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> It'd be SO easy to fake even ridiculously complex performances

Given the number of full playback performances that are already happening, I don't suppose the faking could get any worse. "Real" musicians will never fake a performance others in the industry will use all means available to them to fake their way to fame and fortune. Both ends of this spectrum are targeting different audiences though.

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I recall seeing Jethro Tull back on their Under Wraps tour. I don't recall which song, but one of the tracks from that record features a repeating synth riff. The keyboardist (a hired gun) actually made a bit of a show with this, if you had your eye on him. He recorded the riff into his sequencer in realtime (which I guess should count as "real" rather than "fake") and then stood back and held up his hands as if to say "Look, Ma, no hands".

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