nobody makes any money from record sales anymore. who cares?
I do - I want another album. If Vanessa isn't making the money back that she invested into the album (AND make a profit) then why the hell would she want to make another album? Plus she's the writer of her songs (and writers get $$$) so she will actually make money from her album sales.
Respectfully, I think this is an overly simplistic assessment of the situation. You're assuming that Vanessa only makes another album because she thinks she'll turn a profit doing so. I would certainly not assume she made ROTR because she thought she would turn a profit - if she was motivated by money, this album would have sounded MUCH different. I think her career has shown us that is not her primary motivation whatsoever. How much money she makes this time around will not affect whether she makes a new album.
No, you misunderstood me. Vanessa's CLEARLY not motivated by money. If she was we'd have seen a different second, third and forth album. However, do you honestly think she's going to keep dipping into her bank account & losing money just to make albums no one is buying? Of course not. She's not stupid. I'm not saying album sales are the be all & end all of everything (she'll make money from her tour for one thing), but these first week sales are very worrying.
I also don't think it's fair telling us to share the blame. We're fans, not record label execs who get paid to promote her. Our "job" is to buy the music. We always push the boat out where Vanessa is concerned - the YouTube videos, talking about her on other forums, requesting her single (which I'm sure some have), BUYING the single, album (multiple copies, might I add, Twitter, fansites, etc. There's only so much fans can do.
People seemed happy with the promotion, so I didn't wanna say anything but these online magazine interviews & stuff were not going to cut it. The best promotion she's done for this project happened last week. Did the label push "Carousel"? Nope. Did they REALLY promote the album well? Honestly, no. There have been screw ups after screw ups, right from when the album first leaked, to the push back (which was a really stupid move), to leaving fans in the dark about stuff, etc. It could have been handled way better.
