a different taste

last night i went to my first instrumental concert ever!

it was pretty cool. pat metheny trio - pat metheny, antonio sanchez and christian mcbride. my first jazz concert too.

thanks to soaps' friend, who couldn't make it at the last minute, i got a free (and very good!!!) ticket!!! =D muahaha... thanks again soaps, and friend-whom-i-do-not-know...

we enjoyed our complimentary glass of red wine (mmm...) before the show. our seats were pretty central and not too near the front, but there were a couple of irritating people sitting near us who attempted to groove to the music, shaking our seats in the process. sheesh...

pat metheny was a lot more 'lao2 tu3' looking than i anticipated. but oh man, his guitar playing is jaw-dropping! i was quite mesmerised for the first two songs. after that i focused on the drums =)

dishy drummer. heh.

it was eye-opening to see how he flips sticks, uses both ends of the sticks to play, and plays super super fast fills! i know to some people it's not so "Wow!" but to me, it was my first time actually seeing such stuff. Cool. =)

anyways... i realised about half way through the 2 hours with no intermission performance that, in the end, i still prefer jazz with lyrics. heh.

but it was definitely a good kind of different experience. =)