Harry White - founder of Hammerdown Festival
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I'd like to introduce to you Harry White. For those who don't know him, he's
the founder of Hammerdown Festival, a cool grassroots Rock and Metal festival
that I have become involved with this year.
These portraits were made outside the venue that will be holding this
year's event... a converted church in the seaside town of Worthing (UK),
and now a dedicated music venue. For two days in August (Sat 6th, Sun
7th) this place will become a TEMPLE for Rock and Metal, and I can't wait
for it!
I caught up with Harry between takes for a promotional video he was recording
with the excellent JMD
Creative. I thought it fitting to show Harry outside the 'temple'.
Harry works all the hours, and has incredible drive and passion... it's
motivating just to be around him. His current home is in Cardiff (almost
200 miles away) but he has links to Worthing and the South Coast, and
his travelling is proof that a dedicated mind doesn't let distance become
a barrier to ambition. I hope these images go someway to portraying that
highly driven apect of his personality.
Ambitious people will surely relate that ambition can sometimes feel like
a curse... there's always a huge variety of pressures to deal with on
the way to reaching one's goals... and I've always found it interesting
to see how people deal with the ups and downs that are so much a part
of the music industry. Harry is a guy who (it seems to me) lives for a
challenge, so approaches this intense organisational role with a natural
smile. I was pleased to catch a shot of that smile, it's how those who
know him are most likely to recognise him...
The festival itself features a fantastic line-up (check the poster below)...
an inspired split of Rock and Metal bands that I think are making some
of the most exciting music right now.
I've seen many of the bands previously... Seething
Akira, The
Five Hundred, Vektrill,
and Bleed Again
should be on any must-see list, but I'm particularly keen to catch those
I've not seen playing live before, some I have been meaning to see for
a while now... esOterica
(check out their breathtaking live
at Abbey Road video),
Caine, Exist
Immortal, Aren
Drift, and THECITYISOURS
(recently sold out their headline Camden Underworld gig).
There's quality throughout the whole line-up, a real treat for Worthing
and the wider South Coast scene. Entry for the whole weekend is just £25!
Buy
a ticket!!
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(Published 28/04/2022)
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