Yeah. My kids have all been to actual concerts before
by 3rdSt (2019-10-17 13:34:40)

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they were teenagers. Which just continues my family’s traditions of going to see a fair amount of live music. I was probably ten when I saw Neil Diamond, but I’m not even sure that was my first actual concert. I can’t even imagine a college experience or pre-children life without going to see dozens of concerts a year.

I've seen plenty of live music
by ndtnguy  (2019-10-17 13:56:49)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

(Also, I can get to four in my previous post: I saw Ben Folds during undergrad in 2007.)

But almost all of the live music I have consumed has been classical: I've seen the LA Philharmonic, the Chicago Lyric Opera, the local symphonies and opera companies in Memphis and Nashville, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Itzhak Perlman, and a host of other classical soloists and chamber ensembles. We took our then-six-year-old to see Perlman, and my parents took my siblings and I to such things as kids. The Memphis Symphony used to play great summer concerts outdoors, which were a lot of fun.

What I haven't done is devote a bunch of time and energy to popular music, something I simply don't find sufficiently culturally valuable or personally fulfilling to warrant that kind of attention.