Dave mentions Stevie's "forthcoming album" in new Billboard article

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by Macfanforever

Hahaha,Ok Stephanie Lynn Nicks.sound good for self titled cd.

That title would definately make it a Country Album, which would be fine by me.

[Nathan]

Viv, that looks like Nas in your signature. If it is, it's a good picture. He's my favorite.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by Nathan

Viv, that looks like Nas in your signature. If it is, it's a good picture. He's my favorite.

It's Messy Marv. Look closer, you can see his name on the hood of the car. Nas is cool too Nathan. Would you like me to set you up on a date with Nas?

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

A publicist/manager is the one who, not only seeks out media outlets, but also decides which media inquiries to pursue. The reason no information is coming from Stevie's camp is because there is nothing official and it's too early. It's not a matter of indifference, as if the media isn't interested or doesn't care about her anymore. That's just irrational reasoning.

But in the old days, if there were rumors that she was working with Dave Stewart, at least a few music reporters would have sought her out for comment. They wouldn't have waited to be approached. Or the story would have gotten a lot of wire coverage, along the lines of Sheryl Crow joining the band (both in 2003 and 2009). Those were just rumors too. That didn't stop everyone from reprinting the gossip 60million times. With this story, even though Dave leaked a snippet of the song, I haven't seen it get copied more than a handful of times.

If this was a story of Stevie (or Dave) working with the Jonas Bros. there'd be non-stop media inquiries about it. But because of the stage they're at in life, the interest is different. Which is not to say it's non-existent. Of course, when something official is announced it will make the music news rounds. We just aren't getting the same advance information or specutlation (from people other than diehard fans) that we would have gotten in the eighties.

Michele

[DestinyRules]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Or I read somewhere that Stevie was producing Joss Stone for the Country Rumours version.

Can't say I like the bolded part...

[APerfectLie]

Speaking of interviews, Larry Flick did an interview with her in 2009 and it was recently uploaded in a previous thread. He retweeted some tweets about Stevie 2 days ago so I asked him if he would interview her again, his response:

LarryFlick
@APerfectLie226 Working on setting something up for the fall, actually!

[RockALittle250]

Originally Posted by APerfectLie

Speaking of interviews, Larry Flick did an interview with her in 2009 and it was recently uploaded in a previous thread. He retweeted some tweets about Stevie 2 days ago so I asked him if he would interview her again, his response:

LarryFlick
@APerfectLie226 Working on setting something up for the fall, actually!

Awesome! This is all coming together slowly, but surely.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by michelej1

We just aren't getting the same advance information or specutlation (from people other than diehard fans) that we would have gotten in the eighties.

Michele

And why is that? Because it's not the eighties...so you can't expect news of a new Stevie album is going to get the same traction/prominence as it did when her career was red hot and the media was an entirely a different animal than it is now. It is what it is: Lady Gaga Land. 60-something year old rockers are not in the realm of their main target audience.

[Nikolaj]

I agree with points made by both Penguin Head and Michelej1, for starters.
Also factor in this age of immediacy of media that we live in.

I just wonder- what IF this new Stevie cd- coming this fall, I still have faith-- what if it turns out to be a hit? If the cd is selling, and she's on the radio, into next year, promoters will be happy to book Stevie solo in 2011 at less than half of what it would cost them to buy Fleetwood Mac's services.
Might we not see Fleetwood Mac back until 2012?

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by Nikolaj

If Stevie's solo cd goes over huge....

Do you think that's even possible? I hope it will do good whenever it
comes out. But with the state of the music industry and Stevie's age
taken into considertation (not to mention the very disappointing sales
of "The Soundstage Sessions" CD) I can't imagine it selling well at all.

I think her only hope for decent sales at this stage of her career would
be if VH1 would partner up with her like they did for TISL.

[APerfectLie]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

Do you think that's even possible? I hope it will do good whenever it
comes out. But with the state of the music industry and Stevie's age
taken into considertation (not to mention the very disappointing sales
of "The Soundstage Sessions" CD) I can't imagine it selling well at all.

I think her only hope for decent sales at this stage of her career would
be if VH1 would partner up with her like they did for TISL.

When he says huge, I don't think he means Lady Gaga huge. Huge in a Stevie Nicks 2010 way. And of course Soundstage didn't sell a whole lot. It brought in some sales and had its perks, but it was nothing new and the album itself was lacking immensely. Landslide, Sara, Stand Back, and If Anyone Falls were the only Stevie hits on the album. Us die hard fans were longing for new stuff and the casual fans looked at it and said, what?! No Rhiannon? No Edge of Seventeen? No Dreams?? No Gold Dust Woman? I liked what Stevie did with Soundstage and how she decided to put some not so well known songs on it, but I think the album fell short with the fact that it had so few songs on it and several covers. And the DVD was great too, but the DVD was more expensive and a lot of non-hardcore Stevie fans don't want to take the time or money to pay 15-20 dollars and watch a 2 hour show. However, I think new material would do a lot better seeing as all the hardcore fans will buy it and casual fans will be more open to buying it because it is new instead of it being a live CD that is lacking their favorites. But I do agree that VH1 should team up with her again. Or Apple. If she could get her name plastered all over iTunes and have one of her songs played in an iPhone commercial, it could work wonders.

[Nikolaj]

I'm hoping this new cd will be a creative high for her and that Stevie records her best album. I'd like for it to sell great, yes, but more than that, I want it to be great. Those of us who have believed in her talent for so long, know that she has it in her, and I feel, can't speak for other fans, that Stevie has yet to release her 'ultimate album', so I think it's great she's going after it.
While she has 'nothing to prove' at this stage, it would be great if she could make an album that she will forever know is a good representation of what she has to offer, the best that she could do, and an album she loves.
I still really give Stevie such credit for not taking what would have been an big payday of millions of dollars to do an abbreviated version of Unleashed on the current Eagles tour. I guess it's hard to turn down a ton of money, and she did it. Almost immediately, she began work on new music.
Luckily, from my perspective, I think she was approached at the completely wrong time about The Eagles tour. She hadn't even returned home yet from the final shows when talk of the Eagles pairing came up.
That mistake of her being asked too soon is one I am grateful for, because I think if Stevie had been approached about it after having a month or two off, she would have been more tempted by the big payday. Imagine, it's said that Mick, John, and Lindsey were all agreeable to it. Stevie had bigger balls than all of them to turn it down!!

[Nikolaj]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

Do you think that's even possible? I hope it will do good whenever it
comes out. But with the state of the music industry and Stevie's age
taken into considertation (not to mention the very disappointing sales
of "The Soundstage Sessions" CD) I can't imagine it selling well at all.

I think her only hope for decent sales at this stage of her career would
be if VH1 would partner up with her like they did for TISL.

Well, I don't think she's gonna have Gaga sales. But I think she could have a platinum selling cd if there are two 'career' songs on it that radio just can't ignore. The right few songs could make the album sell well. I don't think her last 2 releases had the 'right few songs' to break the albums hugely. Yes, her age and radio airplay is a big factor. I think it's possible. Likely?
I think it's possible!

Oh- I remember, not afraid, that you like Linda R a lot. So you do know about the Jimmy Webb release on June 29, yes? Linda sings on track 13, a remake of Art Garfunkel's "ALL I KNOW" written by Webb. The bad news is that it appears it is a duet between Webb and Linda. Dang these guys! Webb also claims that Linda now is done, completely, with her career, no more recording or touring, and that her singing 'All I Know' for him was a huge favor- they're good friends. Here's the pre-order link on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Just-Across-Ri...7268582&sr=8-1

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

And why is that? Because it's not the eighties...so you can't expect news of a new Stevie album is going to get the same traction/prominence as it did when her career was red hot and the media was an entirely a different animal than it is now. It is what it is: Lady Gaga Land. 60-something year old rockers are not in the realm of their main target audience.

Yes, agreed. That's why I said:

If people were still clamoring to interview her the old fashioned way like they were then, I think we'd know a lot more. I don't think she's being especially clandestine, so much as I think it's just that she doesn't have the outlet she traditionally used to get info out (print, radio and tv interviews) and she hasn't adapted to the new forms of communication.

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by Nikolaj

Oh- I remember, not afraid, that you like Linda R a lot. So you do know about the Jimmy Webb release on June 29, yes? Linda sings on track 13, a remake of Art Garfunkel's "ALL I KNOW" written by Webb. The bad news is that it appears it is a duet between Webb and Linda. Here's the pre-order link on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Just-Across-Ri...7268582&sr=8-1

Thanks for the info Nikolaj. I had no idea. Cool beans.