http://nymichael.com Adam Lambert's Star Power from an industry perspective Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:20:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I imagine everyone knows that Adam's excellent first single from the CD premiered this morning on Ryan Seacrest's show http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/10/30/adam-lamberts-first-single-for-your-entertainment-debuts-on-ryan-seacrest/... great that RCA and Adam decided to have the dance track to go along with the 2012 track as we talked about recently! In my last message, I talked about how ... http://nymichael.com/2009/10/30/adam-lambert%e2%80%99s-star-power-from-an-industry-perspective-61-single-premiere-sony-michael-jackson-2012-trailer-marketing-media-snowball-controversy/ Been around the world a few times since my last message but have been thinking of you all and excited about your messages and Adam's tremendous progress! I'm in the midst of conversations with RCA and others to help answer some of your questions, especially with respect to the different configurations ... http://nymichael.com/2009/10/11/adam-lambert%e2%80%99s-star-power-from-an-industry-perspective-60-bonus-tracks-digital-editions-dance-track-snl-rob-cavallo-helping-others/ I'm back in the US and will be reading over all the great messages over Labor Day Weekend (can it really be here already?) and posting detailed replies to your excellent questions and comments. I'm heading to San Francisco and Los Angeles the week of September 14 and hope to ... http://nymichael.com/2009/09/02/adam-lambert%e2%80%99s-star-power-from-an-industry-perspective-59-ai-cd-releases-holiday-release-timing-black-friday/ It's been an awesome trip but nonstop so I haven't been online often. I came over for the Madonna concert thanks to Madonna's publicist, Warner Bros. and Live Nation; as always Madonna puts on a sensational production and delivers powerful social messages, it was great to see her. I've been ... http://nymichael.com/2009/08/20/postcard-from-copenhagen/ Hope you're having a great August, I always look forward to checking in. We're planning a lot of events for the Fall on nymichael.com with more featured guests and some surprises. Stunning news about Paula; it's disappointing they couldn't work it out but that's the nature of the business. As we ... http://nymichael.com/2009/08/05/adam-lambert%e2%80%99s-star-power-from-an-industry-perspective-58-paula-leaving-idol-nigel-lythgoe-adam-on-stage-idol-tour-review/ With huge thanks to Stacy Jenel Smith, you'll see the answers to your questions are posted here at nymichael.com, there are a few others she'll answer later and we'll update the message. With respect to music clearances, as you may have seen in my referenced blog post Adam Lambert's Star Power ... http://nymichael.com/2009/07/15/adam-lambert%e2%80%99s-star-power-from-an-industry-perspective-57-music-clearances-electronic-distribution-dmca-drm-itunes-diminishing-revenue-live-performances-new-media-opportunities/ Stacy Jenel Smith has answered your questions with the candor and industry perspective I'm so proud we have here, and she took the time to mention, "This was fun, and I have to say I'm impressed by the obvious intelligence and savvy of your readers." The Beck/Smith Hollywood website is always ... http://nymichael.com/2009/07/15/stacy-jenel-smith-answers-your-questions/ A quick bit about the business of American Idol... as we've discussed, Simon Cowell's contract doesn't come up until next year (in 2005, when he settled with Simon Fuller, the creator of AI, in connection with The X Factor, he agreed to participate through AI9 and that's why his company ... http://nymichael.com/2009/06/30/adam-lambert%e2%80%99s-star-power-from-an-industry-perspective-56-simon-cowell-publishing-mechanical-royalties/ Your questions and Tom O'Neil's answers were great, and we'll have more special guests coming soon. This month has been a blur with multiple international deadlines but there's light at the end of the tunnel. I can only imagine what Adam's month has been like :) I've been following and ... http://nymichael.com/2009/06/26/adam-lambert%e2%80%99s-star-power-from-an-industry-perspective-55-on-with-the-show-new-cd-ai-rules-and-release-form-monte-pittman-crawl-thru-fire-look-to-the-future/ Here are answers to your nymichael.com questions from Tom O'Neil; hope you find them interesting and informative. To make it simpler, here are questions and answers together. Tom mentioned he had lots of fun answering them and we're planning more guests in the near future. I hope you'll join me ... http://nymichael.com/2009/06/24/tom-oneil-answers-your-questions/