Sounds good in theory, but is this really jut about stopping bootlegs?
I don't think this is about bootlegs. It's about all those idiots in front of you flashing out their phones and completely spoil an immersive concert experience.
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#12That's great for them. But I won't be buying a ticket for any of his shows. After seeing what happened at the bataclan that makes this a stupid and dangerous idea.
terrorist win
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#13Comics are doing this as well (Dave Chapelle, Joe Rogan, etc). Wholly supported. Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRf36vRAWF8
One of the reasons a comic might do that is to avoid being the target of a Twitter outrage mob over a recording of them doing an insensitive joke.
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#14Sounds good in theory, but is this really jut about stopping bootlegs?
Knowing Jack White, not necessarily. He's all about authenticity, and being in the moment. Mobiles (for me) tend to ruin this at a live show.
I know how he feels. I'm a musician too, and it's really demoralizing when you're up on stage rocking your heart out for people, and you look out and see people's noses in their phones rather than listening to you. (It's probably more demoralizing when you're a tiny indie band playing for fun rather than professionally, and there are only 20 people there and the only reward you get is the chance to play for them.)
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#15Personally, I'd kinda like to see venues Faraday-cage the concert areas, so people can't get online from them. That way, people could still take photos and video, but wouldn't spend the entire concert on Facebook. (Thinking of this due to a favorite venue of mine, the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis, that has basically zero cell phone reception from the floor.)
I think photos and video are way more distracting than someone not paying attention.
If I pay for a concert ticket I don't want to be forced to watch it through the phone camera of the person in front of me.
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#16Tool has been doing this same thing for years. The show I attended this past summer couldn't have been more immersive.
Re: Jack White bans phones at gigs for “100% human experience”
#17Personally, I'd kinda like to see venues Faraday-cage the concert areas, so people can't get online from them. That way, people could still take photos and video, but wouldn't spend the entire concert on Facebook. (Thinking of this due to a favorite venue of mine, the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis, that has basically zero cell phone reception from the floor.)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but would this not be a massive security concern? No calls in or out in the case of an emergency seems pretty frightening to me.
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#18Comics are doing this as well (Dave Chapelle, Joe Rogan, etc). Wholly supported. Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRf36vRAWF8
One of the reasons a comic might do that is to avoid being the target of a Twitter outrage mob over a recording of them doing an insensitive joke.
It's mostly because they want to use their jokes for a special down the road, but if someone records them during a smaller venue with the same jokes, it'll ruin the special.
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#19What's with the incessant need to tell other people how to enjoy an experience?
I'm reminded of this xkcd comic: https://xkcd.com/1314/
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#20I want this for movie theaters too.