Do Make Say Think

Truly inspirational music is very difficult to find but if one is to be successful I highly suggest using musicians to assist you in your search. I was living at the 24/7 house in London, Ontario, when I went to the best concert I have ever seen. The 24/7 house was filled with musicians and artists. I listened to tons of great music while I was there. One night in late september on a whim I went with Danny to a concert in Guelph, On. When I got in the car I was happy to see that someone was dolling out mushrooms to make the "trip" more enjoyable. We had no idea where in Guelph wer were going other that "Old Quebec Street". I listened to an old album of the band we were going to see, Do Make Say Think.
As far as I could tell Do Make Say Think was an atmospheric band, but I had no idea what was to come. We turned off the highway and headed for downtown Guelph. As we were travelling through the downtown I saw a mall with the words "Old Quebec Street" across the front. We were all relieved to find the place that easy. We found a parking spot and walked back. The mushrooms were kicking in huge by now. There were about 50 people in line when we got there but we walked past everyone, up the wheelchair ramp, and in the doors. They let us in and sold us our tickets, we asked where the washrooms were so they pointed down the hall. When we exited the washrooms we noticed that the band was setting up, so we walked up to the T shirt distributor and started a conversation so that we could watch the stage. A highly stressed out woman who appeared to be some type of manager came over to the vendor and started drilling him about "selling their own stuff", and how "usually they did that". The vendor then stood up and said he had to go and play, and left. The woman then took his place at the table and tried to upsell us the T-shirts and Vinyl. We walked back out and took our place in line.
Thats about when we noticed that we were the first ones with tickets, I have mentioned that the concert was being held in a mall, but the inside of it was modeled after an outside market from 100 years ago. The blocks were meant to look old but the mortar was far too perfect. The band was playing at the end of the main hall which must have been 40' wide, and 250' long.
Once inside again we worked our way up to the front. The amount of gear onstage was ridicilous, only then did I reconsider the music that I had heard on the way to the concert in terms of the number of insturmentalists it would take to recreate. When Do Make Say Think stepped on stage I realized fully. From left to right there were 2 violinists, 2 saxaphonists, 2 drummers, 2 guitarists, a trumpet/tuba player, and a killer bassist. The music was unlike anything I had ever heard. The interweaving of distinct sounds was astounding. With 2 drummers, and such a good bassist the possibilities for atmosphere was intense. Even with 10 members on stage playing there was so much "space" in the music. Then I noticed that the drummer on the right was the T-shirt vendor we were talking to earlier. The blending of those insturments was truly phenomenal. The bass and drums travelled through your body, the strings clashed, creating huge gaps in the atmosphere which was then filled by the horns. The trumpet in particular seemed to reach through the cresciendo of music, and slap you in the face with the most pleasant piercing.
Do Make Say Think played for 2 solid hours barely pausing even for applause, then they came out and played for atleast 20 minutes as an encore.
The music resonated through me for days.