> > I understand that, which is why I made the snide remark about ticket > sales. To place an microphone at audience level, one would have to empty > enough seats around the mic position to make neighbors a non-issue. But > revenues trump everything. > Similarly, they could do a recording while doing final rehearsal, since > there's no guarantee what ends up being the better performance anyway (and > generally I could deal just fine without the disturbing applause in my > living room, random coughing, and other stuff that comes with live events > (like air conditioners kicking in because the collective body heat raised > the temperatures too high, etc.) > Oh, but the labour of transporting >100 manequins in fur coats into the concert hall to get the acoustics right. Much better to hope the concert attracts the correct socio- economic class ( ... mink ... ) ... and the hall is cold enough that they keep them on. Mind you with anti-fur campaigns spreading to continental Europe we all may be finished soon ;-))>
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