You got one part of the answer right, not the other part. The reason is definitely financial but it's financial feasibility and not financial challenges. The age of the CD is over. A market like India was never even there. The advent of unrestrained mp3 sharing on the internet and the rise of the CD as a medium coincided in India.
Let me give you a statistic, shocking but true. How many CDs of Slumdog Millionaire do you think T-Series sold in India? All of 60,000. And T-Series printed Over 500,000 copies. For all the chest beating that we do on forums like this, the reality of the day is that nobody pays for music anymore. Who in his right mind would want to invest in manufacturing and distributing CDs upfront in such a market scenario? How many CDs of the Telugu dubbed version of a massive flop do you think will sell? 1000? Can you blame T-Series for not releasing the CD? Music labels make money only off mobile ringtones and ringback tones and TV and FM licensing in today's world. Whatever CDs they do release is purely promotional expenditure, it generates paltry, if any, income for them. There is minimal upfront cost in distributing mp3s through the likes of Amazon. That is the route any sensible business would take. I would be thankful that T-Series is at least progressive enough to provide us with that option rather than not release anything at all. On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:10, Rivjot <riv...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It was up on amazon a while back, but will have to buy now, as CDs are not > going to be available. > > Can somebody please answer why many of Rahman music are not releasing on > CD? There are has been several instances in last few months.. makes me feel > there are financial problems (how can there be financial problems associated > with Rahman's music and how can money get into the way of music?). I am > extremely confused and very eager to know the reason. > > Gops / Vijay, if possible, please give some explanation instead of just > saying "no physical CD release" everytime. > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan <catchg...@...> > wrote: > > > > The soundtrack is available from > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002UDUU00/ref=dm_ty_alb > > > > There will be no physical CD release as things stand. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Are you searching for a reason, to be kind? > <b> > 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: ad...@arrahmanfans.com > To Subscribe: arrahmanfans-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > To Unsubscribe: arrahmanfans-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups > Links > > > >
