Favorite Concerts

     I have always been in a choir, for as long as I can remember. My mom used to tell me that I could sing before I could talk. Singing is and always will be a piece of me.

     

Kirby can play just about every instrument known to man! I am constantly finding out about another one of his hidden musical talents. He is part of a band where he plays the bass guitar and sings the back-up vocals.

    

 It is easy to say that music is more than just a part of life in our house. It is a way of life! There is something about good music that gets inside of you and never leaves. Without music life would be dimensionless. I think it is safe to say that you haven't experienced music until you have experienced it live. There is something that exists in the atmosphere of a live concert that can never be mimicked anywhere else.

Within the past month or so Kirby and I had the amazing opportunity to see two of my very very favorite bands play live!

     

Through Kirby's job we were able to go to a private Imagine Dragons concert. This concert was definitely more for my benefit than for Kirby's. I was jumping out of my seat the whole way down to SLC just at the thought of being there, getting ready to sing along to every song! The concert was INCREDIBLE! They are amazing live, and the feeling they produce is surreal. I was in heaven. They are so humble and sincere I was literally in tears through a lot of the concert. Not just because I love their music so much, but watching a whole arena of people cheer for these talented people fulfilling their dreams was the coolest thing! Kirby openly admits that while he was not a fan of theirs before the concert, after seeing them live he had a whole new respect for them and what they do.

     

When Kirby and I were engaged we became one of those mushy people who have "a song." Our song from then on has been Northern Wind by City and Colour. Dallas Green (City and Colour) has the most amazing, raw voice I have ever heard! He could sit there and sing acapella and keep an arena full of people mesmerized for hours! And the words to his songs (particularly our song) are all pure genius. So naturally, when we found out that he would be in SLC in the middle of a school week, we were prepared to drop everything and run there! Still, just thinking about that concert gives me the chills! Kirby and I have different taste in a lot of things, and in a lot of  music, so when we both love an artist as much as we love City and Colour it is always something special for us to share together.

IMAGINE DRAGONS!

City and Colour

Kirby trying to rock out at a chill concert.