First and foremost, I have had the craziest year of music ever! Having the opportunity to do 3 different festivals has been great. Before all of this I had only been to Rothbury 2008 and 2009. It is my festival home and I love to be there more than anything else in the world.
In June 2010, my mother died and I missed a lot of live music I was planning to attend including Bonnaroo and Cheese at Horning's. It was a terrible year for me and with no Rothbury to keep me standing it just felt out of place. I was determined to make up for it in 2011 and I did by far! First of all, I must have been getting some great karma from Cheezus because in April just shortly after the announcement of Electric Forest, I got hooked up PHAT and got a Media Pass to the festival. It enabled to feel like I actually deserved to be a part of what is my favorite place on earth by giving something back to everyone! I had never felt so honored, almost feeling undeserving. One thing I did know was I wanted to do my best.
Before the VIP treatment at Electric Forest, I went as a normal festy to Summercamp Music Festival. I had an awesome time. It was my first festival outside of Rothbury, MI. It was my first opportunity to meet a lot of my festival family for the first time and I am so grateful to have all of them in my life. Each and every person I have met is amazing. It all started with Infobury and we have now become one huge entity of awesome that expands much farther than a message board!
I somehow had even more good fortune and managed a MEDIA PASS to Hoxeyville music festival too. I got to do my first ever artist interviews and I learned so much. I did my best to give something back and punlive.net is what I have done thus far. I have no intentions of stopping. Even without media passes and superstardom in 2012, I am determined to continue covering music. My next investment is a real camera. I am going to start making many more edited videos and hopefully be able to make some that actually look more professional next year. I know everything thus far is pretty amateur looking but I kinda like my feel :) I think we took the festival scene by storm this year. High definition smart-phones have not been out that long and I think it is surprising how much footage is being released online. In just minutes after shows you can find quality footage online. It's amazing and I love being a part of it. I love all of you, and I can't wait for next year! ~ Pun
In June 2010, my mother died and I missed a lot of live music I was planning to attend including Bonnaroo and Cheese at Horning's. It was a terrible year for me and with no Rothbury to keep me standing it just felt out of place. I was determined to make up for it in 2011 and I did by far! First of all, I must have been getting some great karma from Cheezus because in April just shortly after the announcement of Electric Forest, I got hooked up PHAT and got a Media Pass to the festival. It enabled to feel like I actually deserved to be a part of what is my favorite place on earth by giving something back to everyone! I had never felt so honored, almost feeling undeserving. One thing I did know was I wanted to do my best.
Before the VIP treatment at Electric Forest, I went as a normal festy to Summercamp Music Festival. I had an awesome time. It was my first festival outside of Rothbury, MI. It was my first opportunity to meet a lot of my festival family for the first time and I am so grateful to have all of them in my life. Each and every person I have met is amazing. It all started with Infobury and we have now become one huge entity of awesome that expands much farther than a message board!
I somehow had even more good fortune and managed a MEDIA PASS to Hoxeyville music festival too. I got to do my first ever artist interviews and I learned so much. I did my best to give something back and punlive.net is what I have done thus far. I have no intentions of stopping. Even without media passes and superstardom in 2012, I am determined to continue covering music. My next investment is a real camera. I am going to start making many more edited videos and hopefully be able to make some that actually look more professional next year. I know everything thus far is pretty amateur looking but I kinda like my feel :) I think we took the festival scene by storm this year. High definition smart-phones have not been out that long and I think it is surprising how much footage is being released online. In just minutes after shows you can find quality footage online. It's amazing and I love being a part of it. I love all of you, and I can't wait for next year! ~ Pun
