Mikey Likes It - See Live Music!

    When was the last time you went to see live music? If your answer is not at least "sometime in the last few months" then you are doing yourself and the musical community a disservice.  And you deserve a paddlin'! There is so much good music being played right now and odds are there's even some happening in your town..... tonight!
    Not only is it soothing for the soul, but it's increasingly becoming the best way to directly (financially) support music and musicians you like.  AND, you can can look at it as a lesson as well as entertainment. I've learned so much just from watching musicians up close at concerts. Technique, chord shapes and changes, and gear choices are usually very easy to gleam from a musician at a concert, assuming it's not a huge venue. And on that point, the smaller the venue, the better. It's very hard to connect with a band in a stadium, especially if you're not in the first 30 rows.
In closing, get out there and see some gosh-dang live music! Tonight!!
-Mike

Mike Sparber has been roaming the hallowed halls of Sylvan since 2004 and is an admirer of all stringed instruments. He moved here from the DC suburbs in 1999 and can usually be found with his wife at concerts around the Bay Area or with his dog, Ernie, at the beach.