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Hee - I do believe Rose Radio is owned and operated by our very own FCA member roseviolet. Haven't seen her around in a long time though, so I might be playing a little fast and loose with the 'our very own' thing, lol. Hi! I haven't been here in a while, but am still around. Yes, I'm still operating Rose Radio, though not as many people are listening to it anymore. Actually, more than 3 songs were in the top 30, but in order for the list not to be overwhelmed with Clay, I just list the top 3 of his songs that make the list. I do play him as often as I can on the playlist. There are certain rules I'm suppose to follow or I would play Clay all the time! :me0:

I am not averse to the idea of a reunion tour. I think that would of been rather fun. It was how she announced it in her Billboard interview as fact and her label followed it up with a press release! Radio stations were already talking about it. I think Clay's response was clearly a reaction first to being blindsided by the announcement and then the need to quash the rumor firmly before it got out of hand.

I have never been one to be hating on KLo, but I have to say I thought the whole "Reunion Tour" snafu gave me pause. Especially since she phrased it as a fact and not just as something she would like to do. But I would have to say that her going on to Perez Hilton's little show to dish on Clay and declare that they are no longer friends pretty much put the nail in the coffin for me. I just can't have much respect for her after that.

I loved what Clay did with Vincent. I understand that Michael Orland said that Clay hated the song and that is why they did a short arrangement of it and they planned on using the extra time on one of the other songs. Wonder if that was why Unchained Melody was speeded up.

merrieeee -- preorder from iTunes, wasn't that on the 21st? And of course QVC on the 28th. I've been keeping an eye on the Sony/BMG website too. Coming out of lurkdom to say that I am loving all this PR. Will sales on QVC count toward Billboard ranking? I usually do not angst. but somehow, I am apprehensive about QVC. I know that Elton, Le Ann Rimes, and Neil Diamond have had success there selling CDs, but I remember Elton saying that he had to get used to writing music for other artists since his cds were not selling as well as before. Then he went on QVC, I think. Also, Neil Diamond's last CD was not selling that well either. I just hope that Clay is getting the best of advice on how to market the cd so that he will benefit artistically as well as monetarily.. I feel that Clay is too young, too hot and too talented, and that this is his time to get the recognition as a recording artist that he deserves. Do you mean Soundscan? Yes, a sale is a sale is a sale. It all counts. QVC is a great opportunity for exposure to a very large number of people is a short period of time. Especially for an artist like Clay who may not get much play on radio. Hopefully he will get radio play, but with his single coming out so late and targeting AC radio, where songs can take some time to catch on, radio won't be much help towards first week sales. He needs all the exposure he can get.

Clay did say that the Robin wig was very close to his real hair color.

Breaking in to let you know that I have programmed that show on Rose Radio using the (psuedo) Clay Amazon song picks. To fill out the hour, with the help of you guys, I have also chosen some other songs that Clay might of chosen... heck we can guess as good as anybody! *g* Anyways, it is programmed for everyday this week at 4:00 pm PDT. You can check the schedule here for when it will play your time.

You could upload it and someone could rip the audio from it. I couldn't use it on the radio station though. We are only suppose to use recorded tracks that are ostensibly available for sale. I'm kind of fudging it by playing a demo song (shhhh!) but I don't think I can play a bootleg track. Thank you though!

Thank you! This helps me out a lot!

Okay, I'm thinking of going ahead with programming a show on Rose Radio from the Amazon psuedo Clay song picks, but there are only ten songs and I need several more songs to fill out the hour. I need some help picking songs that Clay may have indicated in the past that he likes. Sort of working our own list of Clay song recommendation. So far I'm thinking of using "The Prayer" by Josh Groban & Charlotte Church, "Homeward Bound" by William Joseph and maybe "Cry" by Faith Hill. Any ideas?

As far as I know, it is a "Dashboard" widget that only show when you have your dashboard on. I don't think it is the kind that shows all the time on your desktop. I don't know if that is possible. I also don't think it is the type of widget for webpages. The ones I made are the type for webpages. It is a Flash file and you need the Flash player installed in your browser to see my countdown widgets. (I really appreciate everyone that is using them. It took me hours to find and troubleshoot the code to make them.) Ha! I remember requesting Invisible and not only did they play it, but they also put my comment on the air! Ack! The whole radio request thing is a muddle and the DJ's didn't help by sending mixed messages to the fans. You can't say that you don't play a song because there are no requests and then get bent out of shape when fans start requesting. I guess, as in all things, there needs to be moderation and common sense. If a station has request lines, request forms on their website and request hours... then I think it would be helpful for fans to request. I think they should first wait for the song to be added to the playlist and if they are calling in a request that they should just stick to the request and not start lecturing the DJ about airplay, mediabase and what a stellar human being Clay is. Heh. I will say that the idea that RCA wasn't supporting the song came from DJ's. A number of them did make that comment when questioned by fans. Fans did not pull that idea out of thin air. I think fans can also help by participating in rating songs through sites like RateTheMusic and Promosquad. Even if they don't have Clay, we can favorably rate music similar to Clay's to give the programmers the idea of the type of music we want to listen to. Also, signing up as a VIP listener for your local radio stations can help. I signed up with KOIT in San Francisco, who never have taken requests, and they send me surveys similar to RateTheMusic to rate songs for them. The Amazon song recommendation snafu has me wondering if I should go ahead with the programming event I was going to do on Rose Radio. I mean, if it really wasn't Clay would anyone really want to listen? I may go ahead and add them to the playlist since I already downloaded the ones I didn't already have. Pooh. One thing that is interesting about internet radio. No one tells us what to play. I get a ton of requests by independent artists to play their music and there is some really good stuff out there. I do add some independent music every time I do new adds. So, if you are interested in hearing new music that you won't hear on traditional radio, try listening to internet radio.

Hi again! I've been downloading the songs from Clay's Amazon music list to add to my Rose Radio playlist. However, he doesn't specify a song from Andrea Bocelli's album "The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere". I need some help picking a song, so I have created a poll on my Rose Radio blog and if you would vote on your favorite it would really help me out. The poll ends Saturday night and I will be programming a Clay Aiken song list event to play everyday starting next week

Hi everybody! Thought I'd drop by and drop off the link to the page of album countdown widgets I made just in case some didn't see it on other boards. Feel free to use them on your blogs and websites. Need a custom design for the site Couch Tomato? Also, don't forget to listen to Rose Radio. (shhh! But the Constantine fans have been voting up their guy and voting down Clay. So, if you are a listener, be sure to give Clay the thumbs up when you hear him!)

Hi everybody! Don't know if anyone here has been listening to my radio station, but you may have noticed that I have been taking a break from Rose Radio for a bit. However, I decided to go back to work on it this weekend and have added quite a few new songs. You can read more about it here. Enjoy! :me0:

Just a note on Rose Radio. Because I was sidelined with the broken arm and vacation, I hadn't done much with it for the last few weeks. I have been working on it over the weekend and added some new songs if anyone wants to listen. :me0:

This is an internet radio announcement that will affect Rose Radio's broadcast tomorrow. More information and a list of participating stations can be found here.

Just a note not to forget to listen in today for a preview of the new songs I have added this week to Rose Radio. This week's selections will include tracks by Diana Degarmo, Michael Buble, Paris Bennett, Jon Peter Lewis, Kellie Pickler, Corinne Bailey Rae, Sara Bareilles, Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood, Trace Adkins, and Bon Jovi. On Tuesday you can read more about this week's selections on the Rose Radio blog. :me0:

Hi! I have added quite a few new songs on Rose Radio. They include tracks by Kimberley Locke, The Police, Michael Buble, No Fixed Abode, Eva Cassidy, Enya, William Joseph, Kurt Nilsen, Taylor Hicks, Lauren Wood, Kelly Clarkson, Melinda Doolittle, Keane, and John Stevens. On Tuesday you can read more about this week's selections on the Rose Radio blog. :me0:

I think some people just have a negative mindset. It's hardwired. My oldest son is like that. Even when he was a little boy. Still is at 31.

I only get to go to one concert a tour. I do not mind at all that he does something different than he did at other concerts. In fact, it is those spontaneous moments, whether during a song or otherwise, that makes for some of the most memorable and fun parts of following the tour. If he happened to do that at the concert I went to, I would of enjoyed being part of a unique experience. Those who get to go to multiple concerts get the fun of seeing something a little different everytime. How cool is that? Prince decided to perform a different set of songs at each concert during his tour in the UK. I wonder if his fans were disappointed that they got a different set of songs at their concert than what he did at another concert?

Ah, but a lot of what caused the angst was not knowledge, but rumour and supposed insider information. I think angst builds most when fans speculate on something and build it up to a certain point, and then when the truth doesn't fit the rumour, it explodes. I do agree that Clay doesn't give much away in his blogs, but I think that's because, even though he's made a few references to not reading things into his words, people continue to do so. I will never understand why people can't just take what he says at face value. To me, it's a pretty common courtesy. I agree. Jaymes did post with Clay's blessing. Fans continue to this day to beg for behind the scene and insider type tidbits. Everytime efforts have been made to do so have been cut off by some fan's reactions. I know that some are quite jealous of boards of other artists like Josh Groban. I believe that David Foster has shared and communicated with fans there. I would of loved it if Jaymes had been made to feel welcome at Clay own fan board. I'm sure that she wouldn't of talked about anything without Clay's approval. I agree that the tendency of a few to over react and to speculate and spread wild rumors over even the most innocent of comments by Clay have led to him posting these type of blogs. If you want people to trust you with personal information, you have to show them respect. There are a few who are relentless with their disrespect. WORD WORD WORD! One of my biggest disappointments with this fandom (not Clay) was the JNT05. He reached out with his creativity and a good number of people smacked him down for it. The problem with putting your creative efforts out there is that some will like what you do and some won't. If you're going to do it, you have to be willing to hear the bad with the good. We as fans are not obligated to love everything he does. While I applauded his effort, the JNT05 to me was bad. IMO, it was like watching a mediocre high school production, except the singing was a lot better. Did some fans go over the top with their criticism? Sure, just like some went over the top with their praise! Happens all the time. I think its sort of like in some sports where they throw out the lowest and highest scores and then average the rest together. That's what I think any artist should do with criticism of their work - don't get too high from the gushing praise and don't get too low from the worst comments. Just look at what those in the middle have to say and take from it what you will. I truly do not believe anything fans - or critics for that matter - say about Clay's projects will discourage him from engaging in the creative process again. However, I do hope he learns what works and what doesn't. I did say they went way beyond constructive criticism. Some of the comments were disrespectful, hateful and relentless. That, in my opinion, was uncalled for. I'm all for honest opinions being expressed as I'm sure Clay is. What happened went way beyond that. Clay was granting a wish. Personally, I appreciate what Clay did for John and don't think it ruined the song at all. It was a unique and poignant performance.

Thank you. As KAndre observed, I found the comment to be more passive aggressive than joking. I get more the feeling that Clay is constantly growing in his art. Is he holding himself back? Maybe. Probably didn't help that people who are suppose to be his fans went way beyond constructive criticism and stomped all over his efforts on the script for JNT. Personally, I thought he did great with it and accomplished his goal of showcasing the songs in an interesting and fun way. JMHO I'm also quite bitter that certain fans ran Jaymes off the board. It looked like she was willing to share some of what was going on in the background. What a wasted opportunity for us.

Thank you. He is good, but sings a little too breathy for me. I think I like Celine's version better.

Clay will always sound like Clay. Comparisons with Celine is only superficial. Love her or hate her, she has her fans and she is very successful. I think Clay could be just as successful. I don't like everything Celine does and her personality can kind of bug, but I just love her song "Seduces Me".

Hi! It's a new week for Rose Radio. Be sure to listen in Monday for the preview of this week's selections which will include tracks by INXS, Van Morrison, The Eagles, India.Arie, Genesis, Lifehouse, Tina Turner, divineMAGgees, and Clay Aiken. On Tuesday you can read more about this week's selections on the Rose Radio blog. :me0: