It is very hard to find something that sixty thousand people are greatly attracted to, almost to the point of obsession. One single thing that every person in a temporary music city have a strong passion about, and choose to go through great measures in order to experience it with other people just like them. To consider yourself fully part of such a large group of people because of a simple common interest, like music, is even harder to imagine. However, this Halloween, I was amongst these people and my understanding of their incredible passion came full circle with what I experienced.

After waiting all day in the concert grounds with nothing but a blanket and a bottle of water, it finally came time to enjoy the show in the very front. Sixty thousand people were behind me, nearly willing to kill to be standing in the spot, the patch of lush green grass right in front of Trey’s spot, and it was almost time. When they came out it hit me. I understood why Phish music makes their fans feel they way they do. It’s the energy and passion that they have towards their music that rubs off on their fans and since then, has been completely rubbed off on me.