
Whole Lotta Love @ The Palais St. Kilda
There are many Zeppelin tributes, but only one Led Zeppelin Celebration. This show not only have some of the best musos in Melbourne, many of whom I'm privilege to know, or can call friend. The Melbourne line up included Jack Jones (Southern Sons), Amy Findlay (Stonefield), Jimmy Cupples (The Voice), Frank Lakoudis (The Voice), Shay Liza (Sharaya), and an awesome band consisting of some of the country's best rock musicians, including my friends Pete Robinson, Jerome Smith,

Electric Mary rules The Espy St Kilda
Yes, here at chowie.com.au you will see many of my contribution the Electric Mary's visual collection. Aside from the fact they they dominated my early days and build up to my long journey, they are simply an incredible band, in visual dynamics as well as musically.
As always, hope you enjoy this lot from their Feb show.

Massive's video launch @Yah Yah's
27-Feb-2015: It's always nice to be commissioned to a gig for one of our up & rising band, but it's all the more special when it's a special occassion like a video launch. Massive's new clip is certainly one of them. #Massive #guitar #YahYahs #live #lifetooshortgoseeaband #rock #music #band #chowie #photographychowierockumentarywebsiteworldwidewebbusiness #photography

Home studio with Marcus Kain
'Rockumentary' has been my defined style of photography for years, from my live music, to weddings, portraits, and of course my Rockumentaries, going behind the scene.
So it was almost natural that I would treat my band promo shoot with the same approach & style. The backdrop settings however is a little more challenging though, as any of this kind of shoot, in studio or on location is nonetheless a 'staged', rather than 'as it happens'. so how do you keep that spontan

Electric Mary @ Gershwin Room (20-Feb-2015)
I met these guys from USA at my little day job, and when asked..'Chowie, what you up to tonight?' I said.. "I can't tell, you or show YouTube clips, or play a song from my playlist, you just have to experience it!' and so they did. Now they're having trouble describing their experience, but unlike them, I get to go back and see another show soon. #electricmary #prs #guitar #espy #lifetooshortgoseeaband #stkilda