I go to a gig

I don't really like music. I don't really dislike it either. I guess you'd say I'm indifferent to the whole thing. I could be in a room with music playing for hours and not really be aware of it.

I do, however, enjoy other people's enthusiasm for music and every now and again I will catch a bit of this. This happened to me with Dave Matthews Band. And on Sunday night I went with a friend to see them live.

The drummer was out of this world - he did several drum solos one of which lasted a good ten minutes, which on physical fitness alone is incredible, but the fact that I managed to not get bored of 10 minutes of a man hitting things is truly amazing.
There was an enormous black man - dressed all in black who looked like someone from security that had sneaked on stage - with an amazing voice and who played the trumpet superbly.
There was a massive, tall, buff guy with dreadlocks who played the violin unlike I have heard or seen it played before.
And then there was Dave Matthews and his phenomenaly talented friend Tim Reynolds on guitar playing like they were bang smack in the middle of the eighties.

But the best bit? They were having an insane amount of fun up there. It was like being invited to watch a load of super-enthusiastic teenagers jam in their Dad's garage, but in a big theatre with lots of flashy lights and they are all well beyond teenagerdom. I felt like I became a geeky music fan for the night...and I loved it.