I feel that technology should enhance the experience rather than keep people thinking about a time or place outside of the concert.  If people had confidence that they could relive the concert and share it in a seamless, non-distruptive manner, then I think they’d be more likely to give their attention to what both they (initially) and the band would prefer.. the performance.

While there are challenges for the artist to make commercial use of fan submitted video (licensing video of live performances is NOT easy), ultimately I think that the challenges in legalities, technology and artist perception of the value of this type of content will eventually win out, and fans can get the best of both worlds, namely a full immersion in the event while also satisfying their need to share and have their presence at the event memorialized on their social networks.

What do you think.. is mobile technology to be the savior or the downfall of the live concert experience?

I’d contacted Matt the Electrician and Reed Turner who played last night before show and they were all for it.. so, all things cleared, we showed up bearing gear.  Surprisingly, everything went very smoothly.  Being able to plug into the front of house sound board and use a monitor mix to customize our recording levels was awesome.  I did notice that the lower registers seemed to be a bit loud on our recording, so I’ll need to account for that later.  Overall.. great experience and looking forward to getting out and recording again next week when we can sell the track.

Stay tuned