All Things Revival - Please Read & Share Thoughts
Jun 15, 2015 22:15:10 GMT -5
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Post by Spidey on Jun 15, 2015 22:15:10 GMT -5
Welcome back to The Music Biz! This thread is to discuss everything regarding the revival.
Confirm Activity
All members, old and new, must confirm their intent to play the game here: themusicbiz.proboards.com/thread/3252
Game Start
We will pick up the game on September 1, 2014. All releases (both single and album) scheduled prior to that date have been released. Charts will we be completed for any missing charts prior to the date. Some radio formats or other charts may be dropped in this process. Adjustments will be made to tracking on the digital and album charts as well.
Any release that was scheduled after September 1, 2014, must be reconfirmed in the respective threads for radio adds, digital or album release.
Radio Overhaul
As of right now, a huge radio overhaul is under consideration in order to reduce the number of formats on radio. This would allow charts to be completed in a quicker fashion and make it overall more manageable. Right now, the plan is to have five formats: Pop, Country, Rock, Urban and Adult Contemporary. The other formats will be either added in to one of these formats or dropped all together. For example: the new Urban radio format will include the former Urban, Urban AC and Urban-leaning Rhythmic stations.
This radio overhaul is up for discussions and any suggestions.
Streaming
Streaming will be implemented into the Hot 100. All songs and albums will be released for on-demand streaming on sites like Spotify the day of their digital download release. There will be an ability to opt out of streaming if you don't want an artist, song or album on streaming sites. All music videos will need to have confirmed release dates starting on September 1, 2014 in order to receive streams from YouTube/VEVO. On-Demand Songs might begin at some point in the completion of old charts so I can get into the swing of things. There is no word yet on when they will be included into the Hot 100. Video streams will not be included in the Hot 100 until the week of September 1, 2014.
Billboard 200
As of right now, there is no plan to add streaming and digital downloads to the Billboard 200. In the game, the chart will remain purely an album sales chart.
Global Album Release Date
The Global Album release date is changing to Fridays beginning July 10, 2015. Any decisions regarding how this will affect the game will be decided next month after Billboard makes decisions regarding their chart week. Stay tuned.
Reality Competition Shows
All reality competition shows run by me will be suspended until 2016.
More will be added to this thread over time. I just wanted to get the ball rolling. Ask all questions in this thread. If anything is missing from this initial post, let me know. I want this post to be as comprehensive as possible to make the revival go as smoothly as possible!
Confirm Activity
All members, old and new, must confirm their intent to play the game here: themusicbiz.proboards.com/thread/3252
Game Start
We will pick up the game on September 1, 2014. All releases (both single and album) scheduled prior to that date have been released. Charts will we be completed for any missing charts prior to the date. Some radio formats or other charts may be dropped in this process. Adjustments will be made to tracking on the digital and album charts as well.
Any release that was scheduled after September 1, 2014, must be reconfirmed in the respective threads for radio adds, digital or album release.
Radio Overhaul
As of right now, a huge radio overhaul is under consideration in order to reduce the number of formats on radio. This would allow charts to be completed in a quicker fashion and make it overall more manageable. Right now, the plan is to have five formats: Pop, Country, Rock, Urban and Adult Contemporary. The other formats will be either added in to one of these formats or dropped all together. For example: the new Urban radio format will include the former Urban, Urban AC and Urban-leaning Rhythmic stations.
This radio overhaul is up for discussions and any suggestions.
Streaming
Streaming will be implemented into the Hot 100. All songs and albums will be released for on-demand streaming on sites like Spotify the day of their digital download release. There will be an ability to opt out of streaming if you don't want an artist, song or album on streaming sites. All music videos will need to have confirmed release dates starting on September 1, 2014 in order to receive streams from YouTube/VEVO. On-Demand Songs might begin at some point in the completion of old charts so I can get into the swing of things. There is no word yet on when they will be included into the Hot 100. Video streams will not be included in the Hot 100 until the week of September 1, 2014.
Billboard 200
As of right now, there is no plan to add streaming and digital downloads to the Billboard 200. In the game, the chart will remain purely an album sales chart.
Global Album Release Date
The Global Album release date is changing to Fridays beginning July 10, 2015. Any decisions regarding how this will affect the game will be decided next month after Billboard makes decisions regarding their chart week. Stay tuned.
Reality Competition Shows
All reality competition shows run by me will be suspended until 2016.
More will be added to this thread over time. I just wanted to get the ball rolling. Ask all questions in this thread. If anything is missing from this initial post, let me know. I want this post to be as comprehensive as possible to make the revival go as smoothly as possible!
