Ayu's London stay hotel

[Ayumi27]

Originally Posted by VRGRK

it's cool that she is staying in that room.. but such a waste of money, the only time I can really see the need to stay in a room like that is if you are going to be staying in london for 2 + monthes... but then again it's coming out of Avex's pocket, not Ayu's.

Well, considering Ayu's a multi-millionaire, she'd stay on a room like that (or even more expensive/luxurious) whether it was hers or Avex's wallet the one paying...
And probably she had several expensive requests as well, like security checks or a special bed, food, etc, etc.

[VRGRK]

Originally Posted by Ayumi27

Well, considering Ayu's a multi-millionaire, she'd stay on a room like that (or even more expensive/luxurious) whether it was hers or Avex's wallet the one paying...
And probably she had several expensive requests as well, like security checks or a special bed, food, etc, etc.

The only reason Ayu is even a millionaire is because of all the marketing and promotion Avex put into her, not to mention any other stuff they did to get her where she is now (i.e Voice lessons, hiar, make-up, stylists') ... Let's not forget the target audience at the time of her Debut was mostly High School Girls, Younger Adults (20 - 25), and possibly even Pre-Teenaged girls. Let's not forget all the fans, etc.. that made her into what she is. I am not saying Ayu isn't talented.. but she certainly DID NOT achieve the imense success she has now on her own. I know that Ayu is a hard working individual and I highly respect her for that but to think that she achieved all of the success she has on her own is simply ignorant. Remember Ayu didn't even want to be a singer, she originally wanted to be a Fashion Designer.

Does anyone even remember the Nothing From Nothing Era in 1995? I all most wonder how that album and single would have done if there had been more promotion and marketing for it... after all the album didin't even chart.

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Now how is it that 3 years later, ayu has become so popular? Heavy Marketing and Promotion. I believe it's impossible for Ayu to "live as a person with in avex"... this thinking is simply not logical. Avex is a Record label resposible for marketing and distributation of Products.. all of the people employed by avex (including Ayu) are products of Avex Trax (and in a way the consumer -- or customer), not of themselves. If you don't have a consumer base, you have no company, nor any products to sell.. therefore no jobs and with out available jobs, potential employee's have no money.

If Ayu had achieved all of this success on her own... I would honestly be amazed. In order for her to have achieved any success in the music industry.. she would have had to have taken: Music production, Sound engineering (in both Studio and Live), music theory, marketing and promotion, business management, etc.. on top of any basic programs that are needed before you are able to do any of these courses which several of these courses to get a degree in can take years (depending on the degree).. not to mention she would have most likely had to have come from a musical background of some kind, such as piano.. and would have had to have taken vocal lessons at some point. Oh let's not even forget she would have had to most likely pay everything out of her own pocket (unless she was able to get a grant or loan of somekind for school).

Let's not forget all of the money she would have had to invest in getting the proper audio recording equitment, which can easily cost thousands of dollars.
Any required licenses and certification she would need to even start up a record label (if she wanted to go this route). She would need to find the time to compose, write and record her music, burn in to CDs (or upload it to the internet) -- which takes time and money, she would need to find stores willing to display her products; which most likely she would pay them in exchange for displaying her products (which aren't even gaurenteed to sell), not to mention she would have to send sample discs to raido stations to be played on the air... let's not forget all of the other stuff that comes with promotion and marketing.

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How do you get any product on a shelf to sell? Marketing and promotion. If you don't have marketing and promotion, tell me how well will a product be sold compared to one that has been markted and promoted? It simply won't stand a chance against a product which has been marketed and promoted in one way or another.

yeah I am done with this rant at this time...