Today’s truth is pretty simple.
I went to a music festival today. I am so lucky that I get to do this. Here’s why I’m lucky:
- I live somewhere that has music festivals.
- I can afford to go to them.
- Wonderful, talented artists want to play in Singapore.
HOW COOL IS THAT?!
Today I spent most of my day at the St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, commonly referred to as just “Laneway.” It was great, really so good. I enjoyed all the bands except one (sorry – they are Canadian, too… I feel so bad about that). But by far the highlight for me was Kimbra. She was kick-assery awesomesauce in a shredded dress belting out songs with energy I’ve not seen too many places. She has Lady Gaga’s energy with Jill Scott’s soul and Tori Amos’s songwriting chops… but with a style and substance that is so uniquely Kimbra it can’t be compared. I was blown away.
Her set was inspiring and reminded me how lucky I am, and how much I love live music.
Having lived places previously where there wasn’t much of a music scene (ahem! Doha and Hanoi), I reaaaaaaallllly appreciate it now. When I lived in those places, because there wasn’t much happening in terms of music, I was in a band myself. This of course offered me much, too — it helped me develop as a musician and a person in many, many ways — and I miss it. But ideally I’d like to live in a place where I can have both … where I can both be in a band and go see a band on any given weekend.
I love that I can do that now.
So… erhm… if anyone’s looking for a vocalist…
🙂
