Erm... what do you mean by the "tribute"? Money? Presents? For... what? Sexual favors?
I've noticed many foreign fans have a misconception that "mitsu" is a common thing among Visual-kei bands when quite clearly it is not. I'm not saying it doesn't happen at all, but my guess is that only the less-known bands can allow this to happen. You remember why Femme Fatale broke up, right?
I don't even know why this topic came up XD Meanwhile, 4 out of 5 of the 150,000 yen plans have been sold. In just about 10 minutes
haha I just mentioned it because mitsu is the "crowdfunding" normally in a way for VK.
I am an active musician in the music scene here in Japan and hang out with lots of visual musicians, mitsu is very common.
*look in Evol'V magazine Vol.40 if you can and my white boy ass is easy to find.
For minor bands it is more crazy for sure, but for bigger band members who are friends of mine they still receive it.
Femme Fatale was for cheating and getting caught, not because of mitsu.
that 150,000 deal is super good when keeping all of this relative stuff in mind haha.
YES FOR RICKROLL!
...if we make him cover Rick Astley, does that mean we Rickrolled him, or that he rickrolled us?
@ghostpepper - say wha? You be in a band, man?
My perception was that tribute is mostly money or expensive (brand label, etc) gifts, and that even for smaller groups the general hope is that the banddude would recognize their name/face.
That or acknowledge them during a concert or akushu - give them some bangya cred.
Maybe treat them a bit like a friend so they could feel special.
Kinda makes you wonder if the bangya are lonely...
So yeah, interested to know what your experience is too, ghostpepper.
yurppp. I am in a duo called VERA-FI sometimes working with Watusi from Coldfeet and now joined the revival of ex.Sanbika~Sakura's La'Vistier.
Sanbika was a Malice Mizer roadies' band so he showed me some cool offshots of them. Yu~ki is super handsome in them!
yah, Like for smaller bands or even bigger bands it is def a kind of "look at me?" kind of like how in the crowdfunding you can get your name listed as a producer?
Often it is just going to eat with them sometimes. Doing a VK band can cost lots of money and honestly they just want support the band members in some wierd way.
My buddies in Black Gene For The Next Scene had it so if you spent 100,000+ at for only one of their lives you could choose someone to go eat with. it was like
above ground mitsu appeal.
If you just go out and drink with them, act like a friend, and then at the end they give you money for your music it really is just like host club work or shucchou host work.
sex would be nasty and can def lead to things like femme fatale, tanuki is yo enemy -> see: Kisaki hahaha.
I work as a host in kabukicho but even then, receiving mitsu is not always comfortable. esp if dey cray cray @_@;
Reading these kind of comments about it is funny:
http://new02.bbs.2ch2.net/test/read.cgi/visualtanuki/1307302060/
I did not expect to elaborate this much @_@;;; sorry~
to upwards of 22k yen for a video message, letter, limited edition version, credit in the liner notes etc. 
Knowing full well that you are just being used for money. I can't even understand what's the incentive for bangya. Anyways, I'd still like to believe that mitsu as "sex for money" is not that common (at least not among well-known bands, as it would be too risky). Mitsu as expensive presents... I've seen that (bangya tend to brag on social media if a bandman wears something they've bought).