Walking through the entrance of your favorite musician's concert, you have your ticket in your hand ready to be scanned. All that is running through everyone's minds is that they are about to hear fantastic music by someone they enjoy hearing, live.

Let's pause for a second, there is more than just a fantastic musician at work here. There are tens, hundreds, or even thousands of people from all walks of life. Adults and children, shy and popular, happy and sad, people that may never run into each other all bonding over the same musician.

I remember at a free concert known as Radio 104.5's Summer Block Party hosted by Philadelphia's Alternative Radio 104.5 was where I first truly realized this. Kids wearing Vineyard Vine pastel clothes danced with people wearing basketball shorts and torn shirts. I really appreciated how people that would never usually associate could actually relate. I remember while the stage was being set for Nate Ruess the song Tear In My Heart by Twenty One Pilots played. I was singing along with the song and as some girl that I had never met walked by and began singing with me. As a very shy person, this was weird but was not that awkward feeling normally experienced when interacting with a stranger. It was actually a comfortable weird, as this was something that I had in common with a stranger.

This is a place that can be filled with no space to move but still be a safe place for people that love music. Usually, safe places are associated with loneliness and silence, but even in this busy place, I found myself feeling safe. Ergo, concerts are places that are more than meets the eye. Next time you attend a concert, appreciate the music, but also appreciate the people around you!