How often do you go to concerts?
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Not at all since I got tinnitus
I never went too much but I enjoyed them from time to time, I tried to go only for bands I really loved and were unmissable (I still can't forgive myself for not going to a Linkin Park concert). Not sure I would enjoy now with all the crowd.Merch is usually super expensive so unless I can't find it anywhere else, not really.
I also have tinnitus. Mine is permanent. It never goes away at all. I got it in my teens from my guitar amp...
ļø Never a day I don't regret it. Same about a Linkin Park show too. I was gonna catch their second-to-last concert before Chester went but I was out of town. -
How often do you go to concerts? Do you go to local shows? Do you buy merch?
A few times a year, probably around 5-6 I'd guess. Some months I end up going to more than one and other months it's quiet.
Almost always buy merch.. I have a lot of t-shirts haha.
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How often do you go to concerts? Do you go to local shows? Do you buy merch?
10-15/year plus 5-10 local band shows. Begrudgingly buy merch and never put them in the dryer!!
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How often do you go to concerts? Do you go to local shows? Do you buy merch?
I work them, so I never just go and attend them - the experience is so much better when you're "in". I love the interaction, quite love the babysitting part of it even.
Also when I enjoy it, I will tell them & and it always work because artists know that if the local tech found them good, that same dude who see so much stuff day-in, day-out, it (probably) means something.
You meet jerks, of course. You learn to provide them with minimal service, but clean and decent for the public. You meet fantastic people who fail to make it through to the audience, and that's heartbreaking. You learn to put 200% if yourself into a musical style you don't enjoy because the dudes on stage are killing it and the audience is loving it - who cares if Jazz Manouche is the most boring, written down and set in stone style ever.
My most stupid interaction was, at the end of a programme that included both Chopin and Steve Reich, to tell the Reich' piece clarinetist "sometimes, Chopin is boring. Especially in regard to Reich". The Guy was in agreement lol.
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How often do you go to concerts? Do you go to local shows? Do you buy merch?
Local shows. I used to go to 3 or 4 a week.
I stopped doing that around 2017 because I was getting too tired. More like two or three a month.
None anymore though. I have kids now and I moved away, thereās no venues out here.
By āconcertsā do you mean a big production in a stadium or theatre/hall with seating and tickets are $80/person, that kind of thing? Iāve never been to one.
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How often do you go to concerts? Do you go to local shows? Do you buy merch?
Pretty much never been except the last two years. Went to the following the last two years:
- Live orchestra of Lord of the Rings music (really nice)
- EivĆør (really can't recommend her enough)
- Heilung (EivĆør as foreband, really amazing as always)
- Planned to go listen to the Witcher music with live orchestra later this year.
It seems that once you find your niche and place to look it's really nice!
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How often do you go to concerts? Do you go to local shows? Do you buy merch?
i see local bands once or twice a year; however my wife goes more often, about every other month.
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I also have tinnitus. Mine is permanent. It never goes away at all. I got it in my teens from my guitar amp...
ļø Never a day I don't regret it. Same about a Linkin Park show too. I was gonna catch their second-to-last concert before Chester went but I was out of town.I feel you, I have it permanent as well and similar story about LP. Luckily compared to other horror stories I read, mine seems relatively "low" so I am thankful for that. In my case it was a couple of hi-fi headphones and amp thanks to a shitty person who made me believe that if you don't blast your wars you cannot feel everything a system like that has to offers.
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How often do you go to concerts? Do you go to local shows? Do you buy merch?
For the last seven months I have been to one concert every month. Before that it was more like one every three to four months.
I usually buy shirt and/or patchs, as I usually go to metal concerts. I try to buy as much as possible directly from the bands at their concerts instead of the internet so that the money goes directly to them. -
I work them, so I never just go and attend them - the experience is so much better when you're "in". I love the interaction, quite love the babysitting part of it even.
Also when I enjoy it, I will tell them & and it always work because artists know that if the local tech found them good, that same dude who see so much stuff day-in, day-out, it (probably) means something.
You meet jerks, of course. You learn to provide them with minimal service, but clean and decent for the public. You meet fantastic people who fail to make it through to the audience, and that's heartbreaking. You learn to put 200% if yourself into a musical style you don't enjoy because the dudes on stage are killing it and the audience is loving it - who cares if Jazz Manouche is the most boring, written down and set in stone style ever.
My most stupid interaction was, at the end of a programme that included both Chopin and Steve Reich, to tell the Reich' piece clarinetist "sometimes, Chopin is boring. Especially in regard to Reich". The Guy was in agreement lol.
I confused Steve Reich with Steven Raichlan (https://a.co/d/2WxRrOQ) while reading this. The idea of Chopin and BBQ blew my mind.
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How often do you go to concerts? Do you go to local shows? Do you buy merch?
I hate live concerts.
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How often do you go to concerts? Do you go to local shows? Do you buy merch?
I live in the middle of nowhere, so very rarely. However, whenever I go in work trips I check out what's happening in the region. I managed to go see Dream Theater and Devin Townsend this way. Almost went to see Staind in Austin TX, but it would've involved a pretty long drive, which I wasn't interested in.
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How often do you go to concerts? Do you go to local shows? Do you buy merch?
I don't at all. It's way too much noise and way too many people, I get overstimulated and have panic attacks. I think it's actually wild that people enjoy it.
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I haven't been to a concert since COVID.
Same. My entire life has drastically changed since the before times. Maybe in four years things could possibly be fun again.
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I don't at all. It's way too much noise and way too many people, I get overstimulated and have panic attacks. I think it's actually wild that people enjoy it.
Oh no
ļø I'm sorry... -
How often do you go to concerts? Do you go to local shows? Do you buy merch?
Every month to couple of months. Depends on who's coming to town. We might go to two shows in a week and not have anyone we like come through for a while, or maybe we go to one and then another the next month. But it averages out to a bit more than every other month. Well, more I think.
Gonna see Acid Bath in June. Holy shit. And Bloody Beetroots in nine days.
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How often do you go to concerts? Do you go to local shows? Do you buy merch?
Never. I gave up a long time ago when the bots won the ticket purchase wars and ticket prices became absurd. I don't need that level of stress.
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How often do you go to concerts? Do you go to local shows? Do you buy merch?
Not while Ticketmaster exists.
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How often do you go to concerts? Do you go to local shows? Do you buy merch?
Really rarely. Not many concerts that I care about happen near me
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How often do you go to concerts? Do you go to local shows? Do you buy merch?
Iām a sound engineer, I have to go to concerts, itās kind of my job.
