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There’s been a general gripe emanating from inside the music world and surprisingly it has very little to do with sagging record sales or the hype surrounding the new Daft Punk. In fact, this gripe originates from the one place artists are still able to turn a profit: live shows. It seems that with the advent of camera phones, along came concert attendees incessant need to capture every second of every show on video, with no regard for blocking the view of their fellow concert attendees behind them. It’s become so much of an issue that recently, indie rock legends The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, proposed an in-concert camera phone videoing ban.

But why such drastic measures? Is a band as popular as YYY's really trying to harsh the good times of their fans? No. This may have less to do with a particular bands concerns surrounding piracy and more to do with a growing concern of our present and how we relate to time in general.

A good way to determine the culture of a neighborhood is by the music its residents listen to. In the days before white ear buds and mp3's, (aka the days of blasting boom boxes and thumping car stereos), you'd easily get a sense of how your neighbors enjoyed their music. Sadly, with the increasingly personalized musical experience blotting out most non-concert, in-real-life-musical ones, those days are quickly fading away. But a new mobile app re-captures that spirit in a very tech-friendly, social media way. Get ready to tune in to Clerkd.

Here's how this Helsinki-based student-created app works: