How come no one else in Bemani would make arcade DDR songs

[B4ULoveShine]

...besides Naoki, jun, Sota, & U1? (Yes, I remember THL's 3rd Mix songs, but he's a 1-shot.)

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I think it's unfathomable that DDR only has Naoki as its in-house founding artist; as a result, it is widely believed that even smile .dk, X-Treme, The Specials, The Olivia Project, EPMD, Mantronik, JT Playaz, KC & The Sunshine Band, and Bus Stop are also considered as "The Founding Artists of DDR." Heck, even other franchises have more than 5 in-housers as founding artists.

Also, I've noticed that other Bemani artists who would do DDR would either start on a CS (1), do a collaboration (2), or both (3).

Case 1: Sota started his DDR career on 5th Mix CS with Look to the Sky. Akira Yamaoka had You're not Here and Your Rain (Rage Mix).
Case 2: Kakumei, as everybody knows, is a collaboration with dj. TAKA & Naoki.
Case 3: Tomosuke collaborate with U1 for 2 Disney mix songs and nothing else.

Yes, I'm well aware that Thomas Howard Lichtenstein, while primarily a vocalist on GFdm, made La Senorita and Silent Hill back in 3rd Mix.

Because of this, the franchise is swamped with licenses and crossovers.

Would someone please explain to me why this is the case on DDR, but not on other Bemani franchises?
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BeForU was easily the heart and soul of DDR, until someone in Konami thought that it's a threat to the current structure (read: Konami's blatant overfunding of IIDX/pop'n).

[The Wise Fool]

[B4ULoveShine]

[Arctic Wolves]

True, it is too bad that many Bemani artists don't make songs for DDR, though I think we're starting to see a slight increase in the number of artists making songs for DDR. It's still almost completely NAOKI, U1, and SySF., with jun stepping up and making a considerable appearance on SuperNOVA, but I'm glad to see that Togo project has Koibito in DDR Universe and that kobo has made both Trim and MOONSTER for DDR SuperNOVA. Of all the artists to suddenly compose for DDR, I certainly wasn't expecting either kobo or Togo project! It was also awesome to see AKIRA YAMAOKA come up with INSIDE YOUR HEART for Extreme 2, he's been pretty good for the past three mixes, with You're Not Here and Your Rain (Rage Mix) for Extreme, and also the DDR version of iFUTURELIST.

But I also imagine that this is why DDR relies so heavily, far too heavily in my opinion, on crossovers from other Bemani. Licenses, although scarce in other Bemani, also help flesh out DDR songlists, but I also think the licensed songs are part of the core of DDR and should remain regardless. I also think to help combat this problem, Konami has been commissioning artists to create new music for them; see nc, the numerous outside Konami remixes of songs on this years V-RAREs.
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[YuMeXsHiNjItE]

[RBCF retunes]

[B4ULoveShine]

[RBCF retunes]

Maybe ChiyoTia is one of the vocalists they use.
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[B4ULoveShine]

[KevinDDR!]

Because they're mostly crossovers from other Bemani.

[YuMeXsHiNjItE]

[RBCF retunes]

[Da-Risin-Smoke]

Yeah, for In The Groove, we could submit our own music.

I don't know if we can do that anymore with Konami owning it.
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[Arctic Wolves]