Day 318/365

     On Thursday I photographed an independent singer/songwriter and actor named Brian Vander Ark. He's pretty popular in the state for being a part of the Michigan-based '90s/'00s band the Verve Pipe. He stopped in Midland to be interviewed for an upcoming show he'll be performing. What I couldn't get over, was how much he looked like a friend of mine, Matt Zador. He literally looked like he could be his 40-something year-old doppelgänger!

Day 166/365

     My apologies for how delayed my posts have been lately; it's been a crazy couple of weeks but my dedication to this project is definitely something I'm looking to improve.

     Saturday/Day 166's post is a portrait of a local store owner. The Bay City Times recently did an exposé on young Bay City entrepreneurs for Labor Day. This man owns Electric Kitsch, a quirky little vintage music and pop culture shop in downtown Bay City. It seemed really interesting from what I got to see of it, and I definitely hope to visit it on my own time soon.

Day 159/365

     Yesterday/Saturday I covered an all-day musical festival that was supposed to be a tribute to Stevie Wonder. Apparently Wonder was born in Saginaw and lived there until he was four years-old, so obviously the city can claim him as its own, (heavy sarcasm incase you didn't detect it). Anyways, the event organizers were hoping Stevie would show up - he didn't. He did call towards the end of the festival though, right before his protégé, Harrell Holmes, (pictured), closed the festival. 

Day 137/365

     Another concert photo for my belated day 137 post! Last night/Friday was my last night of covering the Pig Gig rib cook-off, and while parts of it were a lot of fun, I'm definitely okay with not having to cover it the rest of this weekend. Last night I covered a Michigan-based band, Brent James & the Contraband, an old '80s metal band, Winger, and an alt-rock band, Trapt. I'm not a fan of any of them, (or a fan of the typical fan base they generally attract), but the lighting effect used once the sun went down made for some fun photos. Entry one-hundred and thirty-seven is Trapt's bass player, and if you'd like to see any more of the photos from last night you can see them on MLive here.

Day 8/365

     One week down! Today's post is probably my favorite entry so far. My brother and I were hanging out tonight and I ended up recording him playing around on our dad's old L6-S. Ry's been working on a few of his own songs lately, but he'd only let me record "a few random chords" because he wasn't completely happy with where his own songs were just yet. In the three years since our dad passed away, I've noticed more and more the traits that my brother's inherited from him, but I think that perfectionist tendency when it comes to their music is the biggest one they share. Sometimes it's downright spooky.