What good reason??? Making a good image by "sound-brushing" the sound track without telling people is called fakery... I understand all politicians stage craft --- but please don't stage craft and then say
>>> “I really wanted to do something that was absolutely physically and >>> emotionally and, timing-wise, genuine,” Mr. Ma said. “We also knew we >>> couldn’t have any technical or instrumental malfunction on that occasion. A >>> broken string was not an option. It was wicked cold.” A stagecraft event IS NOT genuine... It is just more spun images pretending to be real news which I tire of all too quickly. On Jan 23, 11:34 am, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > At least they were thinking and actually had good reason for their > actions. This alone is welcome change. > > On Jan 23, 8:46 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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... > > > >>> 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
