Sep 20
A selection of photographers of the utterly brilliant and friendly backstage crew, Hannah, Mike, Stewart and loads of others not forgetting John Rawling, Richard, Jill, Paul and apologies for anyone I've missed!
We had a great time and hopefully made some good friends along the way.
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Jez, Tim, Dubber & Simon
Sep 19
Preparing for a festival is damn hard work. You often think of the musicians rehearsing, the promoters booking acts and selling tickets, designers designing posters and brochure and so on. It's not often that you get a sense of the work of the backstage crew and what they have to do. You can see on the time lapse video what they do to prepare the hall, but that's the easy bit.
Once the festival starts then it really is all hands to the deck. John and his team do the sound to ensure the the most important aspect, the music, is the best it can be. They load and unload all the gear and basically grab whatever break they can when they can. Like early morning coffee. Not a bad view though!
John and the backstage crew we salute you.
Sep 18
It's beginning to get late at the Scarborough Jazz Festival. It's only the first day and I haven't really heard that much music yet. This is not because I'm disinterested but that there is so much material coming into us here at what we've called the Stagedoor that we are running just to keep up to date to make sure we capture and then upload the videos, photos, interviews, reviews and everything else inbetween.
But what I really wanted to say was that I think Tim, Dubber, Simon and I have been bowled over by the friendliness and sense of camaraderie we've encountered with other people working with and for the organisers Mike and Marian. The staff at Scarborough Spa Hall, Stuart, John and Hannah have gone out of their way to make sure we get backstage and speak to the musicians; William Ellis and Mike Jackson, outstanding photographers have been wonderful by allowing us to put their photos on this site and some of the bands have provided us with their music.
We hope we are providing you with a sense of what the festival is like and that you get a sense that music is not all about protecting what you've got and just about making money. It is about shared experiences, collaborations based on trust and mutual understanding, about a love of music, about Music As Culture.
