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wilis
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Post by wilis on Sept 17, 2016 17:34:44 GMT -5
This is a question that I have that maybe someone has a thought about. How can Adam perform in front of such large audiences in the US and abroad (20K, 40K, 75k even 200K+) to such acclaim and adoration and so little of it translates into album sales or solo tour concert numbers? Yes, these are Queen songs and fans but a lot of young people are also at these concerts and people walk away in awe and mesmerized by Adam. And older people do buy albums just ask Adele. Is it the dance pop on his records or dancers incorporated into his act that keeps a lot of these folks from following and supporting him outside of Queen? Too club like for them or what? I don't expect him to do a straight up rock album but what could he do to capture some of this audience? Other than making big bucks (tho great) it seems a waste to lose this audience. There are a lot of people out there who just love him even if they first discover him thru Queen. His name and talent is out there. What could he do to attract more than a small number from these massive audiences? Love all of the great reviews they are getting! It would take about 3 days to properly answer all the questions that you packed in their. But here a few thoughts. 1. The big audiences are coming to a concert to get a Queen concert experience. Adam is part of delivering that, but it is so much more. It is the songs, the community, a chance to see Roger and Brian live, and so on. 2. Album sales are an old-school success measurement. Adele was a bit of a fluke explained by a combination of older, CD buying fans, and music with very broad, mainstream, international appeal. It is very popular music. 3. Adam did pretty well with album sales on all three albums relative to the marketplace (#3, #1, #2), and extremely well in streaming media with Ghost Town. Streaming/subscription music is now about 50% of recorded music revenue and growing rapidly in importance. He will capture more streaming media share when he has more hits. 4. IF Adam has a few mega hits, he will fill arenas as a solo artist. It will only happen IF he has HUGE hits. Many, many talented artists who put out great music never have mainstream hit song and spend there careers performing in mid-sized venues -- it is a very lucrative size venue to tour in -- sweet spot is 3,000 - 10,000 in the US market. 5. Adam has (IMO wisely) kept QAL mostly separate from his solo career. He will face the risk of singing the Queen catalog for his whole career if he ever merges the two. He clearly wants a career as a solo artist. Look at the relatively small number of current pop artists who tour in arenas. It is rare, not expected, for a current pop artist to do arena tours. Most of the US arena tours are country and classic/modern era rock acts, or DJ shows. These two posts are fascinating and I have a tie-in. I am shocked about how little celebrity press Adam gets. For a singer to be doing so many performances all over the world, and for a singer to be fronting Queen, I would expect that I'd read about his adventures -- and his fashion -- in the celeb mags. I have always wondered why he just doesn't appear in People, for instance. To me, he'd be a natural, especially because so many music-related publications follow him. And, maybe even more for his fashion. Any thoughts?
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