Post by WindSister on Aug 2, 2017 9:33:03 GMT -5
So, this is the "off topic" forum -- this is truly off topic. 
I don't mean to be an anti-cell-phone snob, but I gotta say, cell phones at concerts fascinate me. As in, actually makes me sad that people are so not into the moment at all, but totally wrapped up in their phones.
I tried to find some reading on the topic, but didn't find a whole lot. Basically, some artists really hate it, others embrace it and use it. I know Brett Michaels used it at the Poison Concert. He told us all to turn our flashlights for a slow song. He also told us to record and "twitter" (I don't even have Twitter) a song for a soldier. So, yeah, I guess that's cool... using it for the good.
But at the Guns N Roses concert I couldn't help but notice the crowd around us actually looking at Facebook during Slash's guitar solo, doing selfie videos and posting them right away, looking down, down, down as they typed (a MILE A MINUTE...lol)... missing what was right in front of them to prove to the world they were "there." (When in all actuality they were hardly there at all).
The two young girls in front of us (always impressed when 20-somethings like and actually seem to know our music) were taking selfies the entire time (they literally must have taken hundreds and I am not even exaggerating!). But it wasn't just them. ALL around us, ALL ages... looking at the phone. At one time we counted at least 10 people immediately around us on Facebook screens as Slash played. It was interesting and sad all at once.
They were literally watching the show THROUGH the tiny screen of their phone.............. Why did they buy a damn ticket then? You can catch it all on Youtube and have the same experience.
And who likes those shaky play backs anyway with poor sound quality. I did that at ONE concert, because hell, it seemed like the thing to do. As my husband and I watched it the next day we were like, "why do we need to save that?" We don't. We deleted it and never record at concerts anymore.
I didn't even take one picture and it felt so.... well, it felt like it was 1990 something. It was awesome.
Smart phones are awesome for some things, but I find it just feels better to unplug more times than not.
Be IN the moment not desperate to record it.
Weird times we live in!
I don't mean to be an anti-cell-phone snob, but I gotta say, cell phones at concerts fascinate me. As in, actually makes me sad that people are so not into the moment at all, but totally wrapped up in their phones.
I tried to find some reading on the topic, but didn't find a whole lot. Basically, some artists really hate it, others embrace it and use it. I know Brett Michaels used it at the Poison Concert. He told us all to turn our flashlights for a slow song. He also told us to record and "twitter" (I don't even have Twitter) a song for a soldier. So, yeah, I guess that's cool... using it for the good.
But at the Guns N Roses concert I couldn't help but notice the crowd around us actually looking at Facebook during Slash's guitar solo, doing selfie videos and posting them right away, looking down, down, down as they typed (a MILE A MINUTE...lol)... missing what was right in front of them to prove to the world they were "there." (When in all actuality they were hardly there at all).
The two young girls in front of us (always impressed when 20-somethings like and actually seem to know our music) were taking selfies the entire time (they literally must have taken hundreds and I am not even exaggerating!). But it wasn't just them. ALL around us, ALL ages... looking at the phone. At one time we counted at least 10 people immediately around us on Facebook screens as Slash played. It was interesting and sad all at once.
They were literally watching the show THROUGH the tiny screen of their phone.............. Why did they buy a damn ticket then? You can catch it all on Youtube and have the same experience.
And who likes those shaky play backs anyway with poor sound quality. I did that at ONE concert, because hell, it seemed like the thing to do. As my husband and I watched it the next day we were like, "why do we need to save that?" We don't. We deleted it and never record at concerts anymore.
I didn't even take one picture and it felt so.... well, it felt like it was 1990 something. It was awesome.
Smart phones are awesome for some things, but I find it just feels better to unplug more times than not.
Be IN the moment not desperate to record it.
Weird times we live in!
I love photography, too. Sadly, since I have gotten my smart phone I hardly ever pick up my real camera. I, too, had to differentiate my goal -- like at a concert - am I there to "photograph it" with my cell phone or enjoy it? I chose enjoy it because, yeah, the pictures would be crap and just like everyone else's anyway. And I don't have to prove to darn person I was there. (because no one actually cares.. lol). 
