When I was in Primary School Year 3 I went to the first concert of my life where the lights, sound, songs and instruments mixed together on stage and reached my ears. When the drummer struck the first beat of the concert, my whole heart and eardrums were captivated by the low frequencies and started swaying to the rhythm. When the singer got to the hit song, the whole arena sang along with it, which was very powerful.

I then fell in love with live music, the difference between listening to music live and on my phone or vinyl is that it’s more powerful for me. Many music apps now have the ability to add effects to the original audio file, such as live effects, weighted bass, and custom effects. Although these effects can slightly change the feel of the original audio for me, they still don’t have the same atmosphere as live music.

When I wasn’t there to watch football I watched it live on my electronics and I very clearly remember being in front of the screen during the 2014 World Cup final but I could feel the tension. During the final minutes of the Germany game, when the German players had the ball, the Argentine fans booed and when the Argentine players had the ball, the German fans booed. I watched my first live game before the 2020 pandemic, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium I watched the Champions League group stage and really experienced the sound of the action. There was a middle-aged fan behind me who kept shouting the names of the players and trying to call their tactics, his voice was particularly obvious when there was no other cheering, but when the team song reached us, everyone’s voice drowned him out. On top of that I felt the high frequency of the boos from the fans when a player took a penalty was so harsh.