That's indeed shocking to hear! Thanks for the clarification, Gopal... It's sad that all the technology used in creating the song finally ends up as a cheap MP3!! Digital release is fine, but why not release it in both cd quality as well as mp3 quality? I still beleive if we take steps from now, we can stop this happening for future audio releases...In one interview, during the pen drive release of blue, AR was talking about distributing high quality 24 bit music etc...If that happens, all would be happy to buy digitally...I also believe that the webstore at arrahman.com should start selling digital music in Indian rupees...
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Gopal Srinivasan <catchg...@gmail.com>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...@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 >> >> >> >> > > -- Cheers, Madhavan.R Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
