Jaymes Reunion!

July 29th, 2008 by Zach | 2 Comments

Jaymes reunion is an especially ironic name for this band as it relates to me.

I got an e-mail from my old friend/room mate Tyson, who now runs BEC Recordings, saying he had a band in the Bay Area he wanted me to shoot. Cool, I’m going to be there for my sister’s birthday anyways, why not make the trip a write off?  Turns out the band is Jaymes Reunion, named partially for my way old friend Cameron Jaymes. Cameron and I were in youth group at the same church waaaaaay back when. We were both into music but didn’t really keep in touch as we both went our separate ways after high school. Turns out he got signed to BEC and I got to reconnect with him and shoot his band. But it gets crazier. His guitar player, it turns out, is also my old friend Braydon Nelson. Our dads were friends and we too were both into music. He ended up going to Berkelee, graduating, then coming back. I heard little bits and pieces about him but it was mostly 2nd hand. So, this shoot turned out to be a crazy reunion of old music friends as well as a super fun shoot.

We ended up driving around Livermore and taking shots kind of wherever we could find. Great hang, good times, and I love the pictures!

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Trent Reznor and the changing music business

June 25th, 2008 by Zach | 0 Comments

I couldn’t sleep for the life of me last night, which drove Katelyn totally nuts (understandably). I did stumble across a really cool article from the New York Times though. All musicians should read this article, it’s about Reznor’s departure from the major label model and how bands like NIN and Radiohead are going indie. This definitely reflects my own experience; in the last year, the only records I’ve done have been indie. (Telecast was released on BEC but was independently funded) Telecast was recorded in an office studio, Jadon Lavik was recorded at his house, and Lendon was recorded at his house. Jadon had a #1 single on inspo radio that project! (Come Thou Fount) Truly this is where things are headed. Not that labels are useless, but times are majorly changing.

Trent Reznor Article

Speaking of music, I synced my iTunes up to the blog via Last FM. Love this internet stuff.