Sting: ‘The Music Industry is in a Crises’


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Sting has been having a rough time finding new music. The veteran rock star suggests that bands should ignore the dividing lines between the different music genres

He was quoted explaining to People:  “I was fortunate growing up in the ’60s because in England we only had one radio station,” “We had classical music, we had pop music, we had everything in between. So I grew up thinking that music was this one thing.

“I mean, I appreciated the difference between classical music and pop music, but it’s the same building blocks and it still has the same feeling to it. It’s a common language.”

Sting, who climbed to the top of endless charts as solo artist and the charismatic front man and bassist of legendary rock group The Police, added that the music industry is in a “crisis” and asked: “How do you create novelty in a situation that is played out? People do discover new music, but it’s very difficult. Modern music to most people sounds strange and abstract and painful to the ear, but nonetheless I think it’s worth extolling.

“You need to discover something new. That’s what human beings need: newness, novelty.”


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  1. Jeff 13 December, 2009
  2. TGW 14 December, 2009