Dear ARR Fans, The past one month has been great, thanks mainly to AJ for his "dialogue-less" BGMs and to Neil for his compilation of all BGMs at one source. Both of you guys have done a tremendous job. 3 Cheers !!!!
That brings me to a serious subject. In my opinion, ARR fans are not getting proper recognition from the music companies nor the event managers. From the mails post Bangalore concert, and the non-release of albums such as Rising BGM ( which gave us the talent of AJ ! ) and "now-on, now-off" story of WATER, I certainly feel that the music companies have not realized the true potential of ARR fan club. Taking into account the forum like this email group, I am sure, we as registered fans would count atleast 20000 on an rough estimate ???? I am sure, the number must be above 100,000 on any day !!! still, lets be extra cautious in our estimates. Why do not we convert this forum and this number of ARR fans into a potential market force ??? If we are a Forum of dedicated "ORIGINAL" music purchasers, I am sure, the music companies should take a notice of our presence and we can demand a better product, better price, and timely release of albums. With a captive purchase of say 20000 CDs, would the producers of RISING BGM be interested in bringing out a special release just for us ? They won't have to spend money on advertisement nor they have to promote this release everywhere. All they have to do is join hands with the music stores and inform us prior to release to make advance booking. OK, difficult ? fine, then release the albums on internet for legal download at say 2 to 5 Rupees per song. This way they can recover their money and do not have to record a single CD nor even print the cover ! All this may sound too simple, but the marketing companies can refine the solution to fit into their business models to make it viable. We are fans of ARR's music and if the music companies realize this and treat us with respect and take notice of our needs, we do not have to look for easy downloads and spend our money and time in staring at the download screen. We would be proudly purchasing genuine music if it were offered to us, however if there are no legit sources, then we, as hungry fans of music, would have to find our own sources and then that would be hurting everybody. Finally, how about us planning a special special ARR programme just for us fans ???? Aim big ! Dinesh ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/iyUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
