Music has always been an incredibly important aspect of my life. The innate ability music has in pinpointing specific events, people or places I find to be truly amazing. Most importantly, music is available to everyone, in a multitude of formats; one does not have to be an expert in the field of musicology to enjoy the form of art. This, in my mind, is the defining feature of true beauty within music.
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With this in mind, the validity of musical interpretations should then not be levelled or compared; subjectivity is what drives the existence of all creation. There is something so personal about musical interpretations, in that a single piece of music can have an array of impacts on any given individual.
I was 6 when my dad bought me my first ever album; ‘Stoneage Romeos’ by the Hoodoo Gurus, and thus became my introduction to Australian Rock which, as a genre, I have loved ever since.
Thursday, August 31st, saw my attendance at the ‘Fist Full of Rock’ concert held at the Enmore Theatre, with aforesaid 1980s Australian Rock group, Hoodoo Gurus headlining. The concert supported acts of Adalita, Jebediah and You Am I, maintaining a strong Australian Rock theme. With regards to the audience present, while the majority was laid on 50+ males; families, kids and young adults were also in abundance— this in itself extends the notion of oneness and community that music can provide, thus highlighting the effects music has across generations.
The track list from the night saw the underrated lyricism and delicacy rooted well within the band, cleverly overlaid with notions of power pop and soft rock, [See ‘Death Defying’, ‘Castles In The Air’ and ‘Axegrinder’]. The union of funk, history and melancholy blended perfectly within the tone of Dave Faulkner’s seemingly timeless voice and the theatrical comfortability guitarist Brad Shepard unfurled into the Enmore that night.
Lead singer Faulkner kept the audience engaged throughout the entire set, exchanging friendly banter and explaining the circumstances for which some of the tracks were written; all the while remaining modestly human. The connection the entire band had with the audience was undeniable.
I find it truly fascinating the level of joy one can experience from sound, it’s remarkable of the physical impacts music can have on the body as well; shivers/goosebumps arising from a single melodic guitar riff, or the pounding in your head as the bass pours into your ribcage.
At the end of it all, music doesn’t always have to be picked apart, analysed or even understood; its the lasting impression a culmination of sound has on a particular individual, which makes it spectacular.
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