Coldplay

SO! I've been meaning to blog that on September 7, I went to the Coldplay concert with my friend Laura. Brian and I were supposed to go, but he had a business dinner he couldn't get out of...so VOILA! Laura was HAPPY to sub in for me!And she was great fun at the concert!

It was really amazing and different than U2. U2 was very rock and roll and very standard - they stayed on the main stage in front the whole time. And played LOTS of rock and roll.

But Coldplay was like watching ACL on PBS or something. They did a bunch on the main stage. But then walked to another little stage smack dab in the middle of the mosh pit (while Singing in the Rain was playing during their walk)...and rocked out totally acoustic on this like 20 sq ft stage. It was amazing. They did a version of Billy Jean on accoustic guitar and it was fantastic.

Then, they had another little stage in another part of the pit where the piano was and a portable drum pad and they did some diddies there. In the middle of one piano lick, the lead singer, stopped. Said, "F*&#*" And started over again. How many times do you see a musician mess up at a concert? I loved it. Kept it real.

Coldplay was so awesome because the music, at times, was so pure. Just instruments and the music pouring out of them. It's so neat to see the music just POUR out of someone while they are playing. It made me really miss being able to do that although I was never THAT good. Being able to play an instrument is one thing. Being able to make music is a God given gift.

SO my funny British friend Laura probably would have thrown her top off if she wasn't a mom. She was so crazy during the concert and adorable.

Did a shoot yesterday. SO HAPPY with the way it turned out. Colors, focus, kids, everything. I took like 30 pictures and 25 of them are amazing. Here are the initial proofs:http://pnbphotography.blogspot.com/

Love,P