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Post by rihannsu on Mar 15, 2012 21:42:06 GMT -5
People people people EVERY HUGE POP DIVA has made their careers of the back of the gay community. Cher, Madonna, yes even Britney, Gaga, Katy. One of the things that I think has hurt Adam has been the lack of acceptance by the Gay Community. They are the trendsetters and the tastemakers most of the time. Even U2 owe a lot of their initial success in the US to the Gay Community. I think they stayed away from the Gay community originally to avoid being pigeon holed as a Gay artist but now he really needs them on board. Most of the media has moved away from the openly gay tag and he has shown himself competitive in the mainstream market but he if he wants to be a really big Pop Star he does need to get the dance clubs on board and that means the Gay dance clubs as well. He has already shown that his music is not just "gay" music.
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Post by rabbitrabbit on Mar 15, 2012 21:42:08 GMT -5
Let me say i will be disappointed too if the "only" promo DMG does is with gay media. I do not want to have him confined to the gay ghetto. But I do think that gay support is necessary for anyone aspiring to mainstream pop stardom, and Adam has to get more support from gay men than he has had in the past. (There's never been a problem with gay women.) As long as he gets on the cover of People magazine, I will not fault the media strategy. But if the only cover he gets is The Advocate, that would be a problem. Yes, I agree, and don't see evidence yet that this is the only coverage he will get. |
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Post by durberville on Mar 15, 2012 21:43:09 GMT -5
It's a little disappointing, but (and don't anyone hate me) it may be the best they could do for now. Adam isn't Katy. I don't for one minute think that! I'm positive mainstream media will show up WITH BELLS ON when the time comes.... I agree with those who say this is just one avenue of marketing....cool, there will be many more. |
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Post by rihannsu on Mar 15, 2012 21:45:16 GMT -5
We don't know that mainstream media wasn't there tonight we only know these guys because they tweeted. I think everybody is being WAY too quick to jump to conclusions.
BTW even the frickin Jonas Brothers gave huge shout out to the support of their gay fans recently.
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Post by lifetraveler on Mar 15, 2012 21:45:24 GMT -5
People people people EVERY HUGE POP DIVA has made their careers of the back of the gay community. Cher, Madonna, yes even Britney, Gaga, Katy. One of the things that I think has hurt Adam has been the lack of acceptance by the Gay Community. They are the trendsetters and the tastemakers most of the time. Even U2 owe a lot of their initial success in the US to the Gay Community. I think they stayed away from the Gay community originally to avoid being pigeon holed as a Gay artist but now he really needs them on board. Most of the media has moved away from the openly gay tag and he has shown himself competitive in the mainstream market but he if he wants to be a really big Pop Star he does need to get the dance clubs on board and that means the Gay dance clubs as well. He has already shown that his music is not just "gay" music. THIS. Totally agree. |
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Post by stardust on Mar 15, 2012 21:47:03 GMT -5
Let me say i will be disappointed too if the "only" promo DMG does is with gay media. I do not want to have him confined to the gay ghetto. But I do think that gay support is necessary for anyone aspiring to mainstream pop stardom, and Adam has to get more support from gay men than he has had in the past. (There's never been a problem with gay women.) As long as he gets on the cover of People magazine, I will not fault the media strategy. But if the only cover he gets is The Advocate, that would be a problem. I'm betting there will be several magazine covers because it is one of the things DMG does well. Maybe album drop time!! I hope there will also be a listening party for PDs of the big stations . |
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Post by stampsgal on Mar 15, 2012 21:47:15 GMT -5
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Post by lifetraveler on Mar 15, 2012 21:47:22 GMT -5
I also agree that no matter how much we'd love to have the full guest list of that listening party, we don't know who was there. At all. We only know of what, 4 people? And mostly those who tweet, so that's a self-selecting group. The "big shots" corporate brass don't really have time to tweet IMO.
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Post by nica575 on Mar 15, 2012 21:49:03 GMT -5
Let me say i will be disappointed too if the "only" promo DMG does is with gay media. I do not want to have him confined to the gay ghetto. But I do think that gay support is necessary for anyone aspiring to mainstream pop stardom, and Adam has to get more support from gay men than he has had in the past. (There's never been a problem with gay women.) As long as he gets on the cover of People magazine, I will not fault the media strategy. But if the only cover he gets is The Advocate, that would be a problem. exactly... we are getting one gay magazine after another...now gay media listening party... WHY the separation? Do gay clubs play different music from hetero clubs? I am sure there is strategy behind all this... |
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Post by bullsfan on Mar 15, 2012 21:52:45 GMT -5
Just to clarify, I am talking about listening parties only. Most artists don't even get big-time listening parties in NYC, so I just got excited. And if this helps get his music out, I'm all for it. I know he will have lots of mainstream media attention with the album drop; I'm not worried at all about that. My disappointment was only that this wasn't, perhaps, as major a party as I was hoping.
And, Heathcliff, I would love a People cover. Do you think it's a possibility?
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