Artist Lounge: Sting
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In response to DLuebbert's post of a John Scofield and Pat Metheny video, Brittany asked about appreciating this kind of music. He gave a great answer about rhythm, and it's well worth the time to read. His response reminds me of a game I play with my kids, called "What time is it?" Most music is built up using rhythmic patterns that repeat over certain counts. Musicians speak of these as "measures". When you listen to a song, you can count out the beats until you he... MORE
Well, I think Sting rocks . Ive seen him in concert many times and he never fails to delight me . This is just one of the many songs I love by him
Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler have been ordered to pay their former chef, Jane Martin $51,000. This shouldn’t put too big of a dent in the pocket of Sting since the Police currently have the third highest grossing tour so far this year. Martin, the former chef, had worked for the rock couple for eight years and claims she was fired coincidentally after she became pregnant. Martin filed a sexual discrimination claim. A Southampton employment tribunal ruled in Martin’s... MORE
One of pop culture criticism's best kept secrets is Michael Snyder, who is now Mogging away right here: http://mog.com/Mike_the_Knife Snyder, former rock critic for the San Francisco Chronicle (who also reviewed movies on the Alex Bennet show) and elsewhere, has been writing screenplays of late, but we here at MOG convinced him that the world needs his clever takes on the world of music. His first two posts find him in fine form, and I have the feeling that as he set... MORE
So I'm watching "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" the other night. It's TV auteur Aaron ("The West Wing") Sorkin's new behind-the-scenes dramedy set at a fictionalized late-night sketch comedy show a la "Saturday Night Live." It runs on NBC, Mondays at 10 PM -- at least for the time being. (The critics raved, but the ratings are middling despite crackling dialogue and great chemistry between Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford as the producing/writing honchos at Studio 60.) ... MORE












