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Old 24th February 2009, 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Coelacanth View Post
Really though, how much can promotion actually do? t2m had a decent amount of TV promotion (plus magazines and radio) and still tanked. People might simply think that Rule and Sparkle are bad songs. They don't have to hear it a thousand times to know that.
I think the problem with Talkin' 2 Myself is that both songs were way too hard for the general public to get into.(even though both songs were great) Plus, unless you really follow Ayu, you are not used to seeing her with that style of music. So imagine how much worse it may have sold if it had no promotion - I guess we will never know.

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Originally Posted by Ayumiko View Post
anybody in Japan right now? even if there's no magazine or tv performances, there should be atleast some kind of posters around right?
I would like to know too.

I don't know when this satellite shot was taken, but if there were any posters up and around, you would see them in this area of Tokyo - http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...JKBTCA&split=0

Usually they change every billboard in the area each week or 2 weeks. I remember seeing that "Stop STD" billboard when I was there as of 2/11; so it seems like this shot should be fairly recent. It's crazy what you can see on google maps nowadays!

Last edited by SunshineSlayer; 24th February 2009 at 07:00 AM.