it's all about the music...

hey guys... there's 2 items on the agenda for today.

First item of mention is that i have ANOTHER NEW BLOG! It is entitled "Lyrics du Jour" (pretty self explanatory, i think) and there is a link to it over in the sidebar. Please visit there often and leave comments if the words there have touched you in any way. I set this one up so that i have a specific place just for music that means something to me. Also, there is a banner in the sidebar... this is NOT an advertisement. I put it there. Michael and Shawn Cavallo (aka Manic Drive) are long time friends of mine. I think their music is really great and i want to support them, so please click on it and visit their website and listen to their music sometime. Thanks!

Item#2:
Last week i won a pair of concert tickets off the radio station in Waterloo (Kool FM 105.3)! I was pretty excited when i heard the message in my voice mail : ) I had never won anything before! They were tickets for Scott Stapp in Toronto at The Opera House on March 7 at 7:00. At the time i had no clue who Scott Stapp was and i didn't even know if i'd like him or his music at all, but i didn't care, i still wanted to go! (I later found out that he was the lead singer from Creed, now gone solo... so that was good news for me). So then came the task of trying to find somebody to go with me! That was pretty frustrating, to say the least. Most people, much unlike me, have full time jobs and have to work til like 5 every day, which is no good cause i had to leave earlier than that in order to get there in time for the concert... so that's a legit excuse. But i had NO IDEA there were soooo many anti-Creed non-fans in the world! Seriously! I guess i must not be in the cool club cause i was totally out of that loop (as i found out after numerous invitation rejections). I've listened and liked for a long time and never knew i was the only loser. Anyways, i'm not bitter cause i got to go to a Scott Stapp concert last night and i loved it and had such a greeeat time!! :-D I ended up seeing Michael Cavallo on Saturday night (after i left the Homey House reunion and after he finished doing a concert in Kitchener) and invited him to go with me and he was more than happy to join me. This just proves that God really does have a plan for our lives (even in the little things!) cause Michael is a huge Creed fan and has all their albums and knows all their songs. I didn't know that at the time, but clearly all things worked out for the best. So anyways, after much battle with family members, i managed to get a vehicle and picked Michael up at his house in Mississauga last night and headed downtown with him. We even managed to get parking for FREE only 3 blocks from the venue! Pretty exciting, eh?! The opening band was called Breaking Point and they were just average. Actually, i did recognize one of their songs, so that made it worthwhile... hehe. Then Scott Stapp came on... he sang 4 songs from his debut solo album and then the rest were Creed songs... all the hits. He had such a great stage presence... very commanding. You couldn't help but give him your full attention and be totally enthralled. He really knew how to work the crowd. There weren't a whole lot of people there (you had to be 19 to get in, so there were no screaming teenage girls there...yay!), but everybody was really into it and singing along and everything the whole time. It was fun : ) And he really does sound just as good live and he does on the album, which is rare to find, so I was very impressed. Also, i learned that Scott Stapp is a very genuine person. He's a Christian but he's gotten caught up in the rock 'n roll lifestyle and has made a lot of mistakes (like a lot of other people who aren't in the spotlight). But he still has his faith and he's not afraid to share it even though he's been judged by a lot of people. His lyrics have a very spiritual content and his music seems to tell the story of his life.

I have an all new respect for this man.
And i was sooooo happy to get out of my house for a change... i really needed it.