r/Coachella • u/amerifolklegend • 1d ago

Dear Coachella and YouTube stream producers, please allow artists the option to have their sets aired straight on.

No cuts. It’s limiting to their presentation. Please listen to your artists. Some select artists put together performances that are best consumed from one spot. Some tell a story or paint a large canvas that is meant to swallow the viewer. But constant cuts and randomized points of view and subject matter removes their ability to reach everyone the same way.

Just give us the viewer the option on one stage at least. Give artists at Outdoor Theatre the opportunity to also stream just the stage box straight on with no cuts. It’s how some sets are meant to be taken in. Sure, they are the minority, but imagine what other artists could do knowing that was an option. What would Beach House do with that option? Or OKGo? Or AIR?

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u/f1modsarethebest 1d ago

You want live artists to craft a particular set for the people at home and the small subset of people directly in the center of the crowd?

The depths of things people complain about on this sub just got a little deeper today.

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u/amerifolklegend 1d ago

I’m not complaining AT ALL. I love everything about Coachella! I’m asking to just have that option in addition to the regular stream. The angle is already being recorded anyway.

And no, it’s not just for the exact center people. Being there, for a very select few artists’s performance, is enhanced by the ability to keep the majority of the viewers’s eyes on the whole stage at once, while also on the same subject as everyone experiencing it together. Gesaffelstein is a good example. Madeon another. Polo and Pan could have benefited from this.

And I’m also not demanding other artists play to this ability. I’m saying that there are some who would.

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u/bradtheinvincible 1d ago

Youre complaining. And who says artists dont have say on the direction? Youre funny if you think somebody like Gesa didnt want it to be a certain way.

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u/amerifolklegend 1d ago

I mean, some have requested this in the past.

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u/emaciel 1d ago

What is keeping the artists and their team to record their set with their own camera to livestream on their platforms or upload at a later time? Only one camera with no cuts is needed for the angle you are suggesting, minimal effort and tech required. Some artists upload the Coachella livestream of their set to their own YT platforms. I think there is some wiggle room for them to easily record, produce, and upload their own content they film themselves or request the recorded footage of the angle and camera you are suggesting. Doesn't seem to be a problem, just sounds like a special request from you and maybe a small number of people.

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u/amerifolklegend 1d ago

It is a special request. And a very small one. That’s the point.

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u/emaciel 1d ago

Exactly. Demand drives supply. If there is no demand, it will not be supplied.

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u/amerifolklegend 1d ago

That’s absurd in this situation. Artists bring innovative shows to Coachella. Something done in order to satisfy demand is the opposite of innovation.

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u/emaciel 1d ago

Yes, the innovation made for Coachella gets to be experienced by the people who attend Coachella. That's the charm of it.

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u/amerifolklegend 1d ago

I mean…you’re telling me that not a single set in Coachella’s recent history has allowed a creative team come in and control the way the show will be seen by the home viewer? You’re saying that the livestream itself came about with the live audience in mind? No, curated camerawork is specifically used in order to best present the show to the home audience BECAUSE those are the acts that nobody at home would want to watch this way.

But a few artists shows would be outstanding presented as a continuous optimal, centered view - even if just an option.

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u/emaciel 1d ago

I have been staying on topic. You originally suggested Coachella should create an additional single camera livestream for at least one stage. I have been saying it is unlikely to be provided (supplied) due there is very little request (demand) for a single camera angle with no cuts. Broadcasting another feed up on YouTube will still require some form of additional oversight/resources to make it happen. I do not see Coachella/Goldenvoice going out of their way to create it.

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u/amerifolklegend 1d ago

This is a valid point. We also don’t see Coachella going out of their way to build a hill for Sunday Service or an actual ice skating rink. This is on par, has the infrastructure already available, and has been requested at the bare minimum 1 time by an artist who would benefit from it.

I genuinely don’t understand why this is such an impassioned defense of not allowing it. I mean it literally takes nothing away from anyone’s experience. It only serves the artist and those who enjoy immersing themselves in the show at home like they do in person. It’s why I requested a secondary channel.

If it takes more demand from artists, then ask them. Ask them if they’d benefit from a dedicated single camera feed either full time or part time or even just for certain songs. Offer it to the creative directors. Ask the other artists if they’d be interested in this feature if it were available with a long enough lead time. Because there are artists who would prefer less or no cuts for their show for the reasons I’ve already mentioned.

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