Now, thanks to Sting, lutenists know how jazz musicians have felt for years.After the Modern Jazz Quartet retired, Milt Jackson was interviewed, and during the interview he complained, "We worked for twenty years and made what a kid who's played guitar for a month and knows six chords makes in a night." Later during an interview John Lewis was asked about Milt Jackson's remark. He said, "I thought we made a good living. That's show business. We're musicians, not show people."
Sting is show business. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francesco Tribioli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 2:03 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: The last word goes to Sting > > I have if on good authority that the Labyrinth sales in > > Germany have already exceeded 300000. > > RT > There is an incredible amount of advertising of this CD here in Italy too. > Every morning after the radio news there is an extract of Come again sang by > Sting with the advise of buying the CD "in the best CD shops". > This is an interesting phenomenon: actually the quality of the music > and the quality of the performance are absolutely unimportant. No one knows > who is Dowland, no one knows what a good performance of this music is but > the name of pop star is enough to sell a piece of junk (IMHO) as this CD > like the bread. It is considered a musical event, while CDs recorded by > specialized lutenists and singers pass completely ignored! There is > something wrong in all this... Nowadays what sells is the name not the > music. > > Francesco > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/466 - Release Date: 10/7/2006 > >
