Keeping Music "Live"

Bill Stevens

I met Bill at Porters Camera. Bill helped use my new favorite wide angle lens, the 10-24 at the Ed Heaton Seminar. Bill also works at Porters Camera.

bill stevens photography was launched in august 2009. it is Bill’s philosophy that everyone should be able to have their pictures taken at an affordable price. Bill has been around photography since he was three years old and have always had a passion for capturing moments for people. In august 2009, this lifetime hobby became a reality with the creation of bill stevens photography.

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Van Halen 2-24-12 Chicago

Posted February 26, 2012 by Evan J. Thomas

Van Halen at the United Center, Chicago, Illinois 2-24-12 Photographs by Evan J. Thomas

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Surround Sound Music

Posted February 25, 2012 by jorge

5.1 sound sound can be traced back to 1976 or 1987, depending on what you read. I upgraded my home system several years ago to a 5.1 surround for movies and quickly found the world of 5.1 music recordings. In the last couple of years I have been collecting all the surround sound recordings I [...]

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“Wish You Were Here” Hybrid Multichannel SACD

Posted February 21, 2012 by jorge

Pink Floyd released the Syd Barret inspired, “Wish You Were Here” in 1975. In 2011 producer and engineer James Guthrie, from the original master tapes, has created a Floydian experience unlike anything I have yet to hear from their catalogue, this includes the “Dark Side of the Moon” 5.1 release. It is as if the band [...]

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Van Halen Opens Tour at KFC Yum Center

Posted February 20, 2012 by C. Michael Stewart

Van Halen opened their forty year reunion tour at the KFC Yum Center, in Louisville, KY to support their first album with David Lee Roth in twenty eight years, ” A Different Kind of Truth”. Kool and The Gang warmed the packed venue playing an entertaining set from their catalogue of disco mega hits from the eighties. But this [...]

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Opeth – Heritage DTS 5.1 Surround

Posted February 14, 2012 by jorge

Opeth, a Scandinavian band, recognized for its Death Metal roots, have released a true progressive rock masterpiece. Case in point is the 5.1 production genius of Steve Wilson of Porcupine Tree. Wilson has remastered 5.1 classic recordings by King Crimson and Jethro Tull‘s. “Thick as a Brick 2” in 5.1″Heritage also features engineer Peter Mew, Syd Barrett and Pretty Things‘ S.F. Sorrow. Also [...]

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