NYC 5: The Big Oof
Dude.
The last year started out hot. I came back from LA to a relaxed job opportunity only for it to flip into the most gainful employment of my life. Then, COVID-19.
At one point, I was working 80 hours, 7 days a week and still making it a few extra stops on the L every few nights to shoot a show. I feel like I hit on a good style in LA and wanted to explore it further in NYC, no matter the sleep lost, only for everything to shut down after a few months. I transitioned to work from home on March 10th, and NYC began shutting down on the 12th.
Initially, I didn’t go shoot that much. I very much tried to adhere to shut down rules, only going out for groceries and other essential things. While I brought my camera with me, I didn’t start shooting regularly until warm weather started coming around again in May. Even then, it was only a weekend thing.
Since I couldn’t shoot these amazing artists and scenes around the city, I did my best to turn that energy toward refining my composition skills. I started writing a piece of music every day and then sampling radio broadcasts covering the pandemic as well as the Black Lives Matters protests (The latter you can hear on the @_zugunruhe)
I’m a big believer in not wasting my time. This year I was given a lot of time, so I used that daily project to help me create a series of albums. The first two can be found here, and the third will be released at the end of the month.
So. I guess that’s all I have to say. Here’s some photos.