-up and then shooting the gig was an absolute thrill. After the usual 3 photo limit at the beginning of the evening we were able to watch the show from side of stage. They absolutely nailed it!
XPRESS MAGAZINE : WEEZER
Californian rock band Weezer plays Perth Arena, WA.
Photos taken for Xpress Magazine.
LIVE MUSIC : Spiderbait
Spiderbait play live at the Divers Tavern in Broome 2011. Shot for The Broome Advertiser.
Tura New Music, Kalkadunga Man
Press photos for Kalkadunga Man William Barton for Tura New Music set to play Pinctada Resort in Broome, Western Australia.
