June 7th, 2014 was quite possibly the best day of my life. June 7th, 2014 was the day I was lucky enough to see my idol, Lindsey Stirling perform live. This is the story of the time I went to see Lindsey Stirling during her 2014 Shatter Me tour.
I told my mom about the tour (she was very enthusiastic (about the reasonable price part) and she couldn't see a reason why I couldn't go. Unfortunately, there was a block in the road. June 11th, 2014. The scheduled date of the Columbus concert. Also the date of a very important church event I absolutely could not miss. This. Was. Terrible. I told my mom I might never get a chance to see Lindsey Stirling like this again, so we kept looking for a solution.
This tale began on the day Lindsey Stirling's second album, Shatter Me, was released. Lindsey Stirling is a violinist, who creates an innovative style of music blending classical violin, and many other genres, including dubstep, rock and hip-hop. She started her journey to fame on YouTube, and released an album in 2012. Below is a link to her song "Crystallize"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHjpOzsQ9YI
Back to the story. Shatter Me was released at the very beginning of May. Being a huge fan of Lindsey, I bought it right away and watched the new music video for the title track. At the end of the said music video, Lindsey made a very exciting announcent that she was going on tour. I did a little googling, and learned that Lindsey Stirling was going on tour, IN COLUMBUS, FOR A REASONABLE PRICE!!!!!!!!!!!!
The solution? See Lindsey Stirling on a different day, in a different city. We decided that the best date would be Saturday, June 7th in Detroit, Michigan. We were going to see this concert!
Fast forward to June, me and my mom were ready to go! We were taking a road trip to Detroit, just the two of us, to see the concert. The drive to Detroit was about three and a half hours long, and was pretty boring. We just listened to music and all there was to see from the road was grass.
At around 5:00, our amazing night at the concert began. We drove to the Masonic Temple in downtown Detroit, and waited in line for what seemed like all of eternity. It was INSANE. The doors were supposed to open at 6, and the concert start at 7, but we didn't even get in the building until 7! Little did we know, that was only the beginning.
We got into the mosh pit, and since we came early, got to stand like three rows away from the stage. Three rows away from my favorite musician in the entire world!!! Unfortunately, that lasted for only about three minutes. Someone squeezed into our perfect spots when my mom was taking a picture, and I backed away from the picture so I wouldn't be rude. Well, in hindsight, it wouldn't be as rude as a really tall person standing in front of two short people!
So, I'm finally at a good position, thanks to some nice people who let me stand in front of them, but where is the concert? The concert started almost an HOUR late. An hour that should have been filled with awesome violin music and cheering crowds, but was filled by rude people trying to move in front of me and my feet were really hurting. When will this concert start?!
Evenutally, the concert did start. And as so many concerts do, it was with an opening act. Dia Frampton was okay, not very memorable though. I can't even remember the songs. I was glad the concert was starting, and to finally have some music to dance to.
FINALLY, Lindsey Stirling took the the stage! The first song she performed was the first track of her album, Beyond The Veil. Taking inspiration from the title, we could only see her silhouette from behind an enormus black curtain. Then, when the beat dropped, the entire thing fell to the ground, and Lindsey jumped from her platform and came down, playing her violin better than she could in any video. That moment, when I saw he play for the first time, when I could see the passion in which she played, was unlike anything I had ever experienced before.
The entire array of songs she played were just as electrifying and passionate as the first. The one that moved me the most was an acoustic version of her song Trancendance, from her first album.That was the song I was really able to see how talented of a violinist Lindsey Stirling really was. I could see how passionate she was about the violin, without any flashy music, lights or dancing blocking it. I was inspired by her.
Words cannot describe how amazing the concert was, and I have already written enough about this day of my life. After the concert, I bought a t-shirt, and my mom and I drove home to the hotel, exhausted, sore, and completely awestruck by the concert. We drove home the next day, a drive just as uninteresting as the first. The night is just a memory now, but I will never, ever forget the time I went to Lindsey Stirling's 2014 Shatter Me tour in Detroit.
