QUOTE(bradwow @ Jan 24 2010, 01:59 PM)
I have this really strong feeling that the albums gonna do really well. Shes working with hitmakers as well as accomplished artists. Shes stated that she is going to tour a lot more from now on. It seems her aim with this album is to crack the states. Considering music that works well over there work here, hopefully that'll be a good thing.
Delta does have a mass market in the US; the Vh1/Hot AC audience which got her significant recognition there. Problem was that they didnt continue with it through a second single. Itl did very very well on this format and i know her next release there will do even better. Delta could be huge in the US. Not even joking. The catch; she needs to dedicate a lot of solid time there doing tons of small promotion in getting her name out there.
I think its really important that delta does capalise on that aswell. Her label should be able to get her some mass tv appearances at first in US though anyway. Tv appearances reqch big crowds but its not going to sell music alone unless they hear it on radio or see it again on tv. Interviews in US are quite important. Her personality is part of her music and its a great way to introduce yourself to a market. Vh1 interview proved to increase sales while letterman appearance didnt impact anything.
Im so excited for deltas return to us. Simply cos i know shell succeed if she dedicates herself enough over there
I think d should launch first single in a massive way. A live performance at an awards show, e.g logies. She should launch first single in australia/asia/nz in the space of a month. She could then release single to US radio (adding new song takes like 6 weeks to start pickng up on US radio). Whilst thats going on she can reintroduce herself to uk/europe for 3 weeks getting single launched. D would then go to US and visit the Hot AC stations she topped last time around - performing the new single, as well as getting song played on vh1 and doing few tv appearances. Then d would return to australia and launch second single whilst also announcing small scale tour. That wouldnt take too long. D would then do album promo in asia, uk, europe in a month. Then delta would pull all strings in the US, hopefully guided through a successful single, in doing ellen, view, letterman etc as well as being vh1s you oughta know and doing mass radio appearances for a month leading up to album release and then staying there for week after as well. The album could pull a top 50 billboard placing and the US success and her presence on US shows would act as worldwide promotion. Then delta would return to australia for small scale acoustic tour which would be tons of sell out shows and cementing delta as the biggest australian act right now. Album sales would be massive. The tour should be at time of third single release which should be highlighted at the tour as a crowd favourite. The tour may last 6-8 weeks - a long time but would make up for lack of time spent beforehand. After tour delta should spend pretty much all her time in theUS touring,getting 2nd single successful. D should spend time in uk/europe gettin name out there but i believe the US should be main focus
Then i think itd be very cool if Delta re-released her album like rihanna and gaga with strong hit singles. D could then really capitalise on mass uk/europe promo as its somethin new after becoming established.
I also think it'd be very wise to make the re-release a 2cd set with the other cd being a singles collection. The point of that is to formally introduce the existence of deltas past music whilst serving as a platform for deltas tours to include the songs she wqnts to sing and allowing all her fans their chance to know it
K im drunk n im sorry for ppl who read all that. I was talkin crap but hopefully i made some good points
Delta wont have to be in australia to launch album, but she could do a tv showcase which would be aired on free to air tv preferably 5 days after album release to try to hold strong #1 position 2 weeks in a row.
I thought I would bring that whole post in here since there is alot of good ideas in here!
Ah Brad you never cease to amazing me with your posts. They always consist of great ideas!
There is too much to reply to but I'm going to point out the main ones that caught my eye. I look forward to her returning to VH1. I think alot of people like her on there and voted for her alot during her run. And since alot more fans are aware of Ghostmouse I think we can get her up higher. I'm thinking that as soon as we hear anything about Delta's new single or album, we need to bombard the VH1 community boards to get old and future fans hyped up for the upcoming release. That goes for the ION message board because they still have Delta's section up.
You mentioned about all of the different places to promote her new album. I think it is a great idea and I think she should do it, but the idea of hopping continually from one place to another concerns me. We saw how hopping from place to place and touring from state to state got Delta all messed up and when she got that allergic reaction and had to postpone her opera concert that was scheduled earlier.
I think she could promote in both Australia and USA with great sucess. But I think she should wait for Europe until after Australia and US is promoted (sorry Europe fans!!). Clearly she wants this album to crack the USA market and I think alot of solid constant time will be able to make that happen instead of breaking that time up.
I wasn't so hot about the idea about rereleasing her album. I just think its pointless. But of course I would buy whatever she released
! But I do like the idea of her releasing something that contained her previous 2 albums to the USA. Alot of her great work has come from those 2 albums including IE which made #1 of the decade in Australia. That clearly deserves to be exposed into the USA as well as the bsides.
As you can tell, I am extremely excited about this new album. I now check this site every day to see if there is any new news about it...even though I get Delta's twitter messages on my phone and I would find out that way if she announced the new album.
It'd be cool to see her somewhere other than aus haha