[vikingcaffiene]

As a musician who came up with the touring model, I've been struggling with not being able to gig and connect with people. There's a real visceral phenomenon that happens when you play live. I think it's fair to say those days were waning even before COVID.

I found the sentiment of this article comforting. It points to a way forward to make music and get some of that connection back. I don't know that there's any substitute for the real deal but that's probably because I'm old. ;)

[coldtea]

I don't think replacing direct connection / presence with remote viewing / tele-presence is "progress".

Those two are different things. We could say that one is not better than the other, it depends on the use case.

But one can also say that we're wired evolutionary for the direct presence, and the other case is a 10-30 years affair that we're rushing into often when it's not really needed (like now with COVID) but just because it's new (or because other things, like ticket prices or free time, are fucked up).

[simonh]

If you want to see living proof that live connection with an audience is alive and well in youth culture as it's ever been, check out any King Princess live performance video. There are plenty on Youtube. It's still out there. I'm hopeful we'll eventually we'll have a vaccine or effective preventive therapy for thins thing.

[chiph]

What about doing something like David Gilmour's concert at Pompeii?

Smaller audience for social-distancing, absolutely spectacular location, and make money selling Blu-Ray discs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiXNIjGX1hY

[brootstrap]

Nothing can replace the sound, sweat, booze and energy of live rock shows. I miss em dearly!