Colorful article about the career of Andy Summers predating The Police.

https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/andy-summers/

#AndySummers #ThePolice

ligt hij bijna uit die band, omdat de frontman van plan is iedereen te vervangen daar het live spel hem niet aanstaat, maar als bij wonder vinden de muzikanten elkaar en worden ze een ware live-sensatie.
In 1977 richt Stewart zijn eigen band op, #ThePolice, samen met een enthousiaste #GordonSumner die de bijnaam #Sting draagt, die hij ontmoet in 1976 en die hem opzoekt voor een jamsessie als hij in 1977 in Londen komt wonen. Met #AndySummers erbij is een hit machine geboren. In 1978 komt hun
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Record fair...
Platenbeursje...
#CarlaBley #DavidBedford #AndySummers #RobertFripp #Zappa #FrankZappa #Grobschnitt #SpencerDavisGroup #SteveWinwood #Yes

Well, Sting supposedly gets $5,000 per day, to this day, from P[uff] D[a|i]ddy for using the sample of “Every Breath You Take” and the vocal hookline in his Track “I’ll Be Missing You”.

Problem is, Police guitarist Andy Summers say he’s never seen a cent although he’s the one who came up with the guitar riff that is the actual basis for the Police song and the rap version.

Does Sting have the better attorneys? Probably. Is that fair? Probably not. To sum it up: Never make too much money with your art. Money distorts character.

“Every Breath You Take”: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=OMOGaugKpzs

“I’ll Be Missing You”: https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=NKMtZm2YuBE

Diddy on Twitter, confirming the $5,000
https://twitter.com/Diddy/status/1643663676031762451

Andy Summers interview explaining his involvement, saying “We were in the middle of Synchronicity and Sting says, ‘Well, go on then, go in there and make it your own.’”
https://www.guitarworld.com/features/andy-summers-the-police-greatest-hits

Andy Summers calling “I’ll Be Missing You” a “major rip-off”
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/police-puff-daddy-rip-off

#Music #Pop #PopMusic #Money #Royalties #Sampling #Police #ThePolice #Sting #AndySummers #PuffDaddy

https://youtube.com/watch?v=MbXWrmQW-OE&feature=share I love #music. Most of my art has been created with music blaring. #ThePolice #Sting #AndySummers #StewartCopeland Best concerts. Dance. Dance. Dance. #Dance

Random song thoughts and Mastodon posting is slowing my bike time today, but there is this #AndySummers bit:

Love is the Strangest Way
https://youtu.be/tCP9vNXy6fU

Happy 80th Birthday to The Police’s Andy Summers. #AndySummers #80s #80smusic #boomtownpodcast

Feliz 80 cumpleaños al gran guitarrista #AndySummers. Lo celebramos recordando sus mejores Riffs con #ThePolice: https://riffstory.com/tag/andy-summers/

Oggi compie i suoi primi 80 anni il grande #AndySummers 🍾

https://invidious.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=qprOGSJL6DQ

#fender

Andy Summers from The Police riffing away on a lovely Strat. Legend.

RT @asummersmusic@twitter.com

More riffing
#MessageFromAndy

#AndySummers
#GuitarSolo

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/asummersmusic/status/1605306109081915393

@TheVinylApe For the die-hard Police fan on your list!

#vinyl #vinylrecords #newwave #synth #experimental #abstract #80s #80smusic #ThePolice #sting #AndySummers #StewartCopeland

Riff de #AndySummers en el tema “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da”. #ThePolice lanzaron el single el 5 de diciembre de 1980: https://riffstory.com/tag/de-do-do-do-de-da-da-da/

Riff de #AndySummers en el tema “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da”. #ThePolice lanzaron el single el 5 de diciembre de 1980: https://riffstory.com/tag/de-do-do-do-de-da-da-da/

Feliz 76 cumpleaños al gran guitarrista #AndySummers. Lo celebramos repasando sus mejores Riffs con #ThePolice: https://riffstory.com/tag/andy-summers/

#Metallica tocaron “Master Of Puppets” por 1ª vez el 31 de diciembre de 1985 en San Francisco ante 7000 espectadores https://riffstory.com/tag/master-of-puppets/

31 de diciembre de 1977: #Ramones graban "It's Alive" en Londres. Su primer álbum en vivo incluía este conocido Riff https://riffstory.com/tag/blitzkrieg-bop/

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (The Police)
Released: 05 December 1980
#Riffstory #ThePolice #AndySummers #Sting #RiffOfTheDay
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrAKiC1HJOY/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=gza60vb71chx

Hoy #JJCale habría cumplido 80 años. Compuso clásicos como “Cocaine” que popularizaron artistas como #EricClapton: https://riffstory.com/tag/cocaine/

Riff de #AndySummers en el tema “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da”. #ThePolice lanzaron el single el 5 de diciembre de 1980: https://riffstory.com/tag/de-do-do-do-de-da-da-da/

5 de diciembre de 1981: #ThePolice son Nº 2 en Estados Unidos con el álbum “Ghost in the Machine” y Riffs como estos https://riffstory.com/tag/ghost-in-the-machine/