6.16.11 Adam News & Info

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Vancouver rocker Kieran Strange's unofficial Canucks anthem
By Vancouver Sun June 15, 2011

Note: Adamtopia planed to be impartial on the Stanley Cup Finals, but must now root for the Canucks because they have such fine music taste.

Vancouver-based musician Kieran Strange has taken cheering on the Vancouver Canucks hockey team to a whole new level. In less than seven days, this high energy rocker needed to show her support and re-wrote Adam Lambert’s hit, If I Had You to the unofficial Canucks anthem, Because We Believe.

The result ? Thousands of YouTube views, a thousand comments on her personal Facebook page and positive feedback from Adam Lambert himself, including the posting of the video to his website as well as Adam Lambert 24/7 News.

“Hockey is a GAME”, said Strange, “I made this video for fun, and even if the Canucks don't win, I'll be happy for Bruins fans.”

Here’s hoping “Because We Believe” will contribute to bringing The Stanley Cup back to this side of the border.

GO CANUCKS !!

Because We Believe - The Unofficial Canucks Anthem! [Kieran Strange]



Link to article: www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Vancouver+rocker+Kieran+Strange+unofficial+Canucks+anthem/4951739/story.html#ixzz1POkOmcvY



Music Industry News

There is so much transition going on at Sony Music Entertainment and in the music industry, that I have decided to provide links to a few of the more important news items over the next few days. Q3


'X Factor' Judge L.A. Reid to Run Epic Records (Exclusive)

The newly restructured Epic Label Group will combine the rosters of Jive and Epic and reunite the executive with Usher and Pink, two artists he discovered and helped develop.

RCA/Jive Label Group will be broken up. More info here: www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/x-factor-judge-la-reid-202098



Sony's cloud-based, digital music service now on Android

Link: gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/15/6865512-sonys-cloud-based-digital-music-service-now-on-android



Pandora IPO
Pandora’s ‘pop’ fuels bubble fears
Link: www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c30bf210-9778-11e0-af13-00144feab49a.html#axzz1PPHoFbAx



Will Sirius XM Innovate or Die?
Link: www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/06/15/will-sirius-xm-innovate-or-die.aspx



Upcoming Events

Check the Adamtopia calendar for more events and links to more info.

6.19.11 Toronto, ON Canada MuchMusic Video Awards
Adam's IIHY is nominated for Most Viewed Video, not expected to attend.

6.21.11 Sydney Australia 2011 APRA Music Awards
Adam Lambert¡¯s ¡®Whataya Want From Me¡¯ is nominated as 2011 Australasian Performing Right Association Limited (APRA) Music Awards ¡®International Work of The Year¡¯.

Adam is not expected to attend.

APRA Music Awards ¡®International Work of the Year¡¯ (list)

California Gurls ¨C Katy Perry (Calvin Broadus/Katheryn Hudson/Martin Sandberg/Lukasz Gottwald/Bonnie McKee/Benjamin Levin/Brian Wilson/Michael Love)
Fireflies ¨C Owl City (Adam Young)
Hey, Soul Sister ¨C Train (Patrick Monahan/Amund Bjorklund/Espen Lind)
O.M.G ¨C Usher (Will Adams)
Whataya Want From Me ¨C Adam Lambert (Alecia Moore/Martin Sandberg/Johan Schuster)



July or so: Behind the scenes video of Adam #2 recording sessions to be released.

7.29.11 Adam performs at the St. Agathe en Feux Festival in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, QC, festival concert.

ATop Quebec concert thread: www.adamtopia.com/index.cgi?board=adam2performances&action=display&thread=321


Late Summer 2011 New single released

October-November 2011 Adam's second album released

Every Saturday from New Zealand -- Adam Lambert Hour -- Live 7:00PM EDT US.
Link: www.adamlamberthour.co.nr/

Check out the ALH page for podcast of previous shows.
This is the only weekly Adam Lambert show in the world.




Voting Opportunities

I have changed my recommendation on VH1 Do Something Awards to DO NOT VOTE
5.27.11 by Q3

On 5.25.11 I recommended voting in this competition. Since then I have done some additional research and testing.

1. Voting for the celebrity online awards is just a way to build awareness for the real awards show.

2, Adam is not nominated for any award. The only way to vote for Adam is as a write-in. It takes much longer to cast a write-in vs. voting for a nominee. There is no limit on voting. So 10 minutes of Adam fan voting time can be wiped out in about 1 minute by someone voting for a nominee.

Poll rating (0=lowest rating, 10=highest rating)

Adam benefit: 3 ¨C a win could raise awareness of The Trevor Project.
Fairness: 3 - there is an attempt to limit voting for just one category but it is very easy to work around.
Potential to win: 9 ¨C The voting structure makes a write-in vote very timeconsuming.
Fan value: 2
RECOMMENDATION ¨C vote only if you are willing to work really hard.


About the awards: DoSomething.org and VH1 have partnered to present The Do Something Awards to honor young people's commitment to social change. VH1 is doing a series of online contests to promote this event ¨C they have nominees but also accept write-ins. One of the celebrity categories could help Adam but, more importantly make a difference.

The category: Charity Song

The write-in: @adamlambert for "Aftermath Remix" and mention the Trevor Project.

You need to sign in on Twitter or Facebook to vote.

Below the SUBMIT button, it says:

¡°Did we miss your favorite?
NOMINATE YOUR OWN!¡±

Clink on ¡°NOMINATE YOUR OWN!¡± and you will get a voting pop-up window.

Link to cast a write-in: www.vh1.com/shows/events/do_something_awards/2011/
Note: If you send a really clever tweet, VH1 may retweet it.

More information about The Do Something Awards

Broadcast: Thursday, August 18, 2011 @ 9/8c Location: Los Angeles, California

Link: www.vh1.com/shows/events/do_something_awards/2011/about.jhtml





The Much Music Awards - Most Watched Video of the Year[/color]

Award is issued on June 19, 2011.

Adam is up for a Much Music Award in the muchmusic.com most watched video of the year category. Just click on the category and click on Adam's pic. Adam won last your for WWFM and we can win him an award for IIHY this year.

Poll rating (0=lowest rating, 10=highest rating)

Adam benefit: 5 ¨C could result in a TV mention and video clip being played during show.
Fairness: 6 ¨C spamable but bot/automated voting prevention.
Potential to win: 2 ¨C There are 25 videos up for this awards -- it will take a lot fan effort.
Fan value: 5 ¨C yes, this one results in a mention of Adam on an important Canadian award show.
RECOMMENDATION ¨C This is worth some effort. Play when you get a chance.

Link to vote: mmva.muchmusic.com/nominees/



Fuse Battle of the Fans:
Adam vs. MJ[/color]

Adam fans knocked off Bruno Mars but MJ may not be beatable.

Which heartbreaker has the best fans?

Adam Lambert 35.57%

Michael Jackson 64.43%

Of course, the only correct answer is Adam Lambert has the best fans.

Poll rating (0=lowest rating, 10=highest rating)

Adam benefit: 2 -- no real benefit.
Fairness: 2 spamable and bots can vote.
Fan value: 3 -- at least it is something to do while Adam hides --- errrr I mean works.[/color]

RECOMMENDATION ¨C Play for fun, this means little of nothing.

Link to vote: fuse.tv/music/polls/battle-of-the-fans-heartbreakers/poll-646.html?poll635=again&scrollTo=poll635




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