jmh123

I have absolutely nothing to say--but yoo hoo! Hi y'all. Life is good. Clay is good. Yum. Still unpacking...........

Don't worry, we check the Pod People Filter® once a week with a stick - you're safe. Here, drink this kool-aid - you'll feel better!

Yes, I know I'm a bad girl - but Clay is hot!

BWAH!!!

Feh. The world doesn't revolve around Clay...it revolves around Clay's HAIR. What's wrong with you people?!??! Didn't you drink the kool-aid?

Clearly, the gold certification is part of RCA's dastardly plot. They've think Clay may be allergic to gold and that's why they paid for it!

And more BWAH!!!!

Why DO men have nipples anyway?

Hee.

Just wanted to kiss all you sane folks, goose muski, dance a little jig for the gold, and high-five playbiller. Just 'cuz.

*grabs YSRN and smooches her*

Once upon a time there was a movie, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"--Donald Sutherland was in it--where people were being taken over by aliens, the Pod people. The people who were taken over looked like they always did, but suddenly you'd realize they'd been taken over, and then they'd point at you and screech because they realized you weren't one of them, and then they'd come and take you over too.

I moved recently, and was off the boards for a couple of weeks, and when I got back the Pod People had taken over almost everyone I know. Even some of my best RL Clay friends. Screech!!!

Paranoia strikes deep, indeed. Takes satisfying swig of koolaid. Grape/cherry - my favorite.

The Pod people took over the mods at one big, big board a long, long time ago--I don't read there enough to know who this person with the new sn is, but whatever. I just hope folks will start coming to their senses, and in the meantime, *sighs* with relief to find a safe place not to be paranoid or full of hatred and anger.

Hey JMH...I know who you are! Welcome.

back to work...

Hello, my friend. I knew you would.

Yep, I do think it's possible that a decision was made to extend the promotion through the Christmas buying season, at the very least. Makes sense. What's also interesting is that most of these appearances are not just performances with a minute or two of interview. Leno, Kimmel, The View... of course. But he did a cooking segment with Martha, a full hour (or two) with Tyra, and a full hour on KTLA. There's the co-hosting possibility for R&K, and well, we'll see what's in store for MM. Even the DOOL appearance seems to be more than just a performance and cameo. It seems as if TC is really trying to give Clay the opportunity to showcase his personality. I've often thought that Clay's sense of humor could be his key to broader acceptance. Hopefully, people start to notice.

Here's a random theory: What if TC always planned a two-wave promotional strategy? Wave 1 created album awareness and addressed the rumors, Paxil, and other personal questions, to satisfy the public's curiosity after a long absence. GMA, People, Larry King -- balanced by fun appearances like Leno, The View and Kimmel. Let a little time pass. The public's memory is short, so by the time you start a second round of appearances (Martha, MM, Tyra, R&K, DOOL) the focus is no longer on his personal life. Now, as you start heading into the holiday buying season, you try harder to sell his personality, his charm, and of course, his voice. By late November and December, people are no longer thinking about his personal life. They're thinking about how cute and funny he is. And perhaps, if he makes a big enough impression, that could open up more opportunities for the next year.

And adding, I have always felt there would be a three pronged push - this is a love song CD and there should be promotion for Valentines day.

I think they decided to pour pre-release promo dollars into TV ads. They chose the most AI like song as a single cos it is great for TV and the best way to catch the attnetion of the AI Clay fans that bought 613K MOAMs in the first week. But as a radio single I think WY was meant to simply soften the AC market for Clay. Something to rekindle the interest but it was really not the one they were planning to push since Christmas music is just around the corner. November comes and time for the second push to start...Christmas music that will further get the AC listeners used to Clay. Then January...I hope they will now introduce the second single with serious payola money behind it and start the promo for valentines and the ATDW concert tour. The great thing about hits on AC...I do believe it also drives listeners to buy the CD. It happened with Buble and Groban...it can happen with Clay too...if they do give it the right support and if the choose the right song.

I could see a Valentines Day promotional drive, perhaps in conjunction with tour promotion. I do find it quite intriguing that Clay would have a special Wal-Mart Christmas CD available. Why go through the effort if Clay were simply to be "abandoned"?

Seems like a bunch of us are sharing a brain here. This is the kind of promotion Barry Manilow gets--everything isn't geared to sales for the first week only. Remember the article that came out in Variety earlier this year, in which the distributors said they wished the labels would promote for the long term? I agree that the Christmas CD is an indication of things to come. Clay has a rep as the go-to guy for Christmas music, and a new EP helps reinforce that image as well as encouraging sales of MCWL and ATDW. I'd love, love, love to see another Christmas special this year, although I guess we'd have heard about it by now if one were in the works. QVC for Christmas would be great--pair ATDW and MCWL and throw in something special just for QVC. A single could be shopped to radio after Christmas, then, yes, another round of promo for Valentines Day, and why not AI6 promotion as well? I'd love to see him be one of the folks who work with the performers, but those are always long-established musicians so it probably wouldn't happen, but perhaps a performance on one of the early shows and/or some kind of cameo appearance. Given the album is apparently aimed towards AI viewers, it would be great to take advantage of that.

Oh, and almost forgot--the first quote from JennaZ. Yes, indeedy, Clay got some big-time TV: three days of GMA, almost an entire segment of LKL, couch time with Leno. This is far more than the average musician releasing an album gets. Clay isn't treated like a typical pop star at all--more like a TV star who happens to make records.

PS, a lot of y'all know me by another name, but I never post the two together. (Or let my friends do it either. I'm paranoid about it--what can I say?) Won't take much to figure it out. My other name is place related, but I'm not in that place anymore, so I'm using my OFC sn. It was while I was moving that the Pod People came and took over a whole lot of folks. I only recently discovered this sanctuary because I've had audio on the brain again lately.

Dancing candy corn?? Bring it on!!

EEEEEEEEEE kewl avi, bottlecap!!

ETA: Don't mean to be mysterious. I'll tell ya in PM if you want to know and don't--just won't post it.

Something else I see lately, is that fans who I've always considered knowlegeable and voices of reason, seem to be jumping on the RCA/Clive hate/ sales/promotion sucks bandwagon and that has a tendency to send some regular posters into a tail spin.

Looks like this place is still safe from the invasion of the Pod People. How refreshing to read sane posts!! Just wanted to say hello--I'll look around a bit and get my feet wet before I jump in.