(05-29-2009, 10:31 AM)Yumeko Wrote: @ Tracycoder
like you, I think I'm one of the few fans that actually prefers Hyde anything over L'arc~en~ciel. Oh, I do looove laruku and I hope I can see them someday; but I do love Hyde's solo work best. I think I really love Hyde's solo work because there is something dark about his music and the lyrics seem so truthful and pure and raw.

Roentgen - I really liked how smooth this album was. I liked the variety of instruments. I liked the range and dynamics of this album, how it had songs that were light/romantic and songs that were dark/corrupt. The English version was also great too.

666 - I also really liked this album and the B-side songs that came out with some of the singles. I really liked the rock theme of this album and the lyrics. I think Hyde's interest in Christianity was coming out here too and overall I just found this album very intoxicating.

Faith - overall this is my favorite album. Because the lyrics are most meaningful to me and are just fascinating. I even wrote an interpretation of this album song by song. K.A.Z. didn't just collab on this album; he composed half of the songs. Some of my favorite songs he wrote.

Needless to say, I have a lot of faith in VAMPS ^___^ Sure the style is a tad different and things are more fun; maybe not as dark; but I'm still withholding judgment until the album comes out because I get the impression that it will be pretty dark like I like it ^^

RE: to ticket sales and the economy
I really think the two main problems here are that people don't know -who- VAMPS is. They don't know Hyde is a part of VAMPS. VAMPS is relatively new so not a lot of people are exposed to their music. And the other problem is probably that people don't know the concerts are even going on. The only reason I knew was because I subscribe to the VAMPS blog, I follow JaME and am a member at Jrockrevolution. But only recently have I seen ads on JRR for VAMPS and I think JaME only mentioned the VAMPS tour once. I think it would really help VAMPS if JRR did a bio on VAMPS and had some more promotion for the tour. I also think it'd help if JaME maybe did something more, an interview with VAMPS, or a contest to help promote the band and the upcoming tour?

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While that's true and I totally agree with you, the other flip side to this is that there's a bunch of people who know about the tour, but simply can't afford to go. But, like you said, there's a lot of people who don't know about VAMPS and that's why we need to combine our strengths and reach out to people who aren't in the know. It's hard, but if we all keep spreading the word about the tour in all corners of the internet, then it should help. ;)