Wow! Finally got home from a very long day at work and just now made it through the thread. One thing is very clear, we all really do love Adam and have strong feelings about his well-being, his success, and hearing his music in our lives!
This has already been said by people who are more articulate than I am, but we all process disappointing news, accept it, and turn it into lemonade at different speeds and in different amounts.
One thing I've noticed in my own very verbal family is that those who want to make lemonade and those who want to vent about the lemons drive each other a little crazy, simply because their processing styles are so different that each type kind of gets in the way of the other's "journey to acceptance."
Pollyanna types in my family insist the negative nellies get off the bus because they are
bringing them down with their joykill; the nellies insist the pollyanna types don't understand that being on the bus and sharing their disappointments with people who will actually
listen and
understand is what eventually brings them to destination hopeful.
This is a great community, and we respect each other and care about each other to a surprising degree given that we are a virtual one. We have shared two years of all kinds of
thrills and gates with each other, after all...Adam experiences and life experiences. We are connected because of Adam and apart from Adam. I appreciate that we respect and allow for each other's differing processing styles enough to be patient and supportive of all our collective styles and needs instead of finding differing ones threatening.
I personally go from peacefully zen to angsty worrier to peacefully zen quite regularly in
any given time period, so for me, the balance of "optimism" and "venting" is about right. When I am feeling sour, I love reading posts that remind me all will be well (enough, lol) and vent my inner angst,
and when I am feeling Lemonadey, I enjoy pouring drinks all around. And tomorrow is always a new day and a new thread.
Right now, I am zen, for now. We don't know all of the reasons behind the 2012 release, many have suggested good theories, but who really knows? We do know that Adam has an amazing voice that is still amazing, and tools in his arsenal, including charisma and a knack for creating media interest that he still has, and that makes him exciting in 2011 and has the same potential to make him exciting in 2012. The important thing is that the single is good, at least for big commercial success; the important thing
for me is seeing him talk or sing or laugh or do pretty much anything for pretty much as long as possible, lol. We still have the single, PR, Majors and Minors and more things to follow
because Adam is good at getting gigs like that due to his looks,charisma and communication skills, all of which are exceptional, most of which other artists don't have to the same degree.
As far as the communication and honesty some mentioned I have family in most every part of the entertainment industry, and things ALWAYS change. Nothing is ever set in stone or happening until it really does. People aren't lying or withholding truth when they give out information, and then it changes, it is just that things happen and things must be considered that make the information change. Optimistic people, like Adam, are just optimistically giving futuristic dates that they believe and hope will be correct.
As far as struggles with the powers that be? Well, hardly anyone ever gets everything they want, and there are often power struggles between creative people and the money that finances them that have to be worked out. Successful people find a balance between their own agendas and those of others more often than not, and then make whatever that ends up to be the best art they can make.
And Adam's best singing is pretty damn good.
Sorry this is so long; I'm clearly working things out using my own process. Thanks for your patience, and feel free to scroll, LOL.
I am easy, I love hearing Adam sing Happy Birthday to Terrance. :
