one of my pet peeves is the prevalant notion that a dude on a stage with a guitar and mic constitutes a live performance... but a dude on stage with a guitar and a mic and a backing track is somehow less.

Most of the solo guitar-vocalists I've heard locally are playing at a level most of us played at in high school. In contrast, it has taken me YEARS to accumulate the knowledge to create tasteful tracks that perfectly suit my needs. Yet the part I take most satisfaction in is the part that gets a bad rap from purists.

I guess I'm more of a fusionist than a purist... I want to bring elements from every kind of entertaining to what I do.

Speaking of purists... here in NC, bluegrass isn't considered real if the the band uses an electric bass or an acoustic-electric guitar.

At some point discussions like this tend to become more ANAL than ANALytical.

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