Some discussion about a “web scene” in Birmingham:
http://forum.multipack.co.uk/comments.php?DiscussionID=77&page=1
I went to the Island Bar on Friday night to see Sunset Cinema Club, Lonely Ghosts, 4 or 5 Magicians and Idiosync. Brilliant gig, really really loved it! And one of the first times I’ve been to a gig in Birmingham when I’ve not had to worry about how to get back to Redditch (where I live). As a result, I enjoyed it to the maximum.
I wanted to think up some ideas of how to incorporate Social Media into the gig so that it can be well documented. Admittedly, it was a bit late thinking (literally hours before setting off), but this is something I definitely plan for next time. Truth be told, my University dissertation was on something very very similar, albeit the application is less applicable now than it was. The web has moved on ;). But Twitter, Flickr, shared audio recordings, video recordings, and whatever else can be incorporated should be experimented with at gigs. I have an iPhone here, so my initial thought here would be primarily how one would do this with an iPhone. Should be fairly easy.
Anyway, there are lots of exciting possibilities of incorporating Social Media into gigs, from anywhere in the world. As long as either the venue supports free WiFi and/or you already have the Internet on your phone by contract. This is something I’ll be looking into over the next week or two as Idiosync are playing again on the 14th May at the Flapper and they’re my neighbours band…
To get involved in the discussion on Birmingham’s “web scene”, use the link above. For a place stated as second most Social Media compatible in the world (first is apparently Chicago!), I find this quite strange…
Enjoy the read!
May 3rd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Second most social media compatible place in the world? I don’t know what that means but I’m surprised that San Francisco/Palo Alto, London, Boston, NY and a whole bunch of other places aren’t ahead of Birmingham in that list.
May 4th, 2009 at 5:19 am
Yeah, being honest – that quote was kinda ‘ripped’ from somewhere else :) Although I just Googled it and it came up again, so I’m not sure. Had trouble finding more out though?
I’ll find the video from where it was stated soon, but I don’t think it was a straight up fact. Very interesting video though…