Well hasn't today been productive. We've nearly doubled the number of members in the group which is super. I am pretty pleased with that for 6 days. Hopefully we can get some kind of exponential trend going as more people invite more people. Sort of like a really nice, friendly chain mail.
Today I established some interesting numbers:
Billboard link
2008 "X Factor" winner Alexandra Burke had her U.K. Christmas No. 1 single confirmed yesterday (Dec. 21), as her version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" (Syco Music/Sony BMG) debuted at the top with sales of 576,000 units to become the fastest-selling single by a female solo artist in British chart history.
OK, it was the fastest selling female solo single ever, but then we have to assume that X-factor will not relent in their pursuit of monopolising the Christmas number one spot. This obviously makes our task more pertinent, if not tantamount to achieving a Christmas miracle. The plus side is that the number two single sold only 81,000 copies and that was mainly because of the sanctimonious Jeff Buckley fans getting all self-righteous about the X-factor song (er.....what about Leornard Cohen who wrote the bloody thing, he only made it to 37).
So what's the answer? Three people have independently suggested that I might want to enter X-factor to promote the single. It's unlikely that my massive ego could take a pasting from the waste-banded one. But in reality, I'd just be another one of the 1,000s of mediocre entries who don't even get to see the main judges, not terribly amusing and not terribly good. I guess I'd have to come up with a quirk. I am not sure 'My main goal is to beat your single to the number one spot' will be that well received though.
Back to the list:
Step 3 - Key changes
A nod to my boss for bringing this one up. I didn't have it down on my list intially but thinking about it, this has got to be an essential item. Key changes don't necessarily have to be as naff as they sound. It's not going to be a Westlife song after all and we're not going to be sitting on stalls so that we can rise for the change. Tim Wheeler from Ash is a big fan of the key change and anything that's OK with him is OK with me.
At last it's warmed up a bit, time to go out for a change. Adieu xxx.
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