I'm spontaneous enough in the studio... I make my arrangements with anticipation of our target audience. Singing Live with tracks is just different than a live band. And it's ok to be different. Variety is key!

I agree, nothing beats a live band for energy, character, and more to watch. BUT they have to be good and a polished act... because everything else beats a bad band!!

... maybe everything but a bad OMB ! ...

Dear friends , I see we do not all agree about the singer on tape
but I am sure we will see something is happening in the future .
Yes it will take some time but what we all want in Music is Back
to the Basis .
Which means we want to see what we hear , do we hear Music than
we want to see the Musician because without the Musician there is no Music .
More and more people want healthy meat and vegetables , these people want also real Music .
Real Music is Music played by a visible Musician !
When I see and hear a singer with only a taped Orchestra I always leave that building .
The Musician is the most important part of the Music , a singer
can be part of it . But as long we accept incomplete shows than
I prefer the Musician with the singer on his Audiorecorder .
The Tyros 5 ( and some other instruments ) offers you this feature as a possibility . Why not use it .

Quit while you are ahead (or before making a fool of yourself).

Agreed. Deb's view seems pretty skewed to me. You'd get laughed off the stage if you tried to pull that stunt here.

Not to my taste, or something I'd use, but they said that about Disco, DJ's and Karaoke and you know what happened...

Ian