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Old 27-09-2013, 18:19
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About John's beatboxing, he's quite good at it, I'm impressed, he even does that thing where he beatboxes but adds a second sound to the mix with his nose (lol I don't know how to describe it better)
I know!! Clearly he's been learning and practicing, and with the guitar, he said he is using plugins, plus piano, ukulele and DJing... I know they are quick learners, but now I'm fairly impressed with how much they can learn in a short among of time Don't know what instrument Edward is practicing, maybe violin lol~ JK :P actually Edward may have taken the more artistic role of them two

think u are right about the time issue, flyingcamel. just think they are in panto at that time and you need to promote it(plus there should've been a single out) before the album comes out... so... But it's interesting that E finally give out a time.

I love that they add new covers for different tour. In a way it shows where their mind & hearts are now musically, like “Fix You" and "Chasing Cars", they are probably drawing inspiration from rock and post-britpop songs for their writing
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Old 27-09-2013, 20:24
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http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/leisure/m...dward/?ref=twt

In this article they say:

After they play Ferneham hall in Fareham on Sunday, John and Edward are continuing their UK tour, then filming a new series of Jedward’s Big Adventure before heading off to Australia.

They then plan to get back into the studio to record their fourth album which has all the songs penned by the boys themselves.
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Old 27-09-2013, 23:04
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Sounds intriguing. A self penned album is going to be a radical departure for them, as we've never even heard a single one of their compositions, never mind an entire album. It certainly will be fascinating to hear what their own sound is like.
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Old 28-09-2013, 01:02
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-wJNpWgss8

Such a great song... no idea why it comes to mind now.
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Old 28-09-2013, 01:24
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Gosh... this is another great song... I hope the twins' lyrics are as good as these...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG-8uZg2uV0
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Old 28-09-2013, 02:27
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-wJNpWgss8

Such a great song... no idea why it comes to mind now.
Gosh... this is another great song... I hope the twins' lyrics are as good as these...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG-8uZg2uV0
Is this a cryptic commentary on how you think the new album will sound?
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Old 28-09-2013, 02:45
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What's so interesting about this clip is how Pat and Spyder put the music to the lyrics... it results in an excellent song that captures the emotion of the theme so completely.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEf00GC1rlQ
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Old 28-09-2013, 03:39
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Is this a cryptic commentary on how you think the new album will sound?
....nope.
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Old 29-09-2013, 11:31
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Seems the Selsey concert went better than expected. An audience of 2000 people and they had to close the doors because more were waiting outside, the Bunn crew said it was the busiest gig they had seen there.

Why it was so successful? because the part of the audience that weren't fans (people who were holidaying there) tweeted afterwards things like these:

@planetjedward were so good! They genuinely have amazing voices thanks for grabbing my hands xox

Omg @planetjedward was so so good tonight ahhahaha

Jedward are actually so good live haha

my boyfriend secretly enjoyed @planetjedward's concert tonight

and so on sigh, if people gave them a chance...
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Old 29-09-2013, 13:09
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This tweet made me proud:

@MandyStansfield
After the gig tonight so many randomers were like OMG JEDWARD ARE F...... AWESOME. Like grown men were sayin it...PROUD!
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Old 29-09-2013, 13:14
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Sounds intriguing. A self penned album is going to be a radical departure for them, as we've never even heard a single one of their compositions, never mind an entire album. It certainly will be fascinating to hear what their own sound is like.
I think the twins are betting on all or nothing...
This new album is going to be their break-through with all the recognition from the entertainment-industry and audiences or this is their farewell.

I admire their courage, but hey I guess they made enough money to be financially independent for the future if it won't work out.
But I hope they are going to surprise the world.
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Old 29-09-2013, 13:43
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I think the twins are betting on all or nothing...
This new album is going to be their break-through with all the recognition from the entertainment-industry and audiences or this is their farewell.

I admire their courage, but hey I guess they made enough money to be financially independent for the future if it won't work out.
But I hope they are going to surprise the world.
I just hope they are wise enough this time around to find a legit team for promotion. We all saw what no promo did to Young Love and Luminous. A music vid is simply not enough to generate the interest needed to increase/encourage sales.

And to produce a slick vid, then have the label not send it to the stations, is just a waste of time and money.

My impression is that J&E have learned from these mistakes and will not let it happen again.

If they truly do want an international hit... then they are going to have to assemble a strong team w/ a savvy marketing strategy.
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Old 29-09-2013, 13:53
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If they truly do want an international hit... then they are going to have to assemble a strong team w/ a savvy marketing strategy.
They are working on it, it is my belief that they keep 90-95% of their current business activities or developments secret from all of us.

I think from all the X-factor acts Jedward may turn to be the only act who will become legit entrepeneurs whether it will be in entertainment or other fields.

This is their way of getting their masters in business management.
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Old 29-09-2013, 14:09
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I think the twins are betting on all or nothing...
This new album is going to be their break-through with all the recognition from the entertainment-industry and audiences or this is their farewell.

I admire their courage, but hey I guess they made enough money to be financially independent for the future if it won't work out.
But I hope they are going to surprise the world.
Interestingly, we don't even know who their record contract is with (or if they even have one). It should be intriguing to see what direction they go in musically from now on and what their own music sounds like.
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Old 29-09-2013, 14:27
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My impression is that J&E have learned from these mistakes and will not let it happen again.
They seem to have learned. In the BBC Interviews they kept on mentioning how they were just properly promoted in Ireland, and how they wanted to change that because they know they have fans in a lot more countries. Searching a "bigger and better deal".

They are working on it, it is my belief that they keep 90-95% of their current business activities or developments secret from all of us.
The secrecy is interesting, we were all nervous for the apparent calm in Planet Jedward and then an excellent promo tour in Australia appears from nowhere, followed by an UK tour, and an Australian tour. They're definitely working on stuff behind the scenes. The new covers on tour, the new videos, etc. prove that even though they seem quiet, they haven't stopped working.

About the album, I guess that when they've finished writing songs, they'll search people in the music business to give them feedback. They keep contact with some of their previous song-writers so they may help them in that case. A self-penned album is risky, but I'm sure they won't do it without any kind of support.
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Old 29-09-2013, 14:37
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Tbh, I was surprised by the Australian tour announcement... and especially the size of the venues chosen.

I would have thought they would have released new work, see if it is successful, then plan a tour off the back of the new album.

I hope the Australian tour works out for them. It seems a bit premature to me. But who knows? ... it might be a raging success.
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Old 29-09-2013, 14:37
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A self-penned album is risky, but I'm sure they won't do it without any kind of support.
If it turns out to be a succes they may be the first X-factor act (or maybe any singing talent show) to achieve something like that.
Can you imagine how shocked the entertainment industry will be.
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Old 29-09-2013, 14:42
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Tbh, I was surprised by the Australian tour announcement... and especially the size of the venues chosen.

I would have thought they would have released new work, see if it is successful, then plan a tour off the back of the new album.

I hope the Australian tour works out for them. It seems a bit premature to me. But who knows? ... it might be a raging success.
Next to the pre-teens and teen-girls Jedward also seem to have a rather large gay-fanbase in Australia which doesn't seem to be the case in Europe.

This may be an advantage since they obviously have more money to spend than kids.
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Old 29-09-2013, 14:55
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Next to the pre-teens and teen-girls Jedward also seem to have a rather large gay-fanbase in Australia which doesn't seem to be the case in Europe.

This may be an advantage since they obviously have more money to spend than kids.
The price of the tickets surprised me, too. It would be a steep climb for a family of 4 to pay those prices... so I am assuming J&E are targeting a different demographic completely.

Pre-teens and Teens are not financially independent, so the 20-30 crowd, gay & straight, looks like the target... with a few over-30's.

It will be interesting to see how it turns out.
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Old 29-09-2013, 15:31
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Asking Australian fans they said they were totally normal ticket prices over there, but I agree it's not affordable for teens. I think the gay fanbase may be the people who know them thanks to Eurovision, which is very popular in Australia.
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Old 29-09-2013, 15:59
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Asking Australian fans they said they were totally normal ticket prices over there, but I agree it's not affordable for teens. I think the gay fanbase may be the people who know them thanks to Eurovision, which is very popular in Australia.
I heard that, too. But then someone (can't remember who) did some research and found that J&E tickets were actually at the high-end of the scale.

Personally, I think they have been a bit optimistic about the entire endeavour... Australia is huge with a population of only 23 M. So that means travel expenses between shows and a challenge re ticket sales.

It might have been wiser to do one show in Sydney (pop. 4,5 M) at a mid-sized venue. I'm sure the Jed Aus. fans would have travelled to Sydney for it.

I did hear that they were not taking the dancers... so that will help w/ costs. But still...

Nevertheless, I hope it works.
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Old 29-09-2013, 17:32
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The price of the tickets surprised me, too. It would be a steep climb for a family of 4 to pay those prices... so I am assuming J&E are targeting a different demographic completely.

Pre-teens and Teens are not financially independent, so the 20-30 crowd, gay & straight, looks like the target... with a few over-30's.

It will be interesting to see how it turns out.
I think they're going for the Irish ex-pats as well. I believe one of the gigs is in St Kilda in Melbourne which is a very popular area for the Irish.
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Old 29-09-2013, 22:37
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I think they're going for the Irish ex-pats as well. I believe one of the gigs is in St Kilda in Melbourne which is a very popular area for the Irish.
I've researched this recent ex-pat thingy... it seems to be most have gotten jobs in the mines, etc. ... sorry, this simply does not seem to be a demographic that would go to a Jedward gig.
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Old 29-09-2013, 22:51
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I've researched this recent ex-pat thingy... it seems to be most have gotten jobs in the mines, etc. ... sorry, this simply does not seem to be a demographic that would go to a Jedward gig.
Well plenty of twentysomething women have emigrated as well as entire families....it may be teenage children of the latter they're after.
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Old 29-09-2013, 23:47
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Tonight was immense.

I love Jedward concerts.
Everyone should go to one!

The end.
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