/jp/ - Otaku Culture

download no matter what

If they offered physical copies under $20 I'd buy an album, but only for a couple artists I already am a fan of.

Other than that, nope, too poor to buy random shit like this.

Not overprice it like fucking greedy jews

Live shows. I'd rather go to a concert and support the group directly through merch and ticket sales than to make the publisher label richer.

But America is a big big place and even a simple tour would be a logistics nightmare, specially if the appeal is limited. I guess it would be easier to have a level of indie success in Japan, which is relatively small, densely populated and with easy transportation.

Start an advertising campaign with Toyota.

If it was a band I'm crazy about then they wouldn't need to encourage buying. Would do it anyway.

I already buy a lot of music, not because of any moral reasons but because I want to support my favourite artists, however small my contribution is.

>>9140418
>I'd rather go to a concert and support the group directly through merch and ticket sales than to make the publisher label richer.
You don't even get out of the house.

>>9140418
>I'd rather go to a concert and support the group directly through merch and ticket sales than to make the publisher label richer.

Making the venue owners richer instead.

only if it was something I haven't already downloaded from somewhere

and with that, it's highly unlikely that I'll actually buy anything from them.

I want to go to Inazuma Rock Festival at least once in my life though. It's like a dream.

I don't buy music by artists from any other country, I don't see why I would for those from Japan.

Patchy's the vocalist? Huh.
Well, she seems happy, so...

>>9140462

'cause if a Japanese band is trying to sell music abroad it means they're trying to break into the foreign market. So, you buying their music would actually help very much. No sales = no breakthrough = unhappy record label = unhappy band.

This is why a lot of Japanese bands don't bother trying to become big abroad. Costs a lot to try and if no one buys their stuff that's a lot of money wasted.

I would prefer downloading, but donate to the band directly if there is possibility.

>>9140450
Goddamn, there is no escape is there?

>>9140487
on other hand downloading for free = making yourself richer, lol

>>9140496
While not supporting the artist so they can continue doing more of the stuff I enjoy. It does increase general awareness though.
Digital purchase could work. I get a FLAC, artist gets the money with no label taking 90% of sales.

Even if there's the problem of it being too easily pirated, as long as you make it easy to actually buy it, people will do so just to support. The biggest threat to an artist is not piracy but obscurity.

>>9140516

sup Aaeru

Only if they sell it to me in person while playing one of their songs as a preview.

Only if the music respected my freedom

>>9140516
But most band make the records by signing contract with label. Not much bands would produce good quality music without professional help. Sound engineers, producers and such get their money for doing work, which affects resulting product. Obvious. Am i wrong?

if the band is good enough or I am a huge fan of theirs, I'll already buy their stuff even if they don't appeal to me.
so in sum? the best appeal a band has is making good music (for me). I have Pe'z and Tokyo ska paradise orchestra cds and dvds already.

>>9140548
You are correct, but professional level tools are increasingly cheaper and more accessible. With the right people you can produce something great on a low budget.
The one thing you can't replace is publicity. And low costs for mass production of the actual discs.

Just referring to doujin music for the time being, are there circles with a download store? Or whose works are available from a download store? (Toranoana has one but it seems like mostly porn.) Or have a method of directly transferring funds so I can pretend to buy albums from them?

I feel like most of them operate on a cash basis.

>>9140390
tour r meant 4 album support. Do drugs while u touring

>>9140573
I'm interested in that kind of distros too. Maybe couple of bands should make something like record studio for recording and selling music online, without big record companies

>>9140570
Do you think production of actual disks is necessary?

>>9140418
For most Japanese music groups the only time you would get enough Japanophiles in one place at one time to justify holding a concert is at conventions, which is what frequently ends up happening.

>>9140616
Not the person you were talking to, but I think so. People like to own product.

This begs the question of why doujin labels haven't banded together to create their own online store.

>>9140616
Yes, at some point. There's added value for something you can hold and buy for a slightly higher price than the digital purchase.

I don't use CDs, but I do like having something material to look at and enjoy. Mostly the artwork and liner notes, that's the added value.
Although, I might be alone in this. It's not like it's a requirement and a necessary thing to go through in an age where a CD is just a delivery system to get ripped as soon as you get it.

>>9140630
Yakuza? King records?

>>9140652

No, I enjoy that too. Particularly when old albums get reissued and there's a bunch of history and such. Deep Purple did a brilliant job in that area.

Got the special edition of the new rush album on the way, which has a magazine, among other things.

>>9140630
I think existing retailers are nice enough to them that they don't feel the need.