Let me just say, there are not many things in life that bring me more joy than good music does. It is nearly impossible to match the feeling of seeing one of your favorite bands in concert.
Being a concert junkie myself, I know the stages of concert fever.
First you have the search. Constantly on the internet, trying so desperately to find a band coming your way. I have spent many hours trying to convince myself that driving 5+ hours to see a concert is a good idea. And I still to this day wouldn’t hesitate to go if I had the time and money to make that kind of commitment.
Then comes the pre-concert excitement. When you finally buy your tickets, and you can officially write the concert on your calendar, you are excited from that moment on. I will usually set a count down and look at it multiple times in one day, just to be sure it didn’t get any closer in the 3 hour break from the last time I looked at it. I get online and start looking at outfit inspiration, I make playlists of the artists and their openers. I listen to them nonstop, even if the concert is months away. I get excited every morning I wake up and realize the concert is one day closer.
After the excitement stage comes the actual concert. You drive to the venue, park, give up your pretty ticket and find your seats. It’s nice to walk down and look at the merch tables, but you came for the music. The openers play, and there is intermission, and then the magic happens. I’m not going to lie, I tend to get a little bit emotional during concerts, because they are one of my favorite places to be. There is something about being in a venue with hundreds of other people that love the band as much as you do that is eye opening.
Finally, the post-concert stage follows. There isn’t a concert to look forward to anymore, and you watch the videos over and over again. You might post a few throwback photos for the next couple weeks, but it is over. But you went and you had an incredible time.
The cycle starts all over again once you begin searching for yet another show to go to. Let’s be honest, it is better to spend money on experiences rather than on things. I have had a lot of music experiences in my life, and I could not be more thankful to live my life expressing myself through the music I love.
