Oh, the hippies and their guitars...

Ages upon ages ago, I went to a concert with my father for the very first time in my life.  It was awesome and huge, and I watched Jethro Tull for the first time in my life!  I had found an addiction that I have to say I fell in love with!

As soon as I was able, I was attending as many musical events as I could.  I would go see metal bands and punk  shows, and anything that I dug that I could get to.  When I started driving, it obviously made things a little easier for me.  There is an energy to live music that I wanted so desperately to be part of.  I finally started working on writing my own shit after playing keyboards for a band when I was in high school.  It wasn't much, but it was mine.

The problem was, I am very creative in my head, but I have always lacked a certain talent with musical instruments to properly articulate what I really wanted to do.  I improved a lot from the start, but eventually had to admit that it was a fun hobby that was never going to get me anywhere.  I needed to make a decision to focus on something that I was good at.  I gave up the music and focused on my writing.

I miss it, but I realized these past few weeks that I missed just going out to the shows and enjoying the music. I used to go to at least 2 clubs a week just to dance, and then I would see live shows when they came around.  But I seem to have lost that.  Now, I find myself really wanting to get out there again and live it again!

I have an old friend to thank for this... and so, here's his CD for his band... He does the guitar work and is amazing at it!  I strongly endorse this band and I hope you will at least check them out... if it;s your thing.  Because seriously, some people just don't dig music this intense!

Ahhh... the memory lapses...

When I was about 12-13 ish, I fell into a bad crowd of born again Christian peoples.  Well, it wasn't all that bad, but it took a few years to get back to normal without feeling bad about it.  But one really good thing came out of knowing these poeple... Circle of Dust.

If you have never heard of Celldweller... I understand.  You have likely heard some of his work, regardless, and not have known it.  He does a lot for movie trailers, video games and such.  but way back in the day, the man who is Celldweller, Klayton had long hair and did a project called Circle of Dust.  I saw him perform live when I was about 15.  (it was also my first experience stage diving!)  The show was amazing, and it changed the way I thought about music for my life.

As I said, I had first heard of Circle of Dust because I was in with this Christian crowd.  Originally, Circle of Dust was a Christian band.  As for now, who knows about what Klayton's current religious affiliation is.  I turned out to be a normal atheist, so who knows where he is now.  (Listen to one of my favorite Original Circle of Dust songs HERE!)

I mention this because I went to see Celldweller just this past weekend, and I felt so alive being there to hear and see the music I have loved for so long.

The first time I saw Circle I was invited by this guy who I couldn't stand, but I really wanted to see the show.  It was worth it!  The second time was worth it as well.  Oh, and here's some Celldweller for you!