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Post by coo.coo.ca.choo on Dec 18, 2014 9:09:01 GMT -5
"Texts instead of calls to save his voice."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2014 9:11:35 GMT -5
o.canada.com/entertainment/music/nick-jonas-grows-up-and-out-of-his-disney-image#.VJKPHiC7NFQ.twitterENTERTAINMENT Nick Jonas grows up and out of his Disney image
'I was aware there was a pretty big gay following for the Jonas brothers'; The former JoBro on gay-baiting, his new album and feuding with Adam Lambert Adam part:The posturing has not been without criticism. Adam Lambert, the out singer currently fronting Queen, for one, sent a pointed tweet many interpreted as a Jonas dig. “Anyone find it interesting how straight male Pop stars r pandering to gay audiences lately!?,” he tweeted. “Should we be flattered? Progress or strategy?” Asked about the tweet, Jonas points out that Lambert didn’t call him out directly, but responds anyway. “Anytime there’s criticism towards something that’s done out of good will, it’s really insane to me,” he says. “I think it’s important to be progressive and think progressively. When a heterosexual male takes a step forward and embraces [the gay community], I think it’s probably better to rally behind it and know the intentions are in a good place, to trust that.” As for Lambert, Jonas says the two later spoke, via Twitter, about their mutual fandom and that the air is clear. I always thought it was interesting that Adam never said a name in his tweet but the press put Jonas' name to it! Then Adam was the one that got criticized for the comment! #SMDH! And, interestingly, even with a big selling, radio played single, and press only 2nd to Swift at the time, his album has bombed! Ridiculously poor sales!
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Post by katycake on Dec 18, 2014 9:27:15 GMT -5
Katycake.......have PMed you. Replied,
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Post by Q3 on Dec 18, 2014 10:06:13 GMT -5
o.canada.com/entertainment/music/nick-jonas-grows-up-and-out-of-his-disney-image#.VJKPHiC7NFQ.twitterENTERTAINMENT Nick Jonas grows up and out of his Disney image
'I was aware there was a pretty big gay following for the Jonas brothers'; The former JoBro on gay-baiting, his new album and feuding with Adam Lambert Adam part:The posturing has not been without criticism. Adam Lambert, the out singer currently fronting Queen, for one, sent a pointed tweet many interpreted as a Jonas dig. “Anyone find it interesting how straight male Pop stars r pandering to gay audiences lately!?,” he tweeted. “Should we be flattered? Progress or strategy?” Asked about the tweet, Jonas points out that Lambert didn’t call him out directly, but responds anyway. “Anytime there’s criticism towards something that’s done out of good will, it’s really insane to me,” he says. “I think it’s important to be progressive and think progressively. When a heterosexual male takes a step forward and embraces [the gay community], I think it’s probably better to rally behind it and know the intentions are in a good place, to trust that.” As for Lambert, Jonas says the two later spoke, via Twitter, about their mutual fandom and that the air is clear. I always thought it was interesting that Adam never said a name in his tweet but the press put Jonas' name to it! Then Adam was the one that got criticized for the comment! #SMDH! And, interestingly, even with a big selling, radio played single, and press only 2nd to Swift at the time, his album has bombed! Ridiculously poor sales! Seems to me that Adam tried to start a general discussion of a change in how the "gay market" was being treated -- and even asked it as a question -- the it was immediately trivialized to Nick Jonas by most of the press. Too bad, because he raised in interesting question. Female pop and dance artists have targeted gay audiences for decades, male artists not so much. ** It is a tough music market, and it is really hard to transition from "boy band" to a successful recording career. Justin Timberlake did it and JT seems to be the model for Nick. > Once again, we have proof the it takes more than a ton of radio and a hit single to sell an album. Nick Jonas' album is not a bad album -- It is an adult R&B (sort of like Justin Timberlake) so good market fit. They invested a ton in promotion, had a hit single (RIAA Platinum) on radio (BB Hot 100 #8) with major support from Mainstream Top 40 stations, got good reviews, a ton of stock in retail stores, and still the album debuted with only 37,000 units sold in the first week. Possibly the biggest miss of the year but it could not have been completely unexpected. His brother, Joe Jonas, also failed to shift to a solo career and his solo album (released in 2011) only sold 18,000 in the first week and racked up total sales of 25K. [per Wikipedia so may not be correct] ** Back to Adam's question: the related question is if marketing Nick Jonas so directly to gays made any marketing sense. The more typical path would have been to market him to women (particularly former JB fans.)
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Post by nica575 on Dec 18, 2014 10:48:22 GMT -5
instagram.com/p/wwNq0jncsg/stephmoeller 10 minutes ago · Yellowtail Sunset stars & stripes & sushi. ✨ @adamlambert @daniellestori @saulikoskinen
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Post by coo.coo.ca.choo on Dec 18, 2014 10:53:57 GMT -5
Except for the biggest of names, I don't think album sales can continue to be a predictor of success. JMO. MAYBE taking a single's success might prove otherwise.
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Post by Q3 on Dec 18, 2014 11:31:12 GMT -5
Except for the biggest of names, I don't think album sales can continue to be a predictor of success. JMO. MAYBE taking a single's success might prove otherwise. Yes, I agree. The concept of an album in a digital, playlist world probably needs to be revisited. In the late 60's - 70's there were a lot of concept albums -- like Tommy and Quadrophenia -- but even in the "album era" there were very few albums created as whole works. Most popular music albums were a collection of tracks. Adam has often referred to his albums as playlists -- and he even referred to his Idol performances as a "playlist" in 2009 -- like the album he hoped to make. That happens to be in the old article that I posted on page 1. Since we are finally seeing Adam connected to his label (Warner Brothers Records) publicly, it seems like things are being put into place for A3. I have no idea what it will be like, but I am hopefully that they have a plan to widely distribute this music and to use a mix of traditional (radio, TV, events) and emerging (streaming media, online promotion, brand tie-ins) marketing strategies to promote this music. But what I hope is that A3 is successful enough that we can get another Adam solo tour. I am truly enjoying Q+AL but I am starving for seeing and hearing Adam being Adam. The success of Q+AL Tour almost certainly will mean that Adam could get backing for a solo tour but if A3 has a hit single or even better a few hits, I think he could move up to doing a solo arena tour. Looks like Q+AL might also give A3 something that Adam's first two albums really did not have -- a high profile in the UK. It is really hard for American artists to break into the UK market. Finally, he has a shot and I expect that millions of Brits will know who Adam is on January 1, 2015. Timing could not be better. I think the timing is right for Adam and for A3.
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Post by plaidearthworm on Dec 18, 2014 11:36:39 GMT -5
Regarding the press coverage at the top of the thread, I don't know why any Queen fans would be upset at Adam hitting higher notes than Freddie in a live setting. Roger always took the high notes when they went on tour, while playing drums, to boot! Without Adam, we Queen fans would just be in our corner, listening to the old stuff over and over again. Now we have a beautiful, glorious choice, and Adam has not only lit a fire under Brian and Roger, but also under the rest of the world. We get new interpretations. If I'm feeling like some old-school, I'll listen to Freddie. When I want a jolt of rafters-high glam rock, I listen to Adam. My heart is big enough for both. Also, why wasn't Adam listed in the Best Concert Outfits of 2014? His fringe from STL alone should have made the list.
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Post by Q3 on Dec 18, 2014 11:43:47 GMT -5
Regarding the press coverage at the top of the thread, I don't know why any Queen fans would be upset at Adam hitting higher notes than Freddie in a live setting. Roger always took the high notes when they went on tour, while playing drums, to boot! Without Adam, we Queen fans would just be in our corner, listening to the old stuff over and over again. Now we have a beautiful, glorious choice, and Adam has not only lit a fire under Brian and Roger, but also under the rest of the world. We get new interpretations. If I'm feeling like some old-school, I'll listen to Freddie. When I want a jolt of rafters-high glam rock, I listen to Adam. My heart is big enough for both. Also, why wasn't Adam listed in the Best Concert Outfits of 2014? His fringe from STL alone should have made the list. I like this line "My heart is big enough for both." As far as I can tell, Queen fans are not upset by what Brian said and there are not masses of irate Queenies with pitchforks storming Brian's house. Seems like these are headlines that are designed to generate comments and clicks but there is not controversy here. Adam hits some high notes in full voice that sound like no one else. He is indeed a "Freak of Nature". And I mean that in a good way!
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Post by durberville on Dec 18, 2014 12:00:56 GMT -5
Who's the girl with Adam in that new photo?
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