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latinthusiast · 3 months ago

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formally lodging my boomer-ass complaint about phones at gigs:

the more we accept filming entire songs and shows on phones the harder it is to see the performance live because everyone's arms are up near the front of the crowd, and in turn, the more people try to see by holding their phone above their head and watching back later. it's an endless feedback loop and it kills the ability to enjoy live music in other ways at the show, like dancing, singing, seeing the performance, or interacting with the fans around you.

i'm not saying nobody film any part of any gig. in fact, i usually try to get a few clips myself if it's safe to.

i am saying that gluing your eyes to your phone camera is annoying. it's not morally wrong, but it's fucking annoying. it's not terribly thoughtful.

when you hold your phone up to film, you're blocking the view of everyone behind you and (probably) standing stock-still in a place where possibly people have come to dance, so do so sparingly, please.

#worst shows ive been to are the ones where everyone is filming #nothing worse than a GA standing-room gig where you're 5 rows back and can't see a thing #i know we love living vicariously through others on the internet #i would gladly give up seeing gigs through other peoples phones #mentally prepared for someone to make the argument that gigs arent financially accessible ergo its an accessibility issue #as if the solution to that would be to make everyone at the show miserable instead of breaking up ticketmaster #or arguing for the restructuring of the music industry #sorry yall but making this kind of content comes with a price and it's some of the people around you thinking you're an asshole

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