and then seeking to justify it and how it is different than just faking it...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/arts/music/23band.html?_r=1&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink >>> The somber, elegiac tones before President Obama’s oath of office at the >>> inauguration on Tuesday came from the instruments of Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak >>> Perlman and two colleagues. But what the millions on the Mall and watching >>> on television heard was in fact a recording, made two days earlier by the >>> quartet and matched tone for tone by the musicians playing along. The players and the inauguration organizing committee said the arrangement was necessary because of the extreme cold and wind during Tuesday’s ceremony. The conditions raised the possibility of broken piano strings, cracked instruments and wacky intonation minutes before the president’s swearing in (which had problems of its own). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
