Emeraz Songwriters Seminar @ Windmill Lane

I was invited to join the members of Emeraz (www.emeraz.com) to a songwriter workshop held at Windmill Lane recording studios in Dublin. This session was presented by Tim Hawes & Obi Mhondera who together make up the successful writing and production team Zebra1..between them have sold over 15 million units worldwide!

All of the participants were divided into groups with the objective to collaborate and compose a new "hit song" many of whom meeting each other for the first time that day.

My objective was to catch each group working together and as a result it was very interesting so see how different people take different approaches to the songwriting process.

More shots of the day can be found here

I would like to thank Stephen Brett for the invitation and congratulate everyone involved for what turned out to be a great weekend.

For more information on Emeraz, please visit www.emeraz.com

Gemma Hayes - Live In Store - Celtic Note

I had the pleasure of meeting Gemma Hayes at her intimate in store gig at Celtic Note in Dublin's City Centre. She is as lovely in person as she is talented. She performed a handful of songs acoustically including new tracks "Keep running" and "Shock to the system" as well as an old favourite "Back of my hand".

Gemma was nice enough to wait around after the performance to speak to fans and sign copies of her new album.

Additional photos can been seen at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/seankavanaghphotography/sets/72157626996346474/

www.gemmahayes.com

  

Gemma Hayes - Album Launch - The Button Factory Dublin

This weekend, I had the opportunity to photograph one of my favourite artists Gemma Hayes. Gemma has just released her new album entitled "Let it break".

I first seen Gemma play live around eight or nine years ago at Whelan's and have since been a big fan. For anyone who is unfamiliar with her music, Gemma has been nominated for the mercury music prize and has won several Irish meteor awards.

For anyone looking recommendations, some standout tracks for me personally are:

Back of My Hand
Let a good thing go
Hanging around
Easy On the Eye
Undercover
Oliver
Keep running (Tokyo) (New Album)
Shock to the system  (New Album)

On stage she is as captivating as she is talented and I wish her all the best with the new album.

For more photos please see:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/seankavanaghphotography/sets/72157626700380909/

For more info and upcoming live shows and to buy new album from Gemma, please visit

http://www.gemmahayes.com/

Leaders of Men

I have recently had the pleasure of taking live photos of new Dublin band Leaders of Men. I knew two of the guys in this band from a previous musical existence and was instantly hooked when I attended their debut show only a couple of months ago at The Workmans Club.

I genuinely believe that this band are capable of great things. They have fantastic songs, great energy and terrific charisma.

The band are in the process of recording their debut EP and I am sure there will be plenty of gig announcements in the coming weeks.

For now, please listen to song "Up Against The Wall" and be sure to visit the bands facebook page which can be found at www.facebook.com/leadersofmen

Indie Week 2011

I was invited along to the Grand Social by the nice people at Indie Week this weekend to take some photos. Acts performing included:

Patrick Plunkett
 

Black Circles

The Matinee Idles

The Riptide Movement

These Electric Lives

Simon Fagan

I thought the night was very well organised and every act brought something different to the stage.

Well done to all involved!

For more photos please visit:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/seankavanaghphotography/sets/72157626610047527/

and

http://www.indieweek.com/

Portrait - Roy Shiels

I had the pleasure of working with Roy Shiels this week for a photoshoot at Naul in North County Dublin. Roy is a singer, songwriter, musician, photographer and also one of the nicest guys you can meet.

It was a case of rle reversal as Roy originally took some lovely portrait photos of yours truely with the chapman society a year or two ago!

More photos from this session can be found:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/seankavanaghphotography/sets/72157626734100596/

For more info on Roy, he can be found:

http://www.facebook.com/royshiels

www.myspace.com/royshiels

www. twitter.com/royshiels

www.royshiels.bandcamp.com

PHOTOSHOOT WITH OISIN MACCOIL

This weekend I had the pleasure of meeting Oisin MacCoil who is a singer songwriter from Dublin. Oisin is presently studying  music at Trinity College Dublin and is working to get his music out there.

To see more photos, please check out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seankavanaghphotography/sets/72157626629826538/

WELCOME

Hello and welcome to my blog.

Here I will update ongoing photography work with bands and musicians from Dublin.

Thanks for reading and please check back soon!