Young said the Postal Service was never a model yet he considered the comparisons an honor.I was the recipient of 1,000 hugs from 10,000 lightning bugs for a grand total of 10,000,000 hugs. 1 on Billboard’s singles chart this week by Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind.” The album, “Ocean Eyes,” has sold 271,000 copies since it was released in July, according to Nielsen SoundScan.Ĭritics and bloggers have been nearly unanimous in comparing Owl City’s sound, favorably or not, to that of the Postal Service, a Death Cab for Cutie side project whose 2003 album “Give Up” became a surprise hit yet hasn’t released another record. Young’s guileless voice expressing mom-friendly sentiments like “I’d get a thousand hugs/From ten thousand lightning bugs.” By October it was a hit on multiple radio formats, including Top 40, and was selling hundreds of thousands of downloads each week it was bumped from No. “Fireflies” is pensive yet bubbly, with Mr. “The label came in and did a good job, and that’s not something I say often in this day and age,” said Johnny Beach, who booked both shows. He will be among the performers at Madison Square Garden on Dec. Young used a broker service, CDBaby.)Īdam Young onstage in Minneapolis in September. (The Web has many ways to help unsigned musicians to get his music on iTunes, Mr. I had to explain to him what a record company is, the need for a lawyer, a manager, a booking agent. “I actually had to discuss and explain the record business 101. “It was the most bizarre meeting I’ve ever had,” Mr.
Young to New York for discussions and found him completely unschooled in the ways of the music business. Avery Lipman, the label’s co-president, invited Mr. Young’s Web success came to the attention of scouts at Universal Republic Records, which had already had success with another MySpace phenom, the singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat. “But without significant radio play, you just can’t sell more than 100,000 records.”Įarly last year Mr. “Having the viral, online grassroots discovery is the single most powerful way to expose a consumer to your brand,” said Mr.
Adam Young, who performs as Owl City, in Minneapolis.
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