Submitted by Successful-Green6733 t3_ye21g5 in Music
I love music, I listen to it all the time and a lot of different genres (metal, glitch/idm, countemporary jazz, psytrance, videogame soundtracks..) but it seems that I am not capable of enjoying live music concerts.
Usually they sound a lot worse than listening from home, I quicky grow tired of standing in place, my feet hurt and after 10 minutes I end up daydreaming and stop paying attention, it takes me a lot of effort to keep myself focused on the music, usually with little results.
Some common reasons for going to live shows are meeting new people and the energy, but in my own experience people are already with their own cliques and the vast majority of them just go home as soon as the show ends.
I fail to understand what feeling the energy means.
The only live acts I enjoyed were punk / metal concerts (when I used to get into mosh pits) and electronic / techno parties because one can phisically feel the bass and dancing is kinda more of an interactive experience.
What is your stance? Do you also can't bring yourself to enjoy live music? Have you some suggestions that can help me looking at live shows from a different angle?