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It was a bad ass time!!!

They are!!! Sick New World is this coming spring here in Vegas!!! See you then!

Yeah... I was heading back out from the pit of the Used to meet my buddy and get something to eat, but I had to stick around for that song because they just crushed it. I wasn't planning on it, but I'm glad I got the footage and I'm glad you appreciate it!!!! Thank you!

Well... If you participated instead of just commented, you'd have been recording rock n roll too.

@@ajpaganophotoI think we all need to assign a couple people per show, with the best camera audio, to record and put up videos. I like them, but we don’t need everyone recording then uploading really bad videos. Yours isn’t bad, but most are

@@kalebsmith4746 haha cheers for that

its the modern times now, not like when we were cavemans

😂

Thank you so much! I'm glad you got to enjoy it and watched the whole video. I know it's loooooong.

Simple Plan definitely kicked ass!!! It took me a bit to get this edited and up here. Glad you got to go!!!!!

I'm in there too somewhere, wearing a Taylor Swift t-shirt. Yes you read that correctly. 🤣

​@@Ross-px9iyhahahah! Take a screenshot and send it or how much time in/frame?

Thank you!!!

Thank you! I will probably using this style more and more, rather than just both cameras facing down trail and no one in the shot.

Which camera angle? LOL

Thank you! It's the Sierras, so it's pretty easy to get some great footage. I'll post a little bit more in the next day or two.

You went to the show?

There were the 2 main stages on the left and right... No center stage though... Weren't you there? LOL

Yep. I was in the vip section at the gold stage most of the day. Right up front where they were handing out water bottles. Any other questions?

Yes! Good times!

It's not as bad as normal but you are just lying to yourself saying not a phone in sight, during slipknot it's just a sea of cellphones lmao

Their teenage selves would beat their asses for being so mainstream 😅

lmao there are like six million phones in every frame of this video , but okay

Yeah... I know. Just enjoy the video, some incels were complaining before about it and TH-cam removed their comments because they either were offended or offended by someone. It was a great fest though...did you go?

@@AJPagano-Photography No i didn't (i live in France and i'm broke so that's that :) )

I am sure they are going to have it again next year... And they'll charge $100 more because of the demand. Come on over and check it out!

@@ajpaganophoto no way unless i'm already there and i have a free ticket :)

There are a few spots to park - I don't want to say plenty, because there are a lot of hikers parking there in the summer. If you take a look on Maps, you will see to the west of the trailhead on the north side of the highway (where the trail is) there is a dirt pull out and tree shaded parking there. I am going to attempt to paste a link in there with a pin... Let's see if it works and let me know if you have any other questions. maps.app.goo.gl/DMNRNqpdocyaVVzd9

@@ajpaganophoto that makes sense! thanks for the info!

There were more people this year, but the bathroom was not bad. We didn't get to be as close to the stage, but we were also bouncing around every stage until Bring Me The Horizon and we stayed between the main stages at that point. It wasn't great, but it was still pretty good.

Yeah they did a very good job on the bathrooms I was impressed. I waited less than 5 mins it’s like a warehouse of bathrooms and it was f’n clean too. They had probably 5 ppl cleaning

@@tonyrivera9172 you are right on! I even thanked them in there. They were cleaning up after everybody pretty quick.

It was a pretty good time!

Its too loud, and the drums are too strong for the mic to handle. In the concerts its clean

I think the showmanship made it bad ass, but it's a weird place to play... I've been there a couple times and it is just weird acoustics.

LOL... That's BABYMETAL. That's my reaction the first time I heard them this winter. They played there on one of the side stages.

@@ajpaganophoto Lol cool! I'll have to check them out

Yep. I don't know how many people actually did something with their videos. I tried not to shoot too much and use all the videos for this video to share with you.

​@@SAUCE206I love this comment

You weren’t there. Don’t worry about it

I miss shows before phones... I thought last year's SNW was phone heavy, but this is egregious! I'd rather go to club shows with local & regional bands and talk to strangers between sets. I don't ever want to see live music through 50+ other people's phones. I'll take a couple of pictures discretely, but only certain bands, and literally 2-3 pictures. I get to relive each performance when I think about how fun the gig was... It's going to sound and look like shit most places at a festival that big... you're just blocking people's views and taking away from the community of the festival. Fuck everyone with their iPhones above their heads. I'm glad Jack White and Tool and others have a no phone policy. Does anyone remember Hackey sack circles between bands? Or am I just a young old fart? Oh, could you imagine being at work and you turn around in your cubicle, and everyone you work with is taking a video? You're there to watch these phenomenal musicians display their craft and half the crowd is paying attention to see if they got the stage in frame; explain to me how that's enjoyment/ appreciation‽ "Yay I get to upload this video on FB to show everyone how much cooler I am than my friends!" - that is everyone with their phone in the air at SNW... btw, Fuck you; eat my ass crowd filmers! I hope you got SOAD in frame from 1/10th of a mile from the stage, ya tool-bags!

@@SAUCE206 Me? I am not complaining... And I am not writing this on a phone either. How did you like the show?

I don't know how many people actually did something with their videos. I tried not to shoot too much and use all the videos for this video to share with you.

It's so they can keep the moment also why complain when Ur also using one?

Me? I'm not complaining.

@@ajpaganophoto very much seems like it

@@siras2013 LOL no... There's no context in anything online. Very much not complaining - I had a blast and everyone seems to be enjoying me posting the video that I shot.

Because he is getting paid. I saw them at the Palms years ago and that was the first show I ever went to where they didn't allow anyone - under any circumstance - to have their phone out. I think now, we are just stuck with it. I tried not to shoot as much as possible at this show.

Come on out next year! Show em how it is done!

This was my second time getting to see them and they were bad ass! You're welcome!

I've seen them a couple times in the late 90's and early 2,000's. Always a great show!!!

@@chicagoui9299 last year and this year. My niece loves them and came down here both times and is a big fan and got me into them... Her Dad (my brother) did the same when we were kids with tons of bands.

Yeah. Vegas doesn't usually have crazy pits. And if there is one here, they are at the smaller venues.

@@ajpaganophoto yeah because I just was in Wilmington Delaware for inflames and the pits were better lol.

Because the Newer Gen turned into pussies!

Non metal fans. People that just bought a ticket to say they went.

12 hours in the Las Vegas sun lmao

Too busy on their fucking phones.

It is just Vegas. I have been here and went to shows for 25 years. It is just something that happens here. Smaller venues usually will get more pits for a single artist.

This is a festival crowd. Much different from most shows at actual clubs and theaters. Again, festival crowds are terrible.

European crowd are 80X better than American crowds. Yall go 100%. This is from an American. I guess I don’t understand why any of these bands had a silent crowd. (Aside taproot)

@@Magdalena8008s yep and in small venues in Vegas, it is better. Vegas doesn't go crazy at shows... It gets crazy elsewhere in town. Golden Knights games are nuts though.

@@jcdevelopment I think the audio wasn't that great from my phone for the noise and where the festival was. Taproot was loud because his mic didn't work for the first song. LOL. They went crazy when we could hear him again.

Most festivals are really laid back and chilled. At arenas/smaller venues is where its at. Plus I thiink Americans are a little spoiled as we get more chances to see bands than others overseas. So you guys just bang harder as in my opinion I could see say Slipknot 4 or 5 times before they even head overseas. Just my opinion

I did not see them. I didn't see any of the bands on the Diablo stage. I was bouncing between Gold, Red, and Spiral trying to see as many of the bands I wanted to as possible. They need to make the fest 2 days, so you can see everyone.

@@ajpaganophoto yeah it really sucks, someone must've recorded at least some of it though 🥲

@@youokboi8556 everyone is commenting on how many phones were out and how that sucked, so I would assume someone uploaded video somewhere.

Nah.... It is just a Vegas thing. I have lived here for 25 years. The crowd is just crazy at Golden Knights games. Shows not so much.

I have no idea. LOL

I filled up every time I saw a water bar and chugged water... Just so I didn't have to deal with it when I was in the crowd. It was a lot better getting out of the festival as well. But there were more people there and it was a lot more crowded. But I enjoyed it all the same.

I didn't realize how many people had their phones out. I tried not to shoot, but I got a little bit of footage here and there. But when I was looking at the footage, I saw a sea of screens. We're going to have a jacked up world of communication real soon... A lot worse than it is now.

​@@ajpaganophotoI understand getting a song or two....none of them will sit down and watch the entire show that they recorded of them not really taking in the show.

There's always next year!

Maybe they will.