Sting has a unique style just as Jimmy Buffet and Tool, however what they lack is Sting's massive popularity as a musician throughout the world for more than twenty years in the realm of "pop" music. Unlike Jimmy Buffet, Sting began his career in the light of the music-video television generation and has maintained a steam locomotive's momentum throughout the years of video and radio play with both his early band, the Police, and his success as a solo artist. The elements of style are sometimes vague due to his "pop" sound, but the use of syncopated and intertwined musical lines from the guitar, bass, and the percussion give a basis for his style. On his last two albums he incorporated the trumpet as an instrument in his band, an instrument which has a similar timbre to his own voice as he has aged. Another of his stylistic traits is his use of the classical guitar on many of his personal ballads dealing with his past and his personal beliefs. Sting also loves to work in odd meters as
He has incorporated lyrics from earlier songs into his more recent ones. One of his favorite lines is from a song he wrote with the Police. "Do I have to tell the story, of all the rainy days since we first met? It's a big enough umbrella, but it's always me that ends up getting wet." ("Every Little Thing She Does is Magic") He has used those words several at the end of his newer tunes. At concerts he will often move right into another one of his songs through a short interlude of similar musical lines including lyrics.
well. He often will use seven-eight, five-eight, and nine-eight to get his point across through music. He loves music as a whole. Every style in every age of musical form, and even nature itself has influenced him from time to time.
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