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Swiss harpist takes dim view of music industry

This content was published on May 18, 2001 Vollenweider told swissinfo that new technology is having a corrupting effect on music because it enables the industry to manipulate sound in ways that distort reality. Nowhere is this more apparent, he says, than in the production of “live” music, which he says is often not live at all. “Many concerts are not played entirely…