Well a forum such as ours or like Alizee forum in themselves probably do little to promote Alizee for in order to find out about these places, you have to find out about Alizee first, but I feel Facebook is a very different story. I not only post things concerning Alizee on the AlizeeAmerica Facebook page, but I also share many of them on my page and I'm sure many others share them on their own pages where they are exposed to many relatives and freinds outside of her fanbase.
Now this exposure certainly isn't going to sell many albums or bring in a whole flock of fans, but it will bring in some fans and I feel that is very important in replacing fans we are losing. But the main things we are doing and they are doing is keeping a core base of fans close. If she saw the same type of thing that's going on in AF where fans have given up, going on in here and on Facebook, would there be any motivation for her to even attempt to put out another album? I doubt seriously if she needs the money and I'm sure she'll have enough work through Disney and other gigs to keep her satisfied. In other words if we give up, I think she will give up.
I don't want that to happen. After seeing the way interest in AF was dying, I had contacted Ray to discuss ways to keep interest up here and we came up with some ideas and luckily there has been enough from what we've been doing, but more importantly with what Alizee was doing to keep interest up. Back months ago when it looked like interest was dropping off in Alizee, I stumbled across AIFC's Facebook page. I couldn't believe the level of activity that was going on there and it's ongoing. I'm sure Alizee notices it and it must please her that there is still a lot of activity from her fans and I highly commend this site for what they are doing and I'm very thankful they are around.. If a risque photo comes out once in a while, it is usually the exception and not the rule
Now myself, I will probably be disillusioned if she doesn't appear in Les Enfoires (and not because I have tickets) because I love to see her sing and dance, even if it's not to her own music. It makes the wait between albums tolerable. I could wait 5 years for an album as long as she was in LE each year. Unfortunately I think once the DALS tour (I believe there will be a tour) dates are announced, Alizee will then determine whether she will be in LE or not and I'm not expecting a favorable outcome to that. Worst part of that happening is if it happens this january coming up, then there is a very good chance it will happen the following year. That could be a crushing blow for me and my following her,
But until that announcement is made, there's no sense in worrying about it. Will I lose hope is she doesn't appear in it? I'm not sure. I'm tempted to say that will be the last straw, but I find it hard to imagine I might just quit cold turkey one day. I think it might be a long slow fade to black. But until what happens, happens, I'm staying the course and doing my best to still promote her in ways that may not sell many cds, but hopefully, will help keep that core base of fans, close to her.
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