From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V9 #26 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Tuesday, January 27 2004 Volume 09 : Number 026 * If you ever wish to unsubscribe from this digest, send an email to * jewel-digest-request@smoe.org with ONLY the word * unsubscribe in the BODY of the email * . * For the latest news on what Jewel is up to, go to * the OFFICIAL Jewel web site at http://www.jeweljk.com * and click on "calendar" * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: jewel-digest V9 #___ gives fellow list readers * no clue as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- [EDA] Last Dance Rodeo [shawn e williams ] Re: [EDA] Last Dance Rodeo ["Melissa Bruce" ] Re: [EDA] NJC TRL ["Joe Kunis" ] [EDA] 2 BECOME 1 RADIO CAMPAIGN ["Matt Sullivan" ] [EDA] MSN: 'Sexing it up doesn't necessarily sell albums' [shawn e willia] Re: [EDA] 2 BECOME 1 RADIO CAMPAIGN [shawn e williams Subject: [EDA] Last Dance Rodeo Does anyone know where I can dl an mp3 of "Last Dance Rodeo," besides the one from MTV Unplugged? Or is there another of that w/o all of the talk at the beginning?? thanks! love ya, shawney the hippie angel ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 12:01:09 -0800 From: "Melissa Bruce" Subject: Re: [EDA] Last Dance Rodeo see if this link works for you. (I don't know if you can access it w/out being a member) mms://media.fansrule.com/fansrule/jewel/last_dance_1999-1.wma It's from Jewel:Unedited. It's from 5/27/99 in Offenbach Germany during the Spirit world tour. I was also going to say check the Angel needs a Ride Audio Page http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/kurtwood/152/audio.html or the "Jewel This Way" Page http://www.geocities.com/%7Esarastro62/2audio2/qw_LastDanceRodeo.ra (direct link to the song) but they are both that same MTV version. I'll keep digging and let you know what I find. Melee > Does anyone know where I can dl an mp3 of "Last Dance Rodeo," besides the > one from MTV Unplugged? Or is there another of that w/o all of the talk > at the beginning?? thanks! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:27:45 -0500 From: "Joe Kunis" Subject: Re: [EDA] NJC TRL Did anyone tape Kristin Kreuk on TRL last week? Need a copy and want to trade for it. I can trade for Jewel or non-Jewel content. Thanks! Joe K - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the coupons and bargains on MSN Offers! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:42:23 -0600 From: "Matt Sullivan" Subject: [EDA] 2 BECOME 1 RADIO CAMPAIGN Okay guys 2 Become 1 is *slowly* climbing the hot ac charts, so lets get it into the top 20 so more stations will pick it up. Let's use the power of email to get this song playing! Here's some tips: - -Only email stations in your listening area, any other station can look you up if they so choose and will definatley not play your request if your not in their listening area. - -Only email stations that actually play Jewel, and more than just Intuition. No matter how great you think 2 become 1 is, they aren't going to play her if they never did before. - -Lie, lie, lie! Tell them that they are your favorite station! Tell them other local stations are playing the song, and that you are so dissappointed that their station, your favorite station, isn't playing it! - -Don't make a big two paragraph email. They won't read it. Also avoid trying to sound "professional" Make the email sound chatty & friendly. - -Ask for a reply! Tell them to play the song, or alteast email you and tell you why. - -ONLY SEND ONE EMAIL TO ONE DJ AT THE STATION. Chances are that the dj will most likely forward the email to their sation manager. If they recieve the same email from the same person from 5 different djs, they will know something is up! - -Only email the station once or twice a week, and to different djs. HERE's A SAMPLE. I SENT THIS TO 2 OF MY LOCAL STATIONS TODAY, USING THE SAME EMAIL, BUT JUST CHANGING THE NAME OF THE STATION. The Mix is my favorite station in Milwaukee, in fact it's the only one I listen to, so that's why Im so upset that you aren't playing Jewel's new single, 2 Become 1. It actually kinda suprises me that you're not playing it cause it *seams* that you support her, cuase you play her songs all day long, and you were the only station that offered the win before you could buy thing for her cancelled concert this past october. And I'm really really shocked to hear my friend tell me that another local station, which will go unamed, is playing it, and you aren't, especially since you guys are usually the first station to pick up a song, and they usually copy you! I did my research and it is currently at #32 on the hot ac charts and it is slowly climbing up! So give me the braggin rights for listening to the best milwaukee station, and play the darn song, or atleast email me back and tell me why you arn't!!! Thanks matt COME ON YOU GUYS LETS PROVE THE WORLD THAT JEWEL STILL ROCKS AND GET THIS SONG GOING! MATT ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:33:16 -0500 From: shawn e williams Subject: [EDA] MSN: 'Sexing it up doesn't necessarily sell albums' http://www.msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=4027696&p1=0 it mentions Jewel, Sheryl Crow, Christina, Britney. Then, talks about the artists who aren't "sexing it up," lol. Christina vamps like a burlesque stripper. Britneys gone from schoolgirl to slut. Pink is punk. Many of musics reigning divas are partying like its 1999, even though the world has become a darker, more uncertain and more anxious place since September 11, 2001. With the economy in a funk and record sales down for three years running, even established artists are sexing it up -- no doubt encouraged by edgy industry executives. The problem is, the public just doesnt seem to be in the mood for it, and the recent mediocre album sales by Spears, Pink and similar artists may reflect a classic case of mismarketing. When social and economic times are more threatening and pessimistic, we actually prefer others with more mature facial, body and personality characteristics, says Terry Pettijohn, a Ph.D. social psychologist at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. If Pettijohns observations are accurate, then industry executives who are pushing artists to tart it up are miscalculating the market and could be damaging careers. Audiences are listening to lyrics more, says Ron Vos, president/chief executive of Hi Frequency Marketing in North Carolina. Theyre focused on content and story line, not dancing and having fun, and they want the artist to reflect that. Post-9/11 soul searching Indeed, female artists who are succeeding on the radio and on the charts have tapped into the nations post-September 11 soul-searching. Vos, whose firm worked with Avril Lavigne and Norah Jones, says these artists are writing music thats about being in touch with your values. They portray themselves as self-made people who write about their feelings, he says. Sex certainly sells. The concept has been around as long as advertising. But Lavigne and Jones reflect a different kind of sexuality thats much subtler, more genuine and thus more alluring in a time of crisis. Given the national mood, such nuances could easily be the difference between strong and mediocre sales. One of the hottest breakthrough groups of last year, rock band Evanescence, is fronted by Amy Lee, who is appalled by the crass marketing of some pop stars. Talking bad about Britney is like beating a dead horse; I wont even go there, she says. But what really bothers Lee are female artists who are good writers or good singers but have gone from being really classy and cool to just stripping it all away. Jewel, for example, has gone from folk songstress to cover girl, and 40-something Sheryl Crow struts onstage in hot pants even as she bemoans that other artists are being marketed like porn stars. Obviously, sex is the most basic thing that you can sell, Lee says. I mean, you sell yourself, and I just hate it. Trampiness trend From Spears kiss with Madonna at the MTV Video Music Awards to Pinks onstage antics at the Billboard Music Awards, the trend toward trampiness shows no signs of abating. But some academic research suggests that it runs counter to current economic, social and demographic trends. Last spring, Pettijohn and University of Georgia professor Abraham Tesser presented a paper to the American Psychological Society in Atlanta that examined how the social and economic environment affects human preferences. In times of trouble, strong, stable, supportive people are favored, he says. When times are good, we tend to favor the fun person. To reach that conclusion, the researchers studied the publics preferences for actresses between 1932 and 1995. Individuals preferred smaller eyes, thinner cheeks and larger chins in bad times, and women with larger eyes, fuller cheeks and smaller chins in good times, the study found. The U.S. is always going back and forth between our puritan values and our need for indulgences, says Sharon Livingston of the Livingston Group, a Windham, New Hampshire, marketing and research firm. Currently, songs with a mellow, introspective approach are finding a receptive U.S. audience, in part because of the confusion and sense of change in the wake of September 11, according to Ball State University pop culture expert Richard Aquila. That mood plays into the resurgence of the singer/songwriter, where audiences are eager to hear what the individual has to say, he says. Theres been a turn toward traditional values, Aquila adds. Alicia Keys is representative of the trend. Her songs are introspective and soulful. Her image, while sexual, also exudes strength and character. Not surprisingly, her latest album is doing well on the charts. 'Constructive use of her libido' Norah Jones is sexy, Livingston says. But shes using libido in a gentle way and talking about relationships. Its a more constructive use of her libido, but shes still creating interest and intrigue. Shes saying, Come be with me, and youll feel good about yourself, she explains. Spears, of course, has played the sex card most often and most blatantly in the face of declining sales. Her biggest single, ... Baby One More Time, cut when her image was more wholesome, spent 39 weeks on the singles charts in 1998, including seven weeks in the top spot. Her last single to hit No. 1 on the charts was Im a Slave 4 U in 2001. It spent one week at the top. Despite massive hype, Spears latest album is posting only so-so sales. And Pinks latest release is suffering as well. Sales of Try This have fallen far short of her previous blockbuster album. According to a source, her label is privately worried that she has been tarting it up too much. For her part, Pink says artists are just using what theyve got. I dont think theres anything wrong with being sexy, but people use what they have, she says. If people have a great voice, then you use your voice; if you have a great mind, then you speak a lot; if you have a great body, then you take your clothes off. That may work if youre 20-something, but Evanescences Lee isnt the only person who finds the trend disturbing among such established, talented female artists as Toni Braxton, Liz Phair and LeAnn Rimes. Gina Vivinetto, pop music critic for Floridas St. Petersburg Times, noted in an article last summer that its as if someone had issued a memo to every woman in rock. No matter how seriously she once took herself, no matter how good her voice or her level of talent, she must start looking like a tramp. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 23:19:34 -0500 From: shawn e williams Subject: Re: [EDA] 2 BECOME 1 RADIO CAMPAIGN I second that! lol. Everyone request, request, request!! love ya, shawney the hippie angel ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V9 #26 **************************