Tween Music

Friday, September 4, 2009

Teenage angst
Miley Cyrus' Twitters about Nick Jonas

mileycyrus Sitting here trying think of every possible way to make "I want you" sound like "come back nick" I'm having no such luck.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

More proof Tween music dead
Colbie Caillat topples Miley Cyrus
Time of Our Lives debuts at #3

Plugged her enough – Colbie Caillat broke through with Breakthrough to debut #1 on Billboard’s Top 200, selling 106,000 CDs. Someone named Skillet debuted at #2 with Awake. Miley Cyrus could have been #1, except The Time of Our Lives is a Walmart “exclusive” plus an EP. Maybe it should have been considered under the Hot 100 instead. She held the same #3 spot on the singles chart with Potty in the U.S.A.

Both Caillat and Skillet, a Linkin Park/Daughtry sound-a-like, offered twice as many songs as The Time of Our Lives for only $2 more. Even music buyers want value today.

Ashley Tisdale is still on the charts. Week five sees her at #162. Selena Gomez and 78violet (Aly & AJ) are missing – as are their new releases (when girls, when?). Also missing, which never even charted, the Bandslam soundtrack; pitiful.

Gomez made the singles chart debuting at #93 with Falling Down; and Magic falling to #91 after four weeks on the charts. 78violet could be there too. Next Worse Thing debuted weeks ago on KROQ. No release of the single yet, though - just like the CD and tour!

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Miley Cyrus - like everyone else - burned by Walmart

Today Miley Cyrus blogged, mileycyrus Kinda bummed. My E.P. got put on shelves wiff my clothing line and got released 3 days early on accident :( Thx 2 those who got the album :)

Come on Miley, it's Walmart. You're also going to see your lowest sales ever. You've got a seven song $5 EP selling for $8. One of those songs was already released on Lines Vines and Trying Times by the Jonas Brothers. Now you're at $1.34 per song. No bargain. If it wasn't for iTunes releasing Potty in the U.S.A., you wouldn't be #14 on the singles chart.

Feel sorry for KISS. They've got the same deal with Walmart.

As I've said over and over, in the music industry, most exclusives are cutting your own throat. Put it everywhere and see what bounces off the wall.

Everything Miley Cyrus touches turns to gold
Potty in the U.S.A. Billboard's highest gainer

We'll need to wait a couple weeks to see if The Time of Our Lives is #1 on Billboard's album chart, but Miley Cyrus' Potty in the U.S.A. took Billboard's highest gainer this week, leaping up to #14. She may be the one to knock out The Black Eyed Peas record setting reign at #1.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Miley Cyrus Twitter musical preference

Miley Cyrus has admitted on Twitter her musical preference is emo. For the past few days I've surrounded myself with Joe Satriani's Anthology CD. I invite Ms. Cyrus to add this to her iPod. She'll forget those emo bands in a moment.

Wouldn't it be fantastic to see Hollywood Records evolve and add Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen and Dweezil Zappa as backing musicians for groups like 78violet (Aly & AJ) or Demi Lovato? You'd have the world's top four living guitar players. Come on, argue with that on comments!

Recently I read a music review, possibly from Philadelphia, that Ashley Tisdale was channeling Kelly Clarkson. It wasn't until I heard the first two songs of Here We Go Again that I believed in that review. I love Lovato's voice, but that review and the first two songs ruined the whole CD for me. That's why Hollywood Records needs to evolve. Its Hilary Duff formula - which includes High School Musical, Aly & AJ to Lovato - is growing stale.

So it is my dream (is that a Blue Dream?) to combine the slick production of Disney with the world's greatest rock musicians. Maybe even Pete Townshend! Let me produce the next generation of Tween Music. It will change how you listen to music forever - much like Jimi Hendrix did!

Sunday, August 30, 2009

I Love you Beth Cooper
DVD release Nov. 3, 2009

I Love You Beth Cooper, which was one of the lowest box office opening weekends of 2009, $5-million, is due on DVD Nov. 3. Bandslam opened at half that, $2.5-million.

If Bandslam marketers were smart, they'd release Bandslam around the same time to capture holiday shopping, but none of Bandslam's marketing has made sense since its release - like not releasing any singles from the soundtrack.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Today Miley Cyrus
Where’s Mandy Jiroux?
She better be on Miley’s tour or
I Want My Money Back

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