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Originally Posted by charlene
there was a string section, and I believe de Caro was conducting.
It never happened, though. Gord felt somewhat restricted by the lack of tempo variants he was used to.
The best way to explain that is to suggest you think of the different tempo variances in CRT -- speeding up--slowing down, etc.
Gordon was probably anxious that there would be a slight lack of sync between him and the section.
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interesting... I wouldnt want strings for that one anyhow, but for Nick's studio colourings to come to life Live would have been something
here is Gord's direct comments (Can. Composer, 1974) about not adding strings live:
"I am not prepared to handle 40 people. I can preside over a small group of people and that's as far as it goes. I like to travel around the countryside with four or five people and make sure everyone's on the plane and we're all where
we're supposed to be at the right time. And that's enough to worry about."
Well, then would you want to add a string section sometime?
"No. You want to know why? Because when I play on stage, I tune above A440
by about two vibrations. I play A442, just a bit above concert pitch, and it
would drive a string player nuts to ask him to tune his ax sharp. That's the
only reason. It's always been my policy to play a little bit sharp. It has a
more positive sound."