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Originally Posted by kristen
Ayu's had lots of eurobeat mixes that haven't appeared on her remix albums.
The only thing i can say to chpsv is that i dont see why they have to keep on doing the same things they're doing. Just because a little bit of a change is taking place doesnt mean that it's automatically fake.
I'm pretty indifferent on the whole remix album situation though; i really do hope that more come out and since My Story has been released i'm pretty sure more remix albums will start coming up. People seem to think that just because the last 3 didn't sell well they won't do it again, which i find to be a load of crap ('scuse my language) because it wouldn't make sense for them to make a remix album after Memorial Address unless Avex was seriously trippin. Now that My Story has been released they have 25 new songs to remix, as opposed to the 8 they had if they did the remix albums after Memorial Address. If anything, I don't see why avex WOULDNT do more remix albums, because it's been pointed out several times that Avex loves making money; why stop cd production if that's the case?
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Well said, and I agree with you. Where Ayu reaches a gigantic audience on her own, the remix albums snag more people who wouldn't ordinarily listen to Ayu at all. I myself got into Ayu strictly from listening to Ayu Trance -- I had absolutely no interest in Jpop at the time, and all I ever listened to was electronica. When I heard the Ayu Trance album it blew me away, and I knew I had to find more music from this wonderful artist Ayumi Hamasaki.
That said, I like the appeal of the remix albums because there seems to be something for everyone.
And yes, Avex likes making money. Although remix albums never sell as well as the studio albums, that doesn't mean they still aren't a substantial source of profits and aren't worth releasing. Besides just the remix albums, the remixes themselves can bring in profit, too. Many of them have been released on vinyl and CD single and get played in clubs all over the world. Many have been lisenced to appear on compliation albums. A lot of them get a lot of buzz -- what sticks in my mind most is some of the Ayu Trance remixes that are regarded by many trance fans as some of the greatest remixes ever.
So this very well could be true, and I'm hoping it is, but I'm the type of person who waits for confirmation before I make any final judgements.
