EFG Creative

No one:

Performers when they spot the EFG camera in the photo pit: 🫵

Celebrating 75 Years of Legacy: Carter Broadcast Group and the Power of Black-Owned Media | Black Girl Nerds Carter Broadcast Group's 75th anniversary is a milestone in the history of Kansas City and the landscape of Black-owned media in the US.

Beyond activism and culture, Black radio serves as a community hub, connecting listeners to local events, resources, and news that mainstream outlets might overlook.

Roy Ayers, whose 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine' charmed generations, dies at 84 The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled over 100 times.

The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled over 100 times.

Sesame Workshop will 'downsize significantly' with layoffs, CEO says The layoffs come after 200 Sesame Workshop employees announced they want to form a union.

The layoffs come after 200 Sesame Workshop employees announced they want to form a union.

Support the arts outchea! Fuck them guidelines.

Baltimore Center Stage refuses to comply with federal anti-DEI guidelines for funding Baltimore Center Stage, the state theater of Maryland, is refusing to comply with the National Endowment for the Arts’ new anti-DEI guidelines for grant funding.

Baltimore Center Stage refuses to comply with federal anti-DEI guidelines for funding

Since Mardi Gras 2023, I’ve built relationships like this with a bunch of other performing artists and organizations too. I can’t wait to see what the rest of this year brings.

Music is love.
-EFG

We've grown together over the past two years, through lineup changes, good and bad (and terrible!) stage lighting, and other ups and downs. We’ve grown in this industry, in this community. Together.

That night at The Ship was the start of my concert photography career. That event inspired me to add photography to my business, which is now one of the most popular services I offer.

Last week I joined them again at the same event, this time with new camera lenses and two more years of experience.

Two years ago, I kind of accidentally photographed my first concert. I joined Back Alley Brass Band at their Mardi Gras show to photograph the T-shirt I designed for them. At some point, I ended up turning my camera towards them and shooting their whole set.

We're not going to "stick to design" either.

Art in all its forms is resistance. That's the business we're in and we're 10 toes down.

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Keep making art, my friends. Creation and imagination are acts of defiance when the status quo is conformity and destruction.

As a graphic design & photography business owned by a musician, we see a clear need for these resources in our community and we're helping in the way that we can with the strengths & insights we have to offer. It takes genuine connection and cooperation to put KC back on the map.

This is exactly why @efg.xyz exists in the performing arts sector the way we do (with a crowdfunded assistance program to make our services affordable for artists and nonprofits).

A Musician’s Plea: Three Actions Kansas City Must Take Now — Vine Street Brewing Co. To my fellow Kansas Citians and the leaders of our great city, My name is Kemet Coleman. You might know me as the rapper who co-founded Missouri’s first Black-owned brewery, Vine Street Brewing Comp...

This is what we mean when we say our ultimate goal is to sustain our performing arts community. We're proud to be a part of this movement.
vinestbrewing.com/blog/3akc

Music is food for the heart and soul

The arts redeem humanity.

Thank a musician today. They make the world a better place.

//Real talk, being a musician is exhausting. No one knows how much work goes into it until you do it. If you care about a band or artist, buy their music. Buy their merch. Tell them that you appreciate them. Support your local scene.

the fact that i have to spend my money on rent instead of band merch makes me sick

New sticker day! 🎶

If you see this, post a concert pic you took.

[Sunu (a Kansas City Afrobeats band) at Mardi Gras 2023. Local talent, local venue, local love 💕]

Sousaphone player Rosie O'Brien holding a megaphone, with her instrument dressed up like some sort of creature. The band is gearing up to start a parade for the Crewe de Cryptid, a Mardi Gras parade in Kansas City, MO.

Afrobeats group Sunu featuring special guest Babara Bangoura. Everyone pictured is playing a percussion instrument, with the two djembes most prominent at the front of the stage.

Front and back images of a blue windbreaker jacket featuring a bright blue top half, navy blue bottom half, and light blue, yellow, orange, and red colored stripes dividing them. The front features the name "Social Symphony of Kansas City" on the chest, both "Social Symphony" and "Drunk Orchestra" logos on the inside flaps behind the zipper, and prominently shows the Kansas City, Missouri skyline on the back.

Big Freedia. Queen Diva. Wearing a rainbow-colored top. Photo shot on a telephoto lens from the crowd (blurry hands are visible on the edges of the shot).

A black-and-white photo of singer-songwriter Eric Stuart at a microphone with his eyes closed. A guitar strap can be seen on his shoulder but the instrument is cropped out of the shot to focus on his facial expression and relationship with the microphone.

Charcoal-gray T-shirt with a subtle swirly black pattern printed on it. Printed on top of the pattern is the name "Back Alley Brass Band" in a New Orleans inspired font in Mardi Gras colors. The shirt is framed by several strands of gold, green, and purple beads to match the shirt's typography.

I'm gonna make an effort to not just lurk on here like I do everywhere else. Y'all can't get to know me if I'm invisible.

So here's a few more photos I've taken & merch I've designed. I owe a lot in my career to these particular people giving me a chance. @efg.xyz wouldn't exist without them.

For my new followers, I'm a concert photographer, graphic designer, and musician in a community orchestra. Art and music are my heart and soul.

I own @efg.xyz, where I do graphic design and photography for performing arts. I mostly stay in Kansas City, but I've worked with clients all over.

Trombone player wearing a Radkey T-shirt, lit with green stage lights.

Sousaphone player excitedly smiling and shouting during a parade at a music festival. She is pointing into the air and there is a banner behind her that says "experience unfiltered joy."

Smiling sousaphone player in a dark bar, highlighted with red and blue stage lights.

Trumpet player winking, sticking his tongue out, and pointing his instrument at the camera.

We might have a thing for brass. 🎺💕 #concertphotography