On Monday 09 October 2006 11:03, you wrote: > > 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 > Not just music, art in general. The holywood productions sell by millions even if it's cliche crap, while quality productions of many european movies reach only a limited number of people. Literature (think of the millions of Da Vinci code books) and food dito story (think of the mc donalds food 'art'). As long as there is a niche for a group of people sharing their sensitivity for a better dowland performance or a 'slow food' restaurant, I really don't mind. taco
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