STEWART COPELAND

Problem with downloads these days is you don't have liner notes. For instance, if you can't remember if Omegaman was written all by Summers or cowritten by Sting and Andy, you can't check the liner notes if all you have is a download. I think that many people will no longer know who the producer or engineer on an album was or what musicians played on a track if guest or studio musicians are involved. Quite a shame.

Anyways, I downloaded Don't Stand so Close from the Rock School soundtrack. Stewart awesome as always on drums. However, anyone know who plays bass on this track. This performance is not shown in the movie, so I don't know since I only have the download. Is it Julie Slick (who I think is AWESOME and needs to be heard by more people)? Gotta tell you, I think I like the bass on the soundtrack more than on ZM. <<ducks in case Sting fans are reading>>

If you download from iTunes there are free digital booklets with everything, credits, interviews etc. MP3 is, alas, still behind.

Doyou have to download the whole album in order to get a digital booklet? Do all albums/tracks come with digiital booklets?

There is something called Complete my Album. You can buy one or two track from an album. Then if you like it and buy the rest of the songs, you can have it for 6 bucks with digital booklet and all.

That's one of the biggest problems with downloading music IMO....it's made the music disposable to a whole lot of people. It's a shame really as the art of creating complete albums, for the most part, is a lost art because of the industry's never ending quest for the next single.