Re: Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Cadillac Records

[Richard Hammersley <rhhammersley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Dunno about this particular piece of overdubbing, but if you read  
> what film stars say in publiciity about their musical/ singing  
> talents in movies where they sound too good to be true, then they  
> usually say "I learned/ I played all the..."

But what they don't say is "then to improve the sound the studio mixed  
my meagre efforts with the performance of someone genuinely talented  
AND (in some cases) my performance sits so low in the mix you cannot  
really hear it". That way truth and honour are satisfied. I have heard  
that this trick is applied also to some "singers" in the charts more  
for their looks than their musical talent. The most narcisstic and dim  
witted stars may even believe it is 'their' performance.

Richard Hammersley
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