THE BOOM BAP Nashville: Featuring COSMO BAKER Recap | 06.28.2014 (Video)

Check out the above recap vid from THE BOOM BAP last month!! The crew once again proved that they throw down the best Hip-Hop party in Nashville...Cosmo Baker was in the house and added a great energy to the night, killer set! 

Don't sleep on the July installment featuring House Shoes this Weekend (7/26) at The 5 Spot!

Shot and edited by Brendan Donohue

Photo by Kelly Hite

HUSTLE IV // This Is Nashville Official Recap (Video)

Well, they've done it again! 

Back in October, the HUSTLE crew reassembled on Cannery Row to throw down yet another (foruth) installment of this killer party! Presented by 102.9 The Buzz and branded as This Is Nashville 2013, the event featured 3 stages, 6 performances, and Nashville's Biggest Dance party. This was the official Wizard World Comic Con After Party.

HUSTLE is brought to you by the promoters of Nashville's biggest parties including KEEP ON MOVIN!, The Boom Bap, Recognize, Whiskey Disco, and Electric Western Presents.

More on events like this at www.electricwesternpresents.com

Check out the video recap of the night below!

Shot and Edited by Brendan Donohue 

THE BOOM BAP Feat. SKEME RICHARDS | 06.22.2013 (Video)

Last month, I was asked by the fine folks over at The Boom Bap to come out and shoot a recap video for the event...I gladly obliged.

For those of you not in the know...The Boom Bap is a Hip-Hop dance party held at The 5 Spot in East Nashville the fourth Saturday of every month. I have been attending these events for quite some time now and can honestly say it is the most hype party in town celebrating Hip-Hop music/culture and showcasing skillful turntablism. The resident DJs (DJ Rate, Case Bloom and Bowls) spin a wide variety of mostly pre-2000 classic hip-hop records that always whip the crowd in a frenzy. Furthermore, they frequently bring in guest DJs from out of town to rip up the decks as well. For this edition, we got to witness Skeme Richards bring the heat, he straight killed it...such an epic night as always!! I'd say it is pretty much impossible to walk into any Boom Bap party and NOT have a great time...these guys always come correct!

I thank them for the opportunity to document this killer party and hope to do it again sometime soon!

Check out the video recap below and also photos from the night by Mike Chow and Kelly Hite.

Hustle III Recap | 03.08.2013 (Video)

Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the past 6 months, then you've probably caught wind of the HUSTLE parties that have been goin down every couple months at Cannery Ballroom.

Nashville's most dedicated DJs came together once again to bring us third installment of the HUSTLE event; not much I can say about it, just watch the vid and see the craziness for yourself! One of my favorite additions to the production this time around was the stripper pole and light boxes for the dancers! I stand by my previous assertions that this is probably the one of the best parties in Nashville, this crew always goes above and beyond to ensure a kick ass evening for all in attendance!

Also check out:
Hustle I Recap
Hustle II Recap

From the minds behind Electric Western, The Boom Bap, Y2K, Whiskey Disco, Recognize, and KEEP ON MOVIN!

Check out pics from the night from Kelly Hite Photo here!

Bassnectar NYE 2013 Recap (Video)

A composite of some of some video stills from the night
We are all connected...

Well, our Break On A Cloud produced Bassnectar NYE 2013 Recap video was officially released a few weeks ago; but per usual, I am just now getting around to making a blog post about it, haha. Watch and read below:)

It's really hard to put into words how amazing of an experience it was working on this project from start to finish. We spent a total of 3 full days shooting footage and time-lapses in and around Nashville's Bridgestone Arena and the Downtown Nashville area to document all the hard work that goes in to building a production of this magnitude. On the day of the show, we had a 4-5 person camera crew and 6 cameras capturing every little facet of this spectacular event from every angle possible..the night was a huge success! 

Lorin (Bassnectar) absolutely blew the roof off the place that night! Surrounded by some odd 11,000 fans going completely nuts, his setup for the evening incorporated a 360 degree rotating stage setup in the smack dab in the middle of the arena accompanied by some of the most amazing sound and lighting production I have ever witnessed. It was hands down, one of the our most memorable NYE experiences to date! Definitely the craziest show I have ever helped document, even more so than last year's Bassnectar NYE show (which was also insane). 

Balloon/confetti drop at midnight, insane!
photo by Kelly Hite

The feedback has been great so far...the video is sitting at around 30k views right now on Bassnectar's YouTube Channel, with a lot of great comments and joyous fans reminiscing about this magical night. It really makes me feel good to know that our work has created a permanent visual memory of this experience that fans can revert to whenever they want to escape back to that time and place. We had such a blast documenting this incredible event and putting these visuals together for everyone to see...can't thank everyone enough for making this such an amazing NYE experience once again!!

Huge shout-out my Break On A Cloud fam, Lorin and the Bassnectar crew, LMG inc. and all the crazy fans that raged the night away!!

Visuals shot by Matt Miller, Brendan Donohue, Jonathan Gaynes of Tram 17 Productions, Nicole Abbett and Robert Bragdon. I can't say enough good things about working with this dedicated crew!

Edited by Matt Miller and Brendan Donohue

Photos from the night by Kelly Hite, she did an amazing job...you can see them all RIGHT HERE!!

photo by Kelly Hite

Yours truly on stage filming the man himself!!
photo by Kelly Hite

Lotus – "Break Build Burn" Live @ Marathon Music Works (Video)

Check out some previously unreleased live performance/recap footage that Matt Miller and I shot featuring jamtronica vets, Lotus, kicking it at Marathon Music Works in Nashville a while back.

Visuals shot and assembled by Matt Miller and Brendan Donohue for Break on a Cloud

Cameras: Canon T2i, Canon 60d

Watch in HD!!


Thanks for watching!
~Brendan

Bassnectar NYE 2012 @ Bridgestone Arena Recap | Nashville, TN (Video)

Photos by: Shaun Hollingsworth

Hello::
Well, it's been over 6 months since this magical evening that graced the city of Nashville and we finally dropped the exclusive visuals (video) last week over at Break on a Cloud. So here it is y'all, the long awaited Bassnectar NYE recap...bet y'all thought it would never see the light of day, haha!:) Well, if you've got an extra 7 mins today, please give it a viewing; rage out to it, laugh, cry and reminisce all the amazing times that were had that night! It's hard to convey how incredible of an experience it was taking part in this evening and capturing these images for all to enjoy! So proud to be part of such a hard-working and talented crew over at Break On A Cloud..(Robert B Bragdon, Matt Miller, Sergio Orozco, Kelly Hite, u know whassup) Huge thanks to Lorin and Crew, Bassnectar's AmBASSadors, Shaun SicImages Hollingsworth at (SIC) Images and every single one of the +10k crazy motherf*ckers that made this one of the most insane experiences of a lifetime!! please share and enjoy! Thanks very much for your patience and support!!



Also, if you hadn't seen the Ambassador documentary we produced, check it out:

"A documentary of Bassnectar's innovative Ambassador event volunteer program, featuring live action and interviews from Bassnectar's 2012 Nashville New Years Eve event. For information on the program, email bassteam(at)bassnectar(dot)net. For more information on Bassnectar, visit bassnectar.net.

Video shot by Matt Miller of BreakonaCloud, Brendan Donohue of Pureform Media and Sergio Orozco of Xcklusive Access. Edited by Matt Miller, Lia Holland (of Bassnectar) and Brendan Donohue."

Click the video title to view in Full HD on Vimeo 

Thanks for watching!
~Brendan

People Under The Stairs and Big Gigantic Recaps (Video)

Hello::
Here are a couple other recap videos I have shot this year; never got around to posting on this site, so check em' out!



Shot this performance for my friends over at camelbackmusic.com
This spring at Vanderbilt University, Beta Theta Pi hosted a People Under the Stairs concert to raise money for the Minding Your Mind foundation.
Donate to the cause: mindingyourmind.org/view/donate/donation.cfm

Camera: Canon T2i; Sigma 10-20mm, Canon 50mm f1.8 and Canon 85mm f1.8

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Back in February, Big Gigantic rolled into town as part of their Nocturnal Tour bringing Adventure Club with them. I was in attendance with Break on a Cloud to capture the madness! It was a killer show!

shot by Brendan Donohue and Matt Miller
Camera: Canon T2i and Canon 60d; Sigma 10-20mm, Canon 50mm f1.8 and Tokina 28-80mm f2.8

Song:
Big Gigantic - "Eyes Closed"

Check out pics from the show here!









~brendan