From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V11 #54 Reply-To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * mad-mission-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Patty's tour dates, go to: * http://www.pattygriffin.net/PattyInConcertDB.php * OR * go to http://www.atorecords.com * . * 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: mad-mission-digest V8 #___ gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. * Also, PLEASE do not quote an entire digest when you reply to the * list. Edit out anything you are not referring to. mad-mission-digest Wednesday, February 14 2007 Volume 11 : Number 054 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Re: Heavenly Day as first single... ["hugues" ] MM: Re: Heavenly Day ["Doug Francis" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:19:20 +0100 From: "hugues" Subject: MM: Re: Heavenly Day as first single... Hi all, Well, I don't know what is commercial or accessible or not, but I got the album in the mail today and my first fave song is "Heavenly Day" right away but being a DJ myself, and having played that song on the radio a few hours ago, I found it was a beautiful song to hear on radio, no question about it, but it's not your usual up tempo hit lots of melancholy again on this album, but hey, Patty Griffin isn't a hits maker, right? It's great for soulful fools like us! ;o) Hugues ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:51:42 -0500 From: "Doug Francis" Subject: MM: Re: Heavenly Day Don't discount the vagaries and whims of the musical public. I am reminded of the old Saturday Night Live skit "Sprockets" with Mike Myers as Dieter, the German metrosexual. His standard criteria for judging a song was if it were danceable and had a good beat. I think this is what a lot of people are programmed to. They don't want to think about music, they want to be relaxed by it. Doug Francis Maple Ave. Middle School Library 150 East Myrtle St. Littlestown PA 17340 >>> "rockerpgh _" 2/13/2007 12:19 AM >>> I agree. Heavenly Day is a good song, and hopefully will be a successful single. Take 10 good or very good songs plus a couple of great songs and you have a great album. Heavenly Day certainly contributes its share to the mix which makes a great CD. We'll see over time with CRT. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jon Schneider To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 11:42 AM Subject: MM: Heavenly Day I beg to differ. I think it's a wonderful song, a wonderful single and a wonderful introduction to Patty to newcomers. I can totally see it as a possible breakthrough. I didn't really understand it when "Love Throw a Line" was the choice last time out though. I think "Heavenly Day" and "No Bad News" will be an amazing 1-2 punch and if they fail it will be due to promotion, marketing, etc. not due to poor choice of songs, imo. ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- First, please, PLEASE don't take this personally, Murph, just because you raised the subject. I must say, however, that the idea that record companies look for "accessible" songs to push as radio singles just drives me up the wall. To me, "accessible" is industry-speak for safe, non-threatening, just-like-everything-else-on-the-radio music. (And, no, I'm no "insider," but a life-long music lover with a collection that runs the gamut from Edith Piaf to Green Day.) I'm not saying that "Heavenly Day" is tripe, far from it. The melody is lovely and Patty's vocals are terrific. I just know that last week, while CRT was emanating nearly nonstop from the iPod dock on my desk, when a co-worker stopped to ask "Who IS that?" it was never while "Heavenly Day" was playing. Put another way, if I were commissioned to put together a 90-minute career retrospective CD of Patty Griffin's music, "Heavenly Day" would be hard-pressed to make the cut. If Patty were an established "hit-maker" with a built-in radio audience for her newest release, that would be one thing. But, if the first single from a new album by an artist with no proven radio track record generates lukewarm response, will subsequent singles even be considered for airplay? Honestly, I hope I am wrong, and that the good folks at ATO (and hell, maybe it was Patty's decision) are smarter than me when it comes to promoting new CDs. Perhaps "Heavenly Day" will do for Patty what (first thing that popped into my head) "Just The Way You Are" did for Billy Joel. It just pains me that somebody with Patty's peerless combination of songwriting chops and singing ability is still waiting for "mainstream success" after all these years. Cheers, Larry I in LA Looking for insurance? Compare and save 50% today. Shop here: >

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