A whole year has passed since, well, last year’s Vransko Summer Night. Interestingly enough, the line-up was similar to last year’s but that wasn’t a problem. Tabu rocked the night, as they usually do.  Šank Rock were rocking as well, and I was quite impressed with Legalo Kriminalo, although to be honest, I did only hear a couple songs towards the end. Interesting, although probably a bit too heavy sounding for this event.

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After a long hiatus I’ve finally gone out to a concert and took some pictures. I’ve been visiting concerts lately, but only as a listener. I must have seen at least a gazillion Tabu concerts :-). But I still enjoy every single one of them ;-). Anyway, the past weekend, in Koper, the unions of Slovenia organized a concert of a couple bands. Two of them I managed to catch, arriving just in time for the start of Rock Partyzani, followed shortly thereafter by, Big Foot Mama (Škisova 2008, Graduation Parade 2008 and Bruc 07).

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After what can only be dubbed an organizational fiasco, we somehow managed to get beneath the stage where one of Rap’s greatest icons was due to perform. Snoop Dogg himself. I’m not much of a rap fan myself but I must admit I kind of liked the ambience he created – being high or not.

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Finally, some time to post something new to the blog. I’ve been less active here for a while, but it’s because I haven’t been to a lot of concerts lately. I just didn’t have the time.

A couple weeks ago, there was a concert at Vransko. The concert was named Vransko Summer Night, and we witnessed performances by Big Foot Mama, Pankrti and finally, Tabu.

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Yes, I’ve finally got enough time to write something to my blog again. There have been a number of interesting developments in my life recently, one of which is that I no longer work at eCTRL. My future plans will be revealed at the end of August, but I’m excited. Very excited :-).

There are a lot of things I have on my queue right now (photography wise), but I’ve decided to start with Alya. I’ve been to her concert in Porotorož. As with other concerts in the Avditorij this year (Gušti in Polona, Hladno Pivo and Leeloojamais), there were about 20 people present. Really a shame, as Alya showed she still has it.

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On Thursday, a bit late in the day, I got news that I have received a photo pass for R.E.M. that evening in Udine, Italy. Well, technically, in Vila Manin. I covered the event for Delo.si here.

The drive to Udine was fast (I did have good company ), but parking… Holly crap. We parked a kilometer away. And we could easily have driven closer to the venue. But we were told by the organizers that there are 10.000 people expected, so we decided to park where the masses parked :-). Next time, I don’t plan on making that mistake.

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Tonight, Ljubljana’s Hala Tivoli was filled with fans of Seal’s dance-flavored music. Known by his stage name, his original name is a bit longer, Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel. Most people also know him for his marriage to the world famous super-model Heidi Klum, who unfortunately was not present today.

His performance today was an interesting one, although not really my taste. What really impressed me was the amount of crowd interaction he had.

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Originally, I thought I’ll be photographing Judas Priest down in Zagreb. However, Glenn Tipton got sick (I think his appendix was the culprit). Thankfully, I got a chance of photographing Status Quo.

Admittedly, before the concert, I didn’t know a lot about them, I just knew a couple of their legendary songs like In the army now, Rockin’ all over the world and Whatever you want. I’m a fan now :).

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My friends had a gig recently in Orto Bar. They were the opening act for a group called Puppetz. Interestingly enough though, there were more people there when they started than when Puppetz began :). The performance I saw was great.

Even though Miha, who was also there, speculates the crowd dissolved due to heat, I have this crazy suspicion that more people were there to see world :: within  than Puppetz. It’s not impossible.

Anyway, I also had a chance to try out a 10-22 mm lens borrowed from Jan (the lead singer ), so I did a couple test shots before they went on stage.

On 14th June, 2008, John Fogerty went on stage of the Hala Tivoli venue (read the report here).

A recap from Wikipedia tells us that:

John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. He was born in Berkeley, California.

The concert was amazing, even though I don’t listen to this type of music I found the performance excellent. And speaking of excellence, the drummer was AWESOME. I later found out it’s none other than THE Kenny Arnoff.

Aronoff has recorded with musicians such as Melissa Etheridge, Jon Bon Jovi, Michelle Branch, Joe Cocker, Trey Anastasio, The BoDeans, Corey Hart, Meat Loaf, Willie Nelson, The Rolling Stones, Alanis Morissette, Bob Seger, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Waylon Jennings, Bonnie Raitt, Mick Jagger, Alice Cooper, Belinda Carlisle, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, Lisa Germano, Tony Iommi, Iggy Pop, The Starting Line, and hard rock and glam metal band Cinderella.

Combine that, with Dave Santos on bass, Matt Nolen on keyboard, Hunter Perrin on one guitar, and Billy Burnette (of Fleetwood Mac!) on other guitars, and you get a line-up that plays really well together.

As far as photographing goes, we were limited to two stage positions and for two songs. We had to stay fixed and so the photos are all from the same angle. The lights were OK and the ambience was great. One thing though, that was different was the placement of the stage. Instead of facing the exit, it was sideways. Interesting…

Oh, and I’m pretty sure the teeth are fake…