Rock'n'Roll Circus - album information and covers [X]

[bluegie]

I dun mind looking at the pictures. They are just a bunch of frames and these don't really tell me how the pv turns out to be. As long as I dun hear the songs, The fun is still going on .

I've already and watched microphone pv. It's better to stop right there and wait .

[octocoffee]

^ Set concept twins! haha.

Wah, this album's going to be the death of me, I swear. All the information and previews and the buildup in general is really well done. avex is doing a good job with this one. I wonder if or when we'll see the huge promotional banners and stuff... I'd certainly like to see Brit-rock Ayu on huge billboards everywhere.

[Midori-chan]

Originally Posted by octocoffee

^ Set concept twins! haha.

Wah, this album's going to be the death of me, I swear. All the information and previews and the buildup in general is really well done. avex is doing a good job with this one. I wonder if or when we'll see the huge promotional banners and stuff... I'd certainly like to see Brit-rock Ayu on huge billboards everywhere.

Ah, yes, you're right! Your set looks great, by the way!

Oh, I nearly forgot about the huge banners and all this stuff. I also would like to see pics of this kind of promotion again. I think, it's just awesome! Every time a new Ayu-album comes out, I would LOVE to live in Japan (well, I would love to live in Japan the whole time, but nevermind! ), because then Ayu would keep watch over me, literally!

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Midori-chan

Ah, yes, you're right! Your set looks great, by the way!

Oh, I nearly forgot about the huge banners and all this stuff. I also would like to see pics of this kind of promotion again. I think, it's just awesome! Every time a new Ayu-album comes out, I would LOVE to live in Japan (well, I would love to live in Japan the whole time, but nevermind! ), because then Ayu would keep watch over me, literally!

So far there is basically 0 promo, but if I see anything around town I will take photos and post them.

[Purple Neko]

holy crap another full album....? dang Ayu's been busy o.o;;

[y_nathz]

^^Aww yeah I would like to see the huge banners too

[nanakopy87]

o.O
another full album???what do you mean?the last album she released was 1 year ago. o.O

[truehappiness]

So far there is basically 0 promo

I'd expect promo to start the first week of April... I mean, other artists are releasing (AKB48) before she does, but once she starts... oh lord, haha.

It should be of (miss)understood proportions.

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

It should be of (miss)understood proportions.

How was it like? If it were anywhere near extravagant then I doubt Rock 'n' Roll Circus would get similar promotion tactics... I'm guessing similar or even lesser than NEXT LEVEL's..

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

How was it like? If it were anywhere near extravagant then I doubt Rock 'n' Roll Circus would get similar promotion tactics... I'm guessing similar or even lesser than NEXT LEVEL's..

(miss)understood's promotion was quite heavy, but I felt that it wasn't as big as compared to A BEST promotion, or even to I am, RAINBOW promotions, etc. Those should be considered extravagant.

Then again, to me NL's promotion was quite small... I hope R'n'RC's promotion will be less than that..

[Cherry Dynamite]

I would love if she do something huge xD

[Jwiz]

Can AVEX stop being so lazy? They should start doing some promotion; only (close to) 2 weeks left till album release

If they don't, forget about surpassing NL's sales wadsoeva

[y_nathz]

Damn you Avex stop being lazy

[Tony G]

Why is this album going to get more promotion than NEXT LEVEL? Seems like its going to be on par, with one or two extra TV lives. She'll still get #1 regardless.

[love in music]

I don't really get why she can't get good promotion anymore. It's so annoying. Namie is in like 10-15 magazines while promoting things and koda kumi gets like 10 lives just for single promotion. Ayu gets 4 or 5 magazines and a couple lives for album promotion, ugh.

[kagami]

^I don't think Ayu wants to promote a lot for whatever reason. I guess she got sick of working herself to the bone earlier in her career?

I'd love to see her do more though. 5-7/TV appearences would work for me.

I think what she really needs is to have posters plastered everywhere, that's the way to tell people she has a new album out. Put them in train stations and such, places where there are always lots of people. That would be good. ( But Avex is weird and doesn't like doing that anymore it seems. )

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by identity

I don't really get why she can't get good promotion anymore. It's so annoying. Namie is in like 10-15 magazines while promoting things and koda kumi gets like 10 lives just for single promotion. Ayu gets 4 or 5 magazines and a couple lives for album promotion, ugh.

Like kagami said, I think Ayu is in a comfortable point in her career where she doesn't have to try hard anymore. She's more focused on her fans now a days it seems. Koda Kumi is a music releasing machine and promoted as such, Namie is in her second boom. Each lady is in a different point in their career.

[Tony G]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Like kagami said, I think Ayu is in a comfortable point in her career where she doesn't have to try hard anymore. She's more focused on her fans now a days it seems. Koda Kumi is a music releasing machine and promoted as such, Namie is in her second boom. Each lady is in a different point in their career.

^ agreed with this

Ayumi doesn't need huge promotion anymore. Anyone who is going to buy this album probably knows it going to be released. I think her most effective promotion will come from people hearing some of the album before they think about purcashing it - winning back listeners who have stopped buying her releases. TV lives, and good PVs on high rotation are the key.

A huge billboard in a shopping centre probably isn't going to bring in the sales like it used to, when she had a heap of casual listeners.

Plus, she's too busy now like she was last year. Her effort is going towards preparing for her concert tour, not doing TV lives. Exactly the same as last year.

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by bluegie

(miss)understood's promotion was quite heavy, but I felt that it wasn't as big as compared to A BEST promotion, or even to I am, RAINBOW promotions, etc. Those should be considered extravagant.

Then again, to me NL's promotion was quite small... I hope R'n'RC's promotion will be less than that..

Hmm, yeah the A BEST era's promotions were definitely her heaviest lol... I honestly think Rock 'n' Roll Circus will have similar promotions to NEXT LEVEL, maybe just a bit more.

Originally Posted by identity

I don't really get why she can't get good promotion anymore. It's so annoying. Namie is in like 10-15 magazines while promoting things and koda kumi gets like 10 lives just for single promotion. Ayu gets 4 or 5 magazines and a couple lives for album promotion, ugh.

IMO the so-called "down fall" of her career stemmed from the very fact that she was so overexposed in her peak (2000-2002)...

[truehappiness]

(miss)understood was the last time she had those posters lining the streets of some shopping area, haha.

I'm hoping she gets that and 109 with a bunch of billboards, haha.