concert

on tuesday night i went to one of THE best concerts i have been to. it was the Missy Higgins with Joshua Radin concert at the basement in columbus. i originally heard joshua radin about... well lets check itunes:

Purchase Date: 29/11/06 11:08PM

so about two years. the first album i bought was his live session EP which is really good. since then he has released three albums that last of which he bought himself out of his deal with sony and created his own record label Mom and Pop Records. On that label he released "Simple Times". Joshua Radin's music is very melodious with his almost ocean like finger picking of the guitar under the melody line. his voice is unique and has a great depth to it.

missy higgin which i bought about a year and a half ago, her australian single was "scar", brought her much acclaim and many accalaids winning numerous ARIA awards, the australian version of the grammy. her sophomore album also came with acclaim and another ARIA. her (australian) single was "steer" and her (american) single was "where i stood" for reason only known to those who release them.

all this aside the concert i attended was by far one of my favorites. but it brings me to a point that drives me insane. when someone listens to a song and says "this is soooo my life" really is it? it is exactly your life? i understand you may relate to it, that is the point of music to relate to the audience. i would be more comfortable with people saying "i love this song" rather than "this is sooo my life" saying that discredits millions of people who also listen to it and also relate to music. music is for the masses so in that case one song that i LOVE by missy is:

secret

the lyrics to this song are pretty self explanitory for those who know what she has been through, by what has been said through the media etc..... and this ....she is sooo very honest in her music. often times that is hard to find, but she has it.

one of the most amazing things for me during a concert is when the audience sings the lyrics solely... on their own. when i was younger i remembering watching a carole king concert on PBS. the audience began to sing her song accapella, i said "that is the coolest things" to have hundreds of strangers, only friends through the music, sing your music at the top of their lungs for YOU the artist. and that happened on tuesday. when missy was singing "scar" ... in a room of people who relate to the song in SOOO MANY WAYS!!! began to sing.

in total control of an audience, hearing your voice echo and reverberate through the room....and the audience hanging on every word you utter. man... that must feel like nothing else.

i will leave you with one more video from the concert:

you got growing up to do

music touches everyone. all people can love it!! don't try to make it solely yours. share the love. and remember at a concert you have that one thing in common with a hundred other people, and maybe more, but if that is all remember you are not alone....