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Thanks Steven - as if I didn't know! MY point was imagining an entire orchestra being mimed by all 104 or so actors, and how to get them to know when to play what note.. just a silly thought. My partner's son is visiting, so I rented some Doors films for him - and it is so painfully obvious even in primitive "music videos" of the sixties then is it sync'd - the music mix is perfect, and he's using a mic with no windscreen, and the P's don't pop... et cetera. Sometimes there is not cable on the mic, and no it is not a radio mic! BTW pardon my typo - meant Movies not Lovies! <L> Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio • 415-883-2689 On Apr 14, 2006, at 12:51 PM, steven c wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lou Judson" <[log in to unmask]> >> Hmmm, interesting proposition - but do actors cost more or less than >> musicians? It has always seemed to me that acting takes less talent >> and >> skill than playing muscial instruments (especially in larger >> professional organizations such as symphomies) and yet the good or >> famous actors demand more pay. >> Imagine the headaches getting actors to accurately pretend to play >> their specific parts. Remember old lovies where they wiggle thier >> hands >> over a piano when it is obvious they can't play! >> > It's called "lip sync'ing" (since modern music centres on vocals) > and is common practice these days when bands appear on film, tv, usw., > if only to make sure that their hit sounds EXACTLY like the recorded > version, which is what the fans expect. As well, it was common practice > as far back as the twenties...used to make the vocalists look useful > when they weren't singing, they would be given instruments and told > NEVER to try to play them...or instruments that, if played, wouldn't > make any noise. > > However, Sousa would probably rise from his grave... > > ...stevenc > http://users.interlinks.net/stevenc/