I thought something was fishy about that performance:
The revelation that millions of people who saw the inauguration of President Barack Obama were actually listening to recorded music instead of the actual performance of the Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman-led quartet has led to comparisons of lip-synching (though, in this case, might the correct term be hand-synching?) and drawn comparisons to other infamous cases, including Ashlee Simpson's "Saturday Night Live" debacle and perhaps music's most famous pantomimes, Milli Vanilli.
And, in their defense:
"I think this is a whole lot of nothin'," she said on Friday. "These are world-class performers who are playing in 19 degree weather and the technical requirements of their instruments made it impossible for them to have their music amplified and know that it would be in tune. So they made, what I think, was probably a difficult decision to play to tape."
Whole story here.
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This is one situation where, in retrospect, EVERYONE would have asked why it was not pre-recorded had the ensemble attempted to play 'live'. Let's celebrate both the ensemble and the technology that allow for a wonderful visual performance with superb 'room temperature' audio. Bravo!
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