voegeled

I shall invent a new word:

voegele -v. voegeled, voegeleing

(1) means getting your money's worth for a concert you paid to see

(2) when a musician completely rocks the house down through his/her songs, such as in concert tour

Ex. She totally voegeled that one!

Wednesday was THE NIGHT. Yes. It's not a shock to anyone who knows me really well that I am an avid follower of the show "One Tree Hill," the TV drama that was overshadowed by "The O.C." and yet it lasted even longer on air, and wrapped up its sixth season last May. It was this same show where I first heard about Kate Voegele, a brilliant 23-year-old artist and songwriter whose pop rock tunes definitely got my ears listening from the very first time she appeared in an episode playing the piano wearing a hoodie to cover her face. There is no doubt she could belt out a tune, but nevertheless it was her songs and lyrics that got me.

So, Wednesday was THE NIGHT. Yes. Jasmine, Angel, Joanne and I went to the Martini Ranch in Scottsdale to watch Kate Voegele. Great to know that Phoenix became a part of her Lift Me Up Tour. I wouldn't have known about it if it weren't for a random Facebook ad.

The show was supposed to start by 7, but it started at like past 8 o'clock. The line was pretty long and though I expected the place to be jam-packed, it was still a Wednesday night and thought lesser people would be attending.

The front acts particularly dominated the first two hours of the show. Jasmine and I had already finished our Long Island iced tea and a bottle of Corona, and going on our second one actually, when Kate Voegele finally came out of her trailer to perform on stage. All four of us decided to stay by the bar which was near the side of the stage because: (1) We have succumbed to the fact that people there are way taller than us so we saved ourselves from being toppled and blocked by others and confined ourselves to the side stage; and (2) Well, who doesn't want to watch and drink at the same time? Where's the fun in that? So better stay close to the bar. Also, we were right by the window where her trailer was parked and saw some fans like hawks waiting outside the trailer trying to catch a glimpse of her.

What was funny though there were two bars inside Martini Ranch and the first we hanged out at was actually the underage bar. Come to think of it, the guy at the entrance asked for all of our IDs since I guess we didn't look above 21 enough (plus, when he first asked about it, we kind of hesitated to answer not because we were underaged but because of frankly, for me, I cannot even remember what my age is right now. How many people actually asks you that question every single year? Like rarely.) Guess I'll have to look forward to that in the next couple of years.

Kate V. sang a WHOLE lot of her songs, both from the first and second albums. Can't even count how many she did and it was like one song after the other. The whole concert was really worth the 15 bucks! Somewhere in the middle though, almost everyone thought the show was over but I guess she just took a couple minutes to have a bathroom break or something. I thought that was funny.

So yeah, if you are into pop rock, listen to Kate Voegele's songs. She's got great songwriting skills, a great voice, and great songs. Definitely brilliant artist. Of course, I am plugging here.

Some pictures from the concert:



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