Authentic Live Performances
BPM Live Sessions is a collection of photos, videos and interviews featuring talented artists in the San Diego music scene, along with touring bands who visit America’s finest city.
Concert Photography
Candlelight Tribute to Juan Gabriel @ Abbey on Fifth
Candlelight is a special event series from FeverUp.com and I’m thrilled to be their concert photographer in San Diego. Here’s how they described this tribute to El Divo de…
Candlelight Tribute to Queen @ The Nat
Dear Friends, this Candlelight Concert from FeverUp.com was definitely the darkest low-light concert I’ve ever photographed, but The Show Must Go On. WARNING: Cool Cat, too many dad jokes…
Elektric Voodoo @ SSBD Fest 2019
Elektric Voodoo took the stage just after sunset at the Same Same But Different festival, held at Lake Perris. More shots of Elektric Voodoo
The Family Band @ SSBD Fest 2019
The Mustache Bash Family Band is a sort of supergroup from the San Diego music scene performing funk, soul and disco hits. Here are some shots of their performance…
Tuxedo (Mayer Hawthorne x Jake One)
Tuxedo headlined the 12th-annual Mustache Bash at Port Pavilion at Broadway Pier last weekend to a crowd of over 2,500 eager-faced funk fans worked up to a freakin’ frenzy….
Orgone @ 2019 Mustache Bash
Orgone’s return to The Mustache Bash was nothing short of a funky face-melting transcendental experience. Now and always, Orgone delivers dirty, organic, California soul with heart; music that grabs…
Midtown Social @ Mustache Bash
Midtown Social was a very pleasant surprise! I had not heard/seen them before and they blew me away with their grooves and infectious energy. Known across the region for…
The Mustache Bash Family Band 2019
Celebrating its 12th year as the funkiest party in San Diego, the Mustache Bash pulled out all the stops with assembling the best Mustache Bash Family Band yet! This…
Dani Bell @ CoPlace Block Party
I came home from a beer festival to find Dani Bell performing on my corner! So I grabbed my camera and my dog and enjoyed her set out in…
The Floozies @ The Mustache Bash
The Floozies made their second headlining appearance at this year’s Mustache Bash. The duo of brothers laid down their unique brand of electro funk with glitches, stutters, and samples…
Escort @ The Mustache Bash
If we weren’t outdoors, Escort would’ve torn the roof off the 11th annual Mustache Bash last weekend. Adeline Michèle and the band kept the crowd moving with nu-disco funk…
The Mustache Bash Family Band
Every year a supergroup of San Diego musicians comes together to play some good old fashioned funk and disco favorites. This year The Mustache Bash Family Band entertained a…
The Puscie Jones Revue @ The Mustache Bash
The Puscie Jones Revue kicked off the 11th annual Mustache Bash at Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier on a glorious sunny day in San Diego. Super high energy funk…
Funk Soul Social @ Music Box
The infamous Funk Soul Social returned for a special Winter Edition with the Queens of Soul Revue: a tribute to your favorite females of funk and soul featuring Cashae…
Jonny Tarr @ Music Box
What do you get when you cross a funky looper, a multi-instrumentalist, and a damn soulful voice? Jonny Tarr, of course! Joined by Stephen Gentillalli on bass and Monette Marino on…
Chugboat @ Casbah
Chugboat’s Casbah debut was last weekend and I brought a little camera for some casual concert photography. Canon 7D Mark II with a 70-200L f/2.8… you know, a little…
Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ Blue Note Tokyo
This one is more of blog post than a gallery. If you just want the photos, scroll down, but read on if you want to hear how I randomly…
Music Videos
Lindsay White – Run
Lindsay White stopped by a studio in Bay Ho to record her original song, Run. This live music video was shot in one continuous take without any fixes, autotune…
Jonny Tarr – Straight in the Eye
Jonny Tarr performs this funky one-take live session on guitar, sax and voice. This live music video was shot in one continuous take with no fixes, autotune or phoniness…
Heather Nation – Let Me
Heather Nation stopped by the North Park studio to perform her original song “Let Me.” This one-take live music video features her Taylor guitar, voice and looping pedal without…
Ariel Levine – Back in Black
Ariel Levine performs “Back in Black” by AC/DC. We shot this live on the top floor of an office building with a little white cyclorama background. This video is…
Ariel Levine – I Wear Glasses
Ariel Levine performs “I Wear Glasses” by Mating Ritual. We shot this live on the top floor of an office building with a little cyclorama background. This video is…
Ariel Levine – Sunday Sun
Ariel Levine performs “Sunday Sun” by Beck. We shot this live on the top floor of an office building. The plan was to get the sun setting behind him in…
Ariel Levine – San Diego Serenade
Ariel Levine performs “San Diego Serenade” by Tom Waits. We shot this live in a production studio. This video is the first of six song requests, which were part…
Elektric Voodoo – The Other Side
Members of Elektric Voodoo and I wandered out into the southern California desert and came back with some crazy stories and this video, shot live in an abandoned train car….
Heather Nation – Grace
Heather Nation performs “Grace” by Jeff Buckley. We shot this in her house as her husband was baking us some incredible homemade pizzas 🙂
Heather Nation – There in the Silence
Heather Nation performs “There in the Silence”, an original song off her amazing album “Sirens.” We captured this performance near a creek in Oceanside, California. This video was shot…
Jefferson Washington – Where I Belong
Corey Leal of Jefferson Washington performs an original called “Where I Belong” in Mission Trails Regional Park. Corey is now hitting stages under the name Wish & the Well. This was…
Falling Doves – Burning Photographs
Christopher Leyva & Mike Dorsey of Falling Doves perform their song “Burning Photographs” in downtown San Diego, near Petco Park.
Trishes – Mine Would Be You
Trishes is back with a looping cover of Blake Shelton’s “Mine Would Be You.” It sounds so different from the original in a really great way. 2nd close-up camera by…
Trishes – Chemicals
Trishes is an indie pop artist & live looper who creates her soundscapes live combining vocals, keys and effects. She was one of the first artists we worked with on…
A Mayfield Affair – Oil & Canvas
Here’s the video that started it all, way back in 2012. At the time, I was playing drums in a foot-stompin’ alt-bluegrass band called A Mayfield Affair when I decided…