Jimmy Coulas Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I run a music blog in Chicago and am interested in having people live tweet from shows. If you are interested in tweeting from our feed, please drop us a line. www.scentsandsubtlesounds.com@subtle_soundsjimmy@scentsandsubtlesounds.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Why do people do this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cam Jones Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 no way man. I'll tweet before and after the show. but at just about every concert, my phone stays in my pocket. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditty Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I run a music blog in Chicago and am interested in having people live tweet from shows. If you are interested in tweeting from our feed, please drop us a line. www.scentsandsubtlesounds.com@subtle_soundsjimmy@scentsandsubtlesounds.com http://wilcoworld.net/#!/shows/ Photo and Taping Policies 2. We ask that you refrain from using your cell phones, updating Facebook, checking your e-mail, texting your friends, etc. both while driving and during concerts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxiebean Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Please, just be in the moment & enjoy the music. There'll be plenty of time to talk about it afterwards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pdtraisci Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 This is precisely the type of thing Tweedy has talked about at length for years -- Giving and receiving the best possible experience at a show by making a purposeful decision to be fully present. Is it really so important to know which songs are being played as they are being played? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 This is going well, Jimmy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Don't you know that this is why God invented bbop? He shall descend each night from heaven with the nights' setlist and let it be shared. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-seven Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I'll take a tweeter over a talker any day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Glad I'm not the only person who finds the idea of tweeting during a show a bit sad. Lose yourself in the performance. Is it an age thing? or just good manners. When I go to a show I listen to, and respect, the support act. When the main act starts I listen and, hopefully, enjoy. If I want a beer I'll get one before the show starts....or wait till it's finished. Hell, I can even wait till after the show to go to the toilet. When the show has finished I'll talk and enthuse with friends/spouse. The next day I share my thoughts online to anyone who is interested. That's the way I do it and I'm sticking to it. The world doesn't need to know what I'm thinking during a gig. Rant over (I'm not normally a grumpy old man...but this type of thing has always really annoyed me). Apologies to the OP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Speed Racer Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Every show I've been to has always completely sucked me in. I don't care for crowds, and I'm certainly cheap, so I don't really go to concerts as a "mixer" or social event. The lights go down and I'm only focused on the musicians for the next two hours or so. I've never understood people who thinks that concerts are a swell place to multi-task. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Tweedy no like tweeting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I also get immersed in a rock concert, especially Wilco. No phones, no talking other than an occasional whisper to my wife to explain what the song is or something. I do have a pee break song which I will keep to myself, or at least save for another thread. I really do hate the talkers, especially when they seem to want to converse during something quiet like Reservations or the uber-rare Dash 7 :realmad . All that said... I must admit I enjoyed it when someone who shall remain nameless gave me a shout out call from the Red Rocks show a couple years back right when the "ANY - MORE" crowd blast from Shot in the Arm showed up. But I certainly don't encourage such things. No sir. Not me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditty Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I think with the updated web site a live playlist section would be nice from the crew to counter these type of things but I definitely don't want a tweeter in front or next to me, and talkers belong in the lobby! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Speed Racer Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 You can't wait two hours for bbop to post it? I don't understand the need for immediacy. Why do we, on our couches, have to know what exactly is happening at the concert we aren't at? How would that improve our lives over knowing an hour or two later? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Al.Ducts Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I don't care if someone tweets during a show. I wouldn't do it myself, but honestly, this is a lot more discreet than talking, snapping photos, taking video, etc. I'm actually grateful that someone would take the time to do this for a show I can't make. Sure it takes away from their experience, but it's their experience. I'll be focused in on the performance in Minneapolis, but if someone a row over from me is tapping a song title into their phone at the start of a number, I won't give a shit, because I won't notice them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 The very first time I heard of twitter came through VC, someone was live posting the sets to the Residency shows and being very much a nerd at the time I followed along. I have pulled out a cell to track a setlist once, and left a voicemail to a good friend of mine (they went into Cars Can't Escape, I had to!). If people can do this without being dbags, I have a hard time getting my ire raised too much about it. Just don't talk on the damn thing during a show, particularly a solo one. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditty Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 If people can do this without being dbags Yes, basically shut your screen down so the rest of us don't have to be distracted! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Speed Racer Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 +1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Good thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Remember when James Franco live-tweeted the Oscars? That was awesome. If only concerts could be more like that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I don't mind the tweeters. They don't interfere with my space. What I do mind is the cell phone picture/video takers. This summer at MMJ, I stood behind a guy who held his phone up in the air for good portions of the show taking video. I found myself watching the band through the 4 inches of his screen. Ugh! Now cut that out. If someone wants to tweet the setlist in real time, I have no problem with that. I see that others here don't get it, but I've often followed a live action setlist for shows I'm not at. My wife doesn't get it either, but I think its kind of fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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