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It was 3:00pm on a Tuesday when my husband got the text message from his buddy at the record label in LA. “Perry Farrell and Flea just got added to the list. Get up here ASAP!”
It was time to cut out from work early and get a head start on the LA traffic to catch the latest show by the Nightwatchman (AKA aka Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine and special guests). It was a small show scheduled at the Troubadour in Hollywood to benefit the homeless.
We jump in the Mini Cooper and hook up the Garmin GPS (http://www.garmin.com) to navigate us to the Troubador. With ease, even during LA rush hour, the Garmin GPS system alerted us to upcoming traffic, then sent us alternate routes until we made our way there in record time. And when we ran low on gas, the Garmin even displayed a list of nearby gas stations with the cheapest prices.
“Slash just confirmed” the buddy from the record label texted, still in his meeting and unable to actually call us. “Its sold out, but meet me at the Palm for dinner and I’ll get you both in”
We typed “The Palm” in our Garmin and it immediately took us to the front door of the hidden restaurant. Technology was key to helping us laid-back San Diego natives navigate the jungle of Hollywood traffic and chaos.
After dinner, our friend from the record label escorted us into the Troubador, to the upstairs VIP room where all the musicians gathered. It was in that room where I got to personally meet my favorite rockstar, Slash! I had so many things spinning around in my head that I wanted to say to him. I wanted to tell him about the door poster I had of him hanging up in my room all through highschool or about the time I saw Guns N' Roses live in Arizona with my brother, but when I finally got my chance to meet him, all I could say was, “Hi…I’m Holly. I just wanted to meet you”. He politely shook my hand, smiled and said, “Hi Holly”. Then, I just stared. I couldn’t think of anything else to say so I just smiled and admired him until he said, “Okay, well, nice to meet you.” Then he left.
Okay, since this is suppose to be a technology trends blog, I’ll get back to the show and how technology impacted the experience. When the show finally started, the crowd went crazy. Cell phones lit up the room as fans texted their friends each time a new musician entered the stage. They held those phones as high as they could, to get the best photo of Cypress Hill or Flea or Perry Farrell or whoever else was center stage at the moment.
It was technology that helped us navigate to this concert, and technology that lets us capture it and share it with our friends, from the amateur videos now posted on YouTube of the show, to the ongoing text messaging and photos sent directly from the concert. We’ve come such a long way since that 1990 Guns N Roses concert in Arizona, where the only thing we held up to show our excitement was a cigarette lighter.
Got a story to share about how technology impacted your latest music adventure? I’d love to hear about it.
It was 3:00pm on a Tuesday when my husband got the text message from his buddy at the record label in LA. “Perry Farrell and Flea just got added to the list. Get up here ASAP!”
It was time to cut out from work early and get a head start on the LA traffic to catch the latest show by the Nightwatchman (AKA aka Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine and special guests). It was a small show scheduled at the Troubadour in Hollywood to benefit the homeless.
We jump in the Mini Cooper and hook up the Garmin GPS (http://www.garmin.com) to navigate us to the Troubador. With ease, even during LA rush hour, the Garmin GPS system alerted us to upcoming traffic, then sent us alternate routes until we made our way there in record time. And when we ran low on gas, the Garmin even displayed a list of nearby gas stations with the cheapest prices.
“Slash just confirmed” the buddy from the record label texted, still in his meeting and unable to actually call us. “Its sold out, but meet me at the Palm for dinner and I’ll get you both in”
We typed “The Palm” in our Garmin and it immediately took us to the front door of the hidden restaurant. Technology was key to helping us laid-back San Diego natives navigate the jungle of Hollywood traffic and chaos.
After dinner, our friend from the record label escorted us into the Troubador, to the upstairs VIP room where all the musicians gathered. It was in that room where I got to personally meet my favorite rockstar, Slash! I had so many things spinning around in my head that I wanted to say to him. I wanted to tell him about the door poster I had of him hanging up in my room all through highschool or about the time I saw Guns N' Roses live in Arizona with my brother, but when I finally got my chance to meet him, all I could say was, “Hi…I’m Holly. I just wanted to meet you”. He politely shook my hand, smiled and said, “Hi Holly”. Then, I just stared. I couldn’t think of anything else to say so I just smiled and admired him until he said, “Okay, well, nice to meet you.” Then he left.
Okay, since this is suppose to be a technology trends blog, I’ll get back to the show and how technology impacted the experience. When the show finally started, the crowd went crazy. Cell phones lit up the room as fans texted their friends each time a new musician entered the stage. They held those phones as high as they could, to get the best photo of Cypress Hill or Flea or Perry Farrell or whoever else was center stage at the moment.
It was technology that helped us navigate to this concert, and technology that lets us capture it and share it with our friends, from the amateur videos now posted on YouTube of the show, to the ongoing text messaging and photos sent directly from the concert. We’ve come such a long way since that 1990 Guns N Roses concert in Arizona, where the only thing we held up to show our excitement was a cigarette lighter.
Got a story to share about how technology impacted your latest music adventure? I’d love to hear about it.