08/04/2020
Dear Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator Chuck Schumer, Brian Higgins, Nydia Velazquez, Marco Rubio, and Senator Ben Cardin,
I am a live music photographer based out of Upstate New York. The images on this post are all from shows at independent venues around the North East. I am encouraging you to support the Save Our Stages Act + the Restart Act, which will offer financial assistance to independent musicians, venues, and promoters. They will be without income for the next year. I love my job so much, my friends that work in the industry with me love their jobs so much. It breaks my heart to have to reconsider my career and my future when I have my dream job. If this is not supported, live music will effectively die in the United States for the foreseeable future. Even when it is safe to continue shows and tours, they will not go on, as artists will have no venues to play or promoters to book shows. Please and support these bills.
p.s. go to www.saveourstages.com and ask your local representatives for their support, it takes literally thirty seconds.