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Post by Jablea on Jun 25, 2019 12:57:33 GMT -5
Yes! I remember we were not totally sure he would be appearing and I was live streaming it sitting front of my old computer. It started in dim light and then there he was in that long coat. He absolutely nailed TSMGO! That last high note gave me shivers! I still go back and watch that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNdgyynluNoin case there are 2 people who have not seen it! Oh good, I was thinking "they started with that in Ukraine?" lol. We should ask Brian what he said to Adam on the catwalk during WWRY. I thought for most of the first tour that the hardest songs for him were actually WWRY and WATC, he's figured them out now though.
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Post by Jablea on Jun 24, 2019 17:58:42 GMT -5
I don't understand the difference between radio and Spotify. For a song to "explode" in Spotify it needs to be on the big playlists, so it gets exposure, doesn't it? So what's the difference between such playlist and a radio station? Spotify playlists are ran by some individuals but most Spotify owned playlists are computer controlled and now days there are a lot fewer "tastemaker" playlists (ran by bloggers etc). Spotify has big rules about not paying any of their human ran playlist owners but they can't control tastemakers. Listeners can treat playlists like radio stations. You sample until you find a playlist you like and then you mostly listen to it. Trend setters etc like to listing to New Music Friday playlists (there are multiple with some country specific) for at least part of their week. Music that does well (gets likes and replays) on New Music Fridays are likely to get moved up to at least one bigger list, if they do well on the bigger list then they get on even bigger lists. Sometimes a song percolates for months before something sets it moving up again, often it's a remix. Do US listeners drive the lists? Yes for HipHop, No for Pop. Europe? Nope, not enough people. Who then? Latin, Asia, Malaysia - they have the right mix of a younger audience which is multiple times the size of the US market and they listen to a lot of Pop. So the computers are watching what Spotify listeners in Jarkarta are playing. This article came out today from Chartmetric: “Trigger Cities” (Part 2): The Southeast Asian Region Southeast Asia awaits...what music will they hear from you next? (Photo: Florian Wehde) In May 2019, we first explored the idea of streaming "trigger cities"- or Latin American and South/Southeast Asian cities dominating streaming metrics, and potentially affecting how Western artists get prioritized and how fans around the world listen to them through streaming platform algorithms. We now localize the concept, and focus on the titan streaming cities of Southeast Asia: Jakarta, Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Quezon City and Ho Chi Minh City. They lead a regional population of 662 million that skews young, and loves using social media and music. Did you know they prioritize local artists on Instagram? Or that they Shazam pop over all other genres at least 2x more than any other genre? How about that the top Western YouTube videos are simply multiple lyric/karaoke videos of the same song? Welcome to Part 2 of the Chartmetric Trigger Cities mini-series, and see how you can apply music data to your global marketing strategy. Read on MediumSung Cho CEO, Chartmetric, Inc.
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Post by Jablea on Jun 22, 2019 19:17:17 GMT -5
So to share some "how does Adam compare to other artists with similiar sized fan bases" info I logged into NextBigSound.com . This data doesn't have any Spotify, Instagram, or Youtube in it but it does have Pandora. You'll love this - he's EPIC! Very Nice to see that. That is why it is always strange to me when someone says no one knows who Adam is. Even the more successful artists are not known by everyone. Adam could not accomplish all that he has and make the money he has made (with and without Queen) if no one knew who he was. The amount of press coverage as a solo artist, and big events he is invited to under his own name, should also be an indication. Yes some of us have complained about his US radio play and wanted more award nominations for him, etc. But we never thought the lack of a lot of it was because we thought he was unknown. Disclaimer: I'm not talking about his current release strategy. Nor him not seeking radio play with the new songs, the Indie label, or discounting the importance of his love and happiness with Javi, lol. When I look more into the metrics he is solidly mainstream but his longevity has really helped with facebook and twitter metrics to put him in the Epic category. Us fans are also very engaged and talk about him a lot on social media. However his streams are quite low. So the dicotomy probably is that those who know him, know him very well but those that don't aren't exposed to him much.
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Post by Jablea on Jun 22, 2019 17:19:15 GMT -5
So to share some "how does Adam compare to other artists with similiar sized fan bases" info I logged into NextBigSound.com . This data doesn't have any Spotify, Instagram, or Youtube in it but it does have Pandora.
You'll love this - he's EPIC!
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Post by Jablea on Jun 22, 2019 1:35:14 GMT -5
Sommerhits doesn't keep any song longer than 2 months and NE's position on the list continued to drop until it dropped off. We don't know how many spins it's getting on other platforms but it's not getting on a lot of playlists so it's trajectory elsewhere is mirroring spotify. Timing is good for a new release. Do you know what causes a song's position on the playlist to drop? Is it how often it's played on that list? Some Spotify owned playlists are controlled by people who presumably have access to data, but most Spotify owned playlists are ran by computers. What do the computers look at? Where and when people click. If playlist listeners listen to whole songs for the rest of the playlist but click off or fast forward when they get to NE then the song gets a negative score. (Oh a like during the song is a plus - but that doesn't help if you've already liked it) A score on one playlist doesn't necessarilty translate to other playlists. The computers look at the number of beats, assign a dancebility score etc and assign the song to other playlists. For example, (I'd have to go back and look up the name) it was assigned to a playlist called Chill (I think). Sounds good right? eehh, I listened to the other songs and it didn't match up at all, at least not to my ears. On all the playlists it pretty much eased on downward. Now it is moving up on "Le Hit di Domani" but it's long in the tooth compared to the other songs in the list and may get kicked out just for time. (Weirdly that playlist is pop, rap, edm, r&b, hiphop) If you listen to a playlist that only has Adam songs in it then the computer also has nothing to compare it too. Do people who like the recent Jonas Brother's hit listen to Adam? If yes then it's more likely to go on a list with it, if not well then are there other songs these listeners like? It's all a crapshoot and because the list of songs is huge huge huge then Spotify has moved away from Here are the pop songs you should listen to and instead into "listen to these songs while you take a bath" "oh it's a bubble bath, then listen to these songs" - "Are you working out? Great, these are great for the gym, but these are the best if you are in a spin class."
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Post by Jablea on Jun 22, 2019 0:34:55 GMT -5
+31,479 streams today! 🎉 #NowPlaying #NewEyes 👁️ by @adamlambert Now 2,198,468 streams on @spotify! 🎧 (21 June 2019) We lost the Sommerhits 2019 playlist from Germany which was giving New Eyes a lot of streams! Do you know why they would have taken it off their playlist if it was being streamed alot? Or is it a normal thing to rotate songs out after some period even if they are popular? Also do you know how other streaming is going for NE other than spotify, like Apple music, etc. and do these matter? Sommerhits doesn't keep any song longer than 2 months and NE's position on the list continued to drop until it dropped off. We don't know how many spins it's getting on other platforms but it's not getting on a lot of playlists so it's trajectory elsewhere is mirroring spotify. Timing is good for a new release. I think NE listeners are hanging around longer than FS listeners did. (Per my memory the chart showing his monthly listeners has a more gentle downward curve after the song peaked) That's good, it's part of the rediscovery and brand building that he's doing with this slower release of songs instead of everything at once. Each release should keep raising his listener count and in turn his popularity rating on Spotify. It's hard to tell exactly but it looks like the higher he gets his popularity ranking up the higher each released song should start at, giving each one more of a boost. If you like following along yourself I use a site called chartmetric.com. You can do a lot with a free account but you only see recent things. Skaschep gets her info from a different place and she keeps her own historical records too.
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Post by Jablea on Jun 21, 2019 1:46:35 GMT -5
Hey, don't forget the documentary that gets released next week. I believe Monday down under and two days later in NZ. imo I forget which dates. But I think its next week. Hopefully same reaction. Same day, same channel, right after he's on the Voice.
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Post by Jablea on Jun 21, 2019 1:45:35 GMT -5
Normally don't comment on this kind of stuff, but seeing Adam shared it here goes. If "singing to the choir" was an instagram post it would look like this. And while I get it comes with a 'good' intention sadly it does absolutely nothing because a bunch of "hollywood types" patronisingly breaking down the report just makes those who don't care not care even more... YMMV Totally agree, celebs not respected by anyone who needs to hear the message, plus I don't get the point they are trying to make since they only talk about collusion. I'm in a whole different choir than whomever they were trying to reach. Did the campaign collude? Yes. Is it a crime? No and because of that the M report did not look at collusion. Did the campaign conspire? Not enough info. Is conspiracy a crime? Yes but it requires a documented agreement. So what good is the M report? It does make a decent case for obstruction. Is obstruction a crime? Yes it is. Can you obstruct even if it's not proven that you've colluded or conspired? Yes, obstruction does not require covering up a crime, it is interference in an investigation. So is obstruction a "high crime and misdemeanor"? A legal crime and a high crime need not have anything in common. A high crime could be having bad moral character or thumbing your nose at Iran and thinking they won't stand up for themselves. So an impeachment could happen with or without proving anything in the M report? Yes And that would remove the office holder? Nope, not at all. A federal impeachment is brought by the House who acts as the prosecutor and a psuedo jury trial is held. Who is the jury? The Senate So the Senate would have a vote and they would determine guilty or not guilty? Correct and currently the Senate is controlled by a political party that is different from the political party that leads the House. So why is the I word being thrown around so much? Because it makes some people feel good that something would happen. But nothing would change? Correct, at the moment it is an exercise in futility. So why make videos like this? Because it makes some people feel good that they are doing something.
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Post by Jablea on Jun 20, 2019 13:58:20 GMT -5
That Variety article was good. But I wonder why no one ever addresses radio play. I would think that would be the biggest roadblock for most LGBT artists in the US. It is hard to become a big star without a lot of it, unless you are a rapper putting up crazy streaming numbers. Thankfully Adam had enough of it to go with his in demand status and media interest. But he has never had a ton of radio play, in the US, since WWFM. And it was not because his songs were not good enough, lol. He managed to do very well anyway but things could have been a lot better with more radio support. I guess when singers make the radio station promo rounds, it's just understood that they are promoting their music in order to get radio play. All the radio interviewers know that. But we all know that just having a fun conversation with a DJ doesn't automatically turn into radio play. It's kind of an "elephant in the room" topic. A singer can't just say, "Ok, so we've had a fun chat and you seem to like me and now you're going to play my song a lot on your radio station, right?" Of course not. It would be great if it worked that way. Adam seems to do better in the foreign markets. It's the US that is asleep at the wheel, radio-wise. And as you said, his songs are plenty good enough and he's managed to plow forward despite sparse radio play. The only thing to do is look forward, not back, and keep supporting each song. Because he's worth it. I think the extended Sunrise interview is important here for fan expectations. Adam's not going after the numbers or the ranking but for the enjoyment of creating and sharing music. But your point about non-US markets it makes sense that he did the UK and Australia for promo. The tie-in between QAL and solo in Australia is tight, and for the UK Queen's humunganous is a continuing enticement to taste the solo. It will probably be the 3rd single, after US QAL that he looks to promote in the US.
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Post by Jablea on Jun 19, 2019 16:33:34 GMT -5
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