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From:
Jan Hanford
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Date:
Fri, 16 Feb 1996 14:05:26 +0000
Subject:
(idm) djs vs artists and example, sort of
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I'm really really glad to see this thread on the list, I wanted to ask about it myself. 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. I hate concerts like this, where the musician(s) don't actually PLAY, the fill in a couple empty spaces, you can't tell which is live and which is memorex and I'm positive some of the time they are lip-syncing with their fingers. I don't go to concerts because this is always what it's like. I do not mean to insult the musicians on this list who do this. I understand that it is commonplace and an accepted method of performance. But since the message about this topic expressed his disappointment in attending a concert like this I am curious to know how others of you feel about it. Please feel free to email me privately. Regards, Jan Jan Hanford - jan@shelby.com Walter Shelby Group Ltd. - Internet Software Developers C o r p o r a t e W e b P a g e - http://www.shelby.com/pub/shelby/ P e r s o n a l W e b P a g e - http://www.tile.net/jan/