I sat down with the fabulous Amanda Ameer over at Life’s a Pitch, and talked her ear off about shooting shows, how to find a good live music photographer and what’s up with marketing classical music these days. I think it’s a decent read.
So what’s that blog all about?
Why don’t we apply the successful marketing and publicity campaigns we see in our everyday lives to the performing arts? Great ideas are right there, ripe for the emulating. And who’s responsible for the wide-reaching problems in ticket sales and audience development? Boring artists? Greedy managers? Overstretched marketing departments? We’re beyond debating who owns the problem. Let’s fix this thing.
Amanda who?
Amanda Ameer left her position as Publicity Manager at IMG Artists in June 2007 to start First Chair Promotion, and currently represents Hilary Hahn, Gabriel Kahane, The King’s Singers, David Lang, Eric Owens and The Wordless Music Series.
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Chris Owyoung is a New York City based music photographer specializing in concert photography and band portraits.
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Chris Owyoung is a freelance photographer based in New York City. His work has appeared in numerous publications including: Rolling Stone, SPIN, VIBE, Billboard, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Symphony, Domino, Time, and The Village Voice. Chris is available for editorial and corporate assignments in the New York area and abroad.
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congrats, chris! years ago when you were tinkering with your technique and geeking out over equipment i totally knew you’d soon be killing it style-wise. i kinda feel like if someone put a soundtrack of the music from the shows you shoot, it’d be the next best thing to actually being at the show. good work!
yes! good marketing/branding is essential to performing arts. it seems that the way classical music is put out there isolates the genre from other things people enjoy on a regular basis. people just need to be exposed to it, sort of like the way they would be exposed to a new product. i think classical music needs to be promoted that shows it is still alive in the present, not just something we’re trying to preserve from the past.
whoops sorry bad grammer up there. i meant:
“i think classical music needs to be promoted in a way that shows it is still alive…”
my bad.
Hi Chris,
I was discussing lenses for concert shooting on a forum, and some people suggested I ask you. What sizes of lenses do you find most useful for shooting larger arenas. I’ve been shooting small venues and dive bars and looking to step things up to a higher level.
Thanks!