The Nicholas McDonald Appreciation Thread

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ChristmasCake

09-04-2014

Originally Posted by A_Smith:
“AND the website's still moribund. At least the 'thank you for getting me to xf final' is gone now, so at least they know they HAVE a website.....

Strikes me it would be good at the very least to have one place for fans to go to for info about gigs etc., and not leave them having to search around on Google.

I got a ticket for Young Scot after all. Never been to an awards show before, so I thought why not? Nicky is due on around 9.30 ish, and I'm possibly more excited than he is very little detail about it on Twitter etc”

I was thinking of starting like a fan forum for him, for that sort of stuff, but like you say, it should be on his website!

spooling

09-04-2014

Originally Posted by ChristmasCake:
“I was thinking of starting like a fan forum for him, for that sort of stuff, but like you say, it should be on his website!”

The McD mangement could just take a look how others do, e.g.:
http://www.elyarfox.com/home
- with dates of signing sessions
- with dates of tour events...

However, doing things professionally costs money... and that has to come from somewhere.

mmpfb

10-04-2014

Originally Posted by ChristmasCake:
“I was thinking of starting like a fan forum for him, for that sort of stuff, but like you say, it should be on his website!”

You should! I imagine you'd be very good at running something like that.

spooling

10-04-2014

Originally Posted by A_Smith:
“Strikes me it would be good at the very least to have one place for fans to go to for info about gigs etc., and not leave them having to search around on Google. ”

What do we have (for after the "Young Scot" today)?

FRIDAY 25TH APRIL 2014
Nicholas McDonald, Murdo Mitchell, Concept, Ryan Alexander
The charity event is on the 25th April 2014 in The Garage Glasgow in order to raise awareness for the charity Michael's Movers for Parkinson's
http://www.tickets-scotland.com/venu...8-12313d04bc40

Fri, May 16: Ginger Grouse Braveheart Night with Nicholas McDonald and Jai McDowall
X Factor finalist Nicholas McDonald and TV chef James Martin heading to Hamilton Park Racecourse
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/lo...donald-3365537

Sun 18th May: Scottish Entertainment Awards 2014!
Clyde Auditorium
https://www.itison.com/Glasgow/event...y-show-2014--2
http://entertainmentawards.co.uk/
Nicholas Mcdonald; Lee Nelson; Richrd and Adam; Gary Little; Kazakh Dan

19th July - Big Gig in the Park 2014
http://www.biggigjersey.com/information/
http://www.biggigjersey.com/lineup/
LAWSON; CONOR MAYNARD; NICHOLAS MCDONALD; ROUGH COPY; TICH; FARRA
https://www.jersey.com/English/sight...ractionID=5802
Raising money for Help a Jersey Child and CLICK Sargent Jersey.

rosemary

10-04-2014

Originally Posted by mmpfb:
“I forgot about Jedward. I've never felt like their drive has come from within themselves though, more like someone else is the driving force and they're happy to go along for the ride. 1D work like crazy, for instance, but Simon's clearly the driving force behind them. Jedward do seem to have fallen off the radar somewhat since Louis stopped managing them.”

Jedward are totally self driven, Louis was steering them into a direction they weren't happy with.

Since leaving him, they've toured Australia. appeared on prime time Canadian and Australian tv, featured in The Rolling Stone etc

They've even appeared on UK and Irish TV performing acoustically, with John playing guitar.

They also create all their own music videos, which get played around they world.

Simon never did a thing for them after XF

They are just about to release their 4th album, which they have written and produced themselves.

They may not be popping up on reality TV or panel shows anymore, but they are gaining a steady global presence. All off their own backs!

https://www.youtube.com/user/JEDWARDTV

ChristmasCake

10-04-2014

Originally Posted by rosemary:
“Jedward are totally self driven, Louis was steering them into a direction they weren't happy with.

Since leaving him, they've toured Australia. appeared on prime time Canadian and Australian tv, featured in The Rolling Stone etc

They've even appeared on UK and Irish TV performing acoustically, with John playing guitar.

They also create all their own music videos, which get played around they world.

Simon never did a thing for them after XF

They are just about to release their 4th album, which they have written and produced themselves.

They may not be popping up on reality TV or panel shows anymore, but they are gaining a steady global presence. All off their own backs!

https://www.youtube.com/user/JEDWARDTV”

I already defended them don't worry

mmpfb

10-04-2014

Originally Posted by ChristmasCake:
“I already defended them don't worry !”

It wasn't really an attack!

ChristmasCake

10-04-2014

Originally Posted by mmpfb:
“It wasn't really an attack!”

I know sweetie, Jed fans are just over-protective

spooling

10-04-2014

http://redcarpetbiz.com/red-carpet-b...e-solo-artist/

Red Carpet Biz RISING STAR AWARD : MALE SOLO ARTIST

Nominations for this year’s Rising Star Award: MALE SOLO ARTIST
NICHOLAS MCDONALD
SAM CALLAHAN
JAMIE JOHNSON
LUKE FRIEND

Voting for the RISING STAR AWARD : MALE SOLO ARTIST 2014 is brought to you by Staying Cool however voting does not open until April 14th at each of the times below:
7pm London, UK ...

Hitstastic

10-04-2014

Originally Posted by spooling:
“http://redcarpetbiz.com/red-carpet-b...e-solo-artist/

Red Carpet Biz RISING STAR AWARD : MALE SOLO ARTIST

Nominations for this year’s Rising Star Award: MALE SOLO ARTIST
NICHOLAS MCDONALD
SAM CALLAHAN
JAMIE JOHNSON
LUKE FRIEND

Voting for the RISING STAR AWARD : MALE SOLO ARTIST 2014 is brought to you by Staying Cool however voting does not open until April 14th at each of the times below:
7pm London, UK ...”

I would put £1.000,000 on Luke winning that award.

Hitstastic

10-04-2014

Originally Posted by spooling:
“The McD mangement could just take a look how others do, e.g.:
http://www.elyarfox.com/home
- with dates of signing sessions
- with dates of tour events...

However, doing things professionally costs money... and that has to come from somewhere.”

The fact they're "doing things professionally" for Elyah Fox says more than enough about the music industry right now. If he ever releases a fantastic track with widespread appeal then I will give him credit. His problem is that he's basically appealing to the same market as Nicky. The irony is Elyah has the budget, but Nicky's got the vocals.

I saw a bit of the video to A Billion Girls this morning - it was halfway through the video when I flicked onto the channel and from what I heard, it sounded like a girl was singing until his face appeared on screen. I changed the channel about 2 seconds later.

spooling

10-04-2014

Originally Posted by Hitstastic:
“I would put £1.000,000 on Luke winning that award. ”

Who will do the most efforts for mobilizing voters? RCA could set-up a big action, but since there is no new album of Nicky expected in the shops shortly, they may even not give a damn.

mmpfb

10-04-2014

I don't get why the website hasn't been updated. In the grand scheme of things a decent website doesn't cost that much to put together.

spooling

10-04-2014

Young Scot ‏@YoungScot · 59s
The winner of the @megabusuk Entertainment Award is Nicholas McDonald for his music & his work for Yorkhill Children's Charity #YSawards14

Young Scot ‏@YoungScot · 1m
The nominees in the @megabusuk Entertainment Award are: Nicholas McDonald, Hannah Baillie, Sharon Rooney #YSawards14

Young Scot ‏@YoungScot · 23m
Scotland's very own X - factor hero @nickymcdonald1 is wowing the crowd at #YSAwards14 http://ow.ly/i/5cDih

Young Scot ‏@YoungScot · 8h
Best of luck to all the finalists in the Entertainment category sponsored by @Megabus; Hannah Baillie, Nicholas McDonald and Sharon Rooney!

https://twitter.com/YoungScot

** At the same event:

Kevin McDonald ‏@KeviinMcDonald · 3h
ITS YERSEL !! @gradowrestling pic.twitter.com/x7oZeUep7U
https://twitter.com/KeviinMcDonald/s...22398083694592

daryl bulloch ‏@darylbulloch · 4h
@KeviinMcDonald @gradowrestling no way mate 😂

Kevin McDonald ‏@KeviinMcDonald · 4h
At the young scot awards and grado is at the table I front of me !! Must get a picture guys a legend ! ITS YERSEL @gradowrestling

spooling

10-04-2014

And the "amazing" Elyar Fox

Young Scot ‏@YoungScot · 1m
It's the amazing @elyarfox closing us out. http://ow.ly/i/5cFkx what an incredible night!

Young Scot ‏@YoungScot · 4h
Also on our red carpet, he's performing tonight and perfected the #SillySelfie, it's @ElyarFox! #YSAward14 pic.twitter.com/TdVZfZZ5P7

singlefish

10-04-2014

Yaaay! He won the Music Award at YS

Looking forward to A_Smith's report!

mmpfb

10-04-2014

Originally Posted by singlefish:
“Yaaay! He won the Music Award at YS

Looking forward to A_Smith's report! ”

Whoop whoop! Just saw his tweet. Bless, he seems so excited!

Well deserved

Hitstastic

10-04-2014

YES!!! Nice one Nicky.

I hope there will be some footage uploaded to YouTube for everyone to see.

A_Smith

11-04-2014

All that needs to be said is the Nicholas Mcdonald is FABULOUS live. I'd go and see him again in a heartbeat.

He strolled onstage and opened his mouth and sang, and his voice filled the room. He has the presence of Sinatra with that same cool assurance in his voice, no need to sweat it. He did Angel, then 1000 years. I was a bit disappointed when Angel started, having hoped for something different, but then he started singing, and it didn't matter.

Elyar was good, with lots of energy and great dance moves and performance, but Nick has a quality that will last and last.

Quite smitten

singlefish

11-04-2014

Originally Posted by A_Smith:
“All that needs to be said is the Nicholas Mcdonald is FABULOUS live. I'd go and see him again in a heartbeat.

He strolled onstage and opened his mouth and sang, and his voice filled the room. He has the presence of Sinatra with that same cool assurance in his voice, no need to sweat it. He did Angel, then 1000 years. I was a bit disappointed when Angel started, having hoped for something different, but then he started singing, and it didn't matter.

Elyar was good, with lots of energy and great dance moves and performance, but Nick has a quality that will last and last.

Quite smitten ”

That's just made me all emosh!!! Must be the wine

A_Smith

11-04-2014

Originally Posted by singlefish:
“That's just made me all emosh!!! Must be the wine ”

Oh I know!! How to get to sleep tonight

I'm a bit taken aback tbh, I thought he'd be good but he was GREAT. He's just going to get better and better and better.

I took some footage, but I wasn't in the best seat. I'll have a proper look at the weekend and see if it's worth uploading. STV are putting the show out on 17th at 9pm. It's weird how these things are really run for the benefit of TV - the, admittedly cute, presenter sort of paused for his camera cue before each bit, and for all the world it looked like he was waiting for someone to switch him on each time. Fixed glaze, than springing into life

It amused me anyway

singlefish

11-04-2014

Originally Posted by A_Smith:
“Oh I know!! How to get to sleep tonight

I'm a bit taken aback tbh, I thought he'd be good but he was GREAT. He's just going to get better and better and better.

I took some footage, but I wasn't in the best seat. I'll have a proper look at the weekend and see if it's worth uploading. STV are putting the show out on 17th at 9pm. It's weird how these things are really run for the benefit of TV - the, admittedly cute, presenter sort of paused for his camera cue before each bit, and for all the world it looked like he was waiting for someone to switch him on each time. Fixed glaze, than springing into life It amused me anyway”

I honestly do believe that he will just go from strength to strength. There are some on here who are a bit prone to hand wringing (you know who you are!)

but saying that I do totally understand their exasperation at such a talent not being acknowledged by those in the industry.
Will check out the show on the 17th. Hope to see your footage before

mmpfb

11-04-2014

Heheh. Join the club!

Great to hear back and glad you enjoyed it! Did he say anything when he won his award or was the ceremony not in that format?

mmpfb

11-04-2014

Originally Posted by A_Smith:
“Oh I know!! How to get to sleep tonight

I'm a bit taken aback tbh, I thought he'd be good but he was GREAT. He's just going to get better and better and better.

I took some footage, but I wasn't in the best seat. I'll have a proper look at the weekend and see if it's worth uploading. STV are putting the show out on 17th at 9pm. It's weird how these things are really run for the benefit of TV - the, admittedly cute, presenter sort of paused for his camera cue before each bit, and for all the world it looked like he was waiting for someone to switch him on each time. Fixed glaze, than springing into life It amused me anyway”

You know, that's exactly what I thought when I went to see the XF tour. I was there to see Nicky, obviously, and I was excited because of that. But he blew me away and it was wonderful to hear him in person. His voice is just extraordinarily beautiful and he has such command over it and all the nuances he brings. I still don't think he realises quite how good he is and how good he can be and that's frustrating but, by God, he's one gifted kid.

mmpfb

11-04-2014

Originally Posted by singlefish:
“I honestly do believe that he will just go from strength to strength. There are some on here who are a bit prone to hand wringing (you know who you are!) but saying that I do totally understand their exasperation at such a talent not being acknowledged by those in the industry.
Will check out the show on the 17th. Hope to see your footage before ”

*looks over shoulder, confused*

Nope, there's no one else here...

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