quoted 6 lines Recently, I was invited to perform at a concert in the U.K. I turned
>> Recently, I was invited to perform at a concert in the U.K. I turned
>> it down, mainly because I do not want to become a member of the
>> "memorex club": musicians who noodle on a keyboard against a
>> pre-recorded or sequenced background.
>
> Ah, the prejudices of the old. Remember, its 1996.
1996 being the Year of the Unsubstantive Dismissal on the old Chinese
calendar, apparently.
Personally, I don't see much point in paying big bucks to (essentially)
just be in the same room as an artist, if that artist isn't doing much of
anything but playing a DAT of his or her music. Either get up there and
actually perform some music or come down and hobnob with the proles, but
please don't take my hard-earned money and proceed to spend forty-five
minutes pretending you're a member of Grand Funk Railroad lip-syncing
"Closer To Home" on American Bandstand...
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