Live Music

I LOVE live music so much. Where I grew up, we didn't have many concerts easily accessible, so the only live music I got was hometown bands and neighbors who play a little guitar and sing too loud when they're partying and drunk. I still prefer that type of completely un-polished live music over typical concerts. But in recent years, I have finally had the opportunity to see some real concerts, and they have each been an experience to remember.

I've seen Gaia Consort live three times.

The first time was at the Faerie Festival in 2006, and then I saw them again at the Faerie Festival in 2007.

I don't have any pics of the last time I saw them, which was at a grange hall in front of a small audience. (FYI, they give away their music...every single song of theirs is available to download for free from the link above.)

I also got to see Kan'nal at the Faerie Festival. Granted, I haven't seen much live music, but I don't think anyone could top these guys for their live shows. I'm at a loss for words to describe what it's like listening to them play...there just ARE no words.

Last October, I went to see Apocalyptica with my friend Nancy and her boys.

And last night, I went to see Judgment Day. I was so excited to see these guys were coming to Oregon, but man, this was BAAAAAAD timing. I didn't think I'd be able to go, but Shannon gave me a late birthday present of $20...and you know what folks? I figured I'd better MAKE that $20 stretch into enough for tickets (it didn't, but the extra $16 was worth it...I didn't want to go by myself).

(Oh, and these guys have made their first album available for free download, too. If you can't find it on their site, linked above, let me know and I'll hunt down the blog post for ya.)