Originally posted by ianmcnll:
I don't think you're that perceptive to know what I'm thinking, or that incredibly keen to glean from my words my likes and dislikes.
Distaste for Karaoke?
Not at all...everything has it's place.
Ian
Originally posted by ianmcnll:
Personally, the "phony" starts for me when I see someone singing, and then walking away from the keyboard as it is still playing.
That's Karaoke, baby, plain and simple, and all the so called showmanship, ducky hats, top hats and smarmy charmy singing on this green earth can't hide how utterly amateurish and phony it appears, and one of the major reasons why arranger players get a bad rap.
Ian
IAN One does not need to be Kreskin or a mind reader to take from that quoted statement of your distaste being compared to Karaoke when the very definition of "Karaoke" is made clear by the very use of an Arranger as the "device" on sings to!!
IF you don;t sing you are safe I suppose from the humiliation you fear. I would conclude from your won statements without a doubt you are "Karaphobic"......
Arrangers are not getting the bad rap you fear is true....being compared to Karaoke which DOES get a bad rap is your worst nightmare. Therefore you don't get up while playing suggesting the audience is "fooled" into believing you have ten arms and 100 fingers going......
ITs a device that plays arrangements one sings to...(or plays to) Its a device that has a bad name because it replaces real musicians for the financial benefit of the OMB. and the owner of the establishment hiring them. JUST LIKE KARAOKE.
It is going to have a bad rap if you think so no matter, so get up and really be an entertainer. Involve your audience. Encourage them to sing along! Clap. BE a complete entertainer rather than a sophisticated live jukebox!!
Its about entertainment. Thats what people hire. Otherwise create a playlist on CDs or hire a DJ....
Anything else would suffice s a pianist playing on a babygrand at a cocktail party.
[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 10-19-2008).]
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