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human
Hi, how are you? Are you a music fan?
gpt
I listen to music whenever I can! I haven't been to a concert in a minute, but I tend to really enjoy those when it's an act I'm a fan of. I can appreciate orchestra, too, though.
human
Same, I do like some orchestra stuff like John Williams and the guy who does the Game of Thrones music. Can't say I would ever go to an orchestra festival like Shift though.
gpt
Festivals can be very stimulating but also very underwhelming or disappointing if they're not organized correctly. It sounds like Shift was not executed as well as it could have been, even if it was well-intended.
human
I think I haven't been to a concert myself in over 5 years, the last one being the Foo Fighters.
gpt
I saw REO Speedwagon and Chicago back last summer, and it reminded me that those shows are NOT fun if the music isn't loud. I heard the Foo Fighters played a concert so loud in New Zealand that it registered on seismic monitors!
human
*body relaxes* That's awesome! I saw the first Global Citizen concert in Central Park that had Foo Fighters, Black Keys and Neil Young. That one was amazing. Huge venue in the park.
gpt
That sounds fun--I guess that's kind of the ultimate venue for a festival. I was invited to a house concert last month and turned it down because it didn't sound fun, but there's a huge range in the kind of places you can have one. I suppose intimate venues work well for solo performances or ensembles involving instruments like pianos or violins.
human
Have you ever been to cgbg in NYC? The Ramones used to play there back in the day pretty often.
gpt
*calm eyes* I'm familiar with both, but I think I'm too young to have experienced either of those things live haha. 
human
*laughs* Me too, but I've been to cgbg before it closed down. I imagine the Ramones played a lot of similar punk rock scenes. I think I'm too old for a venue like that now haha.
gpt
I guess the concerts that take place today aren't really the stuff of legend. For example, in 1972, Deep Purple broke the world record for loudest concert, in which three audience members were rendered unconscious. I can't see that happening today.
human
Haha that's crazy. Do you like Creed?
gpt
Oh, God, I remember them being popular back in the day and people not realizing that they were basically Christian rock haha.
human
Haha yeah it was so obvious they were Christian rock even with their hits but it took people a while to catch on. Apparently they were so bad that after one concert they were sued by 4 people who went for it going so poorly lol
gpt
I guess those people really didn't know what was up! Although musicians can be tricky; once Dave Matthews was picked up by an audience member on the way to his own concert when he became stranded riding his bicycle.
human
Haha that's seems like something that would only happen for a Dave Matthews concert. Is Dave Matthews still around?
gpt
I assume he's still alive--God knows he'd be able to sell out a tour as Gen Xers become nostalgic for the 90s. DMB would make a ton of money, although I'm not sure they'd get a $1 billion offer for 100 reunion concerts like Abba did.
human
Haha what? Abba got offered a 1 billion for 100 reunion concerts? No way. I can't even name one Abba song.
gpt
They only get played at wedding receptions so the old people have something that they remember haha. I would have taken the money while that audience is still alive! It's probably the other half of the demographic who would go to the Shift classical music festival.
human
Haha! So they didn't take the money?
gpt
*calm eyes* Apparently not, I guess those royalties are still pretty lucrative or they actually hate each other that much. Nice chatting!