Klarinet Archive - Posting 000303.txt from 2003/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Save Live Broadway
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 06:17:56 -0500

At 09:57 PM 2/9/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>Oh, man, That stinks! I went to a production of South
>Pacific last summer, and after many years of using a live
>pit orchestra (many of them friends of mine) they had
>switched to pre-recorded music!!!! YIKES!!!
>Sue

Having pre-recorded music to PRACTICE with is a wonderful thing. But in
performance, the less professional the group, the more you NEED live
musicians to go chase the amateurs wherever they may drift off to! It is
not uncommon for them to drop a verse, come in early/late, etc. Only live
musicians can accommodate that. Besides, if pre-recorded music is a good
thing, why not pre-record the acting and singing, too. Just make a movie!

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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