If I am not wrong, ARR also has copyrights to songs that he composes. Cant they be released on KM Musiq label? Why cant there be limited number of copies released (by either T-Series or KM Musiq or other companies)?
Numbers of you gave for Slumdog are indeed quite shocking. It is also true that songs are easily available to download for free on several forums (blogs, torrents etc), also heard something like 15 soundtracks are getting released on 1 mp3 CD for 10-15 Rs in India - this sort of piracy is truly killing music CD sales.. and from my prospective, I havnt seen anything solid from music companies to stop this piracy.. actually I kinda noticed that situation has become worse as this web world has progressed in recent times. So may be what can be done is not to produce original copies blindly, prices for original CDs can also be decreased (to encourage people to buy original .. though I personally dont complain about the price) and for outdated / flop / old movies - release limited number of copies. RPG / Saregama has set a good example for initiative. From time to time they have been coming out with old Hindi soundtracks, they do know that the sales wont be great - hence they make limited number of copies so that they dont get any lose. Btw I really appreciate that you replied! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan <catchg...@...> wrote: > > 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...@...> 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 <catchgops@> > > 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...@... > > To Subscribe: arrahmanfans-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > To Unsubscribe: arrahmanfans-unsubscr...@...! Groups > > Links > > > > > > > > >
