Live Album Review

<p>I started a side project for my amusement during a season of life that was painful and</p><p>uncertain. A man of faith would gain wisdom direction and comfort from the sacred text and</p><p>close friends to aid in the next steps of life. The message loud and clear was to get back on the</p><p>horse. Keeping busy was helpful be it puttering around the house and yard while blasting</p><p>music I knew and loved. It was during this activity I rediscovered how much I enjoy live music.</p><p>The purity unpredictability and the revelation of the joy from the musicians performing it for</p><p>people like me who listened with joy. That's when I took it upon myself to start a music page on</p><p>a social media site that I titled Live Album Review. I figured I knew just as much as the next guy</p><p>and certainly was around and remember when most of the music was being created. I had</p><p>many arguments about bands singers and musicians. My stance always rested on who I</p><p>preferred and why. IMHO would be my motto and I tried to bring that attitude to the Live Album</p><p>Review. Sure I went off the reservation at times but that was in a humorous vein.</p><p>After a few years of cranking reviews out friends of the page suggested I put them in book</p><p>form. A book? How many people would care? Early on some reviews would get under a</p><p>thousand reads so I put that idea on the shelf. It was when some reviews started attracting</p><p>tens- of-thousands of readers that I gave the book idea some thought. That thought is what you</p><p>are now reading. I have written over three hundred live album reviews over the years and have</p><p>selected a few of those for this book. I still stand on the foundation that it's my humble opinion</p><p>and if the book does well there might be another one in the future.</p>