1. Concerts make me fearless. I just realized. I feel like....tomorrow when I wake up, I won't feel the same. But for now, I still have a little bit of that feeling. I get that tingly feeling, and the chilling feeling while at a concert, and I feel like.....this just makes me want to do anything. Save lives. Do anything I want for myself. Talk to a guy I like. Whatever. Concerts just make me want to do SOMETHING fearlessly. Don't worry about repercussions. Don't worry about what could go wrong. Just DO. Try. Shoot. Fall? If needed. But go. do. Try. Jump. Fearless. Motivation. Power. Courage. (Concerts make me feel so wise, I can tell...)
2. My musicians rock. I'm sorry. But. It's true. I'm very blessed to have seen my favorite musicians, and not yet have I seen that any of them are divas in the making. I mean...it DOES help that all of my favorite musicians are guys, but still. I just have a good sense of....not only when someone plays good music but also is this person/band nice to their fans? Do they care? Yes. I get that feeling from them all, which is great. I would hate to be a fan of people/someone with such great music and then have them have a horrible personality or treat their fans like crap, or never want to meet them after the show, or tweet them, or anything like that. No divas wanted.
3. Am I still going to be able to hear. I stop music. My ears ring. Concert results. That bass was crazy. The sound was crazy. Too loud. The mic was horrible. You know it's bad when at some points, you can't hear the lead singer over the rest of the band. Not the band's fault, I'm assuming. But man...I just hope I'll be able to hear normally again soon because, just saying, if I ever do go deaf, just kill me. I know deaf people have ways of feeling vibrations and all, but I just could never do it. Ever. Speaking of, I could tell that it was hard for them to sometimes hear what they were singing/sounding like during the concert. Imagine singing and not being able to hear yourself and you have no idea what you sound like. So weird. Must suck when hundreds of people are listening. Also, on another note, I think it's weird when I stop my music and there's silence surrounding me, that my ears ring. It's almost like my head is saying, "No. Don't stop the music." I need to have music playing 99% of the time, during any activity. Does that make me weird? Yes. Because I listen to music when I wake up and lay in bed, while I take a shower, while I get ready, in the car, in my room, on the radio, and when I get ready for bed at night and brush my teeth/wash my face. I actually listen to my iPod with headphones in the bathroom. I'm such a freak. But I'm not kidding when I say 99% of the time, I have music playing. I hate silence. I need music. Even walking to class. NEED IT. I need it more than air. One more weird thought....I have such weird rules when it comes to music. And weird preferences. Like...sometimes I'll skip so many songs on my iPod because none sound appealing at that moment. But that's going off topic...
4. Can I just permanently insert an iPod into my head so that I can have music playing around the clock? Yes? Because it'd also be helpful while trying to go to sleep. No headphones poking at me. No wires. No pausing. Just...all the time. No silence. I hate silence. Makes you think. I like when music makes me think. Gives me a mood if I can't figure one out for myself.
5. 2 concerts this year? thankful... No...I can't believe I've only been to two concerts this year. But I sort of can...First off, I'm broke. I can't afford many, so I try to choose people that I really love. I look at it this way: if I don't go, will I regret it? Have I seen this band/person enough times previously that I wouldn't be missing anything? (Answers: yes. no) Secondly, I basically just try to see my favorites. I have probably somewhere between 5-10 favorite musicians where it will really stick in my head until I make a solid decision if I'm seeing them or not. Will I pay for them? Will I be willing to travel? Luckily, I've seen two of my FAVORITE bands this year and those concerts have left me with more than I expected. Thankfully, my favorite band is now my favorite band because of that concert. A concert in which I cried at 3 am 5 days before the concert, debating whether or not to go. No, I'm not crazy. I listened to them at 3 in the morning, thinking over and over if I should shell out the little amount of money I have to see them. I started crying at the thought of seeing Safetysuit. At the thought of their amazing music. Then I knew. Yes, they were worth it. And it was worth it. Met them. That day was one of the best days of my life. So thankful for everything that happened that day, and the way that everything happened. Tonight? Parachute? Met them last year. Not tonight. It's okay. This concert was better than the concert before I met them. Parachute is one of my favorites. Worth going. Worth going alone. Because when the music starts, I blend in with all of the fans who know their lyrics by heart, and it doesn't matter where we're from, why we're there, who we're with, how old we are....it's all about what's onstage. In that moment. Anyway, I'm just so glad that I live in an area lucky enough to have a lot of people who I care about willing to come and play a show. Whether big or small, they've come here. I'm so thankful for that, not having to travel many hours. Not even one hour. This year, anyway. So, I just really am glad, even if I went to only 2 concerts in 8 months of the year, that they come here, to my city, care about us, play their hearts out, and leave me with great memories that instill the best days of my life.
One more thing....after a concert with LIVE music and raw passion, listening to the same music in your room SUCKS.
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