You'll just have to start calling venues and performers. Something I would not do at this point is reaching out to a publication. If you haven't shot the subject before, booking a gig with a publication is a recipe for ruining your future.
Frankly, you don't have the best kit to shoot music. The D600 has fine high ISO performance, mine had fine AF performance in low light venues, so no problem there with your body. But your longest lens is a 105/2.8 and it's manual focus. Trying to pull focus while performers are moving around, especially if you are indoors in bad light, is going to be rough. You have a 50/1.8 but your wide zoom is slow. If you can find an outdoor daytime performance, you'll get something but frankly with a 105 as your long lens you are somewhat limited. If you are looking at clubs, indoors, the kind of smaller venues you are probably looking at will tend to have horrid, horrid lighting. Just set your expectations appropriately. Personally, I hate shooting gigs with tiny stage areas, you can't separate the performers from dingy curtains or windows or walls. They may let you shoot flash. If they do, remember to consider bounce and get some colored gels and radio triggers.
Something you might try is to reach out to the local university/college and see about shooting a performance or even a rehearsal. Music classes often have a performance as a final, and it may be in the stage venue with actual lighting.
One last thing: Working a gig as a photographer, even as a hobby photographer, I wouldn't shoot inside a bar/club without liability insurance. Accidents happen. Add alcohol and dancing and you've got a risky place to work.
Hey, no specific area for live music events but I figure it’s probably similar to sports in a sort of way.
I’d love to give live music photography a try but don’t know how to go about that. I’ve got D600 with 24-85mm 3.5-4.5, 50mm f1.8 and 105mm f2.8 manual focus super Takumar.
Has anyone got in to this area of photography and can you offer some advice about how to get a start? I don’t mean technical aspects as I understand that, I mean how to approach a venue and actually be allowed to shoot a gig?
Cheers in advance
M