----- Original Message ----- From: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 4:43 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Hear Sting Dowland CD at amazon.de
>> I would have loved to have a good CD from Sting and I have nothing >> against >> "the boy from sarejevo" but I hope it awakens an interest in this music >> and then >> we have the job to show how it should be done. > > My sentiments entirely. I've heard very nice pop songs from Sting, but his > Dowland is beyond me and the lute playing is below standard for Dowland > lute > song accompaniments. Perhaps they used multi track recording to record > lute > and voice seperately? That would explain some of it. I actually thought it > was Sting himself and was willing to forgive the bland playing. It was so > much better than the singing anyway. > This is something else I don't quite get. You say that the lute playing is below standard for Dowland lute songs? What do you mean? Is there such a thing? Would you give me an example? BTW, the boy isn't from Sarajevo, but from Zenica. Ariel. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
