(OT) Phones at concerts

[Indabuff]

What's your opinion on people having the phone in the air to record or stream concerts?  No in between.  Yea or nay.

[TheAud]

So long as people don't hold them up in front of the person behind them more than a brief time here or there, it's fine. 

I question some of the videos people take, but whatever floats your boat. 

Attending concerts is a somewhat serious hobby of mine so I like to take a couple representative videos along with some pictures to document the show for me. I actually go back and watch them from time to time and one day (when I have time....) want to learn how to piece together videos and make montages of various concerts over the years. 

[PerreaultForever]

Kind of a moot point since your tickets are on your phone (unless you are some sort of luddite) so you're going to have it with you regardless. I never record anything, I'm an in the moment kind of person. 

[Weave]

They don’t bother me.  You do you and I’ll do me.

[That Aud Smell]

Not a binary choice for me. Generally speaking, I don’t mind them. There have been a few situations where I found someone’s use of their phone to be obnoxious.

Now, idle conversations on the other hand — those need to stop forever.

Edited 11 hours ago by That Aud Smell

[steveoath]

***** hate it. Enjoy the moment. Fortunately the gigs I play if phones are held up, someone is likely to kick it out their hand haha. 

[LGR4GM]

8 hours ago, Indabuff said:

What's your opinion on people having the phone in the air to record or stream concerts?  No in between.  Yea or nay.

Nay. You're there to experience a moment, to feel it. All your favorite artists already have music videos, no one wants yours. Live in the moment instead of worrying about a video you'll only watch 1 other time. 

[Demoted]

People pay big money for tickets just to watch the concert through the phone.

[SwampD]

3 hours ago, steveoath said:

***** hate it. Enjoy the moment. Fortunately the gigs I play if phones are held up, someone is likely to kick it out their hand haha. 

I hate it when I’m watching a show but love it when I’m playing. I usually try to get the footage (we need to come up with a new term for that.)

[Jorcus]

I guess it beats people blowing off fireworks or smoking so much that the arena was pretty much like building a fire in a chimney without opening the flue. Annoyances change with the times. 

[Hawerchuk]

11 hours ago, TheAud said:

So long as people don't hold them up in front of the person behind them more than a brief time here or there, it's fine. 

(when I have time....) want to learn how to piece together videos and make montages of various concerts over the years. 

I feel the same. If you want to take a short video or a couple pics, no problem at all. But doing it for all or most of the show is pretty annoying.

If you have a Mac computer, iMOVIE is a great and easy program with a very small learning curve to splice and collage your vids and pics together all in one movie. Give it a try.