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I was one of a lucky few to get last minute tickets to see Green Day this week at the Independent. It was a great show. Billie Joe and the boys are true rock stars and entertainers and the smiles on their faces the whole night just showed how much they love what they do. They played for about 3 hours, both new and old songs… even taking requests at the end.

If you’ve been to the Independent in San Francisco, you know it’s an intimate venue. I think there were only about 500 people at the show. The staff is super nice and organized, in fact after the show a staff guy was outside personally saying, “Thanks for coming to the show, get home safe..” as everyone exited the building. I give 2 thumbs up to them for a great night.

My only disappointment (and this is the case with other live music venues) is they don’t allow cameras in the house. Since I started video blogging, I shoot and post all the time and it’s disappointing not to be able to share pictures and short clips of a show I am really excited about. That being said, with iPhones and smart phones, it’s impossible for anyone to control all the crowd and the images and last night was a prime example of that… as soon as the Green Day boys got on stage, the phones came out. So much so that, Billie Joe stopped the show to address it by posing for a minute.

Last year I went to Outsidelands Festival where media sharing was encouraged. They worked with Crowdfire to create a great virtual experience powered by people like me. I shot little videos about the music, my friends, the things happening at the festival and I got to share them. It made my experience that much more fun. I can’t understand why sharing isn’t encouraged. If you want to build community isn’t encouraging your fans to spread the word the way to go???

Soooooo…. although it wasn’t “allowed”… I did shoot a couple of short clips with my little Samsung phone and here they are. Sorry, Billie Joe… you might not want me to shoot video of you while you’re playing, but I did it anyway.. and I’m glad. =)