The Space
Between
the Songs.

Before the record. Before the release. Before anyone else hears it.

Before a song becomes something we hear, someone has to give it breath.

Independent music is usually heard after the work is finished.

These photographs look at everything that happens before that moment — the rooms, pauses, instruments, people and quiet decisions that surround the music.

An idea has to find somewhere to live.

Sometimes the record begins before anyone presses record.

There is a moment when thinking ends and instinct takes over.

Not every part of making music looks like work.

Eventually, the song has to become more than an idea.

Sometimes
you know.

A SoundCheck visual editorial about the people, rooms and moments that exist before music reaches the listener.