Recording Policy

[dmg]

I was in Amsterdam, at the front, on both nights and on the second night we were much more tightly packed and even though we had been told that filming was banned, there were still masses of people with cameras held above their heads filming and it was incredibly irritating!  

My personal opinion is that they want to try to stop people recording by waving their mobile phones about in the arena areas annoying their fellow fans and the band.  The clips they provide and upload to You'reAtube are also of inferior quality and that is annoying too.  They surely can't be annoyed by a few people with cam corders, I mean people have been doing that for decades now but recording with mobile phones has only become more popular in recent times.  Just my thoughts but I totally disagree with the way the fans are treated over this issue and think the band should just put up with it like many other artists do.

[Pottel]

yup, i think with the rise of more powerful mobile phones, waving above heads all night the problem has started...

[Dutchessy]

The disappointing effect fo his aggressive pointing at people filming is amplified by the fact that he was previously allowing video recording.

The precise reason why Mark changed his mind is still a bit obscure to me. Behaving from people filming with annoyance for the band, annoyance for others attending the show, show made available on Youtube? Remember that filming was still allowed on the first night of the KTGC tour and suddenly we got the news by word of mouth on the day of the second show. And people who were filming front row were politely asked to stop [by PC himself if I remember well]. This is a bit later during the tour that Mark started to point (at least in Belgium).

Seems fairly clear, whereas in the past you may have had one or two people scattered throughout a venue discreetly filming, in Amsterdam there were dozens of filmers waving their cameras about right in the front row including one idiot with a tripod.

To be honest this may have been bad luck. If the tour had started at any other venue that WAS NOT general admission, the filmers would have been spread apart and the band may not have noticed, but having so many of them all right down at the front obviously drew attention to the issue. 

Yes! And that man with the tripod told me not to speak with my mate!!, because he was filming! That's absurd! Isn't it??

[Mossguitar]

From time to time we should all remind ourselves that we are the "get-a-lifers", as MK and the band call us. We are a little minority with special interests. Most of the fans couldn't care less about filming or recording. And they are the ones that buy most tickets and albums. I don't find it strange that MK doesn't care too much about our special needs. For most people a concert is something you enjoy in the concert hall, and then you go home and think about it. Thats it. And those are the ones MK puts on his shows for, not us. Completely understandable, if you ask me.

[goldenheart96]

Alright, I will try to get in contact with the concert promoter and see if I can get an official press credential. Then I'd be allowed to take pictures during the first three songs. Otherwise I'll leave my SLR at home since they won't be allowed anyway (if I understand it correctly, "cameras with removable lenses" include SLR's). I won't take my compact camera with me either. The pictures will be crappy anyway and there will be plenty of others, more or less successful, and more or less annoying. Seriously, I don't know what to think about all of this anymore.

[FenderBender]

From what I remember SLRs with lenses greater than 75mm were banned under the old policy anyway. I guess banning them completely makes it easier for the policy to be policed as I imagine most people taking an SLR would use a longer focal length (I certainly wouldn't bother with anything less than 150mm).

[ingridswing]

2 weeks ago I went on holiday to Iceland. On the airport I wanted to buy a new camera. Martina recommended the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7. I just bought it, without looking to it at all. Made awesome pictures in Iceland. It has 12x zoom, Leica lens 25mm. 10,1mio pixels. This will do coming tour     

I am very happy with this new camera, thanks again for the great advice Martina 

[goldenheart96]

2 weeks ago I went on holiday to Iceland. On the airport I wanted to buy a new camera. Martina recommended the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7. I just bought it, without looking to it at all. Made awesome pictures in Iceland. It has 12x zoom, Leica lens 25mm. 10,1mio pixels. This will do coming tour      

I am very happy with this new camera, thanks again for the great advice Martina  

Watch out. If it looks as professional as it sounds, PC will kick your butt   Only kidding of course.

Personally, I will never buy a compact camera again. Nothing can beat a SLR, even if it has less megapixels (mine has 8  ).
I'll take a photography class this summer to improve my skills (which is always useful if you work for the press). And then, if I want to, I may buy a better SLR one day. I'd rather spend a bit more money on professional equipment than on compact cameras. Just MHO of course. I have to agree, though, that compact cameras are more handy and sufficient if you want to take some nice snapshots. Or smuggle them in to MK concerts  

[ingridswing]

I agree with you Miriam, but I am too lazy to do photography class and I want to, need to, have to get a camera into the venue 

[goldenheart96]

I agree with you Miriam, but I am too lazy to do photography class and I want to, need to, have to get a camera into the venue 

Sounds reasonable to me 

[Love Expresso]

I don't find it strange that MK doesn't care too much about our special needs. For most people a concert is something you enjoy in the concert hall, and then you go home and think about it. Thats it. And those are the ones MK puts on his shows for, not us. Completely understandable, if you ask me.

Yes, Mossguitar, this could btw be exactly the reason why he doesn't put out more DVD's. A "shared musical experience", as he once called it in an interview, needs not only the attendant but also the musician. Not that I completely agree with it...

LE

[dmg]

2 weeks ago I went on holiday to Iceland. On the airport I wanted to buy a new camera. Martina recommended the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7. I just bought it, without looking to it at all. Made awesome pictures in Iceland. It has 12x zoom, Leica lens 25mm. 10,1mio pixels. This will do coming tour     

I am very happy with this new camera, thanks again for the great advice Martina 

It's not a proper leica lens; the lenses were designed by Leica technicians but are made in Japan.  Leica do not make them and on a compact camera it is of negligible importance anyway since the amount of glass is so small and the lens has no adjustments.  Panasonic actually make Leica's compact digital cameras so that's where the connection comes from.

[Jules]

I have the TZ6 and it

[Jules]

From Guy

[goldenheart96]

Uh-oh...
And about the setlist thing, well, if he doesn't want people to ask stupid questions, maybe he should stop mentioning song titles in his diary, hmm?? If MK wants to keep the setlist a surprise, and wants this to be handled strictly, Guy should stop mentioning song titles here and there. Not only does he spoil people, he also raises questions!
Why doesn't he type x's or blank spaces where the song titles belong?