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John wrote:
>In my experience in europe, the
> average punter did not know that almost everything they were
> seeing when they went to see a "live" gig, was faked!
> Why not advertise it truthfully?

Because once again there is that middle-ground grey area in which most bands
reside.  As has already been discussed in some detail,  it is very hard to
judge just how 'live' a lot of them are.     One could try to put a figure
on it, advertising band X as 40% live but that is obviously a ridiculous
thing to do.   These days most bands make an effort to run at least a little
midi gear from a sequencer, backed up by bounced audio tracks.  Few rely
entirely on a dat.   It is my opinion that no band that needs a sequencer to
process and use performance information is 100% live.

It really isn't as clear cut as you think.   For that reason, accusations of
fraud toward these bands, from certain minorities, are pretty much
unavoidable.

Regards Hector.