Audience members submit clips of live concert with cameraphones

Howard Rheingold on Smartmobs via Wired reports on a live band oustourcing the taping of their performance to their fans in the audience - with their cameraphones.

" At the Austin City Limits fest in Texas last fall, Indi rock group The Shins unveiled their new title "Phantom Limb.”.

But instead of hiring, professonals to capture the moment, the group fansourced it, inviting the crowd to record the performance with cell phones and digicams.

The result is a groovy (albeit grainy) group effort used to promote the single’s early release."

... To pull it off, the Shins teamed up with user-generated-video upstart Current TV and instructed concert-goers to upload raw material to Current TV’s Web site. Roughly 200 spectators submitted footage, which producers then edited into a five-minute montage of at least one image from nearly every shooter."

emily | 10:15 AM | How people and businesses are using videophones |
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