Reaching Out to the Stars Read Online Free

they were filming a movie and got to sneak a peak, which could definitely be a very exciting experience. Most of our exchanges with them involve watching them on the big screen, where you don’t get to know the actual actor, Tom Cruise, but instead as the character of Maverick or Jerry Maguire, “Show me the money!”
    Our relationship with television celebrities is the same. Do we really know Jennifer Aniston? The answer is no. We knew and loved her in the role of Rachel Greene, one of our best Friends. We do get to know a little about these big stars on talk shows but as everyone knows, a five minute segment is not a lot of time to really get to know a person.
    Last of all is the media, magazines and tabloids, and one never knows if what is printed is ever really the truth. Of course, we all buy them and read them because we love a little good gossip every now and then. Let’s face it; we will never get to know even a small piece of who these people really are any more than they will ever know us.
    The recording artist, in my opinion, is quite different. Many musical artists tour around the world. Some of them are actually more accessible to their fans and sometimes on a more personal level. They are also not playing the role of anyone but themselves. What you see is what you get. Going to a concert for a fan is a moving experience. Just being in the same vicinity as someone you are a die-hard fan of, whether the seats are the best in the house or the worst, produces a rush I am sure that most people have experienced.
    Personality definitely comes out through song and dance and many fans can relate to lyrics in songs that are sung by their favorite artists. I have always believed that music is what feelings sound like. Most artists who take the stage at a concert will talk to their fans and occasionally even bring them up on stage to be part of the show. There are also backstage passes or meet and greets, where fans can hang out with the stars of the show, get autographs, pictures and other memorabilia.
    These types of exchanges between a fan and a celebrity make a fan feel important, but sometimes also very vulnerable. This is because they allow us to get closer to them, like an invitation to come up on stage or at a meet and greet. When you get the chance to get that close to someone who on a daily basis seems untouchable, it gives us hope that they will somehow let us into their world in some way or another.
    I guess maybe it is a good thing that I have never been the recipient of backstage passes or lucky enough to attend a meet and greet. I would definitely think that, hey, if I can get this close to Justin Timberlake, maybe I can ask him to go out for a cup of coffee. I certainly would not do that, but undeniably, we would all like to think it’s a possibility.
    Although I am a fan of a lot of actors and actresses, on a more personal note, I seem to be more taken with musical artists. I have not been to many concerts, probably less than fifteen, which is a lot to some and so little to others. They have all been very different experiences. This is because there are also different types of fans. As fans, we also like to be looked at as individuals. I am a different type of fan to each artist that I admire. In speaking about these different types of fans, we can all probably put ourselves into one or more of the following categories. I have encountered each type of fan at every show that I have ever attended.
    Let’s start with The Confused Fan . As a fan of the band or artist that we are fond of because we heard one of their songs on the radio that we liked, we will buy the whole CD for just one song if the single is not available. After buying it, we realize that the other tracks are just okay, and then after burning the song we originally liked onto a mix CD, it gets shelved.
    Now that we are living in the millennium, we may not even buy the whole CD but download the one song from iTunes, the artist still making a