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Whether the video will be important to you, or a well-made video, is not at all the article I was expecting. 1. It's a distraction to the artist. Some of them

Whether the video will be important to you, or a well-made video, is not at all the article I was expecting. 1. It's a distraction to the artist. Some of them don't like their shows to be filmed. Some of them feel extra performance anxiety. and if they screw up in even the smallest possible way, it will be all over social media for as long as those servers and the wires connecting them haven't turned to rust. 2. It's rude to everyone else in the audience. It's inevitably blocking someone else's view. It's not a part of the show, yet there is your phone wagging in someone's face. it's not nice and it's not fair. 3. It's unnecessary because rest assured Taytay's show that night will be immortalized somehow. 4. The article does say one true thing- your video is most likely unwatchable garbage. That's why you should stop filming concerts.

mikestew 3y ago
The article does say one true thing- your video is most likely unwatchable garbage. It does seem like one of those things you do once, and learn your lesson. But experience would say otherwise, because my peers should be old enough to know that Roger Daltrey (look it up, youngsters) is going to be a fuzzy blur when you go to rewatch, and yet...
tetha 3y ago
> 2. It's rude to everyone else in the audience. It's inevitably blocking someone else's view. It's not a part of the show, yet there is your phone wagging in someone's face. it's not nice and it's not fair. This was so obnoxious at the headliner at a festival a month back or so. Like, rows 10 - 15 just had a wall of phones up to record, blocking most views with phone screens. And the few gaps were then blocked by people having their girlfriends on shoulders further in front. Even somewhat forward in the crowd, you could see almost nothing of the show. And this wasn't a short memorability video, they were recording 10 minutes + straight away. And it wasn't even a funny reason. I've had concerts with a massive blow up ship or a massive plush sheep crowd surfing and at times, it was in the way, sure. Then someone got annoyed and gave it a solid shove and it was funny. I eventually left that concert because if I can't see anything but phone screens, I can sit and listen at the tent as well and drink infinitely cheaper beer. The crowd was extremely rude as well. Like, people were trying to get to the toilet and other people were like "No, we are 5 guys in a row we're dancing here and we're blocking 10 meters of space and we can't make space, we're dancing here". Like, what the fuck. I've been in rough moshpits capable of routing around someone for a minute to let them pass. And don't get me wrong, I do like to take shitty grainy photos of funny moments during the concert as memories. I have some really fun images which spur memories of great concerts. But those can be ninja'd very well. Zoom in first, put it up, let it focus, take a photo, phone's gone in 10 seconds tops.
m463 3y ago
I think it is part of the new experience. The only people who could change it are the musicians, probably by just asking for it before playing. honestly though, I can imagine the musicians more likely to get the audience riled up - "I can't HEAR you!" "I can't see your PHONES!" :)
- neuralRiot 3y ago
  Probably the “screen-generation” needs to learn how to really enjoy an experience. Photography is one of my hobbies but for me it’s a different experience that enjoying being on certain place. Seeing a glacier for example is a completely different thing than trying to capture an image that would convey what you feel by being there. Same as taking a portrait of somebody is not the same as talking to them.

mikestew 3y ago

The article does say one true thing- your video is most likely unwatchable garbage. It does seem like one of those things you do once, and learn your lesson. But experience would say otherwise, because my peers should be old enough to know that Roger Daltrey (look it up, youngsters) is going to be a fuzzy blur when you go to rewatch, and yet...

tetha 3y ago

> 2. It's rude to everyone else in the audience. It's inevitably blocking someone else's view. It's not a part of the show, yet there is your phone wagging in someone's face. it's not nice and it's not fair. This was so obnoxious at the headliner at a festival a month back or so. Like, rows 10 - 15 just had a wall of phones up to record, blocking most views with phone screens. And the few gaps were then blocked by people having their girlfriends on shoulders further in front. Even somewhat forward in the crowd, you could see almost nothing of the show. And this wasn't a short memorability video, they were recording 10 minutes + straight away. And it wasn't even a funny reason. I've had concerts with a massive blow up ship or a massive plush sheep crowd surfing and at times, it was in the way, sure. Then someone got annoyed and gave it a solid shove and it was funny. I eventually left that concert because if I can't see anything but phone screens, I can sit and listen at the tent as well and drink infinitely cheaper beer. The crowd was extremely rude as well. Like, people were trying to get to the toilet and other people were like "No, we are 5 guys in a row we're dancing here and we're blocking 10 meters of space and we can't make space, we're dancing here". Like, what the fuck. I've been in rough moshpits capable of routing around someone for a minute to let them pass. And don't get me wrong, I do like to take shitty grainy photos of funny moments during the concert as memories. I have some really fun images which spur memories of great concerts. But those can be ninja'd very well. Zoom in first, put it up, let it focus, take a photo, phone's gone in 10 seconds tops.

m463 3y ago

I think it is part of the new experience. The only people who could change it are the musicians, probably by just asking for it before playing. honestly though, I can imagine the musicians more likely to get the audience riled up - "I can't HEAR you!" "I can't see your PHONES!" :)

neuralRiot 3y ago
Probably the “screen-generation” needs to learn how to really enjoy an experience. Photography is one of my hobbies but for me it’s a different experience that enjoying being on certain place. Seeing a glacier for example is a completely different thing than trying to capture an image that would convey what you feel by being there. Same as taking a portrait of somebody is not the same as talking to them.