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Post by gelly14 on May 23, 2012 11:42:11 GMT -5
popdust.com/2012/05/23/adam-lambert-trespassing-number-one-album-billboard/ Stand back, Adele and Carrie Underwood—the boy’s got it on this one. As previously predicted, Adam Lambert hits #1 on the album charts this week with sophomore effort Trespassing, which sells 77,000 copies in its first week of release. The number is well short of the 198k that debut LP For Your Entertainment sold back in 2010, but that album had the misfortune of being released during Susan Boyle’s reign of terror, while Trespassing cruises to the top spot in the slowest sales week for a debut #1 since Amos Lee (hah!) scored a chart-topping debut with Mission Bell‘s 40k sold back in February of last year. (That’s right—on the #1 album scoreboard, it’s Amos Lee 1, Rihanna 0. The people have spoken.) This debut for Trespassing a marginally big deal in a big-picture Billboard perspective, because as previously mentioned, it makes Lambert the first openly gay solo artist to have a #1 album while out. (Elton John and Clay Aiken both scored #1 albums, but well before either came out.) It’s not quite the triumph that it might have been had Lambert not scored the #1 simply for lack of a worthy competitor, but it is still a momentous occasion and pretty cool thing. Plus, it’s easily our favorite album to hit #1 for the first time in 2012—hell, it’s our favorite album from this year so far, period. VIDEO SHADY MORE...
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Post by wal on May 23, 2012 11:43:56 GMT -5
SOCIALITE LIFE @socialitelife Adam Lambert Scores First Number One Album & Makes The Record Books! bit.ly/JnIi3mWoo hoo! Congratulations Adam Lambert! We couldn’t be more proud of you. Adam Lambert’s Trespassing rose above the competition to debut at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 this week. The singer’s second album sold 77,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, putting him 14,000 ahead of Adele‘s 21 for the week and 23,000 ahead of the No. 3 album, Carrie Underwood‘s Blown Away. Trespassing also topped the Billboard Digital Albums Chart and Canada’s Digital Albums Chart. Adam’s debut, For Your Entertainment, debuted at No. 3 in November 2009, selling 198,000 copies. |
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Post by mahailia on May 23, 2012 11:44:05 GMT -5
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Post by gelly14 on May 23, 2012 11:45:08 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2012 11:45:50 GMT -5
Thanks I understand it a little better. I guess I'm having a problem why it's hard to get the mix right. I'm guessing that the sound guy gets lists from the performers requesting their mixes. Is the disconnect when the bands hook their equipment up to the venue's system? All equipment and systems being different, now I'm guessing that a sound check is all about the ear monitors and not the venue speakers. So, since "sound" seems to be a problem everywhere, it must not be totally the "sound guy".
Read more: adamtopia.com/index.cgi?board=daily&action=display&thread=896&page=65#ixzz1vhPX7AmAI don't have much time, as I am at work, but let me defend the sound guys just a little bit. This is in no way a knock on Adam, as he seems to be one of the nicer performers out there when it comes to his crew, but the problems he has with his ear monitors is far from being all the sound guys fault. You will notice that on the GNL Tour, he carried the same monitor engineer with him for I believe the whole tour, and still had his share of problems, and this is with the same equipment and people night after night. Having the same equipment and people night after night is the best way to assure you are going to have a consistent experience, but certainly not a guarantee. So going into these one off festivals he is doing now, where he is performing 5 or 6 songs, along with a dozen other acts opens up a whole different set of challenges to say the least. I spent the first 10 years of my 25 years as an audio engineer, doing these large arena type act after act festivals, and let me tell you it is no party and very challenging. You will notice that Adam spends about 5 minutes right before he goes on stage having the band go through their instruments, and getting those levels set to what he needs and wants to hear in his ear monitors. In most of these situations because of the number of acts and limited time, this may be all the sound checking or adjusting time he will get for that day. Plus he is most likely seeing this new sound engineer for the first time, who has no idea what Adam's particularities are over any of the other acts that are there for that day. Add to that when Brian or Tommy change a sound on their instruments, and that sound may change in level because Brian or Tommy may not have their particular settings leveled out from one to the other, this changes not only for the sound going into Adam's ears, but also to the sound the people are hearing in the audience. Because there is probably limited budgets, Adam is not bringing with him his own sound engineer that may know his music and particularities, so when these nuances change the sound engineer of the day may not know that it has changed to something it should not be, and may not make a change because he doesn't know it needs to be changed. My point is, unless Adam is bringing with him someone that is familiar with his music and needs, you are going to get what you get, because there is just not enough individual time and/or experience with Adam over any of the other bands that day to make it perfect. Many acts bring at least one sound engineer with them, that can at least translate their artists needs and wants to the sound guy of the day, so that sound guy of the day doesn't have to guess what the hell the artist is gesturing to him to turn up or down. Adam is not doing this, so from my perspective, I personally have little sympathy for Adam not getting his sound right. It is a trade off of the money cost of personelle vs getting the sound experience he may want. 
I never realized how almost technically improbable it is to produce quality sound. It's been interesting to get a glimpse into an audio tech's juggling act. So, would Brian be helping with the sound and monitor checks or is each individual musician responsible for how and what they hear? Although I don't know what Adam expects as a performer at these radio gigs, I think even though he seems to be gesturing for adjustments, the sound is actually pretty decent. |
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Post by gelly14 on May 23, 2012 11:46:48 GMT -5
www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a383236/adam-lambert-claims-first-us-billboard-200-no1-with-trespassing-album.htmlAdam Lambert claims first US Billboard 200 No.1 with Trespassing album Adam Lambert has claimed his first US number one album. The singer's second album Trespassing has topped the Billboard 200 chart with sales of 77, 000. The collection beat Adele's 21 to the summit, which resides at number two with sales of 65, 000, reports MTV. The feat means the American Idol alumni is the first out gay artist to have a number one album in the US after only its first week on release.
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Post by anjalee on May 23, 2012 11:48:33 GMT -5
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Post by gelly14 on May 23, 2012 11:48:52 GMT -5
Pride Superstar @pridesuperstar
Congrats @adamlambert - 1st openly gay artist w No. 1 album! Celebrate w us 10pm THURS South Beach, 810 Pacific! Trespassing release party!
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Post by ame on May 23, 2012 11:52:11 GMT -5
Imho, Robert Marvin co/wrote UNDERNEATH :-/ You are probably correct, I was just going by this. UNDERNEATH: Adam Lambert, Composer - Adam Lambert, Lyricist - Adam Lambert, Performer - Catt Gravitt, Composer - Catt Gravitt, Lyricist - Josh Crosby, Composer - Josh Crosby, Lyricist - Tom Shapiro, Composer - Tom Shapiro, Lyricist POP THAT LOCK: Adam Lambert, Composer - Adam Lambert, Lyricist - Adam Lambert, Performer - Josh Crosby, Composer - Josh Crosby, Lyricist - Lesley Roy, Composer - Lesley Roy, Lyricist - Nate Campany, Composer - Nate Campany, Lyricist - Robert Marvin, Composer - Robert Marvin, Lyricist Oh, and nationalglampoon pointed out about Runnin. RUNNIN: Adam Lambert, Composer - Adam Lambert, Lyricist - Adam Lambert, Performer - Catt Gravitt, Composer - Catt Gravitt, Lyricist - David Marshall, Composer - David Marshall, Lyricist - Fred Williams, Composer - Fred Williams, Lyricist - Robert Marvin, Composer - Robert Marvin, Lyricist Read more: adamtopia.com/index.cgi?board=adam2&action=display&thread=402&page=3#ixzz1vi8I3wU9Ahem, so Robert Marvin collaborated on Pop that Lock, Runnin' - he co-wrote them and recorded Underneath. I just saw his profile twitter pic anf he looks quite young. I take a bow. He is great! |
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Post by gelly14 on May 23, 2012 11:53:04 GMT -5
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