Comments for Project: JRock Events (USA) http://jrockeventsusa.wordpress.com blog blog blog Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:42:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on ACen 2008 by Emily Stranski http://jrockeventsusa.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/acen-2008/#comment-11 Emily Stranski Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:42:47 +0000 http://jrockeventsusa.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-11 Hi! the malice mizer group names are as follows: Mana- Emily S. Kami- Kristina S. Kozi- Lauren P. Gackt- Michelle P. Yu~Ki- Agatha W Hi! the malice mizer group names are as follows:
Mana- Emily S.
Kami- Kristina S.
Kozi- Lauren P.
Gackt- Michelle P.
Yu~Ki- Agatha W

]]> Comment on downloading: jmusic_uploads vs. JapanFiles.com by Kitsune_Baka http://jrockeventsusa.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/downloading-jmusic_uploads-vs-japanfilescom/#comment-7 Kitsune_Baka Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:42:19 +0000 http://jrockeventsusa.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-7 All this anti-filesharing attitude in the fandom is hilariously ironic to me. If somebody hadn’t randomly put some Diru songs up on Napster or whatever almost a decade ago, there wouldn’t _BE_ a frigging J-Rock fandom _outside_ of Japan, and nobody here would even know who Diru was (except for the s00per speshul s00per s33krit elite fans). Very few Americans are willing to shell out $40 or more for a CD in another language that may not even have a full 16 songs (Learned the hard way when I bought “6″ at Kumoricon, god I felt stupid, $37 and only 9 songs?) and many of those JRock fans, being the age of yer average N*sync teeny bopper, can’t afford it anyway unless their parents get it for them. Contrary to popular belief, not all of us are thieving free-loaders. Yeah, I download and torrent (and watch grainy PV’s on Youtube)… BUT when the bands make Re-releases at U.S. price through a U.S. distributor like Free-Will-America, JShock or Fontana Universal, I go out and I _BUY_them. I don’t care if its in Hot Topic next to Falloutboy, or if its in Wal-Mart next to Garth Brooks. $14 JRock CD’s is a _GOOD_ thing (unless you’re a selfish elitist who doesn’t want “n00bs” catching on to your super speshul sekrit myusikz). And as for iTunes, I don’t own an iPod (got a Sony though), and Apple’s files are proprietary (and have DRM crap) so that’s out… Bottom line, don’t pull an Ulrich on the people who buy your U.S. re-releases, who buy your t-shirts, and who pay out the arse to travel to your concerts. The internet made this fandom what it is. Want J-fans to stop downloading? Re-release the older albums, re-release those PV and Live DVD’s that for now, we can only get as cheap Korean bootlegs on Ebay. All this anti-filesharing attitude in the fandom is hilariously ironic to me. If somebody hadn’t randomly put some Diru songs up on Napster or whatever almost a decade ago, there wouldn’t _BE_ a frigging J-Rock fandom _outside_ of Japan, and nobody here would even know who Diru was (except for the s00per speshul s00per s33krit elite fans). Very few Americans are willing to shell out $40 or more for a CD in another language that may not even have a full 16 songs (Learned the hard way when I bought “6″ at Kumoricon, god I felt stupid, $37 and only 9 songs?) and many of those JRock fans, being the age of yer average N*sync teeny bopper, can’t afford it anyway unless their parents get it for them.

Contrary to popular belief, not all of us are thieving free-loaders. Yeah, I download and torrent (and watch grainy PV’s on Youtube)… BUT when the bands make Re-releases at U.S. price through a U.S. distributor like Free-Will-America, JShock or Fontana Universal, I go out and I _BUY_them. I don’t care if its in Hot Topic next to Falloutboy, or if its in Wal-Mart next to Garth Brooks. $14 JRock CD’s is a _GOOD_ thing (unless you’re a selfish elitist who doesn’t want “n00bs” catching on to your super speshul sekrit myusikz). And as for iTunes, I don’t own an iPod (got a Sony though), and Apple’s files are proprietary (and have DRM crap) so that’s out…

Bottom line, don’t pull an Ulrich on the people who buy your U.S. re-releases, who buy your t-shirts, and who pay out the arse to travel to your concerts. The internet made this fandom what it is. Want J-fans to stop downloading? Re-release the older albums, re-release those PV and Live DVD’s that for now, we can only get as cheap Korean bootlegs on Ebay.

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