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I got back from Southside Festival on Monday morning, which was proceeded by chilling out and playing MGS4 until completion (which was epic). I woke up the next day at 3:30pm, still sunburnt.
The festival was great, though. I went with Pete and met Steve and some of his friends there and camped around them. What I figured would be a chance to chill out all day and then go and see the bands I'm interested in turned more into wandering around the festival area all day, watching bands I don't know of, have never heard of or already loved. And this turn towards open-mindedness paid off (as it always does, it seems) - I saw a few great bands who I'd have completely missed otherwise. For example, as "Nathan Barley" as their name is I decided to go and see "Does It Offend You, Yeah?" - maybe the worst band name I've ever heard - but turned into a great rock/disco concert which got the entire tent dancing like crazy, even at midday.
Bat For Lashes, Krieger, Monster Magnet, Rodrigo y Gabriela were all other bands I hadn't heard but really enjoyed. Flogging Molly was absolutely mental and I definitely won't pass up seeing them in concert next time I have the chance. Sigur Ros were very nice indeed - the new songs were very well performed - Radiohead was as huge and epic and long as I could've hoped, Chemical Brothers and Digitalism were both amazing DJ sets and was quite an incredible experience.
There were other bands who didn't impress me so much but were a nice way of spending half an hour or so. Overall, it had a great atmosphere and as enjoyable as I hoped for.
Seeing all these bands however, whether I liked them or not, did a good job at reassuring me on my guitar playing. All these musicians who have gone out of their way to get together, make their own music and perform it to all these people is a great thing to aspire to. It drives me to push myself harder at improving my skill, and recently the improvement has showed, which is very satisfying. I've been jamming more recently too and enjoy what I hear myself play. I'll certainly be doing everything I can to get my music out there, when I can. I just hope I remain dedicated enough to push myself consistently enough to see the improvement I wish for. Let's see where it takes me.
Otherwise, nothing much is up except the usual: spending my time listening to music as much as possible, chilling out probably too much, going out occasionally, wanting to get laid, still listening to my brain which seems to always want to philosophise about life, death, God, the Universe, my ego, my personality, what I'm doing wrong, what I can do to improve, my perspective on the entirety of everything and how I shouldn't have eaten so unhealthily lately. It just doesn't shut the fuck up; maybe that's why I listen to music so much. It's nice to sometimes think about things from different angles though, trying to see a different perspective on my own life and who I am.
My English is rather dreadful today, so I'll just end this by saying I'm hosting another couchsurfer soon: an Argentinian woman who is a classical and heavy metal vocalist; she seems to be actually really awesome. Let's hope it turns out that way!
The festival was great, though. I went with Pete and met Steve and some of his friends there and camped around them. What I figured would be a chance to chill out all day and then go and see the bands I'm interested in turned more into wandering around the festival area all day, watching bands I don't know of, have never heard of or already loved. And this turn towards open-mindedness paid off (as it always does, it seems) - I saw a few great bands who I'd have completely missed otherwise. For example, as "Nathan Barley" as their name is I decided to go and see "Does It Offend You, Yeah?" - maybe the worst band name I've ever heard - but turned into a great rock/disco concert which got the entire tent dancing like crazy, even at midday.
Bat For Lashes, Krieger, Monster Magnet, Rodrigo y Gabriela were all other bands I hadn't heard but really enjoyed. Flogging Molly was absolutely mental and I definitely won't pass up seeing them in concert next time I have the chance. Sigur Ros were very nice indeed - the new songs were very well performed - Radiohead was as huge and epic and long as I could've hoped, Chemical Brothers and Digitalism were both amazing DJ sets and was quite an incredible experience.
There were other bands who didn't impress me so much but were a nice way of spending half an hour or so. Overall, it had a great atmosphere and as enjoyable as I hoped for.
Seeing all these bands however, whether I liked them or not, did a good job at reassuring me on my guitar playing. All these musicians who have gone out of their way to get together, make their own music and perform it to all these people is a great thing to aspire to. It drives me to push myself harder at improving my skill, and recently the improvement has showed, which is very satisfying. I've been jamming more recently too and enjoy what I hear myself play. I'll certainly be doing everything I can to get my music out there, when I can. I just hope I remain dedicated enough to push myself consistently enough to see the improvement I wish for. Let's see where it takes me.
Otherwise, nothing much is up except the usual: spending my time listening to music as much as possible, chilling out probably too much, going out occasionally, wanting to get laid, still listening to my brain which seems to always want to philosophise about life, death, God, the Universe, my ego, my personality, what I'm doing wrong, what I can do to improve, my perspective on the entirety of everything and how I shouldn't have eaten so unhealthily lately. It just doesn't shut the fuck up; maybe that's why I listen to music so much. It's nice to sometimes think about things from different angles though, trying to see a different perspective on my own life and who I am.
My English is rather dreadful today, so I'll just end this by saying I'm hosting another couchsurfer soon: an Argentinian woman who is a classical and heavy metal vocalist; she seems to be actually really awesome. Let's hope it turns out that way!