Hey every one how it going. As i write this i am sitting in my car about to head into northcoast. Im pretty excited to see how everything is set up an layed out this year. But now lets talk about last night. If you dident see my last post last night was linkin park, 30 seconds to mats, and afi. We'll start from the beginning with afi. First off wow! Afi never disapoints. This was the second time i saw them this month and if i could i would see them a few more. They have so mich energy they play all their great songs and keep you entertained the whole time. They did have a but of a short set this time since they were the first band but they still managed to squeeze all the hits in and then some. Next is 30 seconds to mars. Now they were a little dissapointing besides the hit songs they have it seemed like everything else they played was real slow and boring. They even played The Kill, their heaviest and in my opinion best, song acoustic. It wasent terrible but iv seen better. But then to save the night was linkin park. Wow if you want to see a close to two hour show filled with nonstop energy then you need to see them. They played a little of everything old and new. By the end they played around 30 songs. The while show was a great time and well worth the drive to tinley park. Well anyways im heading into northcoast so talk to you all later thanks for reading

This weekend

Hey everyone hope you had a good week and hope your about to have an even better weekend. I know last week i posted about having my portfolio review coming up so just a quick little something on that. I was able to have the projects i needed finished finished and got some good feedback on them all. Its going to take a lot of hard work to get all the revisions finished but I'm lucky that everyone was  mostly on board with my projects.

Now to get back to what this blog is really about concerts. This weekend is North Coast Music Festival. This is North Coasts 5th year and has probably their best lineup to date. The festival kicks off tomorrow with performances from Bassnectar, Alesso, W&W, Showtek and more and goes until Sunday with artists such as Zeds Dead, Snoop Dog, STS9, DADA Life, Kid Cudi, and Adventure Club performing over the weekend. Not only is this great festival happening all weekend but they also have tons of after parties around town, and when I say tons I mean 22 official after parties. So there is plenty to do this weekend with that alone. I will be at the festival Sunday night for the headliners STS9 and Kid Cudi, then most of the day Sunday. Tomorrow though I will be making a trip to Tinley Park for The Carnivores Tour featuring Linkin Park, 30 Seconds To Mars, and AFI. Linkin Park always puts on a great show and i have had the honor of meeting them along with watching sound check and touring the stage at a past show and have to say how great of people they are.

Well I will make another post sometime this weekend to let you all know how everything is going. Its going to be a fun one for sure. Thanks for reading

Portfolio

Hey everyone I know the blog has been kind of boring the past few weeks I just have been so busy that shows have been pushed aside. But since most of my readers are audio students at The Illinois Institute of Art i figured i would talk about what is talking up so much of my time and keeping me from all the shows. Portfolio review is this Wednesday the 27th and I am racing trying to get everything in order to present. My projects themselves are finished it is just the amount of paper work that is is required with everything that is the most time consuming. For those who don't know you need a total of ten projects for your portfolio at graduation time. Live to 2, MIDI, Radio Commercial, Synth, 8-16 track, 16-24 track, Live Sound, Sound Design, Business Plan, and a Senior Project. All these projects along with their proper paperwork need to be approved by your instructor before you are able to present at portfolio review. For those of you who are getting close to graduation do not slack on getting these projects finished. I like to think that i used my time well over the last two quarters and still I am here racing to get it all finished. So this all is just something for you to all keep in mind and hopefully no one has any problems getting their stuff done when its their turn to attend review. I will talk to you all next week and will be back talking about my experiences at shows again. Thanks for reading.

Another Week Missing Out

Well guys once again I am missing out on all the great shows happening around the city. This week I am stuck finishing everything I need to get together for my portfolio review that is happening next week. But even though I am missing out I figured i would still talk about what's happening this weekend. First off  The Boulevard Festival is happening all weekend. If you don't know this is a street festival in Logan Square. They have some great music happening this weekend with bands such as Greensky Bluegrass, Conspirator, and Digital Tape Machine. Along with the festival happening Concord Music Hall is also hosting after parties all weekend. Now on to the big show that I am really upset about missing. FEED ME Live with Teeth. If you are a fan of Electro/ Dubstepish music and don't know who FEED ME is then you really need to go check him out. He is one of the greatest dance music producers/ DJs that there is and his live show is incredible and always growing. Another show that is happening tonight is Tesla at the House Of Blues. Tesla is a pretty old band but still rocks as hard as they did 25 years ago. Now something not music related happening this weekend is Wizard World Chicago. Wizard World is another event that if you have never been to you really need to experience some time. People all around are in costumes, there are so many great artists, and vendors, its an amazing experience that unfortunately i will not be able to make it to this year.

Well next weekend we have North Coast Music Festival so i will definitely have some stuff to talk about, so until then thanks, for reading.

Shows This Weekend

Unfortunately i had to take a weekend off of going to shows. The homework was backing up and the funds were getting low so a break from shows was in need. But just because i diden't go to any shows this weekend dosent mean we cant talk about what was going on. Yesterday (Friday) nothing to big was going on, There was a Daft Punk tribute group playing at The House of Blues that would have been fun to go to. They go by the name One More Time: A Tribute To Daft Punk and play inside their own custom built Pyramid. I saw them once before and joked that it could be the real Daft Punk playing these small shows and no one would know. Tonight i am missing out on the KISS/ Def Leppard show. I have seen KISS a number of times but really would have enjoyed seeing them again. They are getting a bit old and you never know how many more times they are going to come around. Well did any of you go to shows this weekend? If you did leave a comment talking about the show. Thanks for reading.

RIOT FEST

If you haven't seen the lineup for Riot Fest this year then you need to check it out right now. If you are into the rock scene at all then this lineup will blow you away. Everyone from Janes Addiction, The Cure, Rise Against, The Offspring, Primus,and even Wu Tang Clan are performing at this years festival. Now i am someone that pays a lot of attention to festivals happening all around the world and can easily say this is the best lineup i have ever seen. Still after the lineup has been out for months i am still in shock that all these people are playing together in one weekend. Three day passes are staring at $189, two days are $139, and single days for $74 and for the amount of bands playing each day this is well worth it. Not only has Riot Fest put together a great festival but they also have stacked the weekend with official after parties all around the city. Some of the big afterparties include Bad Religion, Primus, Andrew W.K., and The Get Up Kids. This is definatly a weekend not to miss out on so head to riotfest.org now to get tickets.

https://soundcloud.com/from-the-show/lolla-talk Heres a little rant I did talking about all three days of Lolla now that im recovered.

Hey everybody this week was yet another great week for shows. First off on Thursday night I went out and saw Katy Perry at the United Center. Not really my type of music and really not something I would really go see but it was real fun. The show she put on was great. She flew around the whole stadium had tons and tons of visuals and played hit after hit. I do wish that she would have played a few more songs of of her firs cd ( Only played i kissed a girl and hot and cold) but it still was a fun and entertaining show. Next i went to Motley Crue on Friday witch was incredible. I have seen THem a few times but this toped them all. In the past few years Tommy LEE has toned down his drum solo a lot but this time he went all out. He played while his drum set went on a roller coster through the crowd. Not only that but the whole band was on their a game the whole show and put on a show to remember forever.Tonight im taking it easy wanted to go see Cosmic Gate at the Concord but got a little tired. anyways talk to you guys next time thanks for reading.

Here's a little rant i did talking about all three days of Lolla now that I'm recovered.

Het everybody whats up? Im wroting this while at the lilla agter party so pleace forgive my typing errors anyways lolla day 1 and 2 were awaesome i would have to say agi was the best so far others that need to be menchiones ate chase and status, zedd and wallpaper. Well hope you rnjoyed my update ill let you know more once the weekend ends thanks zack