I
can bet that most of the people who are bashing Jared on here either 1)
don't know about who Jared is, 2) don't know what the band is about, or
3) both.
Yes, MARS things are expensive. I'm not denying that.
But let’s face it, MARS is not popular (to put it bluntly). They’re not in the Top 40, you don’t see their tracks at the top of the iTunes charts, and you don’t hear them on the radio too often (well, at least not as much as Katy Perry or other pop artists). I would say of all the people I’ve mentioned 30 Seconds To Mars to, only about 15% or less have actually known who they were. They’re not well-known. They don’t sell hundreds of millions of records worldwide. This is the reality of things.
But because they care so much about The Echelon, they want to do the same kinds of things (and more-so) that popular artists (who make the majority of their money off of their music sales) do. They want us to get the full band dedication experience, without being as popular as other artists. And they even go above and beyond for us, doing things that no other band does.
So, I think to make up for those “losses” in music sales, and in order to pay all the employees of The Hive and such (because The Hive is independently run by Jared/Emma/others), and to keep being the amazing band that they want for us, they jack up the prices of merch and meet and greet tickets.
So yes, they “do it for the money”, but the money is for us. It’s so they can keep doing big and incredible things for us, to keep us happy, to keep us believing in the Dream.
And that's all I have to say. - Anna P.
Yes, MARS things are expensive. I'm not denying that.
But let’s face it, MARS is not popular (to put it bluntly). They’re not in the Top 40, you don’t see their tracks at the top of the iTunes charts, and you don’t hear them on the radio too often (well, at least not as much as Katy Perry or other pop artists). I would say of all the people I’ve mentioned 30 Seconds To Mars to, only about 15% or less have actually known who they were. They’re not well-known. They don’t sell hundreds of millions of records worldwide. This is the reality of things.
But because they care so much about The Echelon, they want to do the same kinds of things (and more-so) that popular artists (who make the majority of their money off of their music sales) do. They want us to get the full band dedication experience, without being as popular as other artists. And they even go above and beyond for us, doing things that no other band does.
So, I think to make up for those “losses” in music sales, and in order to pay all the employees of The Hive and such (because The Hive is independently run by Jared/Emma/others), and to keep being the amazing band that they want for us, they jack up the prices of merch and meet and greet tickets.
So yes, they “do it for the money”, but the money is for us. It’s so they can keep doing big and incredible things for us, to keep us happy, to keep us believing in the Dream.
And that's all I have to say. - Anna P.
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