leetroot Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Niall's thread about buying official live cds made me think again about live streams of gigs. Would you pay to watch a live stream? This would be a great way for more people to see a gig, albeit without the atmosphere of being in the audience but for those who didn't manage to get tickets or who are abroad,it would be a great way to participate. I watched a couple of PJ Harvey streams last year (? can't remember when, probably mentioned in the PJ Harvey thread though). One was from Paris and was free - I suspect it was a test run because they followed it with a pay for view stream from the Albert Hall. I can't remember how much it was - either £5 or £8. The quality was excellent with only a couple of barely noticeable lags. I don't know enough about computers to know how many people could view at the same time without a site crashing? If this messageboard is anything to go by then not many! :LOL: Perhaps some computer people can explain what is needed and how it would work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Honestly, I don't think I would. Free streams every once in a while for festivals and such is fine, but I don't see myself paying to watch the band play a concert I'm at. Maybe it's because this board already has such a participatory system of following gigs that I don't see much of a gain in having to pay just to see it on video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I wouldn't pay for a streaming. I'm not ok with bands who charge live streamings, those should be free (also because they're not so frequent). Maybe it's because this board already has such a participatory system of following gigs Which system? /noob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I wouldn't pay for a streaming. I'm not ok with bands who charge live streamings, those should be free (also because they're not so frequent). Which system? /noob Sexy plane! Edit: I realize this tells you nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Nah, I wouldn't pay to watch a live stream, unless it was a very important gig, like once in a lifetime and it was cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Sexy plane! Edit: I realize this tells you nothing. Indeed :'( SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lnx Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 No. A good stream is a free stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Indeed :'( SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN Each gig everyone rushes to the Gig Following page (used to be the specific gig page but people were whiners and mods had to change) then everyone just goes on twitter and tries to follow the setlist as it happens. Usually there's people from the board who will tweet the gig (I've done this). It's all pretty fun. Then we go to the setlist discussion thread and complain about the setlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Each gig everyone rushes to the Gig Following page (used to be the specific gig page but people were whiners and mods had to change) then everyone just goes on twitter and tries to follow the setlist as it happens. Usually there's people from the board who will tweet the gig (I've done this). It's all pretty fun. Then we go to the setlist discussion thread and complain about the setlist. Oh it will be a mess for the Montpellier gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Oh it will be a mess for the Montpellier gig. The first gig, and the special gigs (like Wembley) move really fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 The first gig, and the special gigs (like Wembley) move really fast. The italian gigs are probably the ones nobody gives a fuck about their pages are the ones with less posts, right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 The italian gigs are probably the ones nobody gives a fuck about their pages are the ones with less posts, right now Cause no one cares quanti bei bambocci col tamagotchi legati ai bracci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryoma-kun Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I'd easily pay a small amount like £5 or something like that for the special gigs I can't attend. Like the huge stadium shows, japanese gigs and such. Problem is that Muse / Matt will never allow live streams in case he makes a mistake or the balloons make their camera auto-focus to malfunction...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Cause no one cares quanti bei bambocci col tamagotchi legati ai bracci It's true, no one cares. I actually laughed really loud, I woke up my dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Wells Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 No way. My experience from livestreams, is they suck... The video fucks up, or the audio lags, or something... Having said that, if it was PPV on Sky Box Office, or a cinema event, like Noel Gallagher's O2 gig, then I would be up for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Promise Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 I can tell you first-hand that this would not be a good idea. At all. First, the page lags and, in the case that I've witnessed, crashed altogether (at least three times). Second, what Kueller said, about the gig followings. It would go away and then what would we do? Third, and I believe he also said this (cba to go back and check); if it's a live stream, then it should be free. My honest opinion: ditch the idea entirely. *I really do speak from personal experience* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riveon Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 No. Live streams are not worth paying for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tofu Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Definitely not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furygirl Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewez26 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 If the stream was of highest quality with chance of lag, crashing or camera issues then maybe I would consider it, but then only if it was a small price. Otherwise, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leetroot Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 interesting. the stream i gave as an example was excellent quality without lagging. high quality visual and sound wise. i'm not suggesting anything other than that kind of quality should be used, otherwise it's just hideous. (thinking of the rubbish quality, olympic torch thing here). of course i would prefer a free stream myself but for some gigs i would be willing to pay. i would have thought it would enhance the sexy plane threads, having a visual to chat along to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 i would have thought it would enhance the sexy plane threads, having a visual to chat along to? It would change, maybe not enhance it. On gigs that were streamed, since there was no searching for the setlist, it was more of a discussion as it comes along and the biggest part was judging the performances of songs and of course being able to hear and see what was going on. The sacrificed part was some of the fun of searching through twitter and building the setlist as a group. I remember the tweet bingo being spawned from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 I couldn't see myself paying money for a live stream, there's almost always some kind of lag or quality issue, even if it's only very slight. I'd much rather have normal pro-shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebby aka pup Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Not a video stream, but I'd like an audio stream. Less chance of it lagging too. Not every gig but maybe at least 1 gig per tour leg could work quite well I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Absolutely not. I've watched several live streams of Kasabian gigs, all pretty good quality and all free. I wouldn't have watched any of them if they had charged for the privilege of doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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