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

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

Shelby is good.. although her kid sister is better.She was never however a superstar whose frame of reference is that long ago gilded age of mega platinium albums and enormous royalty checks.

I've tried to like Allison, just haven't found the right material yet.

You're right about Shelby not being a superstar, but if they were
starting today Shelby has a more promising future. Even if you could
give Stevie back 20 years. In other words, Stevie's not really a superstar
anymore. No more platinum albums for her. In today's market probably
not even Gold for new material. As much as I like her, especially her first
three albums; she hasn't put out a really good album in the last two decades.

[bikerchic]

Dave's 2nd tweet:

"Look for more details in an In The Studio piece I will write soon for Rolling Stone. I'll keep you posted here when to expect that."


I asked him to give us a hint on when, as I'm sure it will be when the album comes out.

[kokoro]

Hopefully Stevie will come around to the importance of online marketing because she's not going to get much of it in other places. A lot of people don't even listen to the radio anymore. Maybe Dave can work his magic and knock a wee bit of sense into her head. He should drive home the point that it's free marketing, which is the best kind! How can she object to that?

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

As much as I like her, especially her first
three albums; she hasn't put out a really good album in the last two decades.

I beg to differ! And I don't think I'm the only one. Trouble in Shangri-La was a strong album, and there are a number of people who place it up there with Bella Donna and Wild Heart.

[RockAlot]

Originally Posted by kokoro

Hopefully Stevie will come around to the importance of online marketing because she's not going to get much of it in other places. A lot of people don't even listen to the radio anymore. Maybe Dave can work his magic and knock a wee bit of sense into her head. He should drive home the point that it's free marketing, which is the best kind! How can she object to that?

Free Marketing Stevie!!! So I wont expect anything new

[Tango]

Originally Posted by kokoro

Hopefully Stevie will come around to the importance of online marketing because she's not going to get much of it in other places. A lot of people don't even listen to the radio anymore. Maybe Dave can work his magic and knock a wee bit of sense into her head. He should drive home the point that it's free marketing, which is the best kind! How can she object to that?



I beg to differ! And I don't think I'm the only one. Trouble in Shangri-La was a strong album, and there are a number of people who place it up there with Bella Donna and Wild Heart.

I agree on TISL. Definitely a great album. Came out in the top five on it's release. Not too shabby.

[kokoro]

Originally Posted by Tango

I agree on TISL. Definitely a great album. Came out in the top five on it's release. Not too shabby.

Not too shabby at all. But it probably helped that she had VH-1 tooting her horn, which she isn't going to have this time.

Take all the marketing you can get, woman!

[HejiraNYC]

This is kinda scary when you think about it... since she clearly knows about YouTube, she probably knows about all of the crap that's out there... in particular, those creepy photo montages. But most importantly, YouTube has been quite the place to go find unreleased songs and demos of hers. She must be pretty pissed about that. It's no wonder that she assumes that everyone is downloading her music for free and that nobody will buy it.

[SapphireSister]

Just posted by Al Ortiz on facebook!!
Al Ortiz Sittin here goin over Stevie Nicks tunes for the upcoming August tour. Mostly live stuff of the band's passed shows and new songs too. Wow Pretty killin band. Can't wait to see everyone and play some great music. Thank you Stevie.
GO STEVIE GO STEVIE!!!!!!!

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by SapphireSister

Just posted by Al Ortiz on facebook!!
Al Ortiz Sittin here goin over Stevie Nicks tunes for the upcoming August tour. Mostly live stuff of the band's passed shows and new songs too. Wow Pretty killin band. Can't wait to see everyone and play some great music. Thank you Stevie.
GO STEVIE GO STEVIE!!!!!!!

Years of experience tells me that the ealier remark of Stevie regarding youtube will be the decisive factor...in other words I'd have to make an educated guess that the probablity of a new songs being performed in August is less than 10%.

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

This is kinda scary when you think about it... since she clearly knows about YouTube, she probably knows about all of the crap that's out there... in particular, those creepy photo montages.

Just curious - what's "creepy" about a photo montage? I mean unless the photos are those deer-caught-in-headlights / eyes-closed-on-flash / high-as-a-kite / drunk-off-her-a** shots then I don't see a problem. Some of those beat the heck out of the crazy '80 videos.

[RockALittle250]

Originally Posted by bikerchic

Dave just tweeted that stevie would love to sing a new song or two but doesn't want them on youtube!

I don't see the tweet. Did he delete it?

[Nikolaj]

Originally Posted by Tango

I understand Stevie's wishes, but short of strip searching her "fans," she's not going to be able to control people that record and/or video tape her shows. I guess that means we will not get anything new until the new cd is out. I'm not sure on how smart that is. Giving her work some exposure could be a good thing for her and generate talk and interest.

Oh wow. Everybody here seems so smart about it. Stevie isn't being smart, if this twit Tweet is true. If "she would love to" do some new songs, do them, babe. She's being ridiculous.
If she doesn't do new songs, it will be because she does not WANT to. Saying "I'd love to but don't want them on YouTube" is so odd. What SHOULD worry her would be if she sang the new songs and they did NOT wind up on YouTube! "People care about my new songs, OH NO!"
YouTube would help her far more than it would hurt her, as many of you have pointed out.
"Oh I'd just love to go on a diet but I'm afraid I'd lose some weight!"-- that makes about as much sense- She should be glad that people care enough - or would care enough- to give her new material exposure in a way that radio doesn't anymore. Get with YouTube, Stevie!

I don't want this to sound like a Stevie-bash. I really like her, always have, always will.

[Christopher]

Yeah in a rational reality that makes perfect sense Nikolaj, but this is Stevie's reality ("this is not the world, not the world not the real world"), not sure what she is smoking these daze, but she is def. old school all the way, and surrounds herself with such.

[Amlyn]

Originally Posted by Nikolaj

YouTube would help her far more than it would hurt her, as many of you have pointed out.

I think it's ironic. The same people who troll youtube for every possible Stevie/FM related video are the same people who are going to be at the store or online buying any new material within the first 5 minutes it is commercially available. And probably buying more than 1 copy. But that is probably common knowledge amongst us the fans and not anyone in the music industry.

[APerfectLie]

Originally Posted by Amlyn

I think it's ironic. The same people who troll youtube for every possible Stevie/FM related video are the same people who are going to be at the store or online buying any new material within the first 5 minutes it is commercially available. And probably buying more than 1 copy. But that is probably common knowledge amongst us the fans and not anyone in the music industry.

Agreed. New Stevie song on YouTube? I'm eating that **** up. Not only am I eating it up, I'm shoving it down everyone else's throat too! And come time for the album to be released, I will probably pre-order it and then buy it off of iTunes the day it comes out just so I don't have to wait for it to come in thru the mail. I kinda understand Stevie's view, she wants to give this to us all at once. She wants us to hear the version that is produced to perfection, not some live performance that may or may not turn out well. I say, sing a verse and a chorus, build up some excitement, perform a song she's never done live before, even if it is one we already have a demo of. Tease us with stuff you know will get on youtube, but make us buy the whole enchilada. Dave Stewart is very up to date with technology tho, so maybe he can help her with marketing.