鸭川荷尔摩

A few days ago I received news saying that One OK Rock will be coming to Singapore for their first world (or asia?) tour.
I was so thankful that J-live Asia are bringing these J-rock bands in because poor students like us will never ever earn enough money to visit Japan to see their concerts. Even if we do, we might not get tickets to their lives too. So this is really a blessing to fans like us who really enjoy listening to Japanese rock music. I really enjoyed the first event organised by J-Live Asia, which presented two bands, both from the label A-sketch (other than the stuck-up staffs that tried to push us, even if we were behaving alright).

However, the prices for the One OK Rock live increased by a freaking 266.7% as compared to that of the previous live. Well I understand that One OK Rock is very popular in Singapore. They are like one of the most well-known Jrock artistes in Singapore. But that does not justify the dramatic increase in prices. Previously, there were 2 bands which had a total of seven members. One ok rock is only made up of four members. Surely their accomodation and other costs would be much lesser than the 7 members that came previously? Looking at other factors (the staff, the costs to invite them here etc.), do you really think that there would be so much difference in the price?

I am so disappointed at J-Live Asia. If location and everything else is the same as the previous live, it all shows me that the company is trying to earn more just because they think One OK Rock is more popular in Singapore, so more people would get the tickets even though it is price so much higher than before.

The previous bands that I saw were obviously not as popular as one ok rock, but they all produced good music that were not lousier than one ok rock. So why are music priced based on popularity? That should not be the case. It is so unfair to all the artistes that worked hard to produce real good music.

This is probably the reason why people say the music industry is having their downfall.