Every show

For the past four or five years, I have tried to contribute what I could to the Blacksburg music scene. For a little while there, it seemed like it was dwindling and dying out. The old timers told me that it was a part of its regular cycle, it dies out to be resuscitated by someone who has a new sense of enthusiasm. Many of us in Blacksburg have fed and nourished this scene the best we could, only to see it grow bigger and bigger every month.

I remember a time where I was able to make every show because there were so few of them. I would try to give my support to every band. But it seems like this monster has grown big enough to support its own (sort of). The point is, I am mildly disappointed in myself for not being able to make every show like I used to, or used to try to. It seems that now there is a hefty amount of shows every week. Even *GASP* more than 2 per week.

While trying to build and balance my own life, I find it somewhat impossible to "make it to every show" ever again. Even though I'm a little disappointed in myself, I am somewhat overjoyed at the amount of shows this little town of ours is pouring out. Don't let that river ever stop, until it floods Blacksburg and there's music coming out of multiple venues per night. Even then, keep going.