Komorebi

haha, people don't really contradict you yet. 

I still don't get why someone shares iTunes purchases or something which is available for cheap as legal digital download. Then I am truly thinking, come on people, pay a few and then get it. 

 

If a band keep on delivering good music, people will be a diehard fan and want almost everything from them.  But yet as now for Morrigan, many people go to the tour buy their CD's and surely stuff will be on the internet soon after the tour. (after all most people who share are we the shit gaijin XD)

I also think when it's up coming to sell music, is to keep a fan buying your CD is to deliver good music.
We saw it with so many bands, people start to be a fan, but then the band suddently change their music into not so good music or just in something older fans don't like. Then a band also lose fans.
And to gain new fans when their music is easy to get on the illigal way is also hard, because maybe a band need to think of "why would someone want to support me"
 

For me this is kinda important. 
For: YouTube
FULL PV
comment videos
CD samples
Full songs
Fun videos (as that the band will go somewhere or whatever)

For social media:
If a band is still small, 
A band shall take a moments to reply to fans.
Or at least to give a good impression that "fanmail, has been read, is appriciated" 

As for selling music
CD - make it also availalbe at stores who sell overseas.
CD - add some fancy bonus to the CD, however I dislike different shop bonuses. 
digital - put it on iTunes or other websites where people can buy it worldwide
digital - don't only sell it within Japan (what often happens on itunes)
digital - Share old music for free. 
digital - Share some new songs for free
 

As for selling merchendise
Sell something fans really can use
Sell Cheki, purika, other one of a kind photo's 
Create beautiful looking merchendise. (so, not only with a simple logo, or just a very small design)
See merchendise as your selling point. 
Sign (almost all) your merchendise 
Make it also availalbe in a webstore where oversea people also can buy from. 



But maybe it's something for a brand new discussion topic on the forum?

since we do have vstar promotion, rarezhut and chaoticharmony now.
It's maybe intersting to see how things are changing or maybe even will change. 

As for "MANGA" that world is slowling changing into a more "legal" world. 
Since many people who first did publish it illigal are now working legal for (japanese) companies. 

https://kotaku.com/manga-pirates-are-having-trouble-going-legit-1796553894

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/4x3pwm/meet-the-scanlators

But I also must say; there are already lesser blogs who re-share music. 

And slowly I hope that stuff will be kept here on one place, and that people simply only come here to get their shizzel. 

Deliberately sharing low quality rips is not a good idea. Usually the first rip uploaded is the one that stays on the Internet, and for that reason it's doing the scene a disservice in the long run.

I think keeping rips here is a good ideal because it would concentrate the fanbase to one place, and I'd be willing to help out in making sure they stay here, but ultimately if people are hellbent on sharing on their blogs there's nothing we can do about it.

@WhirlingBlackyou made me think... if the first rip is usually the one that stays online... is it really a disservice if it can encourage people to buy the material in order to get a higher quality rip? 🤔