Glam

This summer has been extremely busy with work, social gathering, vacations, and staycations. I haven’t had that much time to actually write in my blog. My new goal is to come up with one topic/thought per day to write about.

Since I just experienced my 2nd Lolla concert, I thought Music should be my first topic.

Music..

Music is a powerful drug. Research has been done to show that it can actually lower blood pressure. Music has also been used to help relax people, train harder, at social gatherings, and for artists themselves it is a form of self expression.

When I think of music I think it is a tool to help relate ourselves to the world. To me music helps bring people together. All around the world people listen to music. I think this goes to show that maybe we all are different, yet actually very similar. This weekend at Lolla people came from all over the world. Many artists were British and I actually ended up meeting a lot of people from Canada. The cool thing is everyone was there for the same reason, good music. One of my friends was taking forever to get ready so I actually ended up going alone for 2 hours before meeting up with another group of friends. I am a very social person but the strange thing is the 2 hours I spent alone, I actually enjoyed the most. I had less distractions/socializing, bathroom trips, and water breaks. It was 100% about standing there listening to the music. I got to the 2nd row for 2 concerts and as I was standing in the crowd listening to Lissie’s amazing voice and lyrics it hit me that music just makes me extremely happy. In the crowd I was standing alone but I never felt like I was there alone for a minute. I was surrounded by very passionate people all brought together for the love of music. I got to listen to some new bands that I was not familiar with. Some of my new favorites from the weekend are Noah and the Whale, Lissie, and City and Colour. Don’t worry I then met up with my friends and danced in the pouring rain to Cage the Elephant so the day balanced itself out nicely.

Final thought. What is music good for:

• Blocking people out :) Put on a pair of headphones and you are golden.
• Celebration!
•  Break ups (Find some depressing, relatalbe lyrics and cry your little heart out…or on the other hand find some very angry lyrics and move on to something better)
• Working out
• Before going out
• Dancing
• Road trips
• Singing in the shower
• Karaoke
• Wedding receptions
• Festivals
• Laying out at the beach

That is all I can think of for now! I am sure there are many more things I am forgetting. However, that is my thought for the day. Stop by again tomorrow for another thought.