Yes, I am a music enjoyer. I played flute for a very long time, grew up playing the appalacian dulcimer, and have taken lessons for piano and blues guitar, but my true calling is laying in bed in the dark listening to prog metal.

Featured sections/my car rotation may get changed out as my taste fluctuates throughout the year! Might add my playlists and mixtapes too. And check out this project I did the logo for because you're already here.

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Trying to only list the times I've seen full sets here. I've seen a lot more partial sets and quite a few DJs but this is what I remember! Seeing a band in this list doesn't mean I was there for them or like them but I'll go see most things live unless it's like Slaughter to Prevail or something.

As for my bucket list, I'm trying to keep it to bands that are still around and could tour... some that aren't might slip in there though. I can dream. Some aren't the same as they were when I was really into them but I'd kill to see them anyway.

Norma Jean x4 ‣ Emery x2 ‣ Greyhaven x2 ‣ Oh, Sleeper x2 ‣ AWOLNATION ‣ Aaron Gillespie ‣ Alesana ‣ Animals as Leaders ‣ Astronoid ‣ Bad Wolves ‣ Coalesce ‣ Dying Wish ‣ Essenger ‣ Fire From the Gods ‣ Hail the Sun ‣ Irontom ‣ Kikuo ‣ LIMBS ‣ Meg Myers ‣ Monuments ‣ No Cure ‣ P.O.D. ‣ Periphery ‣ Primitive Rage ‣ Reggie and the Full Effect ‣ Salt Creek ‣ Saosin ‣ Show Me the Body ‣ The Bled ‣ The Devil Wears Prada ‣ The Fall of Troy ‣ Underoath ‣ Unearth ‣ Unity TX ‣ Vampires Everywhere!

Between the Buried and Me ‣ Born of Osiris ‣ Brand of Sacrifice ‣ Cave In ‣ Converge ‣ Darkest Hour ‣ From First to Last ‣ Limp Bizkit ‣ Senses Fail ‣ Spiritbox ‣ The Casket Lottery ‣ The Dillinger Escape Plan ‣ Within the Ruins ‣ Zao

I like to collect CDs and tapes and enjoy finding them secondhand IRL the most. I don't buy new unless it's directly from the artist! I have a route that includes all of the stores that have used media and it's fun to run around from time to time. My favorite stores to hit are Movie Trading Co. (now Vintage Stock) and Half Price Books.

You can see a good chunk of my CD/tape collection on my Discogs but as with most things, it hasn't been updated in awhile. I do use it as an active wishlist wink wink nudge nudge. I also have a shit ton of merch (of course, why wouldn't I) and a TShirtSlayer that I update in my mind.