One of my favorite things that fall under the wide subject of music is concerts. They are an amazing experience that I believe everybody should have at least once in their life, preferably more. I personally have been to about 12 concerts at various ages, and have never been disappointed.
Every artist or band does it differently. Some like to mix up their songs, others do it just as they sound on the radio. Some artists bring guests to join them on songs, others like to perform solo the whole time. When you go to a concert, you never know what you are going to get. This is what I like, because you never see the same show twice. For performers, everything is live, so you can't go back and do it again. You have to work with what you have, and put on a good show for the people that came to see you.
For performers, they feed off of the energy of the crowd. If the crowd is having fun, the artist will do more to make them have a good time, and be amazing for them especially. If everyone is just sitting and watching them, it's not going to be as good of a show. You control your experience, so make it a good one.
I will admit that some people put on a better show than others. Some artist are gifted with ways of getting a crowd going, and some artists make their shows feel really scripted, and you can feel that. The energy isn't as high, and it just feels fake. Other artists will come out and just have conversations with the crowd. They make it feel more personal, and an over all more down to earth show overall.
The most annoying thing that a performer can do at a concert though, is lip sync their whole show. This just makes the show less real, and more scripted. It's pretty much then just listening to amped up louder versions of the album, so what's the point? A performer should be able to perform. This would be like a teacher showing up and telling their class to learn themselves by reading the textbook.
Concerts are some of the best memories I have made, and make the album music come alive. Once you see a song performed live in concert, you can imagine that show every time you hear it after, and it makes it that much more special. Try to get to at least one concert, you won't regret it.
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Ways to Get Music on the Go
There are many different ways to listen to music on the go. The most common is the radio, as most people listen to it in the car every day, multiple times. This is a good, free way of getting the music that you like. There are many different stations, and it's easy to change the station to match the type of music you want to hear. The downfall of this is that a lot of radio stations are local, so if you go on a road trip or travel far away, it is hard to find new radio stations. The nice thing about this is that with the music, you can also catch up on celebrity gossip if you like that, hear about local happenings, and other topics of discussions.
Another common way of listening to music is Youtube. People listen to video playlists and choose what songs they want to hear. A good thing about this is that you are in control of what you want to hear, but you have to keep the app open to listen to them. This can kill your battery on your phone quickly. Another struggle is that often internet might be running too slow for videos to load. I personally do not like it because you have to pick a new song when one ends, or cannot find songs that I want to hear.
One of my favorite ways of listening to music on my phone is using Pandora. This is an app that is free, or can be purchased. The only difference is that the free version has ads sometimes, and personally, I don't mind them. On Pandora, you create your own stations, and then they play songs that it thinks you would like. This is nice because it opens me up to new music, I can have as many stations as I want, and my favorite part is that I can ban songs that I don't like. There are only two flaws that I see with this form of music on the go. The first is that Pandora uses internet. This makes it hard, as if internet is slow, the music will freeze, and I use all of my phone data, and then my parents get angry... The other issue that I find is that you cannot restart a song, and you can only skip a few songs in a certain amount of time. Sometimes I have a part that I want to hear again, and want to skip a lot of songs, because they are over played or not what I want to hear at that time.
Similar to Pandora, but not as good in my opinion is Spotify. This is another free app, that you can also purchase to get rid of ads, and requires internet. This one is different in the way that you create playlists that you want to hear, or find pre-made playlists, or playlists made by others. The thing I don't like about this as much is the fact that it doesn't make you hear new music. you can listen to the same songs for days on end. I like that this way, I can make a playlist of songs that I want to hear at specific times, and have those saved. You can also save songs that you would otherwise have to purchase. This is a good way to save money if you aren't sure you like the song or album yet.
Another awesome way to get music on the go is to download songs and albums to your phone. This is simple and easy because it doesn't take internet to listen to listen to music, and it's a one time purchase. You can buy one song, or a whole album. You can download it from the internet, or but the album and import it to your phone. The only downfall to this is time. For me, it takes time to download music, and I never sit down and do it. When I do, I take an hour or more and add a lot of music. I then take a lot of time and take old music that I don't want any more and clear it out.
These are not the only ways of getting music on the go. These are just my favorite, and the most popular. There are thousands of ways to do so, you just have to look and find one that works for you. I suggest Pandora or downloading music, but I, and many other authorities and musicians, ask that you don't pirate music. This is just not right, and really does hurt people. Happy Listening!!
Another common way of listening to music is Youtube. People listen to video playlists and choose what songs they want to hear. A good thing about this is that you are in control of what you want to hear, but you have to keep the app open to listen to them. This can kill your battery on your phone quickly. Another struggle is that often internet might be running too slow for videos to load. I personally do not like it because you have to pick a new song when one ends, or cannot find songs that I want to hear.
One of my favorite ways of listening to music on my phone is using Pandora. This is an app that is free, or can be purchased. The only difference is that the free version has ads sometimes, and personally, I don't mind them. On Pandora, you create your own stations, and then they play songs that it thinks you would like. This is nice because it opens me up to new music, I can have as many stations as I want, and my favorite part is that I can ban songs that I don't like. There are only two flaws that I see with this form of music on the go. The first is that Pandora uses internet. This makes it hard, as if internet is slow, the music will freeze, and I use all of my phone data, and then my parents get angry... The other issue that I find is that you cannot restart a song, and you can only skip a few songs in a certain amount of time. Sometimes I have a part that I want to hear again, and want to skip a lot of songs, because they are over played or not what I want to hear at that time.
Similar to Pandora, but not as good in my opinion is Spotify. This is another free app, that you can also purchase to get rid of ads, and requires internet. This one is different in the way that you create playlists that you want to hear, or find pre-made playlists, or playlists made by others. The thing I don't like about this as much is the fact that it doesn't make you hear new music. you can listen to the same songs for days on end. I like that this way, I can make a playlist of songs that I want to hear at specific times, and have those saved. You can also save songs that you would otherwise have to purchase. This is a good way to save money if you aren't sure you like the song or album yet.
Another awesome way to get music on the go is to download songs and albums to your phone. This is simple and easy because it doesn't take internet to listen to listen to music, and it's a one time purchase. You can buy one song, or a whole album. You can download it from the internet, or but the album and import it to your phone. The only downfall to this is time. For me, it takes time to download music, and I never sit down and do it. When I do, I take an hour or more and add a lot of music. I then take a lot of time and take old music that I don't want any more and clear it out.
These are not the only ways of getting music on the go. These are just my favorite, and the most popular. There are thousands of ways to do so, you just have to look and find one that works for you. I suggest Pandora or downloading music, but I, and many other authorities and musicians, ask that you don't pirate music. This is just not right, and really does hurt people. Happy Listening!!
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Memories Come Flooding Back
Recently, I was driving home from bowling practice, listening to the radio. Out of nowhere, I got this overwhelming sense that I should be going to combo practice that I was a part of the last two years. Or that I was supposed to be going to a place that I used to go after practice a lot last year to study. The weird thing about it was that the place that I used to go has been closed since March, and I'm not in combo anymore. I was trying to figure out why I had that feeling, knowing that I had nothing to do. I was trying to think if I had something that I had to do, or someplace that I had to be.
That's when I realized that I was singing along to the song "Counting Stars" by One Republic. I hadn't heard this song in a long time, but I used to hear it almost daily, mostly when I was driving home from bowling practice. I realized that I was back into my old routine, and it felt no different than before, even after a year of time had passed. I then got to thinking, and this made me realize that this happens to ma a lot. I hear a song that I used to hear in an old routine, or that I used to listen to all the time, and suddenly I'm back in that time of my life.
It also makes me remember things that happened in those time. I was recently cleaning my room, and I had my phone connected to speakers, listening to music while I worked. I will admit to having a lot of really old music on my phone, and I'm not even going to try to make up an excuse. I do have moods that I will enjoy listening to old Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers, groups form my childhood. Some of these songs were playing, and I was reminded of so many different times and memories of when I was young.
I feel as though this happens to everyone. Some odd sense of Deja Vu, or randomly being reminded of memories of childhood. As I have discussed before, music creates memory hooks. But sometimes the memory hooks just jump back at us. We feel like we are back in a time, and we go back to that routine, or try to. This could be a good thing, or a bad thing, and sometimes just simply strange. Personally, I like when this happens. It shows me how far I have come in life, and that I still have places to go.
That's when I realized that I was singing along to the song "Counting Stars" by One Republic. I hadn't heard this song in a long time, but I used to hear it almost daily, mostly when I was driving home from bowling practice. I realized that I was back into my old routine, and it felt no different than before, even after a year of time had passed. I then got to thinking, and this made me realize that this happens to ma a lot. I hear a song that I used to hear in an old routine, or that I used to listen to all the time, and suddenly I'm back in that time of my life.
It also makes me remember things that happened in those time. I was recently cleaning my room, and I had my phone connected to speakers, listening to music while I worked. I will admit to having a lot of really old music on my phone, and I'm not even going to try to make up an excuse. I do have moods that I will enjoy listening to old Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers, groups form my childhood. Some of these songs were playing, and I was reminded of so many different times and memories of when I was young.
I feel as though this happens to everyone. Some odd sense of Deja Vu, or randomly being reminded of memories of childhood. As I have discussed before, music creates memory hooks. But sometimes the memory hooks just jump back at us. We feel like we are back in a time, and we go back to that routine, or try to. This could be a good thing, or a bad thing, and sometimes just simply strange. Personally, I like when this happens. It shows me how far I have come in life, and that I still have places to go.
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