Hi, is it unusuall that you can borrow CDs from shop outside Japan?
My friend who is Australian came to Japan and he and I went to Tsutaya, which is a huge rental chain.
He was really surprised at it, actually I didn't ask him if there isn't any rental CDshop in Australia but it was obvious that there isn't so I just wondered if there were ones in any other country?
None that I know of here in LA. You can listen to CDs in stores, buy used discs, sell them back for decent money (at least at Amoeba), etc., but I think downloading and CD burners have all but eliminated the need/desire for people to rent CDs. If, like me, you buy after downloading, then renting wouldn't solve your wants. If, like my brother, you only download, renting is like paying money for something you get for free. I'd be surprised to hear about any...yet still want to.
Actually, you have to wait for about a half year till a CD you want comes out in a rental shop after the album becomes available.
I think it's still useful, you said it's like paying money for something you can get for free.It's still cheap though, you can borrow it for 2 or 3 days with paying about only 250yen, oh, I think you already knew it, yes?
Do you know any web site that offers a song for free?
Here in Copenhagen, there are some libraries which have CD, so you can borrow...However, I don't think you can borrow pop music/chart music CD's, it's all jazz, blues, classical...
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Yeah, there were libraries which let you rent CDs in Australia too, and they also had just Classics and some kind of music, not pops or others which rise on charts.
Here in Copenhagen, there are some libraries which have CD, so you can borrow...However, I don't think you can borrow pop music/chart music CD's, it's all jazz, blues, classical...
:music:
No, you are wrong. You can actually borrow all kinds of music. I have worked in the music business for many years in Denmark, and we sold the libraries all kinds of stuff: rap, electronic, metal and so on...
No, you are wrong. You can actually borrow all kinds of music. I have worked in the music business for many years in Denmark, and we sold the libraries all kinds of stuff: rap, electronic, metal and so on...
...I am not totally unreliable here!
My point was that chart music was not something which was easy to get hold of in a library. :music:
When talking about book libraries in Denmark (which was my point):
I'll have to click Yes to heavy, rock, classical, blues, jazz, hip hop, techno..etc...click yes to all kinds of music genres, but CHART POP is not something all libraries have, and if they do, it is still a limited collection (and old) when having in mind the vast selection of pop music.
Most likely the libraries are not "up-to-date" and still has the "latest" Wet Wet Wet CD album from the 1990s, or Janet's "second-latest". WOW!
It of course depends on the library itself; whether they want to purchase pop music or not, and if there is a market.
*Some libraries have all genres (including pop), I know some surburban libraries have a huge collection -my friend works at one some 20 mins from the city, but the collection is not excellent. (read: old and limited, and they do not have a large amount of CDs which are still in the charts).
*The main library in Copenhagen has a very poor pop section. This is due to their money spending policy; more on books rather than pop music on CDs.
*About special music libraries in Denmark e.g. under Royal Library (mostly for music students), they also lack pop and chart music.
There are of course many reasons to this lack of/scarce collection of up-to-date pop CDs.
Anyway, I agree that all genres can be borrowed out from libraries (depending on the library), like you said, however, chart music is difficult, as the collection is not big in most libraries...
I actually like the rental shops. It allows you to borrow a cd (only 100 yen for a week where I live) and you can check out all of the songs on the cd before you buy it. If I only like one or two songs, I probably won't buy the cd. As for other ways to check songs without buying them? I use Yahoo Launch a lot. It usually has the more popular songs and you can see the videos too. And it is free!
Yahoo Launch? sounds good, I'll go and check it out!Yahoo!
To Hero: What do you mean by little Tokyo?
Okay, supposedly most of you have known rental CD shops in Japan, so which is your favourite?
Mine is Tustaya since it is the only one near my place and it doesn't seem bad at all.
There was one called "I and U" near my place as well, but it closed before I could take a chance to see what they had got.
Throughout California you'll find various small communities of a specific country/nation
L.A. has bigger communities because of the population there of specific people is bigger.
They have "China Town", "Thai Town", and "Little Tokyo" districts/communities (just the ones I know of).
Each of these districts/communities is populated by shops and such of each country/nation.
So "Little Tokyo" has Japanese shops, restaurants, stores, etc. of which are all run by Japanese/Japanese-Americans. Hence the name "Little Tokyo".
About half the people who visit this area are Japanese/Japanese-American, and the other half are other Americans.
It's pretty much like the "American City" in Tokyo, Japan
(not sure of the name... "American City", maybe it's "Little USA"??? Not even sure if it's in Tokyo, lol)
Anyways, I found this website that has a few paragraphs about it.
You can also do a search on Google for more info.
"Bounded by First and Third Streets from Main to Alameda Streets, southeast of the Civic Center
Little Tokyo is the heart of the Japanese-American community.
It was settled more than 100 years ago and besides gift shops and restaurants it is now home to the Japanese American Museum, the Japanese-American Cultural Center, and a branch of the LA public library which specializes in books about the Japanese-American experience and books in Japanese.
Nisei Week is held annually in August with a parade, traditional dancing, festival food and demonstrations of flower arranging, sumi brush painting, the traditional tea ceremony and other Japanese arts."
What country is the library located in? and we already heard there are libraries which lend out CDs, but the questioin is whether they lend CDs wihch would pop on charts or,,,,you know CDs which the young would like to listen to.
WTH? So, you don't need to buy a CD, but just to wait till the library starts lending a CD you like.
I think that's really rare, I think you are fortunate to have such a library in your town.
i live in australia, and i've never seen a CD rental store. it really supprised me when i saw them in japan. dont people just take them home and copy them?
its probally just as good value to go to 'Book-Off' or similar store and buy them. Thats what I did anyway.
Well, the administrator of this computer (my father) hasn't given me permission to download things on the internt, so the only way to get song for low price is to rent CDs from Tsutaya.
I really don't know about downloading songs or those kinds of things for free.
By the way, I think there was a dispute between rental shops and CD record companies, obviously it must've been pain for CD companies when rental shops came out.They concluded with the rule that rental shops have to wait a certain period of time till they can make new CDs rentable.
Same kind of thing happend to 2nd hand shops as well, even though you don't have to wait in this case.
(these might be wrong, but I think they are right)
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