Klarinet Archive - Posting 000138.txt from 2003/03

From: Gary Truesdail <gir@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fwd: Save Broadway Musicians
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 19:59:47 -0500

Look what London Sym. and the studios in which they record have done to
the movie scores that are written and produced in the US. With the
quality they put out and the quality of surround-sound theater sound
systems the average theater goer can hardly tell the difference when
their attention is on the visual.

I remember when the gambling places in Reno went to electronic music. I
had attended two shows as a spectator and did not know there were only 3
musicians down in the basement, playing pool until their next cue. I
thought the huge sound board in the middle of the audience was just for
the singers. Little did I know, until I found out from some out of work
friends, that the guys controling the sound were also controling the
singers mics, the recorded music and balancing in the 3 live players in
the basement. It is rare to find a house band any more. Is it the same
in Vegas and on the east coast?

If it is then I predict Broadway will be going the same way. Pay
musicians for a weeks work doing the recording and play the tape for the
next two months, then the tape travels with the show to the next venue
across the country. It is cheaper.

GaryT

Raycraft wrote:

> Mark,
> You're good.
>
> From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
> Subject: RE: [kl] Fwd: Save Broadway Musicians
>
> > > From: B. Rite [mailto:b1rite@-----.net]
> > >
> > > Are they basically glorified CD players, or something else?
>
> > Something else.
>
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