Alicia Keys bans cell phones and concerts THIS IS CRAZY
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Re: Alicia Keys bans cell phones and concerts THIS IS CRAZY
#2However it should surely be up to the fan, that has paid her $200 for a front row seat, to experience the show as well as capture the moment which in some cases may be a once in a life time experience.
Whilst greatly diluting the actual real-life experience of that moment not only for themselves, but for everyone else who paid $200 a pop for their front-row seats, also.
EDIT: "And not to mention, for the performer also."
Re: Alicia Keys bans cell phones and concerts THIS IS CRAZY
#3However it should surely be up to the fan, that has paid her $200 for a front row seat, to experience the show as well as capture the moment which in some cases may be a once in a life time experience. Whilst greatly diluting the actual real-life experience of that moment not only for themselves, but for everyone else who paid $200 a pop for their front-row seats, also. EDIT: "And not to mention, for the performer al…
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Re: Alicia Keys bans cell phones and concerts THIS IS CRAZY
#4However it should surely be up to the fan, that has paid her $200 for a front row seat, to experience the show as well as capture the moment which in some cases may be a once in a life time experience. Whilst greatly diluting the actual real-life experience of that moment not only for themselves, but for everyone else who paid $200 a pop for their front-row seats, also. EDIT: "And not to mention, for the performer al…
Exactly.
Re: Alicia Keys bans cell phones and concerts THIS IS CRAZY
#5Really not such a crazy notion...
Re: Alicia Keys bans cell phones and concerts THIS IS CRAZY
#6"The second is that if they listened to their managers and label they would know that by footage of their show being captured and uploaded to You Tube, Facebook or any other social networks it will take advantages of their virality and spread that moment way further than friends and family."
How about the comedians that use live audiences to fine-tune their act? Is leaking all of the jokes to YouTube a promotion for the artist, or a complete gutting of the potential audience for future shows?
Re: Alicia Keys bans cell phones and concerts THIS IS CRAZY
#7I don't know if I buy the reasoning in this article, but I agree that locking cell phones in a pouch is crazy. I would never go to a concert that made me do that.
This solution is tantamount to movie studios and cable companies trying to sue everyone that pirates media. It won't scale and it's a backwards solution rooted in denial about the reality of a changed world. Now we see these same companies finally turning around and embracing streaming as a medium, adapting.
Artists don't need to find a way to lock people's phones in a bag, they need to find a way to adapt to a changed environment.