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Originally Posted by nikox1
im not saying the fans need to do anything. there are companys paid to distribute such things. im saying get the fans involved more, get them interested again, deisign the new album cover, decide the title of the next album etc etc,, come up with something new and original [ well new for Meat anyway ]. he has a close bond with hes fands, bring it even closer imo.
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I can see where you're coming from but the fans that will be willing to participate in things like that are only a small minority when you think about how many fans Meat has all over the world.
It's risky allowing fans to choose the name because what gets picked may not suit the theme of the album or you'd find hundreds of people wanting Meat to call the album Bat Out Of Hell IV. The only way I can see that working is if Meat's people came up with a list of ideas and had fans vote on it.
There are also things to consider when allowing fans to come up with a cover design. Most fans aren't professional graphic designers and can they produce work that is of a high enough quality to be used as the image that the whole world will see and associate with the album? Unlike a professional designer, a fan is more likely to have some kind of 'sentimental' attachment to their work and when they discover it has been edited, they may find themselves questioning whether it was good enough in the first place? Discovering that that is what happens in the professional world is not an easy lesson to learn.
Some artists have websites that encourage enthusiasm far more than meatloaf.net does. They post teasers of songs, things like blog updates from the studio, holding competitions for fans to win things like free downloads, signed CD's etc.