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I have been to three live concerts in total, the first was Imagine Dragons so obviously that one was massive in a basketball stadium, the next was Wardruna so slightly less massive in a concert hall and the last was Moon Walker in a pretty small venue. So standing through a whole concert kind of sucks and the most recent one didn't even have an option for sitting. And the one that I actually could sit at had the most uncomfortable sets I have ever been in. And despite having silicon ear plugs at the last two, I could understand most of the words being sung with the drums drowning out everything at the Wardruna concert. This was once I might have thought that venue had poor sound balancing but twice in a row? The nice thing about the most recent concert is that the openers offered to chat with fan at their merch tables but since they were in the same room at the on going concert so it never really felt quite enough to talk to anyone. I don't know it feels like everyone else there got way more out of it than me that is a sucky feeling.

Edit: I'm going to bed so won't reply for a while but you answers have been reassuring and helpful.

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[–] BruisedMoose@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

Disclaimer: I'm old.

My first concert was with my mom back when I was 12 or 13. Poison at the small local hockey arena. It sounded like shit and I didn't love it.

But the pull of seeing my favorite bands in person was too great. A few years later, friends and I went to see Guns N Roses on the Illusion tour - our first without parents. And it fucking ruled.

Ever since then, I've been an avid lover of live music. Sometimes it does still sound like shit. With or without earplugs, I always had trouble with voices at shows though. Always muffled sounding to me and it's just something I've accepted. I did get a pair of Loops Experience (I think that's what they're called) plugs a while back and those work pretty well.

The draw of live music for me is being in a crowd with a bunch of other people enjoying and appreciating art happening live. Mistakes and improvs happen. New songs and covers can be played. If I want clarity, fidelity, and perfect performance, I have my CDs. But if I want community and just a little of the unknown, I'm going to a show.