The live photography gallery is back online, plus a few statistics

As of today, the Live Photography photo gallery is finally back up and running, with a total of fifteen bands and performers represented via dedicated galleries and a further forty-five via "Miscellaneous Bands." A gallery of music venue photos is also up now. This remains a work in progress, and several other band galleries are still in the pipeline with a planned rollout at some point in the future. The need to go through thousands of photos from hundreds of different shows is the primary reason this has taken so long.

Out of curiosity, I compiled a few statistics related to my time as photographer in the local music scene. All of these bands except Meat Goat, Mourning Fury, and Ghoultown will eventually be the subjects of dedicated galleries.

My 15 most seen bands as of March 2025 - number of times seen (but not necessarily photographed):

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With These Words	56
The Razorblade Dolls	43
Reverent	37
Rivethead	33
Silver Loves Mercury	27
Designed in Kaos	26
Ten Can Riot	26
Polly Wants a Popgun	17
Holy Diver	15
Dark Sol/Eden Falls	15
Kin of Ettins	15
Nevermind the Darkness	11
Meat Goat	10
Mourning Fury	9
Ghoultown	8

My 11 most frequented venues as of March 2025, by number of times visited:

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Curtain Club	90
Skillman Street Pub	48
Reno's Chop Shop	30
Trees	20
Liquid Lounge	24
Opening Bell Coffee	13
Tomcats Deep Ellum	13
Gas Monkey Bar & Grill/Amplified	12
Lakewood Bar & Grill	12
Ridglea Theater	11
City Tavern	10

First show photographed - Reverent, Curtain Club, March 10, 2007
Final show photographed - Rivethead, Rail Club, March 3, 2018
First show photographed with a DSLR - Hawk vs. Dove, Prophet Bar, September 12, 2008
Last show photographed on film - Madwak, Gas Monkey Bar & Grill, July 21, 2017