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Post by satisfied on Mar 7, 2013 16:15:37 GMT -5
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Post by augenpoesie on Mar 7, 2013 16:16:38 GMT -5
I love this quote that I have on my fridge as a reminder..." I'm Responsible for the effort not the outcome" unknown Love this too!  |
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Post by adamfanem on Mar 7, 2013 16:17:20 GMT -5
Thanks again everyone for all your hard work collecting data, videos, articles, numbers.. mindboggling!! Can someone enlighten me on this phase Adam has mentioned a few times now, about how having control is to surrender. To me that is a contradictory idea. What is he trying to control? I think I understand what he is trying to surrender.. his public image, his fans perception, his privacy? Or is it something else? And what is he trying to control? His career? His sanity? It's all confusing to me. To me surrender means to let go of control. Help. Yes, of course, surrender does entail letting go of control, but I don't think that any of the examples above apply as area where he wants or needs to let go of control. He made it very clear today that the tour continues to be his to control. And his public image, fan perception, come on...obviously those are his. The topic has until today mostly come up in context of the album writing process. And Adam said that meeting the demands of the business and keeping his own artistic integrity has been at times a difficult balancing act. Here is my interpretation of what I think it means - just speculation - of course: The winds have changed at RCA during that rather lengthy Trespassing production stage and I think he found out the hard way in that the encouragement that he had received during the early stages has not been followed through with support by the label at the back-end due to those changes. And while he was given Executive Producer role last time, I don't think that the new management is on that same page with that now. I don't expect Adam to have this anymore next time around. And not because he did anything wrong, but because the wind is coming from a different direction now. I think that Adam is dealing with these changed viewpoints in various ways and we are probably only seeing the few more public points of this. His soundbites of 'we are all one happy family' are gone and he now points openly to the struggle between business expectations and artistic integrity. I do think though that Adam is somebody who thinks positive at all times and tries to see the opportunities in any situation, and there always are some, even in a difficult times. So he tries to adjust. One adjustment he is making is to set different expectations with his fans and with the media. Adam deserves our full support in whatever decisions he is making to go forward and quite obviously, he is getting that. Adam's fan base is loyal and he knows it, so he is trying to manage that change in expectations with us too. We obviously already saw one result. No tour for Trespassing in US and other areas. I presume there will be a few more 'news' to swallow, as we go on. I already mentioned, no EP title for Adam is another one I expect to happen, perhaps he will also get to record some covers on his next album and not only new material. Who knows which direction his new work will go, we will have to see. But I am very positive, that Adam will find a way to make his music work in this new setting too. And I hope that he also finds a way to do it in such a way that it makes him happy too. That in the end is really important to me - for him.
To me, the promotion by others, for example the label (Adam was practically a one man promo machine and did all he could, IMHO) was totally non-existent for Trespassing and I will forgo the discussion we have already beaten to death about the choice of singles and launch. Couple that with the radio bias against playing him for whatever reason and that is what happens.
I hope he doesn't have to sell his soul just to try to appease getting a hit single on US radio. That may never happen, and perhaps when TPTB or anyone involved in the process stops trying to force that type of outcome - it will become the outcome.
What makes Adam unique is his boisterous vocals and exciting presentation and it will just take mere mortals time to catch up. What I find amazing is the international fans so far on the tour really "get" Adam and he is getting so much press and coverage in countries I would have never dreamed of.
To me, Adam will only get the US attention in a big way (radio, award shows, etc) after he gets so big internationally that the US can't ignore him anymore. That is why I hope TPTB don't force Adam to put all his efforts into trying to "please" the US markets (radio). Let them come to him... and IMHO they will... if the international market continues to gain traction for him. And as a US fan, tweeting his international successes and performances for the twitterverse to pick-up, and hence perhaps US press media, will gain traction too. I was glad to see Adam tweet some of his recent international performances:-)
Or... disregard all the thoughts I have posted:-) and keep fingers crossed that it will be different this time around in the US... without Adam having to go into a box...
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Post by wal on Mar 7, 2013 16:19:41 GMT -5
www.tnp.sg/content/adam-lambert-says-his-confidence-sometimes-facadeAdam Lambert says his confidence is sometimes a facade On stage, he’s a showman who will put up a no-holds-barred performance. However, the openly gay American Idol runner-up admitted that the confidence that he exudes is sometimes a mask he has to don as a performer. Underneath his seemingly fearless persona, he struggles with his insecurities. Lambert, 31, told the media at the W Hotel yesterday: “Being a performer and growing up doing theatre, I had to pretend to be self-assured.” Read the full report in The New Paper on Friday (March 8).
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Post by wal on Mar 7, 2013 16:22:59 GMT -5
www.todayonline.com/entertainment/music/adam-lambert-prepare-be-surprisedAdam Lambert: Prepare to be surprised SINGAPORE - Adam Lambert fans here - or Glamberts as they are sometimes known - can expect the unexpected whtn the singer takes the stage at the Star Theatre tonight. “I’m pretty impulsive, I don’t really plan too far in advance so when we rehearsed for this tour, we rehearsed this basic set featuring music from the two albums, figuring out a flow that made sense,” said the singer during his interview at W Singapore-Sentosa Cove yesterday. Lambert said even he doesn’t quite know what will happen on show day. “We get to sound check on the day of the show and maybe one song we take out and we’ve been working in new songs here and there; covers and other surprises,” he said. “Same thing with the outfits, I’ve got two big suitcases of clothes that I brought and I’ll point ‘I’ll wear that at this part, that at this part and that at this part’. It makes it more fun and spontaneous. There might be some new songs, there might not be, I don’t know.” For the full Unexpurgated interview, visit our Poparazzi blog atwww.todayonline.com/blogs/poparazzi
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2013 16:27:29 GMT -5
I agree.. Trespassing was a stellar album. A great artistic effort.
It makes me sad to hear him even consider surrender of any kind.
However, I too must let go and trust that all will be as it should.
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Post by Albiku on Mar 7, 2013 16:29:30 GMT -5
Thanks guys.. loved all your interpretations on control and surrender. And I know the Serenity Prayer well, and to me, it means I cannot control others, only myself. I like that reference. I thought it might have something to do with the industry, the direction his next project might be going, as the first time I remember hearing that quote was in reference to new music.. if my memory serves me right. When the media drops that quote right after a discussion about privacy and personal trespassing I started to wonder what the reference was supposed to be about. Had a conversation on twitter with Shosanna and she felt it meant to know when to take advice from people around you.. and that again leads it back to the direction of his new music, to me. ( Or to know when to accept the help of five burly bodyguards.. kidding ) It's such a struggle as an artist, I am sure, any artist, to find the balance between artistic integrity and the business of making money. It's often a compromise. I know it often is for me in my business. I hope he gets to record music from his heart and soul, first and foremost. Personally I will buy whatever he records, because it's all about THAT VOICE. And that lovely man. Haha! Um, I just published your conversation with Shoshanna not realizing it was you who had asked. And you even have the same name on Twitter.  I deleted it, since you already mentioned the conversation in your post. My take on it is that Adam is learning how to delegate and trust that other people will do as good a job as if he had done it himself. Or at least near as good, or good enough.  He doesn't need to be on charge of everything; he's human, he can't be everywhere and take care of everything, even if he wants to. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2013 16:30:17 GMT -5
The 'control/surrender' quote comes from the lovely CCTV interview. The question was: "Do you feel as you mature, as you get further along in your career, you are getting more control?"
Adam's exact reply was: "Yeah. I think part of gaining control is releasing some of it, though. That's the big life lesson that I'm starting to wrap my head around now is part of being in control of your life is knowing when to surrender."
So, 'releasing some of it' means releasing control, right? Surrendering control? ( Can it even be said like this in English?)
I remember thinking when I first heard the interview that he probably realized that trying to be in control over everything did not necessarily mean having the best possible level of actual control over things. That handing someone else a part of it puts you in greater control. I think this is Adam learning some good management. Idk. I still think the same, nothing more.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2013 16:31:09 GMT -5
Yep! I am who I am .. no alias here!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2013 16:32:30 GMT -5
Aleks.. that I understand!!!!
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He doesn't need to be on charge of everything; he's human, he can't be everywhere and take care of everything, even if he wants to.