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Concerts – More Than Just A Waste Of Money

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">For many&comma; attending a concert is considered as a waste of money&comma; with the reasoning that it sounds better on the CD anyways&period; However&comma; money is not the only thing one should think about when they are debating about seeing their favorite artist live in concert&period; Live Concerts offer numerous benefits that should be taken in consideration during the decision making process&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In addition to the simple&comma; pure fun that can be found at concerts&comma; there are also scientific reasons behind attending concerts&period; Mainly&comma; experience is one of the most important reasons that one should consider when scrolling through the listings about their favorite artists attending their city&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-878 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;incrediblemag&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;Photo&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Concerts – More Than Just A Waste Of Money" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"398" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The brain classifies going to a concert as an &OpenCurlyQuote;experience’&comma; rather than an expenditure&period; Hence&comma; it is not considered as a material purchase&period; This places them in the same category as all the Thanksgiving dinners and Christmas parties&comma; which means that they will be retained as a memory for a long term&period; As memories fade&comma; the brain remembers the fun and good memories&comma; cutting out the bad experiences&period; Since material purchases fade&comma; the brain considers it as short-term happiness and the memory of a material purchase is temporary&semi; it is more likely to fade from the mind&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">This ideology that experiences are more likely remembered are proven in psychological research conducted by Van Boven &amp&semi; Gilovich&period; More research conducted on this has shown similar results – the brain considers experiences to be superior as compared to possessions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Experiences are not the only benefits that come with attending a concert&comma; there are also many physical benefits such as burning calories&period; Concerts involve a lot of dancing&comma; jumping&comma; yelling and also an overall increase in energy and this energy translates to burning calories&period; The movement required when attending a concert burns far more calories than sitting on a couch listening to the music on a CD player or an iPod&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Concerts are not only the ones that include mosh pits&comma; but can also be the ones that take place in intimate settings such as coffee shops&period; At these places&comma; budding musicians and local bands come to share their music with everyone&period; There are great places where one can discover new music&comma; before the musicians get famous&period; The huge concerts can also be a good place to discover new music&comma; as many of the bands have opening acts that include up-and-coming musicians&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Not only do concerts provide a great outing with friends&comma; they can also be a perfect place to meet new people who share the same taste in music&period; It is one of the safest places where people can meet new people and instantly feel a connection through the music&period; If that is not enough&comma; it is also a good place to meet one’s favorite artist&period; In many concerts&comma; artists come down the stage to meet their fans or even throw special merchandise that is designed specifically for the concert&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">These concerts can also be full of surprises as one never knows what unexpected thing might happen&period; Some artists end up revealing new sound tracks at their concerts&comma; if they love the energy of the fans&period; They might even crowd-surf – i&period;e&period; throw themselves literally at their fans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Once a person sits down to consider what they have to gain from going to a live concert&comma; they will find that the benefits of attending a concert often outweigh the monetary losses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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