After the first song, I was amazed. The band was really quite impressive compared to the random bands I have seen off campus this semester. They proceeded to play a few more songs including, Fly High, Satisfaction, and Day Breaks. All of these songs will be songs I listen to on a regular basis now. Groovy, funky, and upbeat, all of these songs were very catchy and definitely made you want to nod your head and tap your feet.
With the assistance of his band, the Boss puts on two to three hour concerts and even once a four-hour concert. The E. Street Band and Springsteen is an unstoppable rock machine. Their look doesn’t stray beyond the causal plaid, blue jean, red bandana, or all black dirty underworld 70s “Rock and Roll” experience. When “Born to Run” is performed at concerts it’s done as an anthem. The audience all sing along, lead by Springsteen and the E. Street Band—who themselves are rocking out to it as much as the audience is.
He goes back to Sun Label supplementary to record more songs. He gets another chance to perform at the Louisiana Hayride. 00 later around this time, he records his first two songs at Sun Label. This was an audience of an elder generation who grew up with Frank Sinatra and business suit singing. He received the most applause of all the acts, won the talent show, and even performed and encore.
The sounds coming from his guitar seemed to make a comparison of himself as being a free spirit that had a drive of passion for the music he was making. Throughout the performance it showed that on stage he enjoyed what he was doing and wanted everyone who watched him to feel the exact same way as he did. Hendrix knew how to get the crowd moving to the sounds of his guitar almost to the point of no worries but enjoying the music with the people that surrounded you at the festival. Seeing this musical experience myself made me wish I could’ve witness this kind of greatness and share it amongst my friends in that time period. Overall, what I’ve learned about music is that music is not only written but also speaks like we do as humans but in a different language sort of speak.
III. Credibility: Ever since I can remember I’ve been listening to and appreciating music, in the past attempted to create music (piano, guitar, violin...etc) but turns out I’m “musically inclined”. Regardless I’ve always surrounded myself with music and go to as many live concerts and music festivals as long as the money is still there. It has been awhile since I actually been to a concert do to school and all, however that doesn’t stop me from listening to the music I love to listen to. IV.
The music was generally fast and the sound was very brassy to me. The purpose of the songs they were playing seem to be expressing a mood to me, as if the audience should be very awake and alert. It was not calming at all but I'm not sure it was supposed to be! I would say that the overall unifying principle of the entire concert is the range in melody. The choir put a spin on the way I ever looked at lyrics but the melody that they created was both high and low, they just stayed in harmony even when they weren't all singing at one and it was guys vs girls.
Out of that nine, “Forever Holding Close the Memories”, by Richard L. Saucedo was my favorite. This concert was performed by FGCU students where as the first concert I attended were performed by professionals. I could definitely tell the difference between the two performances. Although I enjoyed the performance, there were a few times In the performance where they played very poorly. The first piece they played was called “hoedown from Recercada
Bela Fleck Concert This past week, I watched a concert performed by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. The style of music was very different from what I am used to, but I was pleasantly surprised at how well the band played. The concert was held at the Quick Center for the Arts and seemed very informal. There were several times where audience members clapped, cheered, or stood up. The concert hall appeared to be a formal concert hall.
One of them that they are known for was the largest rock festival ever the wood stock festival, on the weekend of august 15th -17th in 1969 in upstate New York. There was an estimated 450,000 people that attended the event according to the rock hall of fame. The festival was scheduled to end with The Jimi Hendrix Experience performance on the 16th but was delayed, fans waited all night for Jimi to take the stage. Finally at 7:30 in morning The Jimi Hendrix Experience takes the stage wowing their fans with an hour of play time. Jimi Hendrix’s version of the “Star Spangled Banner” became the highlight of the festival.
Meeting them made me just love the whole band even more because they weren’t stuck up or rude even though they’re famous. Most famous bands would be rude or act as if they’re better than others, but these guys were so nice and would talk to everyone as if they were just any normal person. I got to spend some time with Vic Fuentes and he even had me take out my phone to take pictures of the both of us together. To this day, I am still obsessed with those pictures. They’re the best pictures I’ll ever have.