Oddments For The Weekend

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1. It seems that every time I go through the items of this weekly feature, I despair at either the stupidity or depravity of mankind.

   Then there’s something like the accordionist playing that excerpt from Antonio Vivaldi’s Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons) and my faith is somewhat restored. (He’s good!) I’m sure the Red Priest (as Vivaldi was nicknamed because of his red hair and, yes, he was a clergyman) would be pleased and impressed.

   1. well you will hate my comment because…well… I have been a musician for 50 years and it looks to me like the guy is playing to a pre-recorded track…some of the movements he makes don t correspond to what we hear…

      Along the years I have seen many such videos where people pretend to play

      some of them can truly play, they are musicians and can play, but not as well as the pre-recorded track plays.

      And for what this is worth,

      a few years ago someone invited me to a show where a band was playing Supertramp’s music, and everyone was saying they were as good as the original band

      from where I sat I could see the keyboard’s hands and suddenly I realized he was not playing the correct notes.

      the keyboard player was dating the sister of the guy who had invited me to that show

      so I told my friend I was 100 % sure he was not really playing the keyboard that it was a pre recorded track

      my friend refused to believe it and said he would ask the guy after the show since he knew him, and my friend was sure I was wrong and that I would regret having dared thought there was some fake playing going on

      he did ask him and the guy admitted that yes, he pretends to play to pre recorded tracks…

      this type of cheating has become very common in the last 20 or so years

      Sorry to rain on your picnic.

      Sorry