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Originally Posted by Halla
I don't think Utada's Exodus flopping had anything to with the fact that she's 'foreign'. It just isn't an album that the average person here will enjoy imo , and I'm thinking Island feels the same way. I'm sick of seeing the 'no promotion' excuse. They are a business , they will only promote something if they expect it'll sell in return , promotion costs a lot.if the album truly is good & marketable , withouth any promotion it's bound to get somekind of notice in the underground scene prompting the label to promote it more. I guess that didin't happen with Exodus ....
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Entirely true and I entirely agree.
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Originally Posted by Halla
I'm not really fond of Tofu Records idea , because I'm not into anime & If J-pop were to ever gain popularity in the west I'd rather j-pop to gain a respectable image rather than just a "series of themesongs for japanese cartoons".
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I don't think Tofu Records promotes J-music like that - they just release Japanese music outside of Japan. It's just too bad their name's so silly. Otherwise though, I don't see how such labels should be a problem and give J-music a bad image. Moreover, it's still pop music - and when did pop music ever get 'respected'?