Comments on: Why Japanese Lives Rock

By: double

double — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:51:15 +0000

For me, I subscribe to the principle of paying utmost attention to the artiste while he/she/they perform on stage. I like to be totally drenched in the music, not having a quarter of my attention away from it.

I keep all 3 of my Japan live tickets in my wallet all the time. Hopefully, the number can increase to the extent where I can no longer keep them in there anymore.

By: MrMayat

MrMayat — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:30:53 +0000

As a regular concert-goer cum photographer, I’d have to agree to some extent. Concerts here tend to be more on the placid side when held at the usual concert halls (Esplanade, Indoor Stadium), but get rowdy at independent venues. (Substation, Art House) This is especially so for punk/metal/hardcore gigs. But overly strict security also kills the mood before anything can happen.

Photography-wise, I’m guilty of sneaking some shots, but I make sure I don’t use flash or enable preview display. The many that flout these rules incur my wrath too. I take pics for prosperity sakes, since I tend to misplace the tickets every now and then. Plus, these bands hardly film a DVD concert, so I take what I can.

But I’ve since disciplined myself to take pics only when the performance itself is lively/quirky enough to warrant captures. (Eg. Soil & Pimp Sessions/Psapp on my Flickr) Interestingly enough, one of them approached me for the pics on the site. Looks like it’s a win-win situation.

By: sentinel011

sentinel011 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:36:37 +0000

It’s the ‘haolian’ culture. People want proof that you went, so those who went end up taking pictures to boast about it.

By: double

double — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:05:10 +0000

I’m more pissed about taking during the performance. I find it disrespectful in a way towards the other fans present. There should be a rule for photography to be strictly forbidden here in Singapore. Even at events with the no photography rule, people here just don’t give a damn. Which is why I won’t bother attending lives here.

By: yonasu

yonasu — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:37:05 +0000

I’m a big fan of ELLEGARDEN, sadly I never got to see them perform live

As for taking pictures and recording video/audio, the reasons may vary but for a lot of bands the pictures have a high value on the market. If there were no rules anyone could a bring a high-end professional camera and sell them afterwards. Same goes for video and audio but for those it’s also that people could release previews of unreleased content and show stuff that was intended to be exclusive to the concert goers.