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RE: Concerned About Second Single
Since hearing the album and reading the reviews I've suspected that the general music listening public/age group wasn't going to get it right away... especially on first listen. I (biased perhaps by how much I love every song) figure if enough people heard a lot of the songs 2 or 3 times they'd start getting the sound which is bound to turn into more sales.
The break she needs? I think her best chance might be other musicians and/or some big celebrities getting the album and listening to it, and mentioning it on "what are you listening to" interview questions. I figure it stands a better chance of getting a holywood/industry crowd listening to it because its "something different" and maybe many of them have a more flexible ear and enjoy the mix of genres.
OF course, that’s predicated on those Musicians actually liking the music. I suppose if all the musicians she's met have had a chance to listen to the album and they weren't impressed enough to listen to it again, well that sort of speaks for itself about a potential future.
While winning "best new artist of the year" would be a longshot without the album catching fire all of a sudden, even a consideration for a nomination would give a reason for a lot more artists to get around to listening to the album. Being on the short list of nominees would be huge. Again, a person listening doesn’t mean they'll fall in love with the sound but they certainly can't fall in love with it if they haven't found the time/reason to listen to the album through.
Another possible big break (for the Listen Up album) would be if a huge artist covered one of the songs. This is business and they wouldn't do that as a favor but because they really liked the songs.
Beyoncé could really bring something to "What you don't know won't hurt you", Now that you're here, or maybe Undone. It might be sacrilege (and don't take it wrong I like the way Haley sings the songs), but there are a few parts in those songs that might be better suited to a Diva with bigger glory notes (Haley hits them fine.. they're just not always "big" ). They'd take a different spin on other parts of the songs too which might not be as good for my ear, might have a larger mass appeal.
Movie soundtrack? lots of the songs on the album have a certain soundtrack quality to me. A lower budget movie that's a sleeper success ? Or a director with a different sort of ear?
Do studios send out hundreds of free albums to people in the business? Would the Cohen Brothers have received a copy of Listen Up for example?
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