Personal Narrative: Welshly Arms And Parachute

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It was a cold November night in Virginia. The football game had just ended at Liberty University, and it was time for the concert. I had listened to NEEDTOBREATHE all my life but only really on the Christian radio stations. However, they were definitely one of my favorite Christian bands. The only other performing artist who I knew at the concert was Mat Kearney, but the other two bands, Welshly Arms and Parachute, I had never even heard of before. Even though I had listened to the other two bands, I didn’t really know much about any of them except for what their music was like. It was almost a coincidence getting to see them. I was visiting the university in search for answers to my further academic pursuits, and the university just happened …show more content…

Welshly Arms had a very deep classic rock and heavy metal influence, with deep guitar riffs and a crazy solo in every song. Whereas, Parachute was very pop driven, but, surprisingly, they used the saxophone in most of their songs. They even performed a cover of “Closer” by The Chainsmokers, using a saxophone as a substitute for the distorted synthesizer. With only slight changes, Mat Kearny also played very pop driven music with more influences from the electronic side of music, using more synth a drum pads. And finally, NEEDTOBREATHE was, like Welshly Arms, very rock influenced but with a more country/folk feel to the music. There were many heavy guitar riffs and solos and a lot of action on the stage, but not very much theatrics. Towards the end of the show, the whole band exited the stage for a few moments before Bear Rinehart, lead singer for NEEDTOBREATHE, reentered the stage playing nothing but a piano. And, as a huge conclusion, all of the bands rejoined on stage as NEEDTOBREATE closed with their well renown hit “Brother”. It was more about the message of the songs and the talent of the musicians than anything else. They organized their song choices very well, providing for a great concert

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