Concert Junkie

Saturday, April 19, 2008

I admit it. I am a concert junkie.

I don’t think it’s a bad thing.

I was raised around music. My dad blaring the oldies station always saying, “Guess who sings this?” The answer always being ‘The Guess Who’ of course. Music continued in my life when I started taking piano lessons in the 2nd grade right until I graduated high school.

So, music has a special place in my heart. I understand it. I live it. I play it. I admire it. I appreciate it. I love it.

So…concerts are just amazing for me. My heart pumps a little faster and I could probably stay and listen forever. Really, I could.

These past two weeks or so, I’ve been to SIX concerts. Wonderful isn’t it? Although #2-4 were at Passion conference, they most certainly count because they all rock and led worship unbelievably. Click on their name to get a little taste of some of their songs:

1. Steve Fee…awesome praise songs. Check him out.
2. David Crowder Band….A-MA-ZING. They played a keytar. Doesn’t get much cooler than that.
3. Chris Tomlin….God of this City, so powerful.
4. Charlie Hall….bald and brilliant
5. Casting Crowns….need I say more
6. Jason Mraz….the only non-Christian singer of the six. But one of my favorites if not my #1. I wrote about one of his songs here and then I got to hear him perform it live just last night!! It was awesome.

The Jason Mraz concert was fun for me. I pretty much know every word to every song, so I sang along. We literally stood for over four hours to watch the concert. I almost couldn’t walk out. It was soooo fun though. He’s such an artist, every string of words that comes out of his mouth are so poetic.

All the concerts I’ve been to have been so different from one another. All the musicians so unique and individual. Here is a list of artists who I’ve seen in concert at some point (don’t judge me on some of these):

PlusOne
Jaci Velasquez
Relient K
Toby Mac
DecembeRadio
Good Charlotte
Simple Plan
3 Doors Down
Alterbridge
The Fray
MuteMath
Blue Man Group
Derek Webb
Florez
Josh Kelly
Former backstreet boy Brian Litrill
Avalon
Shinedown
Third Day
Sanctus Real
Leeland

I hope this list continues to grow and maybe I can put check marks by some of them to say I’ve seen them twice.

One group I absolutely MUST see in concert: Keane. Let me know if hear of them coming within a 300-mile radius of me. I’ll be there.

I would actually love to work within the music industry. I really feel God has given me this passion for a reason. I also know he has given me talents of writing and being creative. So perhaps a little work with marketing or promotions might be in order…YEY for my IMC major!

Here are some pictures from the a few concerts:

The Fray:
Aimee, my concert buddy, and me watching the Fray:

Derek Webb:
Jason Mraz:
Caston Crowns:
David Crowder: