to me this discussion boils down to definition of terms, and we aren't all defining the terms the same way. Here's MY set of definitions:

1) LIVE PERFORMANCE means exactly that... one or more live musicians performing in real time with real instruments and real voices. Nothing artificial added.

2) KARAOKE is total backing tracks and a singer, usually not such a good one and most likely drunk. If an actual instrument enters the equation, then (in my mind) it ceases to be Karaoke.

3) ENTERTAINMENT is a much broader term. Both Karaoke and Live Performance are sub-sets of entertainment. To my mind, entertainment is the combination of any skills and technologies that make a presentation that pleases an audience. From what I can tell, most of the people in this forum are ENTERTAINERS because they add extra tracks and effects to make one or two stage personalities sound far better than they would without the techno aid.

In the final analysis,the only differentiation the audience makes is whether it sounded good or not. I don't think that most audiences care whether the music is played live, played semi live with trax, played as total karaoke , played by a DJ or even a Juke Box.

We're not stars, we're background ambience

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