the police

EM77 – Stewart Copeland

Posted by Pods & Sods on 2018-05-22
Posted in: adrian belew, andy summers, career retrospective, eric's episodes, eric's interviews, gizmodrome, includes music, interview, oysterhead, stewart copeland, sting, the police. Leave a comment

Steve SmithLegendary drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police and Gizmodrome joins Eric in conversation to discuss his early drumming influences from a trio perspective, switching from drumming to fronting a band, springboarding on the punk scene and evolving his unique style of playing with The Police, tips on how to get on the cover of Modern Drummer Magazine, the conflicts of songwriting in The Police, the sibling bond he shares with Sting and Andy, memories of the reunion tour, his approaches to composing for TV and film, moving on to writing “fancy schmancy” music for opera, working on Spyro video game music, his current project of orchestrating his greatest hits (including some Police) for stage performance, his intriguing day of recording with Tom Waits, performing with Gizmodrome, the future of Oysterhead with Les Claypool and Trey Anastasio, and much more!

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EM1 – Andy Summers of The Police

Posted by Pods & Sods on 2015-07-29
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2015-07-29__EM01Legendary guitarist Andy Summers of The Police joins Eric in conversation.   We talk about his time before forming the band, about his new documentary Can’t Stand Losing You, international touring, the failed follow-up to Synchronicity, his latest CD Metal Dog and basically all things Police and beyond.
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