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Post by jessicawhatsername on Dec 31, 2013 9:30:20 GMT -5
i think this is old, now since i heard that Wind up transferred Evanescence to another label. Just all master works were transferred to Bicycle. Evanescence is still under Wind-Up, for now at least. oh ok. I was feeling a lil off on that. Because oh of the move. Hopefully they stay in one place though.
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Post by Mossheart on Jan 9, 2014 11:12:36 GMT -5
I would love to write to them
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Post by eva on Nov 29, 2015 18:50:01 GMT -5
Mods feel free to move this wherever you think it's suitable but I didn't find any other thread like this. So I was wondering if Evanescence and Amy have any official fan mail address where fans can send them letters and stuff? You can find one on the internet but I'm quite sure that since they've split up with Wind-Up it's not active. Anyone knows anything more? Any address that is for sure verified? If not how can we make them have one? I think especially Amy should get a P.O. box or something where we could send her stuff don't you think? I mean I've been following lots of youtubers and it seems so cool that fans can contact them that way! The thing is how do we get her to have one for herself or for Ev in general? I know the most obvious answer would be twitter but since I don't have twitter.. well i guess I'm creating this thread to see what you guys think! Could you make a "Amy get a P.O. box" hashtag or sth pls?
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Post by harridan on Nov 29, 2015 19:53:05 GMT -5
Mods feel free to move this wherever you think it's suitable but I didn't find any other thread like this. So I was wondering if Evanescence and Amy have any official fan mail address where fans can send them letters and stuff? You can find one on the internet but I'm quite sure that since they've split up with Wind-Up it's not active. Anyone knows anything more? Any address that is for sure verified? If not how can we make them have one? I think especially Amy should get a P.O. box or something where we could send her stuff don't you think? I mean I've been following lots of youtubers and it seems so cool that fans can contact them that way! The thing is how do we get her to have one for herself or for Ev in general? I know the most obvious answer would be twitter but since I don't have twitter.. well i guess I'm creating this thread to see what you guys think! Could you make a "Amy get a P.O. box" hashtag or sth pls? I moved your post to the existing thread on this topic. You can read the rest of the posts and find your answers. In short, there is currently no place to send actual mail and the only way to give something to the band is to meet them in person. For the rest you'll have to use social media but Amy is the band member who interacts the least with fans, probably due to the much higher fan activity on her profiles, which makes it almost impossible to sift through the crap and find tweets/comments worth replying.
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Post by eva on Nov 29, 2015 20:49:15 GMT -5
^ Thanks a lot for moving this, I guess I didn't really do a good search The thing is I don't use twitter and it would be meaningless to make one just to tweet Amy and the band with 140 characters hoping she would see it when all I want is write her/them a letter! As for my chances on meeting them in person? I'd say about 0.. And I know there are more people like me (I can see it in this thread also). Why not take this seriously and make something so it can happen though? The book was a great idea but it still doesn't sound the most affective. The most affective would be to make someone from the band take notice and actually make Amy take it into consideration (I wish I would have thought about all this before they did the shows it would have been much simpler ) Jen seems like the most approachable of them right now as she is new and looks like she reads her tweets! I could easily make a Twitter account and bombard her and the band but it would be hopeless (and totally creepy) to do it just on my own. I need to know if there's any chance of at least making an effort as a fanbase to make them listen to a quite popular fan demand..?
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Post by harridan on Nov 29, 2015 23:57:31 GMT -5
Well, I did create a Twitter account only for Evanescence-related purposes and it's going to turn 4 soon. It happens to be a lot more amusing than I expected. As for my chances to ever see the band (not even meet, just see them live), when I first started listening to Evanescence almost 13 years ago, my rough estimations gave a subzero result. Then, 9 days ago, I somehow ended up in the same room with the whole band, free to say whatever I wanted, hug them, give presents, etc. Due to my wrong estimations I didn't have any gifts or a letter with me but sh*t happens. At least I was there and I'll always remember it.
All the years in this fandom have taught me that pushing things always has the opposite to the desired effect. The more we whine, the less likely it is to be taken seriously. It gets even worse when you take into consideration the fact that too many fans seem to be suffering from the Snow White Queen syndrome. Imagine that you were Amy - receiving thousands of tweets on a daily basis from people demanding stuff and acting like they are entitled to it, asking you when you'll release a new album under the picture of your newborn son, being pissed off that you didn't do with your art what they wanted from you... Overwhelming, isn't it? Would you voluntarily give an address where people could send unlimited amounts of the same in paper form and if the answer is yes, would you actually take the time to go through all of the mail in order to find the rare gems that would touch your heart? I wouldn't. If I have more than 5 emails, I simply mark them all as read and continue with life.
If you insist on being seen, join group campaigns for birthday wishes. Big fan pages always do these. There's currently one for Amy's birthday. Make a sign, write your wish, take a picture and send it to Games of Evanescence. You might be lucky. Their posts usually get the attention. There isn't much more you can do apart from hoping that next time you'll be lucky enough to meet them.
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Post by eva on Nov 30, 2015 9:39:11 GMT -5
Well, I did create a Twitter account only for Evanescence-related purposes and it's going to turn 4 soon. It happens to be a lot more amusing than I expected. As for my chances to ever see the band (not even meet, just see them live), when I first started listening to Evanescence almost 13 years ago, my rough estimations gave a subzero result. Then, 9 days ago, I somehow ended up in the same room with the whole band, free to say whatever I wanted, hug them, give presents, etc. Due to my wrong estimations I didn't have any gifts or a letter with me but sh*t happens. At least I was there and I'll always remember it. All the years in this fandom have taught me that pushing things always has the opposite to the desired effect. The more we whine, the less likely it is to be taken seriously. It gets even worse when you take into consideration the fact that too many fans seem to be suffering from the Snow White Queen syndrome. Imagine that you were Amy - receiving thousands of tweets on a daily basis from people demanding stuff and acting like they are entitled to it, asking you when you'll release a new album under the picture of your newborn son, being pissed off that you didn't do with your art what they wanted from you... Overwhelming, isn't it? Would you voluntarily give an address where people could send unlimited amounts of the same in paper form and if the answer is yes, would you actually take the time to go through all of the mail in order to find the rare gems that would touch your heart? I wouldn't. If I have more than 5 emails, I simply mark them all as read and continue with life. If you insist on being seen, join group campaigns for birthday wishes. Big fan pages always do these. There's currently one for Amy's birthday. Make a sign, write your wish, take a picture and send it to Games of Evanescence. You might be lucky. Their posts usually get the attention. There isn't much more you can do apart from hoping that next time you'll be lucky enough to meet them. So you totally perceived me as an obsessed weirdo but that's ok.. I knew I could be easily misunderstood when I was writting these. I guess it's more about how I deal with the things that bother me: stubborn, straightforward and real. And if you want to be real, Amy is one of the least "interacting with my fans" singers out there and even though it does bother me I completely respect that cause it's her choice to be that quiet. Aparrently I consider a fanmail address a very normal thing for an artist to have (since pretty much everyone else has and Ev did have till they went independent) and sth that's a midway for dealing with this while not becoming the complete SWQ fan you mentioned while you don't think that. I know she and the band don't owe us anything and it's not like i'm bothered by this. If they read anything it's up to them I just want my chances you know? Btw with all we know about Amy she most propably completely forgot to do this lol Anyway, I guess I'll have to just deal with my sudden urge to write a letter, let it be and hope one day I'll do get my chance like you did. Also, thanks for all that info I'll consider it.
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Post by harridan on Nov 30, 2015 10:16:39 GMT -5
So you totally perceived me as an obsessed weirdo but that's ok. I never said that. If I had perceived you as one of those fans, I wouldn't have replied. Arguing with them never leads to anything good. I was simply trying to explain why it's so unlikely to have fan mail in our fandom. There's always someone who'll ruin the fun for the rest of us.
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Post by dannycastillo on Nov 30, 2015 16:26:14 GMT -5
The statement "Amy is one of the least "interacting with my fans" singers out there" has absolutely no truth to it. I've gotten to meet her in just about every show that I've been to, and if it's not me, it's someone else who gets to meet her. But she's always meeting her fans in some way or the other. She might not respond to every single Tweet, Facebook comment, etc., but she does read a lot of them. I've managed to get fan mail to her and even a painting, and she tweeted about the letter and the painting on Twitter. It's really not that difficult, but it does take a lot of patience. This usually happens when they are touring. 1. Buy a plush toy. Tie your letter to it. Go to a concert. Throw it on stage (not at her (and try to do it between songs cause she'll usually kick stuff off stage when she's jamming) just somewhere on stage where she can pick it up). 2. Keep your eyes out for M&G contests. If you win, you can hand her your presents/letter in person. If not, you can also hand it to her security guard. 3. Tweet her. Post on her Facebook wall. She reads a lot more of these than you think. I know there's no sure fire way to get in touch with her, but she does see a lot of what we're doing. I hope that helps.
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Post by eva on Dec 1, 2015 6:23:26 GMT -5
The statement "Amy is one of the least "interacting with my fans" singers out there" has absolutely no truth to it. I've gotten to meet her in just about every show that I've been to, and if it's not me, it's someone else who gets to meet her. But she's always meeting her fans in some way or the other. She might not respond to every single Tweet, Facebook comment, etc., but she does read a lot of them. I've managed to get fan mail to her and even a painting, and she tweeted about the letter and the painting on Twitter. It's really not that difficult, but it does take a lot of patience. This usually happens when they are touring. 1. Buy a plush toy. Tie your letter to it. Go to a concert. Throw it on stage (not at her (and try to do it between songs cause she'll usually kick stuff off stage when she's jamming) just somewhere on stage where she can pick it up). 2. Keep your eyes out for M&G contests. If you win, you can hand her your presents/letter in person. If not, you can also hand it to her security guard. 3. Tweet her. Post on her Facebook wall. She reads a lot more of these than you think. I know there's no sure fire way to get in touch with her, but she does see a lot of what we're doing. I hope that helps. Oh no I know she is the sweetest when it comes to meeting people in person and most often makes the effort to come outside after a gig (while other artists don't give a ****). I meant it in the way she is using the internet to keep us informed.. I mean look at her tweets they are ridicusly few for someone who has twitter for 6 years & is the frontwoman of a succesful band. For most of the time when she's not touring we know nothing about her really and what she's planning next. But like I said it's her choice to keep such a low profile and it's completely understood. Anyway that's kinda off topic. About 1,2 this will be impossible if they don't announce any concert in Europe. I'm one of the unluckiest when it comes to their concerts and because I've never seen them live I will try to get to the closest place they come next time (I'm positive they will tour europe again hopefully soon). I'm also at that age now compared to 07' & 11' to be able to do that As for 3 you mean Amy is stalking us? Haha no I know about that
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Post by Rarkphoenix on Dec 2, 2015 13:35:08 GMT -5
I get the impression that Amy actually reads a lot of what's sent to her on social media, but chooses not to respond for the most part. It's really not that surprising. If you think of it from her perspective, she's got thousands of diehard fans all desperate for her attention and if she replies to just one of them, hundreds of fans will be left wondering why it wasn't them. Considering how fragile a lot of us are (many of us can relate to her lyrics on a very real and personal level) and considering the experiences she's had in the past (Snow White Queen), it makes perfect sense to me why she would try to distant herself from many of the fans on the internet. You hear so many horror stories of musicians getting too involved with fans, something negative happening, and all the negative press that goes with it, it's just not worth it (as sad as the reality is). It's not that she's completely unaware of our existence (I'm actually pretty sure she's aware of my internet presence despite never once mentioning me and I think my last tweet to her was probably years ago). It just makes sense to keep that distance and neutrality. Can you imagine if she one day tweeted to me something like "you're a great fan, thanks for making me laugh", everybody else would be like "why's he getting attention, what's he done to deserve that?". It's all a bit "notice me, senpai".
Honestly, I think the best thing is to treat her like any other human being you respect. Give her space and make sure she knows you appreciate her, but think objectively "could what I'm doing possibly upset/annoy her in any way?". She's usually pretty sociable at meet and greets from what I gather, so if you can get to a show, dooooo it! But I don't think petitioning for a P.O. box would really be in her interests. Perhaps better to tweet her first and try and get a response rather than it being a "if we get 10,000 signatures she'll have to listen to us" kind of thing.
But yeah, I'm pretty hopeful they'll be coming to the UK and Europe soon, (saving up already) might see ya at a show! ^_^
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Post by AeternusAmatorius on Dec 3, 2015 20:41:20 GMT -5
dannycastillo: I think what harridan meant was that Amy is the least of the band members to interact with fans on social media. I agree with Rarkphoenix though. I think Amy does read the majority of stuff Tweeted to her (I know she's read some of my Tweets before but hasn't replied).
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Post by dannycastillo on Dec 3, 2015 22:50:32 GMT -5
Okay. I was quoting someone else though, not harridan.
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Post by Zero79 on Dec 4, 2015 2:10:46 GMT -5
Okay. I was quoting someone else though, not harridan. But the person you quoted was pretty much repeating what Harridan said. -shrug- A fan mail address would be cool sure, but in the age of social media I don't see it happening, especially considering you can't make one address for the whole band.
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Post by AeternusAmatorius on Dec 4, 2015 17:56:10 GMT -5
Okay. I was quoting someone else though, not harridan. Sorry, but you didn't quote them and Harridan was the person who said it first.
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