Originally posted by MusiCo:
if you play for a serious audience of music-lovers and/or musicians and your virtuous playing of the keys is a big part of your show, you'd better not be using crowded accompaniment : all those parts coming out of your instrument "automatically" : that will make your playing and performance less believable and people are going to think your probably be faking your playing too.
You probably shouldn't be using ANY form of accompaniment, whether it be styles or SMF, if you don't want it to look/sound fake.
There is no "half fake"...fake is fake.
Only time I feel I am not "faking" it is when I play solo piano, or organ with bass pedals.
The best part, and fortunately for ALL us arranger players, is that most audiences don't mind the fakery as long as they are entertained.
It is also much easier to strip away accompaniment parts than it is to create additional ones...hence all arrangers have full blown styles as a starting point...you don't have to use all parts, and it is a mere doddle to turn parts off on most arrangers.
Happy faking,
Ian
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