Re: cheating

["Robert Eberwein" <robert_eberwein@hotmail.com>]

I'm very interested in this distinction: *When is it fraud?* I did a 
concert 
once [I sang and played diatonic harp] where the playback contained some 
harp. It was too late to change anything- the guy hiring us didn't care- 
and 
it was good money. One of my fears was: *What if the audience thinks ALL 
the 
harp is on tape*? And if the poor sods  don't notice or care, why not lay 
down 5 tracks of interesting harp at home, and just concentrate on 
singing? 
[and what makes having a little keyboard on tape better than lip-sync... 
etc, etc, etc]

To tell the truth, I have never taken the time to think this all the way 
through- - -never came to a conclusion. But it's what got me thinking 
about 
the Echoplex and looping in general [That, and that Cello player]; It 
allows 
you to bypass those ethical/vanity considerations- as you are playing- in 
concert, if you will- with the playback.

Of course, *DJ's* take this to an extreme; taking credit for stuff they 
couldn't conceptualize in a 1000 years. But then, few people consider that 
the entire techno/DJ thing is just disco married to Political Correctness 
[Wannabe Gangbangers singing to China Grove- - - and nobody blows the 
whisthle- - -sigh]--Sigh.

Did someone check my spelling?


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