My friends take me to concerts around Detroit and they adamantly support local bands. While I love music, music was always a backdrop to my life as opposed to a significant part of my life. I love experiencing new things, but never felt the passion they felt for the music. This was the case until I saw The Sea and Cake at the Magic Stick. My friend had never been to The Magic Stick and was shocked by the small size of the venue – intimate is the word used to promote this small place, but it is exactly this intimacy that garnered my epiphanic experience. The music itself was unique and memorable, but sharing the music with the spectrum of followers was surreal. The proximity each of these fans to the band itself was a delight in and of itself. The concert experience one has in Detroit is a financial bargain in comparison to most cities and I look forward to supporting local and visiting bands in the future.