(01-02-2012, 08:13 PM)midnightblues Wrote: So the question I'm asking is will it be on the radio. Can you buy it on iTunes?
I'm sure it will be available for purchase online. But radio airplay is a big driver for record sales. And getting a song played on the radio isn't as easy as it used to be.
2006:
Quote:State Attorney General Spitzer today announced a settlement with UMG Recording Inc., ("Universal") the world’s largest record label company, to end its pervasive "pay-for-play" practices. Under terms of the settlement, Universal, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal which owns Island Def Jam, Interscope, Universal Motown Recordings Group, Uni-South, Universal Nashville and Verve, has agreed to stop making payments and providing expensive gifts to radio stations and their employees in return for "airplay" of particular artists’ songs.
...During the investigation, a promotion executive at Interscope acknowledged that he was trained to "never say no to radio" and to "keep the lines of communication open, to have access." The executive said that providing promotional support to the radio stations increased the airplay of Interscope’s artists.
Universal’s pay-for-play strategy included:
Outright bribes to radio station programmers, including electronics, vacations, airfare, hotel accommodations and tickets to sporting events and concerts;
Payments to radio stations to cover operational expenses and contest giveaways;
Retention of middlemen, known as independent promoters (or "indies"), as conduits for illegal payments to radio stations;
Payments for "spin programs" and "time buys," airplay under the guise of advertising.
http://www.ag.ny.gov/media_center/2006/m...1a_06.html
One thing Haley has going for her is a planned return to American Idol to perform the single. I found some site -- that I can't find now -- that said calling on radio station programming directors and pointing to planned local appearances or other newsworthy events was one way to get them to play a song.
About a month ago I was looking at the twitter feed of the entertainment-industry lawyer (Dina) that handles Steven Tyler, James Durbin, Lauren Alaina and Haley (as well as others). I was surprised to see she was close to a programming director in Dallas. So close she apparently stays at his home at times. It seemed from their tweets that she planned to bring James by in January for an on-air interview before a minor local appearance.
So a publicity tour might coincide with the release of a single (but touring as a musician putting on concerts at bigger venues only happens after you have a big hit or two).
