Last week I went to my first concert at Red Rocks. It was AMAZING, and even better than I could have ever imagined. I’m now hooked on Red Rocks, and I’m hooked on EDM/Dubstep music. I LOVE new experiences. But I didn’t used to. I remember when Donnie and I went on our engagement road trip (I didn’t know that’s what it was!) from Missouri to Colorado, and I was nervous. I was nervous and unsure about the trip. Why? I don’t know. I didn’t have the thirst for adventure that I do now or the constant yearning for new experiences. I liked my bubble and my comfy zone. And I was so focused on being a psychology college student, and not much else. Quick summary, I wasn’t really living.
Now I’m an entirely different person, and that’s good because our engagement trip was in 2015 and it’s 2024. I sure hope I’ve grown and changed! If you don’t know what EDM (electronic dance music) or Dubstep is, it has a lot of sounds, a lot of bass, and a lot of good vibes produced by artists/DJs. When Donnie said a few years ago that he’d love to go to one of these concerts sometime, I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. Going to a concert, but not seeing someone singing into a microphone onstage? Instead, it’s a DJ? But when the opportunity came up to go to Red Rocks to see Marshmello and Svdden Death, I couldn’t pass it up. So, I took Donnie up on his offer—to go see an EDM/Dubstep concert.
I love Marshmello. He was at the Aspen X Games in January 2018, our first year in Colorado. We were at the Aspen X Games with our good friend Aaron, and we had thought about going over to Marshmello’s concert but didn’t. This experience last week felt surreal to us, because we were finally going to see Marshmello after all, and Aaron was going with us! While I’m not as well-versed in EDM/Dubstep music as Donnie and Aaron, I have always liked Marshmello and been familiar with his music.
Of all the concerts I have been to, and the different genres, this genre of music was my favorite crowd to be among. From the moment we parked at the venue, I noticed everyone’s unique outfits and everyone’s good vibes. It was a Thursday afternoon, and we were really living. What a great feeling to have.
I suddenly realized that although I had a long few days of work to get to Thursday’s night at Red Rocks, I was so grateful for it. My long days Monday-Wednesday were SO worth it. Work will always be there. Our life won’t be. I absolutely hate it when I’m around anyone who isn’t really living their life. I’m talking about the people that never take time off, never do the things that they want to do, and live a very mundane, mediocre life. And it’s all to their own choosing. Just as my life, and experiences are my choice. I posted in a caption on social media the day after the concert, that I will not be someone who gets to the end of my life and wish that I would have done something, but never did. And I mean that.
I’ve always been someone who felt deeply impacted by new experiences. Every time I take a trip somewhere, I come back a different Demie. Sometimes, I’ve been a little ashamed or embarrassed by this. Because I realized how much this take on life is not the norm. Now though, I like that this is the way I am. I don’t miss a moment of my life. I love to say that I can go to a concert and feel deeply impacted by my experience. I soak up everything. Every moment and every day on Earth. I live my life through gratitude, always.
I think new experiences are healthy. I think new experiences are necessary to growth and evolving. One of my core values is to be constantly growing, changing, and evolving. Being around the EDM/Dubstep crowd at Red Rocks Thursday night, was one of those experiences for me. And I really believe I’ve been missing out by never experiencing that before. Now, I can’t wait to experience it again.
Another realization I had Thursday night, was about creativity and collaboration. It was so cool to see how Marshmello and Svdden Death have come together, created such amazing songs together, and put on an amazing performance together.
I’ve always been the type of person that loves learning, and so after the concert I was looking up Marshmello and Svdden Death, and things that I didn’t already know about them. I found out that they are 31 and 30. And so yet again, I had another realization as I too am 30 as of January 2024. Some people have such a problem with turning 30, like it’s bad. Your 20’s are over and that’s something to be upset about. Turning 30 to me was a very big deal. But a big deal in many great ways. I took it very seriously getting the opportunity to greet a whole new decade. I have more accountability for myself, and who I want to be now at 30. I would say that if you are upset about the age you are, whatever that number is—it probably means that you aren’t really living your life. You aren’t happy. And you’re playing it small. Marshmello and Svdden Death certainly aren’t.