I went to a
Chris Young concert last night with Karin, Andrew and Austin at Covelli Center
in Youngstown, Ohio. Chris who is 27, performed wonderfully even after telling
the audience at the beginning of his act that he had lost a good friend that
morning. I wondered how that affected his performance emotionally but he didn’t
let it show. He did dedicate one song to his friend.
Starting the
show was Joanna Smith who sang some lively country music. She had a lot of
energy and came across as fun-loving. I enjoyed her laughter after each song.
Following
Joanna was Eric Paslay. I truly enjoyed listening to his music and songs. He is
a young man with curly red hair. He wore a baseball cap and his hair is long enough
that his pretty curls hung below the cap in the back. (I wonder if he would
appreciate the adjective “pretty?”)
Eric has a
strong voice and his band was awesome. I liked the lyrics of his songs, his
music was good and he had a good stage presence. Throughout his act he told of
songs that he wrote that he then performed for us. There are many others that
he wrote that other stars sing. Chris Young sang at least one of Eric’s songs.
I believe the world will be seeing lots more of Eric Paslay before long.
Since I love
to write, I couldn’t help but wonder how one goes about writing a song. How does
the artist come up with a catchy phrase that blends so well into the music?
Sometimes certain words have double meanings in the song. Often, the last word
of one sentence seems to start the next or maybe goes into the first word of
the chorus.
Songs convey
a message through music. It is putting feelings or events into words much like
writing a story, only making use of less but more powerful words to tell that
story.
I am in awe of
the artistic talent of musical entertainers. They not only have the musical
ability of art but also the writing ability. Sometimes I struggle to let my
muse out when writing words, but they then have to also use their musical
talent to complete their project.
There was
definitely a lot of talent on the stage last night, some better known than
others, but talent just the same.
nice to hear music from the artists, rather than just on the radio..glad you had fun!
ReplyDeleteThere is so very much talent all over the world. Those who are on stage and those who are not. I am often amazed at how many good writers there are in blog land.
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