I think it is so great when an established artist reaches a point where their bad-assness allows them to take on creative artistic projects such as this. I have a feeling most artists work their whole careers just to be able to go out and create… without worry for charts, singles, etc. Clearly, Sting has reached that point, and this alongside his other more creative product of late have given him a great avenue for his creativity. I give this album a definite two thumbs up and my highest recommendation.

Full disclosure: I have been a longtime hater of Autotune. For years, I have found Autotune to be repulsive… in pop music it makes up for singers’ inadequacies and in rap music it creates “music” for those who have no such talent.  This disdain has been only further flamed by artists like T-Pain and Lil

I Just saw this video and decided that even though I have been living under a rock and missed this when it first came out, I needed to do my job and share it with the other 6,693,254,041 people of the world who hadn’t yet seen it.  (Mildly NSFW …

Recently after reading the blog of my friend, John Mackey (one of the most talented young composers for band I have ever known) I learned of the plight that so many composers and songwriters go through facing internet piracy.  So often, because of the size and bulldog tactics of the R.I.A.A. we think of piracy

Ok Folks, I am sorry. I am the worst Blogger ever!  But in my defense, this has been a busy spring.  My next blog post will illuminate you as to what I have been up to… I originally typed this February 17 and forgot to post it… so here it is!!! I just returned from