Hi there from Giovanni.
I can understand your point of view, but I guess there's a lot
more behind this projects, that means a record company deal (probably he did a
deal with Deutsche Grammophone for more records than we might expect), I guess
there is also a request from the record company to release something this
year...the Winter album itself was a request from the record company to release
something for Christmas (they asked him to do a Christmas album that he turned
into a 'Winter' album) ... at the end of the day it's about art, but it's all
about business as well.
An 'orchestra' album is something that many artists of his
status do release, and it's something that SELLS to the main public...usually
they're not for fans like us...and he knows it for sure.
At this stage of the music market, releases like these can
help sales...it's easy to sell a 'greatest hits' revisited...easier than trying
to sell a new record, mainly if you don't have big ideas in mind; it also helps
in keeping the name alive, waiting for something new to come out.
Giovanni
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Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 9:21
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Subject: [Police] Symphonicity
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Hello
As Dietmar I don't understand Sting's purposes. I know these are
all his songs , he is the composer of them all but they are so
linked with The Police. For a man who does not love nostalgia ...I
respect the man's musical positions , I can understand the John Dowland
and the Winter albums , I even like them both compared to his last
studios attempts even though there were some good songs , but the
musical direction was so bizarre. I don' t care if Sting's records do
not not rock anymore, even though the music is good. But I still love
his voice and still wait for soething better.
So in the meantime you can still listen to Animal Logic, Oysterhead
and to the Maestro compositions ( I m not fair, am I ? !!)
You can visit :
Stewart Copeland
Inside Out - Kollected Works
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