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Blackwood wrote:I think there are obviously practical matters of managing a show like this, one is miking to get consistent performance and sound quality, so i would think that they have to pre-record the tap track.
I would also think you would want to minimize risk here of things going wrong. With a wireless mike set-up with that much movement plus throwing your flute around sounds like a lot of risk to me...so i wouldn't be surprised if a lot of this was pre-recorded...
Yes...it's a "spectacle," not a concert. Risk-taking might make things, oh, I dunno, interesting? Alive? Can't have that. Heck, I can't wait until all the music is pieced together digitally so it can be really perfect, and then it can be danced by 3D animated dancers who are PERFECTLY in synch! Wouldn't that be great? You could even make up steps that would be impossible for real people. Then maybe run it at double speed to make it really impressive.
Whistlin'Dixie wrote:And I think the fiddle ladies are GREAT!!!!!! If I looked that good in a leather suit, I'd wear one all the time, are you kiddin' me?!?!?!?
I thought they looked great too! Well, except for the cheesy posturing, flinging the hair about, the plastic smiles, and all that, which pretty much ruins it. OK, sarcasm off: I actually think it's quite likely they are fine, intelligent, sensitive ladies who are doing this because of their love for music and dance, and are putting up with the "glitz" temporarily for the opportunity and money. I have no problem with that.
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Whistlin'Dixie wrote: And I think the fiddle ladies are GREAT!!!!!! If I looked that good in a leather suit, I'd wear one all the time, are you kiddin' me?!?!?!?

M :party:
What she said!

(Meanwhile, alas, even my big ol' winter coveralls seem tighter than last year ... :-()
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Well, except for the cheesy posturing, flinging the hair about, the plastic smiles, and all that.

That's Show Biz! I mean, I'm willing to prostitute myself for
the sake of creating a dazzling appearance....

Did anybody hear? I'm willing, I said, willing to prostitute
myself to create a dazzling appearance.

Hello? Yoo hoo!
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jim stone wrote:Well, except for the cheesy posturing, flinging the hair about, the plastic smiles, and all that.

That's Show Biz! I mean, I'm willing to prostitute myself for
the sake of creating a dazzling appearance....

Did anybody hear? I'm willing, I said, willing to prostitute
myself to create a dazzling appearance.

Hello? Yoo hoo!
Jim. Plastic. Dazzling. Spangles. Prostitute. Dazzling. Leather. Jim.

Heh-heh. ;-)
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Aw Man, there y'all go, telling me the music is pre-recorded.....

I so want to believe.

Next thing I know, y'all will be telling me there's no Santy Claus!!!!

He is bringing me that nice 8-key Grinter that Blaine is selling, right?


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Okay Mary, I hate to be the one to break it to you then, particularly on the heels (so to speak) of this last, but, well..... You know Milli Vanilli weren't really singing live either..... Sorry, don't hate me for being the one to tell you.


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he should start a band with Esteban and Zamfir.
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Loren wrote: You know Milli Vanilli weren't really singing live either..... Sorry, don't hate me for being the one to tell you.
Loren

Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Mr. Flat's also a Golden Gloves Champion boxer, so I'd hesitate to call him a eblsaiux ecko nrosgnit alaiancgmemol wicdkede to his face.

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What a freak-show!

What's wrong with Mike? He had some facial skin cancer which he said he'd overcome.

Doesn't he also have a clear plastic flute with LED's inside, like those glowing Rickenbacker guitars they marketed during the Haze of the late 60's?
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Cathy Wilde wrote:
(Meanwhile, alas, even my big ol' winter coveralls seem tighter than last year ... :-()
They shrunk, that's all. They shrunk! (shrank?)

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Kevin L. Rietmann wrote:Mr. Flat's also a Golden Gloves Champion boxer
My understanding, from what I've read, is that he qualified to box in Golden Gloves competition (which many kids do) but he was not a champion.


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About Mr. Flatley and his shows:
I would't ever consider doing what he does. I don't mind some show stuff, and I don't mind some fusions and all that, but most of the stuff he has done has been way over the top in some regards.
But I certainly have a huge admiration for him...
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As a former classicaly trained pianist, I feel the same way about Liberace. (flatly has way more skills than Liberace, by the way)

I always hated how gaudy Liberace played and all those stupid outfits and glitter and glam. The thing I hated the most is how all the people who don't really know anything about music think he's (was) the greatest and say things like, "if he's sooo bad, how come so many people love him?!?" And in their own way, they're kind of right. They want to see a show, not talk about double cranns. A show is what they get. Eyeliner and all!!

But you have to respect the career they made for themselves. Just like Kenny G. (why is he in the jazz section???")

How about Enya?

It's all marketing.
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It's a show. It is live.
It is not pre-recorded.
Flatley is a great dancer.
Flatley is a great flute player.
The fiddlers are great fiddlers.
All the dancers are great dancers.
It's something other than the pure drop- a show.
At times it is over the top. You certainly don't have to like it.
As Seamus Tansey would say, "To Hell with the Begrudgers."
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cocusflute wrote:It's a show. It is live.
It is not pre-recorded.
Flatley is a great dancer.
Flatley is a great flute player.
The fiddlers are great fiddlers.
All the dancers are great dancers.
It's something other than the pure drop- a show.
At times it is over the top. You certainly don't have to like it.
As Seamus Tansey would say, "To Hell with the Begrudgers."
no one is saying the people aren't great dancers and musicians. It's his taste that I'm putting down. and it's "flatly" terrible.

How can you tell me that there's no difference between Liberace and Claudio Arrau? Or The Backstreet Boys and the Silver Platters? Or Wallpaper and a Monet? "The show" should be in the music. If I wanted glitz, I'd go to a fashion show.

I do agree with you, as I make a living playing in a band that plays music I hate and have to watch clubbers booty grind all night long. It's a paycheck. But There's something different when a real session is going on.

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