One of my biggest dreams from a young age has been to follow a band on tour. I never really had a specific band in mind when I was younger, I just thought it would be cool to be able to go to every concert a band had. I wanted to save up so that one day I could quit any job I might have and spend all my money on planes, trains, road trips, and concert tickets. With every passing year, this desire grows more and more, but becomes less and less realistic. My goals have become different now - to attend every concert I can while I still have some amount of freedom and desire to do so.

I'm sure a lot of people have similar dreams and passions to me - I've actually met some people following bands at the few concerts I have been to. In fact, I even met a band that was following a band and playing to the line forming outside of the venue. Every time I've attended a concert, it's been an experience I won't ever forget. From the road tripping to the lines to the actual concert, every moment is the happiest I have ever been.

So far, the few big-name concerts I have been to have been Justin Bieber and Twenty One Pilots. I've been to a few smaller, minor concerts, too. Justin Bieber was my first official concert, because it was the first one I paid to get into. I went to Believe Tour in 2012 and I spent around three hours waiting outside the stage doors with one of my best friends at the time, in the weird mixture of heat and cold that was happening that October day. Attending a Justin Bieber concert isn't one of my best decisions, but it was still important to me at the time.

When I went to Twenty One Pilots in October of 2015, I thought the experience was going to be similar. In a way, it was. This was the first time I felt truly connected to the experience, though, because it wasn't my first go-around with concerts. I spent five hours in 30-degree weather in only a thin sweatshirt waiting to get into the general admission venue, and I made two friends in line that day - mostly because they asked me and my cousin to save their spot while they went to get food and warm up.

I attended another Twenty One Pilots concert this past July and drove seven hours to Nebraska just to wait in line for 15 hours to get good general admissions spots. I ended up getting third row and met a ton of fantastic people that I'm still friends with through Facebook and Twitter to this day. We played Uno and nearly passed out from heat exhaustion together, all the while getting pumped up to see one of our favorite bands in concert.

When you wait in line with a bunch of people who are just as excited (if not more excited) to see your favorite band in concert, you bond more than a person might think. You all know you have one thing in common, and it creates an accepting environment from the get-go. I can still name all of the people who were around me in line. There is no other feeling like it.

There is no better feeling than screaming the lyrics of your favorite songs along with the band who sings them and fans who love them as well. The thrill you get from jumping along and hearing live music can be attained elsewhere, but it is just not the same. Because of that, I know that live music will always be important. I don't think that people will ever get sick of it.

I know I won't.