Alizée - Managing Expectations

Alizée and Jive Epic.
Managing expectations is very important. Expectations by fans are all over place for Alizée.

Managing expectations means having all groups understand or at least to accept the same values and directions of Alizée the person and performer.



For example communicate with us:
very excited with the album
looking forward for a "November" release (or whatever date)
working out details at the studio
the single will be released (whatever date)
the single is released, it was fun making....
a fantastic magazine article....
a TV show appearance....

Next...
Alizée - WHO ARE YOU? Let me explain.

A lot of fans think that with this next album (even with the last album) that you will be breaking out to 'compete' with the Lady Gaga's and Britney's of the world. That is their expectation! World tours.

Others think you will be a form of Mylene Farmer. Very successful in parts of the world you choose to concentrate your efforts.

Yet others feel you are more of a niche market. For example, April March. Does an album once in a while, does a concert once in a while, has not been on MySpace since 8/14/09. Does OK and is happy.

Regardless of the content of the new album, it will be interesting comparing the promotion of this new (still no name released) to Psychédélices. You can work your butt off producing a new album, but you can do that from your home studio, a local studio, and not have to deal with the media. Once it is released...how many public appearances will there be to support the promotion of this new album?

That is what I mean, who are you. There is no wrong answer for you Alizée, but if you let the answer up to us it leads to disappointment. When the new album comes out let us know. Tell us...I am not going to do anything or I am going to do this and that. Tell us you need family time mixed in...Tell us whatever it is, manage us or let us run wild.


Where are we right this second with this formula. Since the album is not out lets say "your performance" would be the communication about the new single, via Twitter, MySpace and Jive Epic, divided by "customer expectations" = "customer satisfaction" Oppps, and you would do it this way....why? Was this the plan?

Keep this in mind. Perception! How you perceive your performance may differ from how your customers perceive it. Even if you and your staff are just working your butts off, if customers view you as unresponsive, then you are unresponsive — in their eyes

Give us a chance to accept your values and directions. Chances are you will find a great amount of support.

My apologies if I spoke out of turn.
I just do not want Alizée's reputation to be at risk.

Alizee Nation

Alizée end of the week wrap up 10/3/09

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........
Well that's the wrap up....of course we all would enjoy some news but no news is better then false news.
I do truly believe that. You all saw the frustration coming out from those September rumors, I really hate to see that. I would rather see everyone be anxious for the release. We can handle that (I think).

Where do we stand other wise?

Last Twitter 8/22/09
Last MySpace log on 8/12/09

...I almost rambled on, but...I will make a second post...I have some additional thoughts..

Alizee Nation

Alizée - The Cat

It has come to my attention that Alizée has the ability to separate cat people from dog people.

Waiting for the new album and new song is like trying to call a cat to come over to you. If you are lucky it will happen in time, when the cat decides it is ok. Not when you want.

"If animals could speak the dog would be a a blundering outspoken fellow, but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much."
- Mark Twain

Alizée will tweet when she feels it is time to tweet.

"Dogs come when they're called. Cats take a message and get back to you."
- Mary Bly

And so will Alizée

"For a man to truly understand rejection, he must first be ignored by a cat."
- Anon

It is character building but worth it the wait.

"There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats."
- Albert Schweitzer

Alizée's music!

"Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them."
- Jim Davis

Alizée has the courage to do it her way.

"There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat."
- Tay Hohoff

When Alizée does share with us there is nothing better.

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."
- Unknown

Guess I do not need to add anything for this one!

"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. "
- Jeff Valdez

Have faith

and finally...
"There is, incidentally, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person."
- Dan Greenberg

I guess that would be me.

Car elle est comme toi, un chat
Thanks again to Reflections! Can not live with out your work.



I just love the depth of Hey Amigo...

So all of you trying to call the cat over to you...how is that working out?

For a little fun on the side. Go to YouTube, you will be looking at the 2008 tour of Mexico and see what outfit Alizée is wearing when she sings Hey Amigo.

Stop calling the cat, put some food in the dish, sit down and be patient.
Dog people...I don't know what to tell you.

UPDATE: A contribution from LadyCameronXIII : It also helps that Alizée is a cat, astrologically speaking, as well.

Alizee Nation

Alizée - Playhouse

I know this is silly and it is not much but it was a little fun.
Putting videos on the tallest building in Dublin Ireland via Playhouse.

Just a simple little experiment to see if I could do it.


Then a little bit more, they can listen in via the radio


I do not think I got the goldfish side did I?

Was that a little help with the wait for the new release?
If not, maybe you need this book...

Meditations in an Emergency

:-) keep the faith

Alizee Nation

The weekly Alizée Report

Did you see something I missed?

Frankly I prefer nothing rather then unsubstantiated rumors.
(on a personal note, I nailed unsubstantiated without spell correcter...that has to be a first)

While we are on that subject...I think it would be nice to see sources listed for any information. I try to do that, especially at this time when we are all sitting on the edge of our seats waiting. When I saw Sept 25, Sept 28, Third week of September listed as possible dates, I posted the Tweet that said it. So where did they get that information? We are all here together, if you have this information and do not want to disclose the source then say "from an undisclosed source". I can respect that.

I can guarantee one thing...I will not be the first to know. I do not have an Alizée bat phone waiting for it to ring...well I do it's just not plugged in and Alizée is not aware that I made one and....

I think it would be a great idea that when you see breaking "Alizée news" identify where you saw it so we can start to identify reliable sources.

Will Monday September 28 bring us news? We shall see.

Hmm....fill some space....Romanian fans have you ever been to Hoia Baciu Forest, that looks scary, always wanted to ask that.... what else...well I had another one of those 'you look like' deals. Really, does anyone else get that...and sometimes they are so odd, and having an annoying 'Dr House' personality is not as cute or quirky in real life as it is one TV. Sometime in the past I am sure my Mother once told me how wonderful I was, but I do not have it down on paper, oh crap, an unsubstantiated rumor. There we go...took up some space without having to make a video of how Alizée is the face on the Sphinx....but I do have some time this afternoon...

Whew, another post out of nothing...Alizée you're making work too hard. (call me on the bat phone)

Alizee Nation

Alizée - for the long time fan today

I try to have a lot for the new fans, something to hook you like everyone got hooked.
Most of the times it is a little for everybody.
But todays post is for the long time fan. Mainly because you will have to use your memory.
Something for you to contemplate, to think about, to just give it some thought.

I am not going to offer anything but the facts as I saw them, the rest is up to you.

There was a fan page www.nidalizee.com.
It was a good source of information. Then one day they decided to call it quits.
Let's face it most fan pages prefer to follow celebrities that are more visible then Alizée. Of course I think that is part of the charm and mystique of her.

Anyway...longer term fans...you remember the site and the disappointment when it ended I'm sure.

So...www.nidalizee.com domain name registration ended 9-20-2009
It was renewed another year to 9-20-2010

I wonder why?
That's it, that's all I got, just sitting around sharing my curiosities with you and wondering why they would do that. Only at Alizee Nation.

Alizee Nation

Alizée - Les Enfoires 2008

I have never been to Les Enfoires so I am calling for comments from those more familiar then me with it, that includes you Alizée.

I just noticed this for the first time today. I posted a little post regarding Le Match and hearing Alizée via Amazon.com. Le Match is my absolute favorite, I love watching Alizée on this one. So hearing her I wanted to watch it again and just went to YouTube.

So here is the video I have watched over and over. At 1:39 Alizée hands the ball off...


I watched this one today and here Alizée kicks the ball. All the faces look the same to me but at 1:59 Alizée kicks the ball.


So...what is the dealio?
More then one show? But duplicated the faces?
Inquiring minds want to know...OK, OK...just I want to know.

Alizee Nation

Alizee Nation Twitterank

At Alizee Nation
we don't need no stinking twitterank



so where did the that phrase 'we don't need no stinking _______' come from?
From the 1948 film 'The Treasure of Sierra Madre'
you can check wikipedia too
check it out on youtube

Alizee Nation

Alizée hunting

We know that voice, it sounds soooo gooood. Just a small sample of Alizée via amazon and 2008 les enfoires

What else do I have to do? Except to check if anyone screwed up and listed Alizée as a pre order some where.

Alizée at Amazon France if you want to look.

Alizee Nation

Alizée le spectacle avant le spectacle

I almost called it Alizéee news, but it is too early to call it that yet...actual dates are listed...here it is as the tweets appeared





So here we go Lilly Town People.
If you have not been around for this rodeo before and it may seem a little strange to you.
It's a bit of a 'Lord of the Flies' situation as far a information releases. We are the out of control group waiting for the authorities to come ashore and get us under control.

For Jive Epic it is a no win situation. No matter when they decide to offer an official statement it could leak out first. If they would have said something on Friday it would have leaked out Thursday.

So lets sit back and watch the show before the show. Le spectacle avant le spectacle.
Where will the first "official" response come from? MySpace, Jive Epic twitter, a real press conference, a press release, @mellealizee...

Or what will be the first response? Confirm...Deny...No comment at all and stick with the game plan...or was this the game plan?

There's no business like show business...

We are all with you Alizée!
Oh yeah, Jive Epic...give us the tools!!! Help us help you!!!

Alizee Nation

Friday weekly wrap up

Not all that much happened this past week and what did happen can best be summed up in one word: soon

Yes, that was the word from Jive Epic to a Jenny Tweet. Remember the August tweet from Jive Epic stated November. I think it has be great that Jive Epic has put out some information.

Then there was this tweet from Jive Epic to Jenny

per Google translator: not true. but the real kits coming ...
Here is what I think...keep in mind on twitter messages are flying around then someone answers one and it can be confusing...so again, I think....the "not true" may be in reference to the rumor of a single coming out the third week of September. Then the second part referring to cd album covers just arriving.
Do not be afraid to throw in your thoughts on this.

Now I know why the team all have their backs turned...

so we can not hunt them down and bribe them!!! After all if the covers are in that means there is an Album name printed on it. I wonder ...Alizee probably made them swear some Corsican omerta oath or something.

So, I guess we wait longer and we are still just chasing a reflection
Calvin and Hobbes

Soon...

Alizee Nation

The Alizée Zone

Breaking news...rumors are rampant...no, no it is not about Alizée's new single or even her new album. But from observatories all over the world...the face on Mars has just been identified as Alizée!


la la la la la just sitting around waiting for some news about Alizée



If I could just put my powers to use for the good of mankind...

UPDATE: new reports are coming in and another face has been found and it is said it looks just like Julien Doré!

Alizee Nation

Alizée - Flashforward

Flashforward...I was not able to find anything in regards to Alizée's new album...
Let me explain

Flashforward
The novel - (wikipedia)
*A science fiction novel by Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer first published in 1999.
*The novel is set in a fictionalized and anticipatorily futuristic year 2009
*At CERN, the Large Hadron Collider accelerator is performing a run to search for the Higgs boson.
*The experiment has a unique side effect: the entire human race loses its consciousness for about two minutes.
*During that time, nearly everyone sees themselves in the future (by about 21 years)

Flashforward
The TV adaptation (wikipedia)
*Based loosely on the novel, will air on ABC in Fall 2009
*Changing the "flash forward" from 21 years to 6 months

Flashforward
*The website: Flashforward which takes us to...The Mosiaic Collective
*Here at the mosaic you read stories of people six months into the future. (so they say) On the right side there is a search bar to look for items in the future


Well........nothing on Alizée, guess we just have to rely on our friends at Jive Epic!

Alizee Nation

Busy Alizée Fans

Well, what is going on here. There is a jump in activity in the UK. The home of Derekthered's Corsica blog. Besides some fun reading it is home of some great Corsica links! Here you can also find a quarterly Corsican newsletter here at Corsica Isula. The most recent issue was just released September 15 and responsible for the jump of activity. Scroll down a little over half way until you see "Join the Corsica Bullitinu newsletter mailing list" Sign up and get Corsican news in your email four times a year.

The jump continues across the channel in Deutschland. I am sure Jenny is doing her part too. You can follow Jenny on Twitter and her Alizée Forum Twitter and her actual Alizée Forum. Yes she is a busy one and a big fan!

Different countries will have their jumps in activity, it is always fun to follow. Countries at odds with each other will have common ground with Alizée fans.

I have noticed an increase of Alizée blogs lately. Nice to see

correction: thank you to Jenny for the correct information. "correctly it isn't MY forum Twitter I'm just running it"
Sorry for any problems that may have caused.

Alizee Nation

OohlaLA Festival

What a fun festival coming up in Los Angeles.
The OohlaLA Festival will run September 23,24 and 25th.

There are two things that are very interesting things with this event.

First: The sponsors.
Consulate General of France in Los Angeles
Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the US
CulturesFrance
France Los Angeles Exchange (FLAX)
La Sacem
French Music Export Office
Le Bureau Export
KCRW (89.9. FM and KCRW.com)
TV5 Monde (US)
Les Inrockuptibles

Second: The Henry Fonda Theater
Maximum size is 1300.
Yelle played there November 2008
What a great place and size.

What a wonderful way for promoting France, French Culture and the French Language in America. So grateful for the artist who have agreed to appear for this cause.

Wait a second!!!!! I think I once read a quote from someone promoting that point. Let me check....

Oh yeah, here it is!
"Why not make the French language known in the United States" - Alizée

Alizee Nation

Alizée - Playhouse - Dublin

If you have some time you can have a little fun with Playhouse by creating some Alizée animation and music and putting it on the tallest building in Dublin.

Pixel definition is low but could be some fun getting Alizée up there. The key is getting something that works on that low def screen.

They have a twitter too.

Alizee Nation

Something new, the Alizée weekly wrap up post

After having a meeting with the staff we decided to have a weekly wrap up TMZ style until Alizée's new album is released. ;-)

Alizée Twitter: Nothing new this week. The last tweet was August 22, the "Thank You" after her birtday.

Jive_Epic Twitter: Nothing since August 14 when they told us 'November'

A rumor broke out this week stating that a single from the album was going to be released the third week of September.

There was no response from any reliable source.

Here is a review of the rumor:
A song is to be released next week
This is a no name yet announced song
From a yet unnamed album
From a yet to be promoted album

Pictures from Alizée's birthday started to appear on the internet

Well that's a wrap for this week

Alizee Nation

French Music Festival in California

OohlaLA Festival: The French Music Festival in California

one example, Nouvelle Vague


3 nights, September 23, 24 and 25.
Friday night the "Electro French Party" ...who wants to go
check out the web site, nice stuff.
This event is sponsored by the Consulate General of France in Los Angeles and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the US. The other main sponsors are CulturesFrance, whose aim is to develop French cultural exchanges internationally, and France Los Angeles Exchange (FLAX), a Los Angeles-based 501©(3) foundation dedicated to fostering a better understanding of France through public and cultural art events that promote cross-cultural learning. Additional international partners include La Sacem, the French equivalent of ASCAP; the French Music Export Office, Le Bureau Export; and Trendsetting KCRW (89.9. FM and KCRW.com) will be a presenting partner of the festival while TV5 Monde (US) and French opinion-leading cultural weekly Les Inrockuptibles will also be heavily involved.

Well of course I am thinking what you are thinking.

Alizee Nation

The Medium is the Message

I'll will now take advantage of that previous post "C'est magnifique!" to segue into this and future post. There is a method to my madness. Sorry, posting 10 year old pictures over and over is just not my thing.

We are on the brink of a release for a new album and rumored single by Alizée. It will be interesting and possibly important how information is released.

The title of the post is "The Medium is the Message". Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase in 1964. A basic definition: The Medium that is used to deliver the message influences how the message is received and understood.

A President or Prime Minister delivering a message to us is perceived differently if a lower level official delivers that same message.
A message delivered via a well respected publication will be perceived differently then that same message published in a hand out flyer. The Medium is the Message.

So how will we find out about Alizée's new single? It is interesting what Twitter is developing into. It can be perceived as a direct link to the message giver. It and possibly MySpace can be perceived as a legitimate way to communicate a message to the public. But what about that same message being delivered to the music industry? Does Twitter and MySpace come across as a bit flippant. We shall see.

Here is an example of "The Medium is the Message"

Embedding is disable, sorry for that. Here, on another Mad Men clip some 'good news' is delivered to a worker, but it is delivered via an intermediary...so don't get too excited, they were not willing to tell you themselves.

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What about the rumors...if they are false there is nothing that Alizée and her organization can do to stop them. Should they address every false bit of information...that could just lead to more. It may be best to just say what you mean through a legitimate source and mean what you say and we will trust that source and ignore the others. Who will that legitimate source be, Twitter, MySpace, Jive Epic...time is on our side and will reveal everything we beg to know.

Alizee Nation

A French Break from the ordinary

Yes I like to insert the occasional French clip into the blog. Showing something French inserting itself into the English speaking world. Here is a clip from the TV series Mad Men. Alright alright I'll say it, I am addicted to that show. There I said it. Alizée and Mad Men just can't get enough.
So to my surprise this clip was on YouTube. It is the French song "C'est magnifique!"

Alizee Nation