Music is a thing that can affect people in an impossibly large number of ways. For many, connecting with a lyric or a singer’s voice or a song’s subject matter can elicit emotion like very few other things can. It is with this in mind that I am writing to promote the seeking out of live and local music and also to educate about how it can often be found for little to no cost.
Seeing a music show in a packed arena that seats 50,000 is certainly an experience in and of itself and is oftentimes the only possible way to see top-selling nationally known or world renowned artists. There is no problem with seeking out that kind of entertainment, but it is important to realize that there is also worthwhile music to be experienced at small venues in densely populated cities and towns, and oftentimes those events provide a



