Invader said:
That one was Aarin?!? :-O How? Was she possessed? Did she record it after a night of fear and loathing in Las Vegas (since mama Aarin wasn't around) :))MizukiChan said:
Aarin: You keep on saying you'll be mine for a while
mav said:The point isn't that they can't find ways to make money.......Evil Line gets a cut every time one of Momoclo's songs is sang during concerts
Momoclo are top 10 in Japan in terms of money-making....and a large share of that undoubtedly goes to the record companies.
Of course being international fans, this event doesn't concern us, but the implications do.
Maybe it's because I don't come from a background of being an idol fan, but I really do not endorse blindly supporting everything Momoclo does.
I typically refrain from bashing on fellow idol groups, but in this case I have to say that these kind of promotional tie-ins are what ruined the music for a lot of the big names we know.
After all, if sales are skyrocketing just by slipping in some external incentives, what reason is there to continually innovate and put in actual effort in new music?
I first got into Momoclo because of 5D, and even though I don't even listen to physical CDs anymore, I decided to buy it (and other previous works) as a show of support. It's just sitting there collecting dust, but by buying it I'm telling the company "please do more of this"
If I buy these singles, I'm essentially telling Evil Line "well, I don't really care what the music is going to be like, but just because I have a chance to attend a concert, I'm going to buy it"
I do wish that mocha's theory is correct, and that this is a one-shot purely for the sake of it being a triple single....but honestly even then I find it kind of a stretch. It's not like these three singles have anything in common with them, so what reason is there to bundle them together?
My suspicion is leaning more towards momonofu's theory...
And no, I'm not blaming the girls, that would be ridiculous. It is precisely to protect them that I am choosing to boycott in protest.
I do not want Momoclo's name tarnished by these "business practices" that is lazy and unimaginative at best, and shady and unethical at worst.
I do not want their music, which is a large part of makes them so great, to stagnate and regress.
I do not want record companies to even start thinking about doing this stuff on a regular basis.
Hyadain said that he trusted Momoclo management (Stardust side) to protect the girls, because they are "punk in nature"
Well in this case, I guess it falls on the fans to punk it out.
I'm not here to argue with people on whether or not you should buy it. That is entirely a personal matter, and if you still want to buy it, I respect your decision.
(In all honesty, I bet these singles will have huge sale numbers)
In any case, I have made up my mind, and these are my reasons.
Maybe I will go back and buy these singles a year from now, but definitely not when they are counting initial sales
eiennoyorikobi said:
Not to draw this discussion out, but why not just buy one and only one copy of the singles you're interested in to show that these tactics don't increase sales.
eyeless said:Where's the multibuying hype we've been talking about :-?
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