Friday, February 8, 2008

Audience should do what?

After reading a couple articles on-line today, I remembered how much I hate technology in the audience when I'm at a performance/show. Sure it's a free country and I'm not going to stop anyone from enjoying themselves by any means, unless it's encrouching on my freedom.
When I give in and pay somoe ticket-scalping machine/person/leach, for good seats to a show; or when I take the effort to plan the logistics of eating, then using the bathroom, then bringing a bottle of water with me to try and get near the stage 3 bands before the one I want to see so I can have a nice experience and then there are 50 people up front with picture phones and camcorders, it is gosh darn distracting as hell. I did actually yell at one guy, one time (and appologized shortly afterward); for messing around for an inordinate amount of time with his cell phone while he was right next to me. I said something to the effect "If you payed attention to the show you won't need a bunch of pictures of it, burn it into your mind!" This was after a few other concerts where lots of people where acting similarly and I just had to say something.
Let the venue/band do the lighting. I don't need a freaking cell-phone blue-screen amalgamation. Speaking of let the venue band do it. Most of the time they do, If there's a little corral in front of the stage with a few pro-photogs with buku eqquipment, why the heak are you snapping a cell-phone pic!!!!!!!??????!!!!! Are you so anxious to get into the matrix that you let everyone know everything you're doing all the time, and if this is the case then I think the matrix will reject you do to stupidity. Find out where the pro-pics are and forward a couple to you're friends AFTER the show.
Anyway, what got me started on this was the story about Band of Horses at Canes last summer. I was there and could have have given a rat's butt and didn't even notice her, had there been 20 people filming the show, then yeah, that would have called for a riot. Or 30 people with thier cell-phones in the air for half the show then the mood would have been lost. I think, like my outburst, the artist had just had enough and one person was forced to bear the brunt of acccumulated frustration. Everything changes, even audience habits. But if the music isn't enjoyment enough for you're attention and you feel the need for another distraction, then fine, no problem, just go the heck to the back and do it there, where eager fans won't be distracted.

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