Concert or Karaoke?

Which are you seeing?

John Diliberto says: In plug ‘n’ play concerts, there’s music that’s played in the moment on top of other music that’s been packaged and frozen... The live performance consists of defrosting the material while a lone musician solos... Fresh as a TV dinner.

Audio Embed: PRI's Echoes, an ambient music program on public radio with an extensive archive of audio for download via subscription.