Remembering the May 2010 Nashville Flood (Photos)

As many of you know, the first week of May marked the 3 year anniversary of the 2010 Nashville Flood that raged through our fine city and caused extensive damage to downtown as well as many outlying areas.

I had posted some photos from the aftermath of the storm in the downtown area on my facebook page last week, but wanted to throw them up on the site as well.

3 years later, these images are still a surreal testament to the severity of this disaster, but also an inspirational reminder of a city that came together to fight through the destruction.

I tried to avoid taking photos of people's personal destruction throughout the neighborhoods that were badly damaged and instead put the camera down to help with the cleanup effort. There are plenty of powerful images around the web though from the cleanup effort that can give you an idea of how bad the individual damages really were.

Photos by Brendan Donohue

Taken 05.04.2010

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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

Art for Animals 2013 Photo Booth (Photos)

Over this past weekend, I had the extreme pleasure of volunteering my services (in the form of a fun photo booth) at the 6th Annual Art for Animals Fundraiser. The event, held at The Factory in Franklin and hosted by Nashville Paw Magazine, welcomed 500 guests (twice as many as last year!) and raised an incredible $33,000 for our Nashville Paw Foundation to help fund local spay and neuter programs!

I was thrilled to be a part of this hugely successful event and hope to work more with the Nashville Paw Foundation in the future. Huge shoutout to all the sponsors and volunteers involved that made this so enjoyable!

Check out some highlights below and a full gallery of photo booth pics from the night here!

If you are interested in booking a photobooth setup like this for a party or event, please feel free to shoot me an email for details and pricing - brendan@pureformmedia.com

Thanks,
Brendan

Mike Wolfe of History Channel's "American Pickers" was in the building as a special guest to show his support. He auctioned off a piece and is featured in the new Nashville Paw PSA

Here was my setup for the booth

Flyer for the event

HUSTLE TAKE 2 - The Official Do615 Launch Party Recap (Video)

Photo by Kelly Hite

On December 7, 2012, the minds behind Electric Western, The Boom Bap, Y2K, Whiskey Disco, Recognize, and KEEP ON MOVIN! once again pulled off the biggest dance party in Nashville, but this time even BIGGER!! Teaming up with Do615 (a new website showcasing events around the Ville) for their official launch party, the crew rocked the Cannery Ballroom crowd late into the night!

I have to say, after filming the first HUSTLE party back in October, it was obvious that they stepped their game up on this one...lighting and sound production (provided by LMG) were on point and the crowd was even more amazing! Big ups to everyone involved in this incredible event and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to film it again!

Check out the recap vid below and a whole gallery of pics from the night compliments of Heather Byrd, John Jackson and Kelly Hite!

Your's truly...

Scenes from Counterpoint Music Festival 2012 (Video)

The crowd raging at Bassnectar's Friday night headlining set!

Back in late September, Break On A Cloud sent me down to Fairburn, GA to cover the inaugural CounterPoint Music Festival! The successful 3-day event was produced by C3 Presents, the organizers of Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits, and MCP Presents, the organizers of Camp Bisco. They did an excellent job putting this together!

The video below is a collection of clips that I captured during my two day stay (Sept 28-29) at CounterPoint photographing the festival..thanks to everyone that made this such an amazing experience and hope to be there again next year!

Shot and assembled by Brendan Donohue

Click here for the full gallery of photos on my facebook page!!

HUSTLE. The Biggest Dance Party of the Year (Video)

A little recap visual I put together for the very first HUSTLE. party last month at Cannery Ballroom; Nashville, TN!

From the minds of Electric Western, The Boom Bap, Y2K, Whiskey Disco, Recognize, and KEEP ON MOVIN!, this crew pulled out all the stops and put together a killer party! Don't fret if you missed this one, there will be more!

~brendan