Sting scores $300 million
NewsThe English rock singer and composer sold his catalogue today to Universal Music for $300m, exactly the same sum as Bob Dylan.
But then Dylan didn’t do deep breathing exercises, or dolorous Dowland on DG.
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Now that he’s retired, he wants to be called Stung.
Meister Stung und Drung
If Sting were immortal, people would exclaim: “Sting, where is thy death?!”
I wonder how much Tchaikovsky or Stravinsky would get….
Not sure what Peter or Igor should be entitled to, but the money train does seem to be passing by the home of James Newton Howard:
https://deadline.com/2022/02/james-newton-howard-film-score-catalog-acquired-multimedia-music-fundraising-streaming-1234929113/
If Tchaikovsky were still under copyright, I imagine he’d do pretty well. Maybe less for electronic rights but probably a lot more for live performance – Nutcracker alone would probably keep him in comfort.
Masoko Tanga is a masterpiece. It goes like this:
“Don’t ba bose da la lomb ba bay
Ping pong da la zoe da la la low
People know what de lee do da day
Key wo wa di com la day wa da
Co wa da zu ma pu wa all day
See po wa ta na po ba ba”
I love “In the Moonlight” by John Williams.
I am made to believe that it is quoted in Violin Concerto No. 2.
$300 million was a lot of money back in those days.