Is this why big name pop acts so often lip sync?

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So apparently last night, at the tree lighting in Rockefeller center, Mariah Carey sang "All I Want for Christmas" live and botched parts of it. Of course, folks jumped all over it for not being perfect. Personally, I'd rather see an honest performance, mistakes and all, rather than a perfectly lip synced one. :shrug:

The real problem, of course, is that so many pop acts have no actual talent besides looking good and choreographed dance moves. Autotune does the rest.

Story is here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...r-christmas-is-you_n_6268724.html?cps=gravity
 
No that's not why they do it. Often, the shows insist on the artists lip-syncing because they can more easily control the sound and the end result. Real live bands often don't sound all that great on TV, and most TV sound mixers don't know shit about mixing a rock band.
 
We have come to expect perfection and want the live performance to sound exactly like the recording. I really don't care for this trend, myself, but it is pervasive. Yes, we complain about lip-syncing and also complain when a performance isn't perfect. I love inconsistency.
 
It also has a lot to do with big productions like that that need to have several musical acts follow each other with no down time between acts.

It's tough to set up a live band and get them mixed in the 30 seconds or so these shows provide between acts.
 
Gary Blanchard said:
We have come to expect perfection and want the live performance to sound exactly like the recording. I really don't care for this trend, myself, but it is pervasive. Yes, we complain about lip-syncing and also complain when a performance isn't perfect. I love inconsistency.
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That's pretty much what I was trying to say with the OP...only you did it better. It's kind of a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation. Personally, I'd rather have folks be mad that I didn't perform that well rather than pretending that I did. :shrug:

Prages said:
It also has a lot to do with big productions like that that need to have several musical acts follow each other with no down time between acts.

It's tough to set up a live band and get them mixed in the 30 seconds or so these shows provide between acts.
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That's pretty much a no-win situation too. I guess these are pop star problems that I'll never have. :)
 
The reason many pop acts lip sync is that their shows are typically focused on dance and spectacle rather than actual singing. There are a handful of people in pop who can pull off dancing and singing—Lady Gagy and Beyoncé come to mind—but not many.
 
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