The concerts I attended in 2016:
--- David Cook (in Kent, OH)
--- Chris Hardwick (in Baltimore, MD) [comedy]
--- Kris Allen (in Pittsburgh, PA)
--- Ryan Star (in Columbus, OH)
--- Blue October (in Pittsburgh, PA)
--- Chris Hardwick (in Pittsburgh, PA) [comedy]
--- Eve 6 (in Pittsburgh, PA)
--- Dalton Rapattoni (in Fort Washington, PA)
--- Castro the Band (in Pittsburgh, PA) [Jason Castro and siblings]
--- Safetysuit (in Greensburg, PA)
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Thursday, February 23, 2017
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Music Obsession Update
Time for an update on a couple of my music obsessions: Daughtry and Ryan Star.
I was lucky enough to go to a 2nd Daughtry concert this year! I drove 4 hours to Hershey by myself on August 6th to experience the amazing voice of Chris Daughtry again. I was in the 10th row on the far right for this one. That's the closest seat I've ever had at a Daughtry concert. Opening act this time was Kris Allen who I'm happy to say sounded great live. Daughtry gave their best performance ever of the song Over You! It was also great to hear the crowd singing along to it. That song seems to mean a lot more to me now than it did a year ago. (Yes, the phrase "over you" can definitely be applied to a certain guy out there in the world who will never see this blog anyway.) Another highlight for me was when Chris and Kris sang a duet of the song Send Me All Your Angels which is a song Chris wrote for Kris's debut album. I'm hoping to see both of them again in 2011!
Not only did I get to see Ryan Star for a 2nd time in 2010, I will be seeing him for a 3rd concert this month! Squeeeeee!!!! Concert #2 was in Pittsburgh on October 19th at WLTJ's Fall Q Ball Think Pink benefit at the Altar Bar. I finally got to meet my Twitter buddy Lisa at this show. :) We got there early enough to stand at the front, right up against the stage, for the concert. There were several performers that night, including newcomer Christina Perri who has an amazing voice. I love her song Jar Of Hearts which I've heard on the radio several times. Ryan Star and his keyboard player Dallin Applebaum went on stage 2nd, after Christina. AHH-MAY-ZING!!! So much energy, so much passion, so much fun!!!
I've been so lucky that I've gotten the chance to talk to Ryan a couple of times after concerts. I think he may even be starting to recognize me, even if he doesn't remember my name yet. I can be quite a shy person sometimes but somehow he brings out the more outgoing side of me. I wonder if he will see this blog entry? Ryan has admitted to googling himself to see what people are saying about him.
I'm really looking forward to 11/12/10 which is when I'm taking my sister Emily with me to the Ryan Star show in Erie. As far as I'm aware, she hasn't ever listened to his music before. I can't wait for her to be blown away by Ryan's incredible live performance! He's quickly becoming my favorite singer who is younger than me (and Chris Daughtry is a close 2nd), while Paul McCartney is my favorite singer who's older than me.
Ryan's new single Start A Fire from his album 11:59 is doing really well, #25 on the HAC charts and #35 on Rick Dee's countdown so far. The official video for S.A.F. was released last week. I'm just *slightly* obsessed with that video. Probably have watched it more than 50 times by now. Can't wait to see it added to VH1's Top 20 Countdown sometime soon!
I was lucky enough to go to a 2nd Daughtry concert this year! I drove 4 hours to Hershey by myself on August 6th to experience the amazing voice of Chris Daughtry again. I was in the 10th row on the far right for this one. That's the closest seat I've ever had at a Daughtry concert. Opening act this time was Kris Allen who I'm happy to say sounded great live. Daughtry gave their best performance ever of the song Over You! It was also great to hear the crowd singing along to it. That song seems to mean a lot more to me now than it did a year ago. (Yes, the phrase "over you" can definitely be applied to a certain guy out there in the world who will never see this blog anyway.) Another highlight for me was when Chris and Kris sang a duet of the song Send Me All Your Angels which is a song Chris wrote for Kris's debut album. I'm hoping to see both of them again in 2011!
Not only did I get to see Ryan Star for a 2nd time in 2010, I will be seeing him for a 3rd concert this month! Squeeeeee!!!! Concert #2 was in Pittsburgh on October 19th at WLTJ's Fall Q Ball Think Pink benefit at the Altar Bar. I finally got to meet my Twitter buddy Lisa at this show. :) We got there early enough to stand at the front, right up against the stage, for the concert. There were several performers that night, including newcomer Christina Perri who has an amazing voice. I love her song Jar Of Hearts which I've heard on the radio several times. Ryan Star and his keyboard player Dallin Applebaum went on stage 2nd, after Christina. AHH-MAY-ZING!!! So much energy, so much passion, so much fun!!!
I've been so lucky that I've gotten the chance to talk to Ryan a couple of times after concerts. I think he may even be starting to recognize me, even if he doesn't remember my name yet. I can be quite a shy person sometimes but somehow he brings out the more outgoing side of me. I wonder if he will see this blog entry? Ryan has admitted to googling himself to see what people are saying about him.
I'm really looking forward to 11/12/10 which is when I'm taking my sister Emily with me to the Ryan Star show in Erie. As far as I'm aware, she hasn't ever listened to his music before. I can't wait for her to be blown away by Ryan's incredible live performance! He's quickly becoming my favorite singer who is younger than me (and Chris Daughtry is a close 2nd), while Paul McCartney is my favorite singer who's older than me.
Ryan's new single Start A Fire from his album 11:59 is doing really well, #25 on the HAC charts and #35 on Rick Dee's countdown so far. The official video for S.A.F. was released last week. I'm just *slightly* obsessed with that video. Probably have watched it more than 50 times by now. Can't wait to see it added to VH1's Top 20 Countdown sometime soon!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
2009 and 2010
Musically speaking...
In 2009:
I enjoyed my roadtrip with my friend Donna to West Virginia in March to see David Cook and Ryan Star in concert. In July, I became obsessed with listening to Daughtry's sophomore album, Leave This Town. That disc never left my car's CD player for 4 months straight! It took 3 highly anticipated new albums for me to finally hit that eject botton. In November it was Paul McCartney's new live album and Kris Allen's debut album, plus Allison Iraheta's debut album in December.
In 2010:
Ringo Starr has a new album coming out in January that I am looking forward to. I'm hoping for the possibility of seeing Daughtry in concert again sometime this year. Another roadtrip to see David Cook would also be a fun thing to do, after his 2nd album is released. To quote Ryan Star, "this could be the year" -- for several long awaited debut albums. I hope those high-paid record company executives get up off their butts and release Ryan Star's 11:59, as well as albums from Jason Castro, Matt Giraud, and Anoop Desai.
In 2009:
I enjoyed my roadtrip with my friend Donna to West Virginia in March to see David Cook and Ryan Star in concert. In July, I became obsessed with listening to Daughtry's sophomore album, Leave This Town. That disc never left my car's CD player for 4 months straight! It took 3 highly anticipated new albums for me to finally hit that eject botton. In November it was Paul McCartney's new live album and Kris Allen's debut album, plus Allison Iraheta's debut album in December.
In 2010:
Ringo Starr has a new album coming out in January that I am looking forward to. I'm hoping for the possibility of seeing Daughtry in concert again sometime this year. Another roadtrip to see David Cook would also be a fun thing to do, after his 2nd album is released. To quote Ryan Star, "this could be the year" -- for several long awaited debut albums. I hope those high-paid record company executives get up off their butts and release Ryan Star's 11:59, as well as albums from Jason Castro, Matt Giraud, and Anoop Desai.
Friday, January 1, 2010
This and That
Less than two weeks away from a new season of American Idol! Looking forward to seeing Ellen Degeneres as a judge! I spent New Year's Eve watching Daughtry singing on ABC plus Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta on FOX.
Finally took the time this week to start organizing all my old photos. Placed an order today on the Jo-Ann Fabric and Crafts website for some storage envelopes and boxes. As for the more recent ones, I haven't gotten prints made yet for 99.9% of the pictures I've taken in the last four years. Time to round up all the CDs that the pics are stored on. Speaking of photos, looking at them brought back MANY memories. Ended up looking for a lot of old friends on Facebook tonight.
Yay! Valerie Bertinelli has a new website! Click here to see it. I am so amazed that she is running her first marathon as well as turning 50 years old this year!
Finally took the time this week to start organizing all my old photos. Placed an order today on the Jo-Ann Fabric and Crafts website for some storage envelopes and boxes. As for the more recent ones, I haven't gotten prints made yet for 99.9% of the pictures I've taken in the last four years. Time to round up all the CDs that the pics are stored on. Speaking of photos, looking at them brought back MANY memories. Ended up looking for a lot of old friends on Facebook tonight.
Yay! Valerie Bertinelli has a new website! Click here to see it. I am so amazed that she is running her first marathon as well as turning 50 years old this year!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Idol Thoughts
It's been a long time since I've posted anything here but now I'm back to write about American Idol, which is a subject I tend to post about often.
Driving home from work today, I was thinking about my favorite American Idol contestants from seasons past. My #1 all-time favorite Idol is definitely Chris Daughtry, without a doubt. You haven't lived until you've attended a live performance of Daughtry! SO AMAZING! I can also very confidently say that my #2 favorite Idol contestant is David Cook, who is also AWESOME in concert! When it comes to #3 and beyond, my favorite seems to change a lot. So I'll just list the others that I like from each of the seasons that I've watched. Season 8: Anoop Desai, Kris Allen, Matt Giraud, Allison Iraheta. Season 7: Michael Johns and Jason Castro. Season 6: Melinda Doolittle and Jordin Sparks. Season 5: Ace Young.
I went to one of the American Idols Live concerts this year for the first time. Several of the top 10 from this season were MUCH better sounding live than they were on TV. I was the most impressed with Anoop and Matt. Can't wait to see what kind of debut album they eventually release. Somebody hurry up and give them each a recording contract soon!
Speaking of albums... I am so obsesssed with Daughtry's second album "Leave This Town" which came out in July. That CD has been in my car stereo for more than 3 months now. If I'm not listening to the radio, I'm listening to Daughtry's CD. Not sure yet how long I'm going to keep it in my car. Probably until one of my other favorite singers release a mind-blowing new album. Will it be Kris Allen's or Jason Castro's debut? Or David Cook's sophomore album? Or whenever my favorite Beatle, Paul McCartney, has a new album?
Driving home from work today, I was thinking about my favorite American Idol contestants from seasons past. My #1 all-time favorite Idol is definitely Chris Daughtry, without a doubt. You haven't lived until you've attended a live performance of Daughtry! SO AMAZING! I can also very confidently say that my #2 favorite Idol contestant is David Cook, who is also AWESOME in concert! When it comes to #3 and beyond, my favorite seems to change a lot. So I'll just list the others that I like from each of the seasons that I've watched. Season 8: Anoop Desai, Kris Allen, Matt Giraud, Allison Iraheta. Season 7: Michael Johns and Jason Castro. Season 6: Melinda Doolittle and Jordin Sparks. Season 5: Ace Young.
I went to one of the American Idols Live concerts this year for the first time. Several of the top 10 from this season were MUCH better sounding live than they were on TV. I was the most impressed with Anoop and Matt. Can't wait to see what kind of debut album they eventually release. Somebody hurry up and give them each a recording contract soon!
Speaking of albums... I am so obsesssed with Daughtry's second album "Leave This Town" which came out in July. That CD has been in my car stereo for more than 3 months now. If I'm not listening to the radio, I'm listening to Daughtry's CD. Not sure yet how long I'm going to keep it in my car. Probably until one of my other favorite singers release a mind-blowing new album. Will it be Kris Allen's or Jason Castro's debut? Or David Cook's sophomore album? Or whenever my favorite Beatle, Paul McCartney, has a new album?
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Cook vs Lambert
I really really really wish the people on some websites would stop trying to pit David Cook against Adam Lambert!!!!!! Even when they write an article that is only about Cook, people insist on glorifying Lambert in the comments!!! The comments that some people wrote today were calling Adam a "god" and that David is "boring"! I just wanna shake those people as hard as I can and ask "Are you insane?!" Yes, Adam is very talented but he is in no way a "god", not even in a musical sense. And they keep saying that David sounds exactly like the band Nickelback and is not unique. I don't agree with that at all. His voice and his songs sound nothing like Nickelback and he's not "hard rock" like them. He's more "pop rock" with "alternative rock" aspirations. (If he didn't have to do whatever Idol told him to do, his album would have been much more alternative and only a little bit pop.)
Getting back to the idiot comments... People were gushing about how there's no other singer that sounds like Adam and that he's not afraid to "wear his sexuality on his sleeve". PULL-EEZ!!!! Apparently those people have never been to a quality theater performance (like a Broadway-type show but not necessarily actually on Broadway). There are many theatrical singers out there who are just as talented as Adam, if not more. And who flippin' cares whether he's gay or not?! I sure don't. That's his business, not mine. Just like I don't care if a contestant is married, widowed or single. Or if they're a single parent or don't have kids. Or if they're 16 years old or 28 years old. All I care about is the music and whether or not the singer's performance makes me feel emotionally connected to the song. Personally, I don't feel any connection when a song is taken a few notes higher than necessary and is "screeched".
At the beginning of the season, I had high hopes for Adam. I expected him to "wow" us each week with clever spins on well known songs. Unfortunately, I've been disappointed by week after week of screeching. (The only exception would be Motown week when he sounded amazing and was screech-free.) At this point in time, the only Top 10 Idol that I care to vote for this season is Anoop Desai. I know he's not the strongest singer on Idol this year. But his performances leave me wanting to hear more (which is important to me) and I'm looking forward to any album he records. If Anoop is voted off, I'll probably go with either Allison Iraheta or Kris Allen --- and I'll be voting for whoever is up against Adam in the finale. But that's just MY opinion.
Getting back to the idiot comments... People were gushing about how there's no other singer that sounds like Adam and that he's not afraid to "wear his sexuality on his sleeve". PULL-EEZ!!!! Apparently those people have never been to a quality theater performance (like a Broadway-type show but not necessarily actually on Broadway). There are many theatrical singers out there who are just as talented as Adam, if not more. And who flippin' cares whether he's gay or not?! I sure don't. That's his business, not mine. Just like I don't care if a contestant is married, widowed or single. Or if they're a single parent or don't have kids. Or if they're 16 years old or 28 years old. All I care about is the music and whether or not the singer's performance makes me feel emotionally connected to the song. Personally, I don't feel any connection when a song is taken a few notes higher than necessary and is "screeched".
At the beginning of the season, I had high hopes for Adam. I expected him to "wow" us each week with clever spins on well known songs. Unfortunately, I've been disappointed by week after week of screeching. (The only exception would be Motown week when he sounded amazing and was screech-free.) At this point in time, the only Top 10 Idol that I care to vote for this season is Anoop Desai. I know he's not the strongest singer on Idol this year. But his performances leave me wanting to hear more (which is important to me) and I'm looking forward to any album he records. If Anoop is voted off, I'll probably go with either Allison Iraheta or Kris Allen --- and I'll be voting for whoever is up against Adam in the finale. But that's just MY opinion.
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