[NewMusic] Masterpieces Or Fakes? The Joyce Hatto Scandal

[Jon Raskin]

What I find interesting about this "scandal" is that it seems like the
husband did a great job of creating a version of the pieces. His wife didn't
perform them or parts of them but concept employed, at least on the ones he
altered we greeted with admiration.  It was a classical form of mash up and
something that is common place in the recording process.  How many edits and
changes are done on a classical recording?  Perfection is altered takes and
with a bit a stance change it could have been present as piano repertoire by
an engineer.  The new Scratch Perry of classical music.  Enough of it has
been recorded, start playing with the recordings. 

-----Original Message-----
From: newmusic-bounces at music.mills.edu
[mailto:newmusic-bounces at music.mills.edu] On Behalf Of J. Segel
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:19 AM
To: newmusic at music.mills.edu
Subject: Re: [NewMusic] Masterpieces Or Fakes? The Joyce Hatto Scandal


--- newmusic-request at music.mills.edu wrote:
> I've talked to someone who worked with Frank Sinatra at one point, and 
> evidently he would show up to the session, do a couple of takes, then 
> go home, and I suppose in the older days they were probably good 
> takes.  In the later years, after he left, the label would barrage the 
> studio with every recording of a needed song he ever made and they 
> would paste in SYLLABLES to create a good performance, EQing and 
> DSPing appropriately, all unbeknownst to Frank, but at LEAST it was 
> from his own performances!


reminds me of that nashville engineer's joke, in re: comping and fixing the
singer's tracks in protools or whatever. 
singer does two takes of the song. 
engineer says "ok, that's fine, you can go home now."
singer says, "don't you want me to do it right?"
engineer drawls "...if you want it to take all night...."

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