New media and cheap technology is making it easy for anyone to podcast, video podcast and create all types of media for the Web.
It’s a mistake, though, to think that this revolution is limited to low-budget indies.
Check out this concert video for Nine Inch Nails‘ performance of Survivalism, live in Atlanta, GA, May 10th, 2009.
At first glance, the video may not seem that different from a lot of concert videos. Look closely, though, and you’ll see that this is a basically a glorified home movie. One shot, filmed by Rob Sheridan with a Canon 5d Mark II.
Like a lot of things that NIN has been doing lately, it’s not immediately obvious how insanely innovative this is.
Put a guy on stage with a relatively cheap HD video cameo, let him interact with both the band and the audience, and you’ve changed concert videos forever. There’s no reason that any band, not just Nine Inch Nails, can’t have an HD concert video made for all their shows.
Which would you rather buy: the concert video of your favorite band, or the concert video of your favorite band at the show that went to……last night?
via Synthtopia
