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Thursday, May 21, 2009

The Amazing Feeling Of Watching Your Favorite Musicians In Live Concert

By Ian Sawyer

When you are a fan of The Jonas Brothers, Metallica, or Eminem, chances are youve seen your favorite artist in a live concert setting. Nothing quite beats the electricity and tension of a great concert.

New songs are paired with old favorites, up-tempo rockers follow gorgeous ballads, and every number gets a new, live treatment that captures the studio version perfectly while revealing fresh nuances added for the fans. Stage design, lighting, and crisp, bass-heavy sound are also highlights of live shows.

A while before a concert starts, fans pile into the parking lot of an arena or stadium to party and revel with other like-minded followers of the band or musician. Pre-show tailgating can, for some, be a critical element of the holistic concert experience. Whether cooking food on a portable grill, enjoying ice-cold beer on a hot summer day, or walking around meeting new friends, fans love to hang out in the parking lot before a show.

The Music buzz builds as music cranks from cars and throngs of fans begin to stream towards the ticket gates and into the venue. This ritual culminates as fans find their seat and take in the grandeur of the stage, the sweeping scope of the growing audience, and the gleaming brilliance of the bands equipment and speaker setup.

Then the houselights dim and the spotlights set a colorful mood as smoke crawls over the stage. The roar of the crowd can be deafening as the band emerges and entices the audience with the first songs opening riffs. From then on, its magic and mayhem.

Most concerts are part of lengthy tours that support a new album. Other concerts fall under the category of festival, wherein many bands and individual musicians come together to support a genre or common theme.

Without a doubt, fans flock to various venues hoping to soak up the atmosphere of celebrity and intimacy that tends to blend during a performance by their favorite artist. Even in huge stadiums, bands can promote intimacy by incorporating an interactive stage design where some lucky fans are literally at the feet of the performer(s).

Some can admire from afar by watching huge video screens that capture the performers every move. If youre lucky enough to catch your favorite artist in a club or small theater, then you know the power of a truly intimate show.

Seeing the actual sweat glisten on a singers brow, feeling the damp heat of the swaying crowd, and sensing the overpowering crush of the guitar amps and bass drum can actually become addictive. - 18762

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