Caro Francesco,
Sad as it may be for some, different market laws determine success of a
certain product, and its quality has little to do with that.
Regarding the cd itself, I must say that I find your characterization of "a
piece of junk" a bit too extreme, if not a bit offensive.
Edin is an specialized lutenist (one of the best around, I should add), and
Sting knows about Dowland (and about singing) as much as many so called
professional singers.
I've heard dozens of lute/lute songs cd's that I find terribly unpleasant,
but would never dare to call them publicly a piece of junk.
Of course, you have the right to do it.
I don't think we should be angry about this cd' success. Let's wait a bit
and see whether it helps to promote what we've been doing.
I think that there're other seriously alarming things in cultural world to
worry about.
Have anyone in the list actually heard the full CD?
Saludos,
Ariel.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Francesco Tribioli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 11:03 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
>
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