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Post by pi on Jun 29, 2020 3:27:09 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jun 29, 2020 3:30:51 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jun 29, 2020 3:41:37 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jun 29, 2020 4:35:17 GMT -5
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Post by toramenor on Jun 29, 2020 4:51:34 GMT -5
The LGBTQ+ Music Creatives Round Table is EVERYTHING! I loved hearing all the diverse stories. I knew some of the other artists by name or maybe just slightly, and there were others I knew nothing about. It is so interesting to hear how each has had a unique journey, while some threads are universal for all of them. It is important to really listen. I hope all Adam Lambert fans will watch the whole thing, and not just Adam parts. He does not speak a lot, but these people share so much with who he is as a person. I don't think we can understand Adam Lambert as an artist or as a person, without understanding where he is coming from, what is his community truly like and about, what are his friends and co-workers (if I can call them that) going through. I really hope there will be more such events in the future, and that this is just the first step. It feels like a really important time to do this, and I am glad stuff is happening. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyuBch6tGWs
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Post by marionm on Jun 29, 2020 5:53:13 GMT -5
I think it says more than we may think about Adams status that He can hold such a round table. I'm happy for Adam, because i think it made him Happy. It's easy to feel alone and isolated in these trying times and i was very happy to hear he felt a connection. Not saying He was lonely. He had Terrance and his Boyfriend live with him and did ALOT of things lately but still, it's been hard on all of us.
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Post by melliemom on Jun 29, 2020 6:39:53 GMT -5
I stayed up to see the round table ,glad I did...Community is so important...I have always felt that uniting the LGBTQ+ artists was very important for guidance and for unity ,not competition. Basically to do what Adam is doing and what a couple other artists have done.. After that I truly believe that they have to inspire the whole LGBTQ Community to back and buy their music.One of the most frustrating things for me in these last 10 years has been how their music has been largely ignored by their own community. Straight girl pop singers seem to rule.Can you imagine how much easier it would be to get on radio, to tour,to not have to become a song writer for others,because you're too gay to be seen, if your own community bought your music and went to your shows.. There are a lot of gay people who have made straight artists very ,VERY famous down through the years... I have made comments about this time and time again in gay magazines... support your own people.Show some self love.
I hope Feel Something covers this topic and has a campaign to get their own folks to also show the love.I would also add male gay singers have it even harder than the LGBTQ women.. I feel that prejudice in their own community has to be addressed for true acceptance world wide. Just saying
Adam's new album Velvet and all his activism is a love song to his Community.. where is the love back from this same community?
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Post by katycake on Jun 29, 2020 7:59:51 GMT -5
That round table conversation was extremely interesting. Some of the points that stuck out for me:
Justin Tranter describing how his straight band mates found out (on a diminished level) what it’s like to deal with homophobia. And also what he said about his narrative being embraced on the highest levels, as long as it’s sung by straight artists.
Ames saying that when you’re masking who you are, everything you create is watered down.
LP expressing how surprising it is that we aren’t as forward as we think, we still have to pave a way, it isn’t all paved for us.
Mary Lambert talking about how straight people have all aspects of them represented in media, while queer (or overweight) people have only one side represented, and it’s a negative side.
That fits right into what Teddy Geiger said (she was last), that she said to herself “I don’t want to end up a prostitute”, because that’s the only representation she encountered for a trans woman.
Shea Diamond talked about how the system is set to not let marginalized artists thrive, and sticks them in a “survival” mode.
And of course, Parson James telling how the guys in RCA, the gay guys in RCA, told him to tone it down. I was very touched by the way he portrayed his childhood, like life made him timid at a very young age, and he was always mindful not to upset anyone, because his very existence must have been upsetting to a lot of people.
These are just a few points that resonated with me, but that is not to say that the others were any less interesting and thoughtful.
And my, Ferras has a very glamorous space. I love it!
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Post by toramenor on Jun 29, 2020 8:16:59 GMT -5
All of the above melliemom and katycake, absolutely agreed,
also, for me, when Alex Newel talked about the executives debating> which box should we put you in? and Alex was like "Why can't I just exist?" All of these artists are so unique. They don't need your stupid boxes! That's what they tried to do with Adam Lambert too, put him in some kind of box, reframe him, tone him down, or whatever they thought was going to sell, instead of just letting him be himself, fully and completely. I'm glad that these artists are all refusing to stay silent and to be invisible, or to blend in. To hell with that. As an artist, you have to stand out, and speak your own truth, and be yourself, and be authentic.
I'm going to be rewatching the "gay justice league" (lol) again - to quote Vincint, who is also so talented, I can't believe he still has no label. He has an amazing voice, reminds me a bit of Adam, though of course they are different.
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Post by deb5anne on Jun 29, 2020 8:26:19 GMT -5
Enjoyed it all. Glad to see they got it fixed. Everyone's story was unique and interesting. Got a kick out of the guy from Billboard - Drew I think?- called Queen Adam's side hustle! I was impressed that all of them seemed to be aware of the documentary- the gift that keeps on giving- Velvet #44 this morning.
I love that he mentioned Trespassing was the first openly gay artist to hit #1. That still blows my mind. Still only happened once since then. They don't often mention that Adam was the first openly gay artist to get signed by a major label. It crossed my mind when the one guy can't get a label. That's nuts.
All this brought to mind way back in the early 70s when I lived in a college dorm. There were 2 gay guys there- we used to go to gay bars with them all the time. Had a blast, never thought twice about it. We would go to Denny's at 2AM for breakfast after. I had a long conversation with one of them a few years ago. He told me one of the reasons they always wanted us to go was because they felt safer with 2 women. At Denny's it looked like 2 couples. It was an eye opening conversation.
On another note I played Velvet this morning! 5 Million is within reach lol! I'm not going to hazard a guess as to when it will happen since I've been way off every time.
Way to go Adam! Onward and upward.
Good Monday Moanin! Like an old friend of mine always said.
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