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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Sales - "Heroes & Thieves"

« on: October 10, 2007, 10:10:36 am »

I'm thinking first week sales of around 18,000-20,000 copies, and an initial chart position of somewhere between 40 and 50. I'm hoping for it to at least scrape the top 40, but I don't think that's very likely.

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Nolita Fairytale On The Radio Thread

« on: September 05, 2007, 01:14:59 pm »

From http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/charts/chart_alert/e3i7bddcf559ad7d626bf71f74732873a5e:

At No. 40 on the Hot AC/Adult Top 40 list, Vanessa Carlton debuts with "Nolita Fairytale," her first Hot AC/Adult Top 40 appearance since "White Houses," a No. 27-peaking song in late 2004.

Yay, "Nolita Fairytale" is  now technically a "hit" in some respect! Let's get it higher

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Nolita Fairytale Video Premier August 22nd!!!!!!

« on: August 22, 2007, 07:10:48 pm »

Very nice, interesting video; I think it might be my favourite of hers for the moment. Is is strange that I keep watching the piano/taxi crash scene over and over?

Also, be sure to leave a comment here: http://music.aol.com/popeater/2007/08/22/video-premiere-vanessa-carltons-nolita-fairytale/

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Nolita Fairytale On The Radio Thread

« on: July 16, 2007, 03:44:42 pm »

Okay, sorry for the double post, but I thought this warranted a new message. I've been digging up contact info (emails, phone numbers etc.) for the major CHR/Top 40 radio stations in the U.S. From what I've heard, the smaller radio stations tend to put a song onto their playlists if it has done well in the bigger markets, so we might want to concentrate on requesting at the major stations first.

Basically, when we're requesting the song at a certain station I think what we should say or write is that we listen to that station regularly - even if we don't - so they'll be more likely to play it. Related to this, it might be a good idea to request (in the same email/message etc.) a song that they've already got in high rotation. Another important thing is to not mention that you're a Vanessa fan; instead, pretend you're somebody who doesn't know a lot about her but heard "Nolita Fairytale" and liked it.  :wink:

I've also left some music video-specific links at the bottom, for when they're needed.

RADIO

XM Radio:
http://www.xmradio.com/programming/20on20_vote.jsp
twentyontwenty@xmradio.com
flight26@xmradio.com
hitlist@xmradio.com

Sirius Satellite Radio:
1-877-33-SIRIUS
http://www.siriusmusicsurvey.com/ot/reg/sirius_hits1
rdavis@sirius-radio.com
sampson@sirius-radio.com
stanleyt@sirius-radio.com
nicole@sirius-radio.com
humannuman@sirius-radio.com
kkelly@sirius-radio.com
bananahammock@sirius-radio.com
fab@sirius-radio.com
sharrison@sirius-radio.com

Z-100 NYC:
http://www.z100.com/pages/shelleywade/highnoon.html
http://www.z100.com/pages/nineatnine.html

KIIS-FM Los Angeles:
1 (800) 520-1027
http://www.kiisfm.com/pages/jojoontheradio.html
http://www.kiisfm.com/pages/contact.html?feed=106526&article=299333

KISS FM Chicago:
312.591.1035
http://kisschicago.com/pages/faq.html?feed=122839&article=378959
http://kisschicago.com/pages/interact/mailform.html

Kiss FM Dallas:
(214) 787-1061
http://www.1061kissfm.com/pages/contactus.html
billythekidd@1061kissfm.com

Houston:
713-390-KRBE
http://www.104krbe.com/djbooth/equest/equest.asp
mailbox@104krbe.com
krbecomments@104krbe.com

Q102 Philadelphia:
215 263 1021 (local)
800 521 1021 (toll free)
Q1021 (text)
http://www.q102philly.com/pages/pick_q_music.html

Hot 99.5 Washington D.C.:
1-877-995-HOT1 (4681) (phone)
301-230-1273 (fax)
requests@hot995.com
jeffkapugi@clearchannel.com
raven@hot995.com
http://www.hot995.com/pages/station/hothitpanel.html

STAR 94 FM Atlanta:
(404) 741-9400 (phone)
(404) 365-9400 (fax)
http://www.star94.com/station/contact.cfm

Q100.5 Atlanta:
404-741-1005 (phone)
71005 (text)
http://www.allthehitsq100.com/equest/contact/
http://www.allthehitsq100.com/equest/songrequest/

Channel 95.5 Detroit:
313-298-9595 (phone)
1-800-FAX-95FM (fax)
http://www.channel955.com/pages/contact.html

KISS 108 Boston:
Music@kiss108.com
http://www.kiss108.com/pages/contactus.html

MUSIC VIDEO

MTV Total Request Live (U.S.): http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/trl/TRLvoting.jhtml
VH1 VSpot (U.S.): http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/vote.jhtml
MuchMusic MuchOnDemand (Canada): http://www.muchmusic.com/tv/mod20/daily10.aspx
The Hits (UK): http://www.thehits-tv.co.uk/playlist.asp
The Box (UK): http://www.thebox.co.uk/playlist.asp
MTV (UK): http://www.mtv.co.uk/contact
MTV Flux (UK): http://www.mtv.co.uk/flux/playlist

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Nolita Fairytale On The Radio Thread

« on: July 16, 2007, 03:31:35 pm »

Here are the statistics for "Nolita Fairytale" on Mediabase Top 40:

Rank (lw TW), Artist, Title, Spins (TW lw Move), Aud./mill

522    153       VANESSA CARLTON    Nolita Fairytale    13    1    12    0.125

And on Mediabase Hot AC:

179    114       VANESSA CARLTON    Nolita Fairytale    22    9    13    0.052

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / New songs listed on BMI.com

« on: June 29, 2007, 10:35:51 am »

I was searching for Vanessa on the BMI.com repertoire search, and I found three new song titles: "High King", "Jadis" and "Secret Door".

HIGH KING (Legal Title)
   BMI Work #8803617
Songwriter/Composer    Current Affiliation    CAE/IPI #
CARLTON VANESSA    BMI    355355455
JENKINS STEPHAN DOUGLAS    BMI    244429471
 
Publishers
CAREERS BMG MUSIC PUBLISHING    BMI    481787412
Additional Non-BMI Publishers

    JADIS (Legal Title)
   BMI Work #8803406
Songwriter/Composer    Current Affiliation    CAE/IPI #
CARLTON VANESSA    BMI    355355455
JENKINS STEPHAN DOUGLAS    BMI    244429471
 
Publishers
CAREERS BMG MUSIC PUBLISHING    BMI    481787412
Additional Non-BMI Publishers

SECRET DOOR (Legal Title)
   BMI Work #8803118
Songwriter/Composer    Current Affiliation    CAE/IPI #
CARLTON VANESSA    BMI    355355455
JENKINS STEPHAN DOUGLAS    BMI    244429471
 
Publishers
CAREERS BMG MUSIC PUBLISHING    BMI    481787412
Additional Non-BMI Publishers

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Vanessa Songs / Lyrics / Sheet Music / Nolita Fairytale-First single??

« on: June 12, 2007, 02:18:44 pm »

Well, I think it's really breezy and fresh, the perfect summer pop record - I just wish it had been released a little earlier! I still think "White Houses" is better though

can someone give me the background about the whole "take my record deal away" thing? and stevie nicks?? what does she have to do with this besides being a tour mate?

I think it's to do with Stevie taking Vanessa under her wing in a way, and introducing her to a new audience after A&M dropped her.

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Vanessa Songs / Lyrics / Sheet Music / Nolita Fairytale-First single??

« on: June 01, 2007, 10:20:29 am »

Well done czarina for finding this. If the single will be released in July, I'd guess that the album would follow in September or October. "Nolita Fairytale" is a very interesting title.

Now we know when the single is out, I think we should organise some sort of initiative for people to request the song at radio stations, vote for it on video countdowns, spread the word about it etc. We could have a thread with links and email addresses to different websites for radio and video stations. What do you think?

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Happy 5 years...

« on: April 30, 2007, 01:42:47 pm »

Wow, I think it's great some of you have been fans of Vanessa for so long... I didn't become a fan until late 2005. Happy Anniversary Be Not Nobody!

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Harmonium: The Second Anniversary

« on: November 09, 2006, 04:18:41 pm »

I'm surprised there wasn't a topic about this already, so I thought I'd start one. Well, today marks two years to the day that Harmonium was released in America and the public was treated with such a beautiful, moving and breathtaking album. "White Houses" is undoubtedly my favourite song of all time, and I might consider the album my all-time favourite as well. It seems like such a genuinely heartfelt collection of songs that I think Vanessa and Stephan Jenkins and everybody else involved should be extremely proud. It would have been nice if the album had sold millions of copies, but the important thing is that it exists for everyone who wants to seek it out, or who has done so already, to enjoy. Thank you, Vanessa, for making such a brilliant masterpiece of an album!

Okay, fangush over!

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Article on Third Eye Blind mentions tentative album title

« on: October 30, 2006, 08:53:32 am »

I know there's been speculation about this in the other thread, but this article seems to confirm it. From the News-Times (http://www.newstimeslive.com/enter/story.php?id=1019088):

Oct 27 2006 3:57 AM
Third Eye Blind planning to test new songs in Hartford
Alt-rockers intend to release 'big-sounding' album in 2007

By David Friedman
NEWS-TIMES MUSIC WRITER

...

While Third Eye Blind has almost always headlined over the years, there has been one exception. In 2002, the band toured with fellow alt-rockers the Goo Goo Dolls and singer-pianist Vanessa Carlton. Jenkins and Carlton started dating and have been together ever since. They have homes in San Francisco and Manhattan. And Jenkins is co-producing Carlton's forthcoming third album, tentatively titled "Heroes and Thieves" and due out next spring on Universal.

...

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Vanessa -->V

« on: October 01, 2006, 07:54:34 am »

I tend to take what "insiders" say with a grain of salt; regardless, I think the important things to consider are whether Vanessa is happy with the album and, to a lesser extent, whether The Inc. will promote it well. It'll be the same album no matter what stage name (or nickname) Vanessa is using.

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / To the lucky people in Taiwan and Indonesia

« on: September 14, 2006, 10:20:39 am »

Is it really true though?
You can't believe everything that's on Wikipedia because anyone can modify an article and some people actually put wrong stuff in there.
So unless I hear this from an official or trustworthy source, I won't believe it

I'm an administrator on Wikipedia and have contributed to the Vanessa-related pages. I wrote almost all of the "A Thousand Miles" article, which I tried to make really comprehensive and which you can read at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Thousand_Miles. I'd like to note that people editing Wikipedia are strongly encouraged to cite their sources and that unreferenced content can be removed at any time. So if anybody here wants to change info in any article then they can do so (obviously), but it would be appreciated if they provided sources when they are adding or changing information. Sources for the Indonesian and other non-U.S. chart positions would be great, because the Indonesian ones aren't cited at the moment.

Now, what would be appreciated even more than that would be if anybody was willing to donate any photos they've taken of Vanessa under a free license, such as the GFDL. You may not know this, but Wikipedia is a free content encyclopedia, and we'd really prefer if unfree images (i.e. promotional photos, music video screencaps, album/single covers etc.) were only used when absolutely necessary. Also, you'd get to have your photos used in one of the most popular encyclopedias in the world.

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Other Musicians / Cassie

« on: August 21, 2006, 06:01:41 pm »

I'm not into R&B that much, but I quite like her single "Me & U". Does the video remind anyone else of Vanessa's "White Houses" video?