On November 27th, the iconic Berlin will release Strings Attached , a track album of some of their greatest hits recorded with the City On November 27th, the iconic Berlin will release Strings Attached , a track album of some of their greatest hits recorded with the City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. If that's not enough Berlin four you, they're also releasing a 4-disc box set of the album, both of which are available at berlinmusic. I sat down and spoke with singer Terri Nunn about Strings Attached , the '80s, turning down the role of Lucy Ewing on Dallas , the songs she felt define Berlin, and her dream music festival.
I've listened to Strings Attached several times now and love it! What made you all decide to re-record some of your biggest hits with a symphony? The invitation. I had played three or four times in the past with orchestras for benefits, charity events. The first time it happened where I heard an orchestra play my music, I cried. Oh my God, it was huge. It was beyond anything I'd ever imagined my songs could sound like. Then I took any opportunity to sing and perform with orchestras all around America.
And then this company from England, August Day, approached us about doing an entire album of Berlin songs with the Prague Orchestra. I was like, "Let me think about it I looked at who they were and what they had done prior, but once I saw they were a reputable company and the other work they did was really good, I said, "Absolutely!
The really cool thing I didn't know is now the producer can create the sounds, the different strings, horns, and everything, digitally first so that we have an idea of what he's got in mind before he actually works with the orchestra. So we're listening to it, and we can tweak it there in his studio on the computer.
Then once he writes those charts, then we go to the live orchestra and then it's only little tweaks here and there because we've pretty much created what we want for each song.
