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If there is one thing that most people that I have spoken to about my research project have in common is that they beleive one of the best ways to suceed and win support is to play a live show.
And whilst travelling back from Leeds in the car today that really did strike home. There are very few things that I can think about and automatically feel like I am there. But when it comes to live music I can. I can remember the atmosphere, the songs, the bands expressions what I was wearing and how I was feeling and what was going on around me. I assume these are my flashbulb memories.
I was remembering my first show, party in the park 1999. I had always loved music, people used to mock my music knowledge, I suppose it was a bit strange for a ten year old to know all the songs in the chart and the lyrics as well! So when my dad told me about party in the park I was over the moon. Even more so when your dad tells you that not only will you be watching live music but you might get to meet the bands AND celebrities as well because we would be seated in the V.I.P section. A ten year olds name dropping dream. I also remember wearing my little matching baige outfit. baige skirt, top and brown and cream fleecey gillet. O DEAR!
Until then the only other open air concert I went to was Greenday in 04. My first proper concert minus parents plus the extra "rock and rollness" of skipping school AND the school language teacher was driving us there. We were under the impression that Blink 182 and Foo Fighters would also be playing and ended up listening to "Take off your Pants and Jacket" on repeat all the way too Cardiff Cooper Castle. They were accompanied by Spunge, Iggy Pop, Hundred Reasons and A. I have seen Greenday twice and still feel that they are by far one of the best live acts. I remember standing next to people smelling poppers and at the time thinking I was going to smell them, pass out and die.
Aside from the music one thing I will take away from that day was the teacher turning round to us in the car before we got out and saying "Now girls if you have to take any drugs, smoke pot"!
As I write this more and more music memories come to my head I remember the gigs I was dragged to and purposely not trying to have a good time. Going to see Rooster in year 11 was one of these. I bought my ticket at Lunch time our newest thing at the time was to get tickets and go to the gigs from school. So despite being largely against rooster I went along. I dressed on purpose in a good charlotte designed t-shirt with a scowl on my face so people knew I was not into this kind of music. The last straw was definately when my mouth was open singing and the lead singer shook his sweaty mane and his sweat went in my mouth. A fans dream, but a fan I wasn't.
I could probably write a book on how many gigs I have seen and how I felt but feel that only my friends or a psychologist would read or even begin to enjoy it.
My next concert is OASIS. I wonder if in a years time I'll be writing about this !

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She said pulling at her collar and making the simpsons awkward noise. This has a little bit to do with the dissertation, well it's mentioned.
It's one of those things where you suddenly remember every teacher, professor, lecturer, parent or grandparent etc saying to you "do you work early the time will fly by and it will all pile up on you". And right now that is the moment I am living and the voices echoing around my head.
While currently being ethical surrounded by books my newest fashion accessories (even coining the term "book lady" from my house mates) and typing up quotes and placing them into my essay question I am quietly panicing.
The last term at University the last lectures that I have just realised I missed and every so often people getting nostalgic and saying , this will be the last time we do bla.... can you beleive that this is soon over ..... what are we going to do in the real life and question like that.
At the moment I am going to finish this essay, move on to finishing the politics essay, the portfolio and the dissertation all in the quest for that perfect 2:1.
As it stands with the dissertation I have been told to stop researching because the research area is getting too big. I need to correlate the data put it all together and recieve my first (HA!).
Whilst panicing quietly, typing irratically all I can think to express it is write it in a blog this way I am not facing it.
My new bibles are Cowel biography which is a massive me me me which I supppose so is this. And a book called making it in the music industry. Ann Harrisons book has been neglected at the mo.

"The Newbie"

Today was all about culminating focus groups. To create the graphs for my project I needed data and in realising that the likely hood of people stopping to answer my questions on the high street i've opted for the quicker route...the forum.
I hope that this doesn't reflect badly on my project seeming like the easy route for the lazy journalist, this way I won't be grabbing random people on the street while they run away "late for a meeting" "no I don't want to buy anything" " i just gotta....uh...urm BYE". This way the people will talk to me that actually are willing to talk to me.
I brainstormed a few basic questions that would provide me with both qualitative and quantative data about music consumption and set about posting it on the internet.
I started with some of the sites of the magazines I have read for years like Rocksound and Kerrang. (At this point Rocksound has given me diddly squat).
Kerrang have provided me with about 13 replies most of which I can use.
I followed this by joining Drowned in Sound, Leeds Music Forum, BBC Radio and a few others.
The problem with the forums is despite purely just asking for help there are some users out there who really just want to annoy you, by bothering to reply to your post in a smart Alec way to get "lols" from all the other users, some who genuinely help you and wish you luck, some who pick fights with other users because they don't agree with their opinions but one of the worst things about forum is the post views! It's leathal when you are literally begging people to look at your thread (wishing it at the computer) you can see the view amount climbing higher and higher but the replies staying stagnent at a sad 0. It teases you, you think well maybe people are reading it and replying slowly in great detail to your post, when really they are replying to the "What cereal do you think shows the most about you forum" or the "I can rap in binary you 101010010" thread.
Reading this back I think I may have really been sucked into this forum world and I think I am going to have to wien myself away before I start enjoying "lolcatz" or thinking that my new internet buddies and more fun then actual conversation.

I have recieved a reply from an interview request I sent out December 28th..YES that is last year hopefully this will help me.

And have also sent out an interview request to Noah and the Whale, maybe they will reply in 5 years time ?


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