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Descriptive Essay About Chris Tomlin Concert

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On October 20th, I attended a Chris Tomlin concert with special guest performer Matt Maher. I attended the concert with a group from Assumption College Campus Ministry. As the concert began, the stage was dark and suddenly, a video starts playing with words flashing across the screen telling us all the qualities of God in Jesus Christ, and this was accompanied with a tremendous light show in the concert hall. During this explosion of visual sensory overload, the words on the screen were being recited at an extremely loud volume, and was accompanied by rolls of thunder where the bass shook the entire body. After about 10-minutes, everything went dark and quiet, then Chris appears on the stage. It was clear that Chris was not just here to sing, but also to sell a religious experience. This fabricated environment seemed to be forced upon the audience, and it did not at all seem natural. Once Chris was on stage, he began singing a cover of Break Every Chain. The song itself is very powerful and very stable, repeating the same four chords over and over. This cord structure allows the audience to focus more on the message in the lyrics than a complex and distracting rhythm. As the song went on, additional instruments were added, and the background instruments would become more active when there was a lull in the vocals. I could see and hear a piano, guitar, bass, and drums in the band, as well as Chris’ use of video lightning strikes and audio tracks of thunder to

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