I bought tickets to Taylor Swifts N3 Stockholm concern the moment I could, and it’s been something I’ve been looking forward to for months.

Saturday evening, I went along to the Open House at Majorna’s Co-Working Space, “Creative Spaces” offering a photography studio, recording space, co-working area and a jacuzzi. Aside from general good vibes and fun, three local artists performed live music for us all

I've been lucky enough to do a fair few gigs in the past, primarily in small venues like 12Bar or the Windmill in Brixton, but also at some bigger venues like main stage at the Garage in Islington. Whilst I've written about my experiences doing these shoots, I thought it was about time to write something more detailed about my considerations when doing a gig.

Organised by Sounds of Gothenburg, this gig was at a record store along Andra Langatan in Gothenburg. The session started with interviews with the bands before moving into the music.

Sound of Gothenburg is a new initiative of artists bringing local music to Gothenburg at Dirty Records cafe and the world through YouTube streaming.

By a random chance, I happened to be in Cuneo for the final day of Illuminata, (Festival of Lights). It is a week-long event playing music synchronised to lights across one of the main streets.

I found out, more or less by accident that there was a free music festival on the bank of the Thames, near to Richmond Bridge, so I thought I'd duck down to see how it was going.

It had been a while since I did a gig, (check the archives if you are curious!) and this one was at a new venue for me.

This shoot was unusual, the participants were all musicians, who had come along to get promotional images to use for their work.

Once again accompanying the Jacket as his Photographer for Fatea Magazine for a performance of Anais Mitchell at 12 Bar near Tottenham Court Road.

Once again acting as the semi-official photographer for the talented Ducky Fuzzlin's who were playing at the O2 Academy in Islington. It’s a small venue, but with a good approach to the stage which is well lit.

I met the band, the Ducky Fuzzlin's through Photography and was asked to come along to one of their gigs with my camera.

12Bar is a fairly well known live music venue. John "The Jacket" Hawes, my way in to this event as his tag-along Tog was amazed to see a couple of rows of chairs in the gig space at the back.