MidnightRoseOfVersailles

8 minutes ago, jaymee said:

 

I think it really did more in the past, when they were just about the only retailer selling and shipping official VK CDs (YesAsia was always a hot mess of official releases that may or may not be in stock/out of print and bootlegs mixed together) overseas and people wanted them to continue doing that... There are other options besides CD Japan now, but with the sales decline of physical forms of music, I'm sure supporting them helps ensure they'll be around for overseas fans in the future. So I guess if you look at it as contributing to the overseas scene, than yeah sure. Otherwise I've never known CD Japan to have special ties to artists, except for the few times they've been exclusively offering artist goods to the overseas market, like the Moi-Meme-Moitie pieces they had listed yeaaaars ago.

Thanks for the info ^^ I've never actually looked into it myself and just always assumed that CDJapan was an easy way to support a band without having to go through the trouble of translating pages, and what not. Kinda glad I hardly use them now lol

11 minutes ago, jaymee said:

 

CD Japan is just a general music retailer so probably not much, but ordering from or shopping at VK specialty shops like Brand X, Like an Edison, Jishuban Club, Pure Sound, etc. does a lot to support the scene since these stores host signings, handshake events, talk events, and other opportunities for fans to interact with bands outside of concert and fan club events.

 

And I guess to some extent, buying from Closet Child... Not because Closet Child sponsors or hosts events themselves, it keeps them in business, and they are one of the most iconic stores of the VK/goth fashion scene.

Yeah, I mostly buy from those shops anyways lol. I was just curious if CDJapan helped at all.

13 minutes ago, nuigurumi said:

They're both still available!  

Sweet! I'll PM you

Damn, how did I miss this bit of news? 

Not a fan of plain old UNiTE, but this sounds pretty interesting. Could be better, but I do like the aesthetics, however. 

Hello. As the title suggests,  I'm looking for anything by Rudolf～ar～jelid or Luminous=True. If you have anything you don't want and are willing to sell, let me know here. ^-^

Even though I don't use them often (they usually don't have what I want) I wonder how much CDJapan, or even sites like it, give back to the artist, if at all. 

Other than that, everyone else pretty much already answered lol. 

Hello ~

Is that KAMIJO signboard still available? 

Also the Durandal CD? 

Oh, my bad. I'll go check that right now.

That's good. ^^

Also, I swear I keep accidentally bumping into you everywhere XD

A few days ago on Facebook, YouTube, here, and a few hours ago on Twitter (I believe)

I guess I'm easy to recognize, lmao. I've been good. G+ is really dead now tbh, so I'm making the switch here~

How have you been?

I always buy all of his releases because I have some sort of stupid collection OCD lol, I'm just a completion-inst, I guess. But I am really annoyed by Nosferatu's track list.  Just looking at it is pissing me off.

Hello. Just joined a little while ago. I've actually been seeing/browsing this site for years but just joined XD

I've been into VK for almost 10 years now and my favorite bands are Symphonic/"Tanbi" bands. (Versailles, Lareine, Chanton L'amour, Lacroix Despheres, VAMPIRE ROSE, La fleur de l'ange, Ambrosia -Neo Gothic Opera-, Anti-Alice,  Merveille Magique, etc.) and also old school bands (Arege, As'REAL, En:nesia, Baiser, Gu:Laymu, M E L U S I N E, Radifia, Variable Messiah, etc.)

errrrrr, don't know what else to say but.... hi XD