Santu De Silva replies to me:

>>A chamber group I sing with was invited to provide music at a "bridal
>>fair." One of the music vendors there had a CD boombox and a violin.
>>She would play along with the CD. She gets work ALL the time.  I got
>>the idea of buying CDs of The Sixteen and singing along.
>
>Why the Sixteen, specifically?

They're very good.

>(Isn't it the same idea as Music-minus-0ne, MM1?)

Actually, it's music minus nobody, since the CDs had all the parts.  The
woman simply plays along.  If she didn't, you'd still hear the part.

Steve Schwartz