The music industry is collapsing. The consumers found a new way of getting the music they want, to listen to in which device they want. Itunes and others online services have changed that forever.

But there was no way to enjoy live music without getting out of your house and going to a concert.
Not anymore, now you can watch a live concert from your favorite band without leaving the comfort of your home.

And no, it’s not a live recorded CD or DVD. It’s a live broadcast which you pay to “attend” and get to watch your favorite performer playing live for you and hopefully to a few more costumers of the service.

DeepRockDrive promises just that. delivering live high quality video streams of selected bands perfoming in a stage set up just for that live broadcast. Actually the term that has been developed for such an event is a Socialcast.
And as you may have figured out the paying public gets to interact with the band in several ways.

According to TechCrunch’s post:

Here is how it works. The band plays in the soundstage (with or without a live audience). The shows are filmed with five Sony HD cameras, and each Web viewer can pick which camera angle he or she wants to watch. The audience can also vote on the order of the songs on the set list or make their own song requests. They can also send in messages during the show that the band sees on large screens surrounding the stage. Prior to shows (DeepRockDrive calls them socialcasts), bands try to drum up support with digital posters on their Websites and MySpace pages that fans can take and put on their own Web pages. On DeepRockDrive, fans can petition for concerts from their favorite bands, like this one for Flight of the Conchords. If the shows get enough votes, it makes it easier for the bands to decide to fly to Las Vegas to record the show.

I really don’t know what’s the big difference in watching a DVD recorded live or these kinds of socialcasts.
The big plus for this kind of stuff is the interaction between the audience and the performer.
On the other hand, the quality of such a service remains to be seen, but somehow i doubt that it will DVD quality.

Despite it’s possible shortcoming, it’s a step in the right direction. This service will debut during CES. So will surely hear more from this service very soon.