Gig Positivities for Negative people

 

So after my pet peeves I thought I would tell you why I love attending gigs and attend as many as I can each year.

 

Gigs normally mean New album release. I love listening to new music from bands. I love having new favourites and new lyrics to relate to.

 

The build up / countdown

I am that annoying person that will countdown to any concert. I will also try and find out everything I can about support acts and  the order they have played songs at other gigs.

 

The atmosphere

Those last minutes before the main act comes on and everyone is waiting for the band they love to start playing.

 

Your favourite song.

The moment your favourite song is played or the song you and your friend relate to or love the most starts playing. I love that moment. I love how it is changed and how live music may change the meaning or feeling of a song.

 

New people.

Meeting other fans. I like interacting with other people about how far they have come or their favourite song. At the gig I have just attended myself and Rich saw someone we saw at another gig in Cardiff in November.

                                                                      New parts of the country.
Gigs take you all over the country to different towns and cities. It's like a mini adventure. The travel to get there listening to the back catalogue of their repertoire, then the build up to the gig.

                                                                     Merchandise.
The discovering of a new band. The support act. This means a new CD and a new band to listen to and love .

                                                            Songs you never knew.
Hearing the band play songs that you have never heard. I enjoy this as hearing them live gives them life. The bands meaning and emotion and it gives you something to go away and listen to and think of.

                                                             The instruments/ chords
Rich plays the guitar and he always gazes admiringly at the array of instruments he will never be able to afford. He also watches them play certain songs that he has been learning to see if he has been learning them correctly.

                                                       Being able to tick bands off your list.
I love looking back at all the bands I have seen live and how I loved the gigs and experiences. I think the venues and the set lists affect the experience you have. Kings of Leon have been one of my favourite gigs. That was held at the Milton Keynes Bowl. That venue claims to hold 60,000 people.


                                        There we have it. 10 reasons why I love gigs.

                                        Thanks again for reading my blog
                                                Until next time.
                                                  xoxo.