Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] guitar stuff...

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Vern Green wrote:

> I remember we played the Whiskey A Go-Go one night...

In LA?  You guys were doing pretty well for yourselves!


> I really have a disdain for these that do that. The latest thing with 
> Ashley Simpson just drives me crazy, if you can't go out there and play 
> the stuff live and get a decent sound, then in my opinion you are a 
> fake. Why have a band at all if this is what you are going to do? There 
> is no point to it, since the band cannot improvise, they are locked into 
> playing whatever the technology delivers. Even if you have programmed 
> options, you still have only those options to play with.

I've been wondering what happened with the Ashley Simpson thing on SNL. 
SNL always had a very strong rule against any faking in live performances 
-- no lip syncing, no unplugged guitars, etc.  Did they change the rule or 
was she trying to put one over on them?  She claimed that the band had 
started to play the wrong song, but is that really possible?  I really 
wonder how this could happen.  I've watched SNL for 30 years and I've only 
seen one screw up like that one and nothing else that even comes close.

If she lip synced in most of her shows, she would have had enough 
experience with it not to screw up on SNL, so I have to guess that she 
usually doesn't lip sync, but I could be wrong.

Mike
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