Is playing to track cheating?

My band Sungazer plays to backing tracks - are we cheating? Or are we simply continuing the tradition of Pierre Schaefer and the electroacoustic avant-garde of the 1950's? Or...is that just a pretentious way of justifying lazy practice?

I was recently on an episode of PBS Sound Field where I jammed with Nahre Sol, a classical pianist, and LA Buckner, a gospel/R&B drummer, and talked about our different backgrounds and approaches to playing. Check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABQ_0ys3It0

The band SUNGAZER is...

☀️Adam Neely (that's me!) - Bass
☀️Shawn Crowder - Drums

w/ special guests

☀️Jared Yee - Saxophone
☀️Danae Greenfield - Keys

Definition of Acousmatic Music
http://trondlossius.no/articles/91-acousmatic-music-defined

Antoine Hennion. ”As Fast as One Possibly Can ...”: Virtuosity, a Truth of Musical Performance. Stan Hawkins. Critical Musicological Reflections. Essays in Honour of Derek B. Scott, Ashgate, pp.125-138, 2012. ffhal-00771908f

ELECTRONIC MUSIC is the new acousmatic music
https://brettworks.com/2012/02/13/on-the-trickle-down-of-electronic-dance-music-aesthetics-iii-acousmatic-sound-and-authenticity-at-the-2012-grammy-awards/

The relationship of Husserlian phenomenology to the work of Pierre Schaeffer
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a94f/a63d30a30660da3ce49255f2cfdfbe3d0b9c.pdf

3 Fantaisies for Solo Flute, Op.38
Friedrich Kuhlau
Performed by Paolo Dalmoro
https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Fantaisies_for_Solo_Flute%2C_Op.38_(Kuhlau%2C_Friedrich)

Whitney Houston lip sync
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/02/whitney-houston-national-anthem-video-super-bowl-51-2017

Obama Inauguration performance was pantomimed
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/arts/music/23band.html

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Peace,
Adam

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