[Vertigo Stick]

Originally posted by MysticNight

I just wish she would stop using LM.com for posting stuff

She's rebelling. Forever backplane artist.

[toanythingtaboo]

Originally posted by bluth

Wouldn't the be-all-and-end-all best solution to balance the two be just to release the album for free?

I can imagine just randomly one day Gaga putting a link on her twitter to www.*albumtitle*.com leading to a website which offers the album for free. She'd have ha Beyonce moment in a way that wouldn't be so strikingly similar

Yup. I've long wanted her to do that. It's where music is going in general, I reckon.

Although, IMO, she should:

1. Release first single or two normally (with video) so as to allow it/them to chart conventionally and capitalise on fan support. In her current position, she'll need hits to encourage support for the later post-album release singles.

2. Surprise announce that she's giving the album away for free with a link to 'www.albumtitle.com'. Have the site sponsored by whoever in an $XX million deal to compensate loss of revenue through sales. It could be a pretty lucrative deal considering the traffic/publicity it'll get.

3. Obviously we won't have sales figures, but they could feature a counter on the site which monitors downloads. This way the press can report on the success of the album regardless, and it'll get coverage alone on what the figures say about piracy (i.e. 15 million downloads vs. typical 3 million pop album sales).

4. Singles post-album release should have simultaneous video debuts and remix/acoustic packages to help charting with dropped off sales.

5. Deluxe version of the album released physically for fans and non tech savvy people.

6. Use the information gathered through downloads to work out where demand is for touring, and where needs more promo.

[helloDer]

Originally posted by toanythingtaboo

Yup. I've long wanted her to do that. It's where music is going in general, I reckon.

Although, IMO, she should:

1. Release first single or two normally (with video) so as to allow it/them to chart conventionally and capitalise on fan support. In her current position, she'll need hits to encourage support for the later post-album release singles.

2. Surprise announce that she's giving the album away for free with a link to 'www.albumtitle.com'. Have the site sponsored by whoever in an $XX million deal to compensate loss of revenue through sales. It could be a pretty lucrative deal considering the traffic/publicity it'll get.

3. Obviously we won't have sales figures, but they could feature a counter on the site which monitors downloads. This way the press can report on the success of the album regardless, and it'll get coverage alone on what the figures say about piracy (i.e. 15 million downloads vs. typical 3 million pop album sales).

4. Singles post-album release should have simultaneous video debuts and remix/acoustic packages to help charting with dropped off sales.

5. Deluxe version of the album released physically for fans and non tech savvy people.

6. Use the information gathered through downloads to work out where demand is for touring, and where needs more promo.

someone post this on LM for ha

[hausofbryan]

Her tour is selling a lot better in US thanks to buzz. Should gross decently now at least. That's a plus.

Still, her album sales are tragic and this video needs to fix that.

[Teneo]

Originally posted by helloDer

hmm the singles would tank. maybe plan the singles in advance and have three songs available for purchase and the rest of the album for free?

Or release the album in three groups of songs for free. Each single would be the lead single of each part. Basically, release 3 EPs for free in a shor period of time and call them ann album.

[Vertigo Stick]

Originally posted by toanythingtaboo

Yup. I've long wanted her to do that. It's where music is going in general, I reckon.

Although, IMO, she should:

1. Release first single or two normally (with video) so as to allow it/them to chart conventionally and capitalise on fan support. In her current position, she'll need hits to encourage support for the later post-album release singles.

2. Surprise announce that she's giving the album away for free with a link to 'www.albumtitle.com'. Have the site sponsored by whoever in an $XX million deal to compensate loss of revenue through sales. It could be a pretty lucrative deal considering the traffic/publicity it'll get.

3. Obviously we won't have sales figures, but they could feature a counter on the site which monitors downloads. This way the press can report on the success of the album regardless, and it'll get coverage alone on what the figures say about piracy (i.e. 15 million downloads vs. typical 3 million pop album sales).

4. Singles post-album release should have simultaneous video debuts and remix/acoustic packages to help charting with dropped off sales.

5. Deluxe version of the album released physically for fans and non tech savvy people.

6. Use the information gathered through downloads to work out where demand is for touring, and where needs more promo.

Slay little manager

[nick4bty]

Gaga loves the fact that people are talking about her again

[hausofbryan]

Ikr. It should motivate her to go back and edit the video and make it extra psycho to get a hit single.

[hausofbryan]

Looking on GagaDaily, those fans are more stupid than god knows what.

Saying Gaga is above shock etc. Too bad that's what made her. Get over it.

[Rusty]

Originally posted by hausofbryan

Looking on GagaDaily, those fans are more stupid than god knows what.

Saying Gaga is above shock etc. Too bad that's what made her. Get over it.

JD and PF were smashes before she really went for shock value tbh.

[DonnieDarko]

I have a feeling that the video won't have anything to do with being a single.

[BadMonster]

When you are lonely,
I'll be lonely too

and this is The Fame

The nostalgia (even if it's for geeks)
I would LOVE for her to use a The Fame Ball kind of opening and statements in line with that era + a concept different from but similar to Candy Warhol to come back on the tour. It fits ARTPOP perfectly and it was very interesting

[IamCY]

Originally posted by BadMonster

The nostalgia (even if it's for geeks)
I would LOVE for her to use a The Fame Ball kind of opening and statements in line with that era + a concept different from but similar to Candy Warhol to come back on the tour. It fits ARTPOP perfectly and it was very interesting

I love that quote I love when she'd say it in the middle of Alejandro during Monster Ball 1.0

[Vespertine]

Originally posted by Rusty

JD and PF were smashes before she really went for shock value tbh.

Gaga being crazy is what elevated her past just having hits, though. It felt like something way bigger back then.


That's why I'm so confused by people who are like "how can you stan for her after this disgusting stunt? " like bitch, we stan first and foremost for the music, but don't forget that the Gaga PERSONA we always loved was the provocative one. It's a taste of the old Gaga for us.

Between her SXSW set, her keynote, and now a potentially killer video coming, this is the most excited I've been as a Gaga stan since the "ARTPOP is coming!!" era.

[biotin223]

Originally posted by hausofbryan

Looking on GagaDaily, those fans are more stupid than god knows what.

Saying Gaga is above shock etc. Too bad that's what made her. Get over it.

Those people are braindead, I've long since abandoned that place

Originally posted by hausofbryan

Her tour is selling a lot better in US thanks to buzz. Should gross decently now at least. That's a plus.

Still, her album sales are tragic and this video needs to fix that.

Wait what? 2.5m WW is great

[PersonalJesus]

Why are some of the people here so closed minded when its about art, saying that what Millie does is not art is very stupid, art is an expression art is anything and everything around us not just beautiful paintings. Just had to vent sorry

[BadMonster]

Miss Piggy has hit out at Lady Gaga's kooky style. "It's true, Lady Gaga was inspired by Moi and Moi's style but who hasn't been inspired by me? After all, that's what being an icon is all about" the Muppet told the April edition of Gay times. Strangely she had nothing to say about Gaga's meat dress...fancy a bacon frock, m'lady?

Source:UK Metro newspaper and set to appear in April's edition of Gay Times UK Magazine

lmao Miss Piggy is amazing!

Also, just read that DWUW video summary, I don't doubt it for a second That video would've been a mess

[DiaryOfG]

Hello little vomiters !!

Whats up ?

[iStanGaga]

I just saw the vomit performance. I was hesitant because I wasn't sure if I was going to stomach it (hehe), but it was freaking epic. I was confused why she got great reviews, but I see why now.

[bluth]

Originally posted by PersonalJesus

Why are some of the people here so closed minded when its about art, saying that what Millie does is not art is very stupid, art is an expression art is anything and everything around us not just beautiful paintings. Just had to vent sorry

ikr

Returned yesterday to find all this disgrace at what Gaga did. I thought it was out of the box and incredible. The sudden switch in ATRL members from being Gays.Under.You to republican housewives was just

They obviously do not see that art and pop belong together