Live Tweeting the Symphony?

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 12, 2013 @06:15PM from the do-not-want dept.

Lasrick writes "Tom Jacobs at Pacific Standard describes desperate attempts to engage with younger audiences on the part of arts organizations who are scrambling to make their productions more interactive. But who really is more engaged: A live-tweeting audience member, or someone staring silently at the stage? Quoting: 'Not surprisingly, many performers and older patrons of the arts hate this idea, which they regard as pandering to the young. But thankfully, the debate over participatory art needn’t devolve into a depressing bout of intergenerational warfare. The controversy raises a number of questions that are hard to answer: Is sustained focus even possible in mass audiences anymore? If not, what have we lost?'"

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Re:Key is relevance, not interactivity... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-13 00:00 · Score: -1, Flamebait

You stupid moron. These symphony orchestras derive their revenue streams, in part, from recordings. I realize that you Slashdot mother fuckers like to think that everything should be free, but you just can't sustain a world class orchestra by giving shit away.
God, you people are such assholes.
Tell you what, why the fuck don't you show up to your job today and tell them you don't' need to be paid.
As for you hearing all the classical music there is, you are full of shit.