{"id":1139,"date":"2026-05-11T23:24:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paoprod.com\/blog\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2026-05-12T00:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:01:16","slug":"music-scene-memoirs-and-my-time-in-the-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paoprod.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/11\/music-scene-memoirs-and-my-time-in-the-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Music scene memoirs and my time in the scene (blog series)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"TweakPost\">\r\n\r\n<figure style=\"text-align:center; margin-bottom:2em\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/My-Years-Concert-Photographer\/Peter1-MM-Pics.jpg\" style=\"max-height:480px; width:auto; vertical-align:bottom\" alt=\"Me at the Rail Club, November 2013.  Photo by Metal Mina Pics.\">\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size:80%; text-align:center; line-height:125%; margin-top:.25em\">\r\nRail Club, November 2013. Photo courtesy Metal Mina Pics.\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"border:0px solid black\">\r\nI spent about nine years as a photographer documenting bands in the Dallas-Fort Worth music scene.  That journey was a starting point for my interest in local music history, and having a place to showcase my photos from that experience was a prime factor in my decision to establish this website in January 2008.  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