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Originally posted by Uncle Dave:
Scott,C'mon .... admit it - we ALL use automation to serve us. It's just not fair to say that you are a totaly live player when you use these arrangers.


Dave, I of course fully realize that playing an auto accompaniment keyboard is not 100% live. I DIDN'T intend to infer that it was. What I was trying to convey is that whatever notes I DO play on the kb are 100% live, and NOT merely FAKING it (aka: pretending), as utilizing the 'performance assist' feature apparently provides.

Uncle Dave, I'm suprised that you didn't come to my defense regarding this issue as I clearly remember you yourself having repeatedly preached against FAKING it in performance, as evidenced by the following comments you made on this previous thread: http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/Forum37/HTML/005976.html

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Originally posted by Uncle Dave on 02/26/2003:
This is all baskwash from the dreaded evil ......................... Karaoke.
Kids today all see their favorite entertainers (?) just singing (or LIPSYNCING!!!) to some "faceless" track of "hidden" band. The emphasis is only on the front person(s). This is a sad time to be a male musician in modern pop. We're a definate minority in the newest material.

Don't fake it ...... play OVER it. Use your ears, and lay a string line on top or play an organ lead till you learn the song. if it's a one time request ...... just play the darn thing and walk away from the instruments with a wireless - the crowd is SO used to that scene .... it's more the norm than the exception.

Bottom line ...... don't fake it. USE the trax to YOUR advantage, and either learn the tune or bag it, but don't get lazy and just forget about WHY we learned to play in the first place. As an entertainer ... you have more responsibility to the outcome of the party than to your accordian peers, so treat an isolated song as such .... it's just 4 munites out of your life. Play it - sing it and move on. Karaoke is the devil.


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Originally posted by Uncle Dave on 02/26/2003:
There is NO NEED to fake anything. If you use a prerecorded track .... just get out in front and sing like a front person ! Believe me, the crowds are VERY used to that scene. There is dignity in performing live to backing trax .... but there is NONE in pretending. You'll grow to hate yourself.


Uncle Dave, what you stated above is really NO DIFFERENT than what I'm preaching here about FAKING (pretending to play) keyboard solos. For home recreation, the performance feature can be fun, but I really WISH people didn't try to pass this off in a professional paid music performance situation as well. As you stated yourself: "There is dignity in performing live to backing trax .... but there is NONE in pretending."

Scott
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