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Post by Q3 on Jul 13, 2016 22:34:15 GMT -5
Facebook's Terms of Service have always stated that a Facebook page must be a real identity. Many people ignore that but Facebook does either through random checks or in response to reports routinely ask for verification or sometimes will lock out pages. I guess you never saw any of the articles that got posted here at one point where a bunch of drag queens protested being locked out of their pages that used their stage names. There has been ongoing protests on this issue as in some cases people could have safety reasons for not wanting their real id linked to a Facebook page but Facebook has not relented. In case you didn't realize one of Facebook's advertising points is that Facebook user's are not anonymous but linked to real people. Google it and I'm sure you will come up with loads of articles about it. They have ALWAYS from the very outset insisted that users not be anonymous but unless you get caught in a random check or someone reports your page it is basically an honor system. How can they possibly require an ID? In what form? How would anyone agree to that in today's world of id thefts? They ask you to upload a photo from an official government ID. It has to have enough resolution so that Facebook can use their facial coding recognition software to build an ID. I recently was asked to do it for one of my Facebook accounts -- and after I did, they linked my "Adam fan" Facebook account to my real life self. I am not sure how they did it because my other FB account had no photos of me and a fake name. :(
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Post by Q3 on Jul 13, 2016 22:45:09 GMT -5
I saw quite some tweets about a video with Runnin'. Thought it might be new, but it's an older one. There are a lot of YT video's with Runnin' in it and it has made sure that Runnin' is currently his most popular song on YT worldwide! Having around 1.4 million views added to its tally every week. GT totals are still higher, but Runnin' is catching pretty fast. See: www.youtube.com/yt/artists/insights-artist.html?artist=%2Fm%2F07sbny7&artistName=Adam%2520LambertThe big peak at the end of the graph is the release of the WTTS video which also boosted all his other video's somewhat. The big peak in the middle is right after RiR Brazil when GT was also on it's peak. RUNNIN' has always always been a favorite in my books. In May 2012 my 23 yr old nephew was living with us for the summer. He indulged me by listening to the album. Song by song he gave me his opinion which was huge as he is not an Adam fan. (He realizes Adam has a great voice but his songs had not connected with him and the AMA performance...well enough said.) Anyway-- RUNNIN WAS HANDS DOWN HIS FAVORITE. One wonders, what if it had been released and its appeal. Adam was asked about RUNNIN, I think in a radio or telephone interview ---re the placement as a bonus track, as it was generating a ton of downloads. I remember Adam replied basically saying, he "f'ed up". Yet he didn't add the song to the Trespassing era. It took until the TOH tour to give it a live debut! As a fan I was thrilled!!! I rewound that song grouping on YouTube many a time. Haha
BUT I do gave a few questions RE THE YOUTUBE PLAYS. Adam gave away rights to RCA for albums 1 and 2 in order to get released from his contract...if I am remembering correctly. (If wrong then the rest of these questions will help me frame my thinking.) Would that have included his songwriting credits for the ones he did co-write?What I am asking I guess is--- money earned from YouTube usage of any song from FYE and TRESPASSING would go more to the label and songwriters?? Would Adam as a song writer get a monetary return or he waived those rights with the dissolution of the RCA contract? Are those details we would never know? I have Runnin on my Spotify GT/ALN playlist that has expanded along with WTHS, CGHT, etc etc ....just because it helps keep up the Runnin numbers too. Thought this was interesting trivia re Runnin from Song Facts...lots of "starving artists out there"www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=36336"This frantic song finds Lambert singing about how he keeps running from his heart. The Nashville songwriters Catt Gravitt and Robert Marvin wrote it for him after Lambert recorded another song they co-wrote, "Underneath," and asked for another. Lambert is also credited on the track along with Fred Williams and David Marshall. The Nashville influence explains why a bottle of whiskey shows up in the lyric.
The track and vocal melodies were written by David Marshall, who at the time was a struggling songwriter working at a hair salon in Nashville. Robert Marvin had the track on his computer along with about 10 others from different composers. He played all of them for his co-writer Catt Gravitt, and she picked Marshall's from the bunch. He didn't tell her until the later that Marshall worked at her salon."
The part I made red bold above is not correct. Adam did not give up any rights to get out of his RCA recording contract -- he used a provision about creative control which was phrased as "creative differences" in the official press releases. RCA owns all the Adam Lambert RCA recordings, but not the song. They owned the recordings while he was and after he was an active RCA recording artist. RCA does not own the songwriter rights. Adam receives royalties from all his recordings as an artist and publishing royalties for all the songs where he has a songwriter credit.
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Post by cassie on Jul 13, 2016 22:51:33 GMT -5
This may have been posted before, but I overlooked it. Didn't realize that it is the entire last concert in Italy. The description says: "Published on Jul 11, 2016 I have downloaded *all* available Youtube videos covering the Padua concert (over 190 videos!) and decided to create a complete compilation using the best possible sources for each of the songs. I managed to cover 98% of the concert, basically only a couple of very short breaks between songs are missing. I used my own audio recording to overdub the videos (it's not perfect as I was standing in the golden circle too much to the right and the sound wasn't perfect there). Please bear in mind this is just an amateur compilation (all authors are listed in the ending credits) and my only goal is to please all the fans who attended that particular concert. Italy is one of my favorite countries and Queen have a great fanbase there. Btw. the singing is not mine - there were some crazy fans around me :-)" He did a very good job, and it is nice to have the entire concert in one piece to get the flow. youtu.be/8u2FOYJ7934
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Post by adamrocks on Jul 13, 2016 22:54:38 GMT -5
OK I'm sure I will be called sexist with this statement. But he is a man and according to him a grown ass one. Men with few exceptions are crude with each other. There is a group personality, and a one with all men and anything in between. Gestures and vocabulary differ between each. I'm very sure the Adam seen in a club would be more crass and I think he uses some gestures, costumes (D&M necklace anyone) to create a persona on stage. The tongue and v fingers? Not sure he would ever use it in real life. I think it is a male to female thing? Or am I wrong? Now to be perfectly fair women do the same thing. How we talk to our girlfriends alone, in groups or in mixed company can be and is different. I'm not sure that women use as many rude gestures as men, but they use them. However after some discussions we have had on here about cultural differences I think I'll keep my hands in my pockets.
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Post by Jablea on Jul 13, 2016 23:19:55 GMT -5
I just recently had to provide ID to Paypal and I have several accounts there. I haven't created a fan facebook account because Atop takes up all my time. I do have pages for that I've created for several business interests though. I can post as them on other peoples sites so maybe that's how to keep things seperate. Savei am curious - did you have to upload a scanned ID? or some other way? I can see Paypal wanting to confirm your identity - it provides financial services and interacts with other financial institutions on your behalf...FB is a totally different animal... I had a scanned copy of my old driver's license, with pic I liked from about 10 years ago, I think they also required a recent utility bill for proof of address. Paypal had locked the account, I could go in and look around but not move any money in it. They were fast to get it unlocked after I sent stuff. Save
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Post by adamme on Jul 13, 2016 23:31:08 GMT -5
i am curious - did you have to upload a scanned ID? or some other way? I can see Paypal wanting to confirm your identity - it provides financial services and interacts with other financial institutions on your behalf...FB is a totally different animal... I had a scanned copy of my old driver's license, with pic I liked from about 10 years ago, I think they also required a recent utility bill for proof of address. Paypal had locked the account, I could go in and look around but not move any money in it. They were fast to get it unlocked after I sent stuff. SaveI haven't use Paypal for over six months and don't really pay attention on their emails. But to do transaction using Paypal they did want you to at least have one credit card listed. Isn't it enough to confirm your ID? Yikes, if my real facebook ask me to scan my ID I won't do it. I don't care if they lock my account.
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Post by stampsgal on Jul 13, 2016 23:59:52 GMT -5
BUT I do gave a few questions RE THE YOUTUBE PLAYS. Adam gave away rights to RCA for albums 1 and 2 in order to get released from his contract...if I am remembering correctly. (If wrong then the rest of these questions will help me frame my thinking.) Would that have included his songwriting credits for the ones he did co-write?What I am asking I guess is--- money earned from YouTube usage of any song from FYE and TRESPASSING would go more to the label and songwriters?? Would Adam as a song writer get a monetary return or he waived those rights with the dissolution of the RCA contract? Are those details we would never know? I have Runnin on my Spotify GT/ALN playlist that has expanded along with WTHS, CGHT, etc etc ....just because it helps keep up the Runnin numbers too.
The part I made red bold above is not correct. Adam did not give up any rights to get out of his RCA recording contract -- he used a provision about creative control which was phrased as "creative differences" in the official press releases. RCA owns all the Adam Lambert RCA recordings, but not the song. They owned the recordings while he was and after he was an active RCA recording artist. RCA does not own the songwriter rights. Adam receives royalties from all his recordings as an artist and publishing royalties for all the songs where he has a songwriter credit. Thanks for the clarification...I was hoping that as a song writer he was getting a financial credit ...however small, no matter what other compensations he may have made. I continue to play to get that small number --- larger. Adam once made an off hand comment about what he gave up to get released. It was just a sentence. Do you remember....just want to refresh my memory?
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Thank you Adam for this wonderful pic from M&G in Warsaw - one of the best TOHT concerts ever!
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Post by shimoli710 on Jul 14, 2016 4:13:10 GMT -5
Is that sauna picture from Adam's house? If the sauna is at his house, I can think of a special guest who would really enjoy it. I assume it's a Finnish sauna :LOL I was thinking exactly the same.
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Post by freakydeaky on Jul 14, 2016 4:23:53 GMT -5
I can't thank you enough for this playlist skaschep. And thank you freakydeaky for asking for it!
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Post by freakydeaky on Jul 14, 2016 4:25:21 GMT -5
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