Kingsfoil

I thought it only right to dedicate a post to my adventure of going to the Kingsfoil concert on the 27th of December.

The concert took place in this place called the Chameleon Club.  It's a club in the middle of Lancaster, PA.  Seriously in the middle of Amish country.  I went with my friend Brittany and on our drive there we saw at least 5 horse and buggies carrying Amish people.  Upon arriving we had to venture around a less than safe seeming part of town to find somewhere I could get change to pay for parking.  After that little detour I accidentally tried to go in an exit of the parking garage but finally I got in and parked and walked across the street to wait over an hour outside in the freezing cold.

After what seemed like forever WE GOT INSIDE WHERE IT WAS WARM.  I got a nice black line written on my hand in marker to be sure I didn't try to buy anything from the bar (oh the joys of being 17) and my friend and I were there early enough that we didn't even have to push our way up to the second row.  Now I say row but there weren't really any rows everyone just packed in but like we were behind the row of people standing against the metal barriers they had.  The club itself was narrow but fairly deep.  Definitely a small venue though.

The first opening act was a girl named Leah.  I can't remember her last name for the life of me but she was absolutely adorable.  She was country with a little bit of pop.









Next was a band called The Separators.  This band consisted of three guys who were either in high school or college, I wasn't quite sure but I saw a black line on the lead singer's hand so he couldn't be older than 20.  Surrounding me seemed to be a group of drunk kids that knew this opening band and let me tell you, I was reminded of why I love going to an all girls school.  I was pushed and danced on by several drunk guys and it was painful.  Thankfully they calmed down and left after The Separators were done.  However, the band was actually really good.  I wasn't sure what I expected but I was just surprised at how talented they were.  Vocally and instrumentally they were incredible.  I also found myself making lots of eye contact with the lead singer, should've given him my number when I had the chance (ha just kidding, I'm not a groupie kind of person I swear).  The Separators are very Arctic Monkey-esque with a hint of 1975.  They're great I would seriously check them out at theseparators.com.


After The Separators came the last opener, Brethren.  This band consisted of five guys who were in their 20s it seemed.  They were very folk/indie/rock I would say.  I actually thought they were great, though slightly different than the previous two acts and Kingsfoil.  It was fun to watch them because they all had quirky things they did whilst performing just their facial expressions were funny at times.  Just one way you could tell they were really into the music which is always great.


And then finally we have Kingsfoil themselves.  Unfortunately one of the band members, Tristan Martin, was in the hospital (I'm not entirely sure what for) so he was unable to be there.  However, the show went on but they had to do an acoustic show and they had little preparation for it.  Regardless of any nerves they claimed to have, their performance was fantastic.  They sang some of my personal favorites like American Veins and What Your Mother Taught You and Quick Fix, along with songs from their new EP, Brave Love.  It was in fact the first time they played their new EP live which was quite cool to experience.

This was my second time seeing Kingsfoil and I knew that afterwards they would meet people at their merch table like they had the first time so my friend and I got right in line as soon as the show ended and we got to meet them again.  I was so nervous I was actually shaking I didn't know why, I mean hey I had met them before, why should I be nervous?  But my friend and I decided we wanted to get pictures with them just by ourselves since we already had a picture with a big group from the concert in September.  We went up and had them sign our newly purchased Brave Love EPs and we mentioned how it was actually the 100 day anniversary since the last time we saw them and we mentioned that we drove from Delaware.  Then Jordan Davis, the lead singer (WHO I LOVE BECAUSE HIS FACE IS ALMOST AS BEAUTIFUL AS HIS VOICE) said, "Oh yeah you guys drove up?  I saw you tweeting I'm so glad you came out."  This just made me so happy, because Kingsfoil follwed me on twitter in September and I guess Jordan was on the account and saw our tweets.  Then we got our pictures and received many thanks from them as we walked away.  It was so great and exciting.  Below are a few photos I took during the concert.  And yes, Frankie Muniz is in this band (he's the drummer).

I know this post may seem pointless but personally I love reading about concert experiences.  If you're interested in new music though I would seriously check out Kingsfoil.  They're on iTunes and Spotify and YoutTube (everywhere basically).

Be Positive.  Be Happy. & Smile.

Kate

Self Portrait

Within a couple of weeks I will be starting my senior year of high school.  I'm 17 years old.  I'm growing up.  Weird.

Okay that's beside the point, the point being- as a senior I am taking an advanced graphic design class.  Throughout the year, I will be building a portfolio to submit for AP credit so in order to complete it on time I had to start in the summer.  Well one of the assignments was to create a self portrait- it didn't necessarily have to be a picture of yourself.

Seeing as I take a lot of photos, I'm making photography the focus of my portfolio.  Rather, finding beauty in the normal, the usual.  I don't really feel like explaining it all because to be honest I'm not quite sure what my focus is myself I'm still figuring it out.  Regardless, this is what happened.  With the assistance of Photoshop and such, I created my self portrait.

It's not 100% complete but I like it nonetheless.  The concept here is that who I am, my self, my being, is made up of so much more than just me.  I am comprised of family and friends and passions and people I maybe have never met.  I like how the image seems quite simple at first glance - a picture of myself, though focused on the camera, I am still in the photo.  When you really look at it though you realize it's much more complex than that.  It's many images within an image.  And that's what I am.