Wasthis prophecyabout 2012 dead on target ? Or perhapsthis prediction about 2008 , if belatedly so ?
Perhaps because it sit at the crosshairs of live medicine ( where some of the money is ) and digital medicine ( where most of the fans are ) , the vista of sending hot music over the internet is shaping up to be a real affair , in addition to a anticipation .
On Friday , YouTubeannouncedit will swarm one one but four summer 2012 medicine festivals : Bonnaroo , Lollapalooza , Austin City Limits , and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival ( viaGizmodo ) . The move marks a continuation of YouTube ’s initial experiment with resilient on-line euphony , which began withthe U2 concertit webcast in its entirety back in 2009 .
https://gizmodo.com/you-can-visit-your-favorite-musical-festivals-from-the-5893898
Another signaling that the live online music thing is real : Jay - Z webcast his total SXSW show , which I witnessed on Monday at the Austin Museum of Art . The streaming Jay - Z open for a literal banding , Javelin ( disclosure : that is my brother ’s and cousin ’s banding ) . The bunch went barbaric for the streaming version of Jay - Z , responding with cheers and applause that he could n’t hear . Javelin even give thanks the rapper for “ opening . ”
For attendees of this hybrid practical / real show , it was clear that a real - clock time - webcast concert can be middling exciting , and even wait and fathom great on a stage where tangible musicians wager , though of trend there ’s no replacement for being there .
As an analogy , take the brisket platter ( pictured ) from the Salt Lick restaurant at the Austin airport , which is perhaps the greatest airport eatery in the world , as attest by the fact that about a quarter of the production line always appear to be pilots and trajectory concomitant . It ’s not the same as going to the tangible Salt Lick in the Benny Hill land near Austin .
But it sure is convenient , the food is great , and the experience approximates , at least slightly , the “ real ” experience of chew the fat the Salt Lick ’s location in the Hill Country , where the eating house ’s chefs prepare the center in a giant pit with pitchfork .
Just like the Salt Lick ’s airport location , watching a concert online is n’t the same as being there in the locale . But it ’s also way , way more convenient . And multitude seem to wish it , just the waythey dothe Salt Lick ’s airport location .
For now , go online music is for euphony nerds and technical school geeks . But when more of us have Google TVs , Apple TVs , and other app - run boxes connected to our big television screens and surround - sound talker , populate online music could , last , retrieve thekiller appit require to collide with the mainstream .
Evolver.fm observes , tracks and analyzes the music apps scene , with the feeling that it ’s crucial to how humans go through medicine , and how that experience is germinate .
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