Maroon 5

Maroon 5
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Alright my beautiful patient peoples!

Maroon 5 as promised.

Sorry it's so heavy on the Adam Levine. We couldn't move around much. But really I'm not that sorry I took that many of Adam for the obvious reasons. Hey he's the front man... oh these excuses are horrible.

Not to say I didnt try and get some shots of the other guys. I just didnt like how they turned out. I wish I had gotten a better shot of Jesse the keyboardist.

Okay on to pictures.





Ok there you go. There's a few more over at the flickr. Check em out.

Rachel

Fall Out Boy: The Young Wild Things Tour

Fall Out Boy
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So Fall Out Boy was last wednesday at Nokia. That's my favorite Venue in the dfw area for those that do not know. The only thing I wish is that the stage was just a tad bit higher. Not smirnoff high but higher.

Fall Out Boy's stage was alot less showy than the honda civic tour stage. Which was cool. Because this venue doesnt need all that glitzy crap. They still had flames and even these conveyor belts. That was a trip cause I was like why is pete moving out of my viewfinder without moving. Weird moment.


Here are some pics of their set.



Gym Class Heroes. I am pretty sure Travis from Gym Class is a little crazy. Just look at the pictures. He's a real nice guy though so any crazyness is acceptable.



Plain White T's. I actually enjoyed them. I was not sure what to expect from them because the only single being played really is Hey There Delilah. But you can not judge a book by one song. Or something like that.


Cute Is What We Aim For. Yeah.. They had one song that was alright. The Bass Player was jumping around like he was Pete Wentz or something. And the Singer had the "I'm so emo hair" I dont know I just wasnt digging them.



So I know I took forever to get all these done. BUT in my defense I am shooting other stuff during the week and waiting tables. Plus I had to edit the 3 opening bands!

Maroon 5 coming next! Be very excited

Rachel

Dominic Purcell

Dominic Purcell
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The same day that Plain White T's were in Kidd's Studio, they were setting up outside the studio to film prison break. Right now on Prison Break it's set in "Panama" aka the DFW area. And I actually made a joke about the canal being the Panama Canal and he used it on air. Big Al stole my joke!

Well Kidd went outside to talk to the extras then he got, I want to say a hand double to come in to the studio. Then a couple producers come in to the studio. Then Dominic who plays Lincoln on the show comes in. So I grabbed my camera and went in and took a few shots.



There we go. Enjoy!
Rachel

Plain White T's

Plain White T's
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The Plain White T's were at Kidd Kraddick the other day. I wasn't originally supposed to shoot it. But I guess the other photographer couldn't make it. They were all really nice guys. They even mentioned me on the air which was cool. That hasn't happened before. If you want to hear it go listen on the KPod on http://www.kiddlive.com It's pretty funny especially the parts about deer.



But on to some pictures.




More to come!
Rachel

Sara Bareilles

Sara Bareilles
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Also the same morning Kidd had Sara Bareilles in studio. If you missed the Review of her show the night before just scroll down.

Now I have to say this. It is absolutely incredible to get to sit in there and hear the artist outside of the mix. To hear them singing it in its rawest form right there infront of you. And having Sara there getting to hear that was incredible. The interview portion was hilarious too and it's up at http://www.kiddlive.com if anyone wants to listen. The performances are mixed in with the interview too.

Her van got a flat tire so they were a little late. She came in with grease on her hands and everything. That was a great couple of days getting to see her perform at House of Blues then at Kidd Kraddick. And I told her it had seriously been too long since she'd been to Dallas. Hopefully she will return sooner this time.

Here are a couple pics from that.


And I'm seriously going to plug her. Go check out http://www.sarabmusic.com or for all you myspacers. http://www.myspace.com/sarabareilles pick up the album Little Voice before she gets really famous and they charge 13.99 for it. :)

Fall Out Heroes

Pete and Travis
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Kidd Kraddick had Pete and Andy of Fall Out Boy and Travis of Gym Class heroes up at the studio Wednesday. Andy was pretty quiet Pete was being pretty talkative. During a break I got him to sign a photo I had taken back when I shot the Honda Civic Tour for the paper. My exact quote was "Would it make me an ass if I asked you to sign this?" and Pete's response was "No not at all."

Pete was actually a very nice guy, he talked about a certain Golf Cart incident at that specific show. And how the FOB lights were ridiculously expensive and they only got used once during the show. Also very nice was Travis from Gym Class. Tired but nice. And like I said Andy was quiet but that doesnt make him un nice it just makes him quiet.



There we go! I'm just on a roll tonight with the updates!

Sara Bareilles

Sara Bareilles
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So last night I went to see Sara Bareilles open up for Paolo Nuntini. And I just have to say she never disappoints. I wish for once I'd get to see just a Sara show because 8 or so songs does not seem like enough!

Her amazing manager Chad left a photo pass at will call for me. So thank you Chad again for the billionth time.
The first three songs were Vegas, Morningside, and Bottle It Up. The first two I hadnt heard live before so I was happy I got to be up there shooting those. After my songs I went off and stood at the edge of the stage infront of the barricade and watched the rest of her set. The vocals were so on. And hearing everything with a full band was so weird a good weird, but weird, because I'm used to it being just Sara and Javier. I am more than ready for her to come back soon and do her own show!

It seemed like everyone went out to go meet her. She even sold out of the Pink Love Song shirts.

So I just sat down and waited then went over and said hi. And right here is why I love the girl to death. She goes "Rachel how are you! and hugs me right off the bat. And we talk for a minute and I tell her that she's all famous now and that I will be the in studio photographer for her tomorrow at Kidd Kraddick. And she gets excited and she was genuinely happy for me that I'm shooting for them and freelancing for the paper. Hell she was more happy for me than I think some of my friends have been! We chatted a little more. Showed her my business cards which she thought were amazing. Talked about how the mixes on Careful Confessions of the songs that made the new album, were better than on Little Voice because I'm lame and like the stripped down versions of stuff. And then she went to go watch the show and I left because I had to be at Kidd Kraddick and stuff in the morning and would just see her there. And I dont know who all listened to that but I will give you a recap of that too when I post pictures from it.

But lets jump back to the house of blues show.
Unfortunately the lighting guy and or it may just be the lighting rig that points at the performer, at this particular house of blues blows all sorts of things. And the irony is they have spot lights they could use but god forbid they hire a dedicated spotter. I got some okay stuff but its challenging there. And it's not the lack of light its the light on top of them that blows out some features and then their eyes end up being dark and such. So it's really hard to compensate for the bright light and the no light on the performer at the same time. But! Here are some photos, I do what I can with what I'm given.



Okay later this week I should definitely have the In Studio stuff up. And it's not just Sara Bareilles its also Pete and Andy from Fall Out Boy and Travis from Gym Class Heroes. And I've been asked to shoot Plain White Tee's up there tomorrow.

Everyone have a good night!
Rachel

Peter Frampton

Peter Frampton
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So I shot Peter Frampton at Billy Bob's last week. Not to much to say. He was pretty funny when he was talking to the audience. I know this entry was so exciting. But here are some pictures from the show.