On the winter’s eve of the 27th of February, I attended an indie rock show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg located in the hipster hub of Brooklyn. The Music Hall, owned by The Bowery Presents, was opened eight years ago, and it is a charming little venue that actually holds up to more than its capacity. It’s built with three floors: a lounge with seating and tables, a ground floor where the experience is much more exciting, and a second floor with a spacious seating area and benches. I would definitely go back there, maybe when it’s warmer outside. The atmosphere was extremely calm. Many people simply ordered their drinks and floated right in front of the stage without running or pushing. It was satisfying. The venue was filled with down-to-earth civilians who were just looking for great music and cheap drinks on a cold …show more content…
However, the songstress is known as Springtime Carnivore. I have never heard of Springtime Carnivore until now. She walked on that stage with a heavenly presence. She, along with her band, performed songs that transported me to a white-sanded beach with pink waters and bright green clouds. Morgan’s music is dreamlike and exuberant; one can imagine his or herself somewhere totally different when listening to it. Morgan’s music sounded somewhat familiar, but had a modern distinction. Utilizing fuzzy guitars, roaring drums, and keyboards enhanced Morgan’s bubbly vocals. The excitement was only just beginning as Springtime Carnivore and her band kept the audience in high spirits towards the end of their set. The Dodos would take the stage and the crowd would go berzerk. Meric Long (guitar/vocals) and Logan Kroeber (drums/vocals) graced the stage like bottles of ketchup and mustard; Long was wearing red and Krober wore yellow. The California natives brought an endless amount of energy onto their set. The indie rock duo conquered the stage with twelve songs without any
Lead singer/rhythm guitarist Sonny Remlinger makes the cool clubs warm with the lyrics he belts out one reverberation at a time. Joseph finds songwriting sessions useful to the process and is crafts distinctive songs people enjoy seeing play out in live forum. “As f...
...Maine. More than 80,000 fans show up to these events. These events are usually the cause of huge traffic jams and a three day party. People come from all over the world just to experience the sense of community, as well as the intriguing music.
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...eat big celebration of sound. Horns glide over the top as the band waltzes half time rhythm with pianos and electric guitars throughout the section. Phenomenal background assists from friends here as well. Just when you think this wave of Phil Spector sound will ride out the song, its gone, replaced by Liss and guitar before they hit you one more time, leaving you to push the replay button more than once.
Throughout my lifetime I’ve been exposed to many different styles of music. One of the most emotionally connected music styles I’ve encountered would definitely be instrumental jazz. When I was younger I mostly listened to blues and smooth jazz, but more recently I’ve been attracted to faster tracks and harder beats like those you hear in the Swing era of the 1920’s. On Tuesday, October 27th I attended the performance of the jazz band: Sylvan Street, as a part of the University of Miami’s music festival (Festival Miami). The show started at eight o’clock at night cost ten dollars for students. Throughout the show, the band provided an incredible mixture of different styles of jazz while delivering an electrifying performance that captured the true essence of what jazz truly is.
middle of paper ... ... Other stage collapses have occurred at a Radiohead concert in Toronto, a Cheap Trick concert in Ottawa, and the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium. I’ve attended over one hundred concerts in my life and this one was definitely up there for me in terms of excitement and quality. I’m originally from Greenville, so it was really cool to see a band that I actually like playing near my hometown.
It had a more artist approach to it. It was also fun to see that they used some of the same visuals as us in their show. I feel like they lost some visual effect by the fact that they did not wear their jackets and shakos because it very warm that night. Their arms look a little funny out to the sides without the jacket. The performers did engage me however I got distract by other audience members a few different times during the performance. During the performance people were talking really loud and a few people kept getting up and walking in front of me during the performance. Which I found very disrespectful. So this gave me an insight of how people probably act during our halftime shows because it hard to tell from the field. Overall I really enjoyed the show and was glad that I got to go see
The food supply was not enough for the huge mass of people. Likewise, sharing 600 portable bathrooms and inadequate water facilities was very hard with over 300,000 people. None of the organizers were prepared for the wave of bodies that formed. Many of the audience members got sick from a drug overdose, so to help get them out them concert, they hired helicopters to fly them out, because traffic was blocking all the streets. Casting an even blacker blanket over the happenings was the death of 17-year-old Raymond Mizak, who was run over by a tractor Saturday morning when he was laying in his sleeping bag. There was another death on Sunday from a drug overdose. This caused a lot of negative attitudes toward the
After 15 minutes people were starting to get frustrated because nothing was happening. It is a good thing. Suddenly there was activity onstage and the lights dimmed. the first support band, Slam Cartel, came on. The mosh pit went wild.
Section one, was the introduction in which DJ Reverse Prime oversaw building the crowd up for the first set of hit songs. Next was their first fan interaction where they chose random fans to come up stage which led to the second set where they sang slower paced songs. Then was the second fan interaction where they answered questions for fans that progressed into the final set where they sang their most active songs. B.A.P. started and ended the concert with a burst of energy. Lastly, B.A.P. ended with their encore where they performed songs that fans wanted, but didn’t go along with the concept, ‘Party Baby’. The organization was precise and stable which made the pacing of the concert pleasurable. Not a single disturbance interrupted their set plan which is key in holding a
When I was younger, I was an avid concert goer. A lit up, crowded, and blaring concert hall was my favorite place to be. Before I had my license and could drive, I would beg my parents to give me and my friends a ride to any show we could find. We would search the internet up and down and high and low for venues near us hosting an artist. It was something we would do every other weekend, and we always looked forward to it. Every aspect of a concert hall, from the inside to the outside, would make it a crazy and insanely electrifying place to visit.
...s ornate balconies, elaborate ceiling frescos, and grand marble columns help to transport visitors to a previous era. Legends such as the Grateful Dead, Arcade Fire, and Animal Collective have all played this space. It is known that many artists will only play this venue in San Francisco.
in them as possible. Everyone seemed to be having a good time preparing for the concert
Then audience members who were perfect strangers who were screaming loudest would turn to each other with knowing glances and smile because they were sharing the same excitement and connecting with one another over their love of this man’s music. There was no pushing or shoving to get closer to the stage – it wasn’t that kind of crowd. Instead, there was mutual respect for one another’s space within the confines of the too-small venue. Nobody wanted to be the person who ruined it for someone else. It was this respect that made the audience members’ connections with one another that much stronger – we were all here to listen to this wonderful man’s music and see his performance – and, of course, we were here to enjoy it.
Warman, Janice. "How Music Festivals Are Singing the Changes." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 28 Aug. 2010. Web. Mar.-Apr. 2014.