June 10th, 2008, 5 Comments »
Last month I wrote about the ubiquity of cameras at concerts. Today, via Metafilter, a journalist asks at least a half-dozen working musicians how they feel about the phenomenon. Their responses are varied. Here’s Sleater-Kinney guitarist (and blogger) Carrie Brownstein:
“As a performer, it’s frustrating to look out and see a sea of cellphones instead of faces. There’s definitely a problem where people are so busy documenting the moment that they forget to just live in the moment.”
The title of this post comes from a Micheal Stipe post (admittedly, it was when REM played SXSW). I don’t have a strong opinion either way on this topic–I just thought this was a handy follow-up from the musician’s perspective.
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June 13th, 2007, 5 Comments »
I was just listening to a bootlegged tune by Feist. It includes the announcer’s introduction, and he welcomes her to the stage with “please welcome Interscope recording artist Feist”.
On a related note, why does every movie begin with several title cards for the studios and production companies? These are familiar and pretty much meaningless to 99% of moviegoers. Nobody chooses a movie because it was bankrolled by Paramount. Admittedly, as a cinephile, I have a few vague feelings about Dreamworks, Miramax and MTV Movies, but they never determine whether I see a particular film.
These announcements have zero marketing power, and only exist to stroke corporate egos. If the entertainment industry cared a little more about its customers, it would eliminate this useless wankery and get us to the stuff we paid for sooner.
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