Show me your music!

July 11th, 2012
Live music speaks to my soul......how about you..?! If so, show me your music - be it sheet music, musical instrument, or live performance. Here are a few of my favs:

an old piano in an abandoned house near Seattle - i almost wept for it....


a water drum for sale at Folklife Festival in Seattle
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great topic, love your photos!
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Found at the grave of a WWII veteran:




Me performing with my band (obviously not taken by me)
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Kaz
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needtobreathe in concert
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@38mm awesome street music shot!
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@melissapike awesome awesome! rust AND music!? love it.....nice work....and good to see you pouring your heart out in song!
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One of my very early photos when I first started my project.
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@nanalisarocks really nice sharp candid/portrait work! makes me want to head out to a show!
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@karendalling cool focus and depth of field on this shot....i can almost hear the music!
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@ronah cool lighting and mood! love the backlight effect
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@nanalisarocks cool street music shot!
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@beeblebear really cool....love this guy's expression.....really looks like he does love playing! - nice street shot - it's great in b/w
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@buttercup very interesting pov! i like it....and i am partial to pianos....my gma being a piano teacher and all....lol
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Nod
ok... my daughter's piano...

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Today! Saw the thread. Photo named in honour of.....
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@viranod very interesting shot....almost abstract....i am loving it!
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I love Sinead!
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@agavegirl13 nice portrait and close-up....i tried to learn how to fiddle once...and since then have had a whole new appreciation for how temperamental that instrument can be!
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@moirab awesome....yes, she is one to really put her heart into her singing....for sure!
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@harley84 cool moment captured....i love the choice of b/w
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@asrai wow.....colorful characters in these shots - great street work!
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@nonoo love how you captured the music AND the instrument...nice pov
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@blightygal awesome! old school rocker....i should know the name....but i'm old....so it's not coming to me.........lol
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@httpgeffed very interesting shot......love it turned on its side like that!
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@lissamc very interesting scene.........what was the event..?!
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@sticksandstones Thanks that is how it was in the yard, I couldn't move it :)
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@sticksandstones Great thread!
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My daddy's Gibson
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Dad playing guitar and me listening to some music :) :



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a jazz guitarist warming up before the show...

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@sticksandstones Jenny, the group was the SCA, a historical recreation group that studies the middle ages and renaissance. The event was a coronation of a new King and Queen. The troubadour is singing to the queen as she arrives to be crowned.
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I still get goosebumps thinking about this night, amazing gig!

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That old rocker is Johnny Rotten (aka John Lydon). from the Sex Pistols, PiL..
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Electric guitar



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Pink Floyd cover band

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Deb
Music to my ears . . . My first challenge for the weekly theme "sound".


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@hasselhotch @cheribug @agentzuckerguss awesome guitar shots!
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@socalgal love love the motion and the lighting of this shot!
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@michaelelliott cool colorful display...very sharp!
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@charli321 awesome.....i love when a show is so good you are still thinking about it for months/years afterwards! thanks for sharing!
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@jantan love this......this seems like that frustrated feeling you get when you try the same part over and over and over again....and just can't get it right!
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@surabhi simple and cool.....love the composition.....so to speak.....lol
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@sparkle awesome awesome street shot!
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@jasonfury cool tilt on this shot!
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@jsilver love the depth of field on this shot.....and i am partial to pianos anyway!
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@darrenellis so cute....she looks so focused! love it
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@yentlski aaaaah Barbra......classic
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I have LOADS of music-related photos, but here are just six...

Concerts:



People playing music:



iPods:

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All the way back to January...one of my first shots on here (I like to think I have upped my game since) This is my step mother who is a flute player with a symphony orchestra playing for my girls one eveing.
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Love your topic of discussion. Music speaks to my soul! In fact, I am on my second year of my project and every photo that I have taken has a song title/artist that goes along with that photo. Here is one of my more music related photos though...

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i just posted this today!
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this is my favorite concert (Muse) snap!


though I like this one too (Collective Soul)!

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@emilyscarlett10 yes of COURSE......lol...thanks...damn...i am getting old
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@helstor love the diversity of your music shots - cool subject matter and color in all
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@jjefferies sweeet! love the first one.....looks like rain..?
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@sjoblues nice - - love your depth of field and your composition on both these shots!
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@dutchkiwi awesome colors.....almost abstract - very creative
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@edie love LOVE this....you are the only one that incorporated dancing into the music theme!
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@northy awesome street shot - i like how he seems to be soley paying attn to the music, while people are going about all their own business....
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@magentarose great focus - - in the shot AND on the musician's face....nice one
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@skg40 thanks....i think it is true for a lot of people, especially us artistic-leaning folks. Your second year sounds challenging....i'll have to check it out!
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@summerfield twilight zone.......we must be on the same wavelength today! nice shot....i love the perspective
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@msk1p2 awesome - i like them both for different reasons - the first one is technical....what with the light show and all that going on - - the second one for the tormented artist-type mood it conveys....great job
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My 15 year old son playing drums at a gig on saturday.

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The lead singer of my son's band at saturdays gig.

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...the Lead Guitarist

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and finally, the Bass Guitarist. The band are called The Pretty Goodbyes, and I think they are rather good.

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Piano "Play me I'm yours', in Paris


My boy playing Comptine d'été n°2 from Yann Tiersen


Concert-house: La Boîte à Ooti, in Bordeaux
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This is me on the concert platform (with a few others...)



And, the instrument I play:-



And how I feel about music

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Took this one in Korea:
And one from Madrd:
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My daughter playing


and my youngest's trombone
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@seanoneill awesome shots....i like all the black space in them...cool that you are supportive of your son's endeavors!
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@kellieem love the motion and silliness accompanied with music!
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@smevvy nice shot....looks like me practicing...only way my Mom cld get me to practice was to tell me to do the dishes....or practice...my choice lol
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@mantha awesome composition on the first one....cool story-telling type shot on the second one!
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@svt i like the compilation and diversity of these shots! i've heard of these player public pianos...haven't seen one in seattle yet, though....
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@peadar awesome.......and i love the close-up shot......from the valves i would guess....flute..?....and lol.....love that joyful feelin in the last one
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@maaikel thanks for bringin the international vibe to the thread! your shots are always so inspiring...no matter the content - - but i love the action you caught in the Korean dance one!
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@emmapureangel cool....the mobile piano...take it anywhere with ya....nice
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@tulipgirl so cool that you have a musical family. i really really love the lighting in both these shots....plus the reflections off the trombone are really brilliant!
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@sticksandstones Thanks, and yes it is! Didn't dampen anyone's spirits though!!
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@sticksandstones Jenny, it's a bassoon! Thanks...
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@lesphoto very cool....i remember seeing this on your page and loving it!
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@jtrudell writing music.....very nice....love the darkness in this shot
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@winoti haha....took me a minute to figure this one out.........very creative interpretation!
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@kmrtn6 great compilation of different music shots...i love the closeup on the sheet music....looks like an old printing too
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@kmrtn6 looks like a lot of fun.....music and socializing!
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@webfoot nice creative shots!
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@nikkidee awesome perspective and focus/dof on both these shots....and love the key on the keyboard
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Love yours Juliette @sparkle :)
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and the whole of May as this was my Album cover month: http://365project.org/gphelps5/365/2012-05
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Lyn
A subject very dear to my heart which I don't turn to (surprisingly!) often enough:











and my FAVORITE music shot:

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Lyn
@sticksandstones Jenny, thank you SO MUCH for starting this lovely thread. . .and the very fact that you have taken the time to comment really moves me. . .another fine example of what 365 is about in its BEST form!
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@lyno beautiful collection of photos
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There are some great images here!
This ismy contribution:

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@lyoungs1023 cool focus...i love the b/w choice
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@monika64 very creative....and beautiful sky too!
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@wenbow ridiculously awesome abstract, wendy! i love it
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@gphelps5 fun stuff!
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@primitiveprobe really creative almost abstract.....really makes you look at the lines......almost looks like sheet music lines....very cool!
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Here is my favourite musical instrument...
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@harveyzone very cool composition - - really emphasizes the beauty of the instrument....and great color on the background too!
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Anyone who is a Australian music fan will know Ian Moss from Cold Chisel. I had the great pleasure of photographing Ian In January this year.

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And another picture of my viola :)

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