How often do you get a chance to see live music

I attend live music about 4Xs per month as in Seattle we have several jazz and blues clubs which are higher end establishments avoiding the drunken, loud inattentive blokes described by the previous respondant. Also, several festivals such as the Django Reinhardt festival on Whidbey Island.

Yes listening to live music can be a positive experience if the performances are in the right venue and the people who attend are polite and respect the music as well (rather than being loud and annoying).

The only live events I have gone to in 20+ years that did NOT suck were a piano recital in a private large room. And a String quartet in a medium size room.
Every 'amplified' concert was TOO LOUD TOO LOUD TOO LOUD to be listenable. (Just like theaters and movies.. too loud!)
If I go to an amplified event, I bring earplugs.. That sucks.

That's why stereo's shouldn't sound like live you are there. That's what the studio is for. Hardly any bands sound like they are in the studio when they play live. It's great when they do but it doesn't happen very often.

At least monthly, often several times in a month, and I jave enjoyed every one of them except one, where a row of drunk males spoiled it so I left. That one was Tom Petty.