Interesting, but in a good way.

Holy shit... I went to the Skylark this evening to see Nick's band and they were pretty good, but the opening act was pretty fucking amazing.  I was totally shocked considering it's not the type of music I listen to.  Actually, my friend Matt that came with (who has similar taste in music as myself) agreed with me.  Her name is Courtney Marie Andrews, and I was floored.  At one point, I was standing in the back of the bar and closed my eyes.  And every single hair on my body stood on end... That is why music will always be one the most important things in my life.  I've been to countless shows, house parties, listened to thousands of records, played 100's of shows, met lots of bands, jammed with random people, but there hasn't been many musicians that have given me the thought to go up to them and pretty much make myself look stupid.  But she did... I told her that I thought her voice was totally beautiful and that I normally don't listen to her style, but that she convinced me to buy her album.  She seemed pretty happy about that as well...  I know I always loved it when someone told me they loved the way I drummed.  It's always nice to know when you work so hard at something for someone else to think you did a good job.

Tonight actually made me think of something that my middle school band teacher told me, that I've always loved... "Music is meant to be listened to loud and with your eye's closed."  When he told me that, this skinny middle aged man who's main instrument was the flute, I was a bit confused.  But it made me realize that we all played music for the same reason.  It's about how it makes you feel... Basically, nothing else can make you feel that way at least for me, nothing has ever come close to it yet.

And as I was looking for The Rapture's album Echoes this evening, I realized exactly where it is... It's in the ex-wife's car, yet another thing I don't have.  Oh well, I just re-bought it on iTunes, fuck it... I love it too much to only listen to it via spotify.

Goodnight.  Sleep tight... don't let the bed bugs bite.