New album 'Love songs' & Ayu-produced single 'Dream ON' 12/22 [VIII]

[StarSUCKER]

Originally Posted by Koumori

Even if AHS was an influential as AyuChina, I don't think Avex would even amuse us with such a deal lol
Not just because our server is based in the USA, but because I don't think they'd like two deals like that going on at the same time

Nah, and they wouldn't need to. I just wonder if they'd leave us and our download forums alone.

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

So she won't get #1 for the week? Noooooo! lol

Haha well...Daybreak totally should have gotten #1 IMO...

Okay, correction. She should pull a partial-Daybreak and release a recut+PV as an extra B-side on a future single.

What can I say--I like dramatic reworkings of songs. I can dream...

[koumori]

Originally Posted by StarSUCKER

Nah, and they wouldn't need to. I just wonder if they'd leave us and our download forums alone.

I have a feeling Avex knows most of the Ayumi forums with downloads on. I don't think we go by unnoticed~ If we grew by a lot I think it'd be an issue, but right now I don't think they care.

[My Rainbow]

well if they released then in europe, I would by EVERYTHING! I got most of ayu's albums and two singles, and they are just TOO expensive... not only cause in Japan everything is expensive, but this price gets 3 times higher due to transport which isn't cheap either!

And I just can't wait till my copy arrives!!! I JUST CAN'T

[StarSUCKER]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

^just point them in the direction of the "post your ayu collection with pics!" thread. lol

Originally Posted by My Rainbow

well if they released then in europe, I would by EVERYTHING! I got most of ayu's albums and two singles, and they are just TOO expensive... not only cause in Japan everything is expensive, but this price gets 3 times higher due to transport which isn't cheap either!

Yeah, which is why I get most of my stuff used...which is also a gamble because it's online ordering and you never REALLY know what you're getting until it arrives, or unless you're buying from a seller you've had a good experience with before. Also, doesn't contribute more money to the artist/label.

I just wish there were a bigger "world music" market here (in the US). I used to live in Orlando, and they had one of those HUGE Virgin Mega stores before it went out of business a year or two ago...I mean, it was enormous. And they had a "world" section. But it was mainly Latin music and reggae (which is great, but not much of a "world" variety). Then, they had some traditional world music compilations--also cool, but where's the modern pop/rock music?

I'd find, like, a Puffy CD, a Shonen Knife b-side collection, and a couple of random, old JPop/Rock compilations. And then just traditional Japanese music. Chinese music was 100% traditional (unless you count Twelve Girls Band because they've been "mainstreamed"), and there was NOTHING Korean.

Once in a while, I'd find an Asian Kung Fu Generation, L'Arc~en~ciel, TM Revolution, or Thee Michelle Gun Elephant CD in the store's main pop/rock section, because those bands have (or had) American distributors. No Ayu whatsoever. No Gackt, back when he was such a huge name. Nothing else, no matter how famous the artist/group might be throughout all of Asia.

/rant

I know there's not much of a market for Asian music in the US (even though the fanbase has grown so damn much in the past 10 years, compared to before), but I always thought it was ridiculous that an absurdly large, international chain like Virgin Mega has such a weak international music selection...

[bemanicho1]

Originally Posted by StarSUCKER

Yeah, which is why I get most of my stuff used...which is also a gamble because it's online ordering and you never REALLY know what you're getting until it arrives, or unless you're buying from a seller you've had a good experience with before. Also, doesn't contribute more money to the artist/label.

I just wish there were a bigger "world music" market here (in the US). I used to live in Orlando, and they had one of those HUGE Virgin Mega stores before it went out of business a year or two ago...I mean, it was enormous. And they had a "world" section. But it was mainly Latin music and reggae (which is great, but not much of a "world" variety). Then, they had some traditional world music compilations--also cool, but where's the modern pop/rock music?

I'd find, like, a Puffy CD, a Shonen Knife b-side collection, and a couple of random, old JPop/Rock compilations. And then just traditional Japanese music. Chinese music was 100% traditional (unless you count Twelve Girls Band because they've been "mainstreamed"), and there was NOTHING Korean.

Once in a while, I'd find an Asian Kung Fu Generation, L'Arc~en~ciel, TM Revolution, or Thee Michelle Gun Elephant CD in the store's main pop/rock section, because those bands have (or had) American distributors. No Ayu whatsoever. No Gackt, back when he was such a huge name. Nothing else, no matter how famous the artist/group might be throughout all of Asia.

/rant

I know there's not much of a market for Asian music in the US (even though the fanbase has grown so damn much in the past 10 years, compared to before), but I always thought it was ridiculous that an absurdly large, international chain like Virgin Mega has such a weak international music selection...

The Virgin Megastore that I used to go to had some Ayu cds like Duty, Evolution, etc when I used to go there around the early 2000s. I remember my brother even got me an Ayu remix single from there. They didn't have that much Ayu stuff, but it was still cool to see Ayu cds there.

I'd be soooo happy if the cd leaked soon.

[StarSUCKER]

Originally Posted by bemanicho1

The Virgin Megastore that I used to go to had some Ayu cds like Duty, Evolution, etc when I used to go there around the early 2000s. I remember my brother even got me an Ayu remix single from there. They didn't have that much Ayu stuff, but it was still cool to see Ayu cds there.

o_O Where on earth was that?

[bemanicho1]

Originally Posted by StarSUCKER

o_O Where on earth was that?

The one that used to be in downtown Chicago. They seemed to have a pretty good import section I thought. I miss going there and browsing/listening to new cds.