Is Epic doing a good job of promotion for LIVE? Options

[ShowalittleLove]

I've heard tons of bashing on here(which is pretty normal) on how crappy Sony/Epic has done promoting LIVE. I have to say that with the AI performance and the album available on the web and in stores shortly this should have a sudden impact on the album. Not to mention the preorders that have been backlogged due to the repeated postponing of the US release. I was hacked off I couldn't buy the album right away, but from a sales point of view I think it's better to wait until the right time and have an instant impact than have the album be sluggish for months until something happens. I think many will change their minds on Sony/Epic if the album sales reflect this AI performance and thus open the doors for more oppurtunities. Just wanted to see if opinions were the same or changed recently.

[Soxwsc]

I find it sad that Taylor Hicks' new song has 324 new spins this week, and Live has only been added to 1 radio station. I agree, Epic messed up.

This post has been edited by Soxwsc: May 30 2006, 9:27 am

[sandkind]

I find it sad that Taylor Hicks' new song has 324 new spins this week, and Live has only been added to 1 radio station. I agree, Epic messed up.

Taylor hicks = ass

[SJN1279]

I just looked at the poll and was wondering how people could actually think that Epic is doing a good job promoting Live. Not only did they dump the band on a smaller distribution label, but they failed to promote the band even after their performance on American Idol. Not only that, but they failed to keep the band's May 9th release date and totally missed the American Idols sales bump that would have occurred the week of May 24th.

Geffen pushed Heaven to become a hit. The song was a total flop under Radioactive, but once Geffen took over, they found a market for the song and pushed the hell out of it. Epic has thus far failed to garner any radio airplay for the two singles that are at least as marketble for the Hot A/C radio market.

Mystery also was debuted on a the hottest show of the year with over 30 million viewers. Epic thus far failed to garner the radio airplay to feed off the buzz of the recent performance. As far as I can tell, Epic hasn't done shit for Live outside of a cool spring tour.

This post has been edited by SJN1279: Jun 4 2006, 3:05 pm

[beau99]

Not only did they dump the band on a smaller distribution label

RED Distribution is actually one of America's largest CD distribution company. They handle distributions for 42 different labels.

This post has been edited by beau99: Jun 4 2006, 7:04 pm