Gatto seems to prefer the well-honed live performance to the recorded performance that may have worked on the 100th take. This is a matter of taste. It's also d

Gatto seems to prefer the well-honed live performance to the recorded performance that may have worked on the 100th take. This is a matter of taste. It's also difficult to judge the skill of a performer in a recording (are they that good or did they edit their video to just have their successes). This makes me think of classical music. Live performances have certainly been on the downward trend for many years. Glenn Gould devoted himself to just recording instead of live performances seeing this as the future of music (see http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/06/06/050606crat_atlarge?currentPage=all http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/06/06/050606crat_atlar...). I think there's room for both live and recorded. Seeing only perfect performances can create unrealistic expectations in people's minds.