IMHO, I would prefer ARR to be enigmatic.. and let his music add more aura to him.. but with his status as an international icon, I don't think he can be totally off limits to publicity.
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 2:51 PM, meerasanthanam <meerasantha...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > If ARR is reading this, I have a few suggestions for him. > > First a compliment, I think ARR is probably one of the rare celebrities in > the world of Entertainment where he didn't immediately cash in on receiving > the highest awards in his field. He could have rushed a get a few albums out > while his name is on top of everyone's mind. Of course he is always on top > of the die-hard fans' minds. > > Here are a few suggestions. > > 1. We all get sporadic tidbits about some of his work, like use of the > Continuum's instrument, Caroline (Thiruda Thiruda singer) being non-Tamil > speaking one, Compiling a song in an hour etc. Some of these kind of > interesting trivia gets out in various forums and that too very late. DVD > movies sometimes have Director's Commentary as an option. Why not ARR > release a special version of every one of albums with his commentary about > the album and the songs in his own voice? He could even offer some of the > alternate variations he considered. I'm sure a critical mass of the fans > would eat it up. > > 2. To limit piracy, he should release these albums only when a critical > number of pre-orders have been received. He can even release these albums > through his KM Music company. He can also try and sell these albums through > with DRM, not necessarily in CD or cassette forms. I don't know whether this > is even feasible to do. > > 3. ARR should probably hire a Videographer from now onwards to record the > entire life cycle of his song productions. I'm sure he will be able to > compile these recordings in the future and will be able to release for the > fans. If there can be a DVD on "Making Sivaji" why not one on "Making of the > Sivaji album" ? > > Thanks For listening. > > > -- Cheers, Pradeepan. "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you !"
