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Re: is using Pre-recorded Loops Cheating
You can cheat on your wife or your girlfriend, or on a test, or on your taxes, or in a game or contest.
A public performance is a collection of mitigating factors in which the audience is more likely to "cheat" itself out of what could be possible for that event through talking, coughing, photo taking, drinking or just ignoring what's really happening in the moment. And as an audience member am I entitled to "more" of whatever I paid for if I pay $165 a ticket to see Madonna as opposed to say $18 to see The Bad Plus?
I sat in the nosebleed section for the last Peter Gabriel tour show here, behind a woman who asked at least a dozen times during the show(during the songs) if this song was "Red Rain". You couldn't cheat this person out of anything cause they had no clue what to expect period (except a version of Red Rain, if she could recognize it). Live music is a gamble for all concerened. If Bob Ross was still alive I'd love to see a "Joy of Painting" tour just to see if an audience of visual artists and fans could behave any better than your average music crowd given the nature of a "live performance". And if he stretches and pre-coats his canvas before showtime, did that "cheat" the audience out of some aspect of his work which their purchase of a ticket entitled them to experience? If that's the case you should open the show with preparing your instrument (say new strings, reeds,etc.) and playing scales to warm up.To quote Neil Innes "I've sufferd
for my music now it's your turn" Amen brother!
bryan helm
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Music and Mosaics
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-------------- Original message --------------
From: Chris Sewell <lunamusic@mac.com>
> All sorts of things used to be cheating. Capos, Amplifiers, Effects,
> LOOPERS! Its all good. Do what you gotta do to entertain. It's friggin
> show business. Our job is to entertain. Not impress other musicians.
> If I wanted to pass muster with other musicians, I'd play fusion.
>
