#favorite band

I like music. A lot. A lot of different kinds. And I always will.

I’ve seen one of my favourite bands 26 times in multiple states and provinces over the course of 11 years. 

And another 21 times within five years.

And another 13 (going on 16, possibly 19) times within five years. 

Am I crazy? Maybe a touch.

But mostly, I just know what I like. I like music. 

“Loving some silly little piece of music so much that it hurts.” –Almost Famous

I like exiting a concert venue with my mind blown and my heart on fire because the band just blew my god damn socks off. I like leaving a show saying, “that just made that multiple hour trip of flights across the continent worth it.” If you can see a show that makes you feel this way in your home town, more power to you. If you can’t, find it. 

I like to know lyrics.

I like to have the shit memorized so that when you see it live, you get totally lost. You can’t do that with acquaintance bands. Sure, checking out new music is fun sometimes and that is how you discover new bands that you could potentially love.

But don’t waste your time.

Music is usually like love at first sight, or sound. All of the music I love currently, I’ve always loved from the first few times I listened.

“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we’re uncool.”  –Almost Famous

Music is meant to be an inside connection thing. You connect with the band members, the music, the people you meet because of the music, the memories you make because of the music. Don’t expect people to understand.

If you’re like me your music experiences, whatever they may be, are the opposite of cool. Uncool, in fact, as Lester Bangs in AF says. And the only people who will understand in the slightest are those who feel the same about the same music that you do and those people, you should hang on to forever.