Re: [arr] Time gap between albums
I disagree Vithur. The logic is flawed. Anybody can find the links themselves with the growing power of google. May be 2 or 3 students can buy an album and share. That again is a form of piracy. We are too far off hitting the right model. On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Vithur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Aravind I agree with you. But its not in ARR 's hands. People who want to buy will anyway buy arguing with parents, though not good in one sense. I think, downloading for College students, and people who are still dependents can be allowed... Though , they should refrain themselves from passing on the links to others On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Aravind AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Just a thought here - I feel there should be sufficient time gap between 2 ARR releases... Though we feel elated on getting two albums separated by a few days, we should also look at the other side of the coin... one ARR album cannibalises the sales of the other one Two albums in one month (let alone in 1 day) will not be affordable to all. Not many would want to spend on two albums in one month Moreover, there are lots of students who are ARR fans, and they can't afford 2 albums. And of course, they can't wait... They download MP3s, and once they get MP3s, they never buy the album.. I know at least 4 friends of mine who are students, who used to buy all of ARR CDs. They couldnt afford both Ada and JTYJN, so they bought just JTYJN Reason: parents object to 2 albums in a month! These are no isolated cases, and i guess this must be happening everywhere... On a similar note, two movies of the same lead-actor never release on the same day. If two films of an actor are ready for release at about the same time, the producers of the two films negotiate and one of them postpones the release by a few weeks I've seen that happen many times in tamil film industry. Similarly, can't ARR can also intervene in audio release dates? I'm sure he will hav that much influence... Just my two cents.. Aravind -- regards, Vithur HELP EVER; HURT NEVER; LOVE ALL; SERVE ALL
[arr] Time gap between albums
Hi, Just a thought here - I feel there should be sufficient time gap between 2 ARR releases... Though we feel elated on getting two albums separated by a few days, we should also look at the other side of the coin... one ARR album cannibalises the sales of the other one Two albums in one month (let alone in 1 day) will not be affordable to all. Not many would want to spend on two albums in one month Moreover, there are lots of students who are ARR fans, and they can't afford 2 albums. And of course, they can't wait... They download MP3s, and once they get MP3s, they never buy the album.. I know at least 4 friends of mine who are students, who used to buy all of ARR CDs. They couldnt afford both Ada and JTYJN, so they bought just JTYJN Reason: parents object to 2 albums in a month! These are no isolated cases, and i guess this must be happening everywhere... On a similar note, two movies of the same lead-actor never release on the same day. If two films of an actor are ready for release at about the same time, the producers of the two films negotiate and one of them postpones the release by a few weeks I've seen that happen many times in tamil film industry. Similarly, can't ARR can also intervene in audio release dates? I'm sure he will hav that much influence... Just my two cents.. Aravind
Re: [arr] Time gap between albums
Hi Aravind I agree with you. But its not in ARR 's hands. People who want to buy will anyway buy arguing with parents, though not good in one sense. I think, downloading for College students, and people who are still dependents can be allowed... Though , they should refrain themselves from passing on the links to others On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Aravind AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Just a thought here - I feel there should be sufficient time gap between 2 ARR releases... Though we feel elated on getting two albums separated by a few days, we should also look at the other side of the coin... one ARR album cannibalises the sales of the other one Two albums in one month (let alone in 1 day) will not be affordable to all. Not many would want to spend on two albums in one month Moreover, there are lots of students who are ARR fans, and they can't afford 2 albums. And of course, they can't wait... They download MP3s, and once they get MP3s, they never buy the album.. I know at least 4 friends of mine who are students, who used to buy all of ARR CDs. They couldnt afford both Ada and JTYJN, so they bought just JTYJN Reason: parents object to 2 albums in a month! These are no isolated cases, and i guess this must be happening everywhere... On a similar note, two movies of the same lead-actor never release on the same day. If two films of an actor are ready for release at about the same time, the producers of the two films negotiate and one of them postpones the release by a few weeks I've seen that happen many times in tamil film industry. Similarly, can't ARR can also intervene in audio release dates? I'm sure he will hav that much influence... Just my two cents.. Aravind -- regards, Vithur HELP EVER; HURT NEVER; LOVE ALL; SERVE ALL
Re: [arr] Time gap between albums
I agree that the release day is not totally in ARR's hands.. but, he can at least talk to the producers... for that matter, even the audio rights owners (the music label companies) can negotiate among themselves to avoid close releases! My point is that students who would have otherwise bought the album, dont buy it because of this reason! http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com --- On Wed, 6/18/08, Vithur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Vithur [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [arr] Time gap between albums To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 11:05 PM Hi Aravind I agree with you. But its not in ARR 's hands. People who want to buy will anyway buy arguing with parents, though not good in one sense. I think, downloading for College students, and people who are still dependents can be allowed... Though , they should refrain themselves from passing on the links to others On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Aravind AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] com wrote: Hi, Just a thought here - I feel there should be sufficient time gap between 2 ARR releases... Though we feel elated on getting two albums separated by a few days, we should also look at the other side of the coin... one ARR album cannibalises the sales of the other one Two albums in one month (let alone in 1 day) will not be affordable to all. Not many would want to spend on two albums in one month Moreover, there are lots of students who are ARR fans, and they can't afford 2 albums. And of course, they can't wait... They download MP3s, and once they get MP3s, they never buy the album.. I know at least 4 friends of mine who are students, who used to buy all of ARR CDs. They couldnt afford both Ada and JTYJN, so they bought just JTYJN Reason: parents object to 2 albums in a month! These are no isolated cases, and i guess this must be happening everywhere.. . On a similar note, two movies of the same lead-actor never release on the same day. If two films of an actor are ready for release at about the same time, the producers of the two films negotiate and one of them postpones the release by a few weeks I've seen that happen many times in tamil film industry. Similarly, can't ARR can also intervene in audio release dates? I'm sure he will hav that much influence... Just my two cents.. Aravind -- regards, Vithur HELP EVER; HURT NEVER; LOVE ALL; SERVE ALL
Re: [arr] Time gap between albums
Nice thread here. Will add my two cents. Actually the music label companies should negotiate with each other to be sensible business-wise. They are eating into each other's pie here. Unknowingly, somewhere this kind of thing also supports piracy I guess. I think that the cost of the music CDs should be reduced to Rs. 50/- or thereabouts. This way the dependable youth can buy three music CDs for the cost of one and also have the satisfaction of having the original (ADA costed Rs. 160/- if I remember right). This results in a low-margin (the margin would still be around 50% though [not considering distribution costs]) high-volume game for the music owners without having to compromise on the release dates and also avoid piracy. Thus it would be two birds with one arrow to quote a cliche! :) Love, Adi. On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Aravind AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree that the release day is not totally in ARR's hands.. but, he can at least talk to the producers... for that matter, even the audio rights owners (the music label companies) can negotiate among themselves to avoid close releases! My point is that students who would have otherwise bought the album, dont buy it because of this reason! http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com --- On *Wed, 6/18/08, Vithur [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote: From: Vithur [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [arr] Time gap between albums To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 11:05 PM Hi Aravind I agree with you. But its not in ARR 's hands. People who want to buy will anyway buy arguing with parents, though not good in one sense. I think, downloading for College students, and people who are still dependents can be allowed... Though , they should refrain themselves from passing on the links to others On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Aravind AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] com[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Just a thought here - I feel there should be sufficient time gap between 2 ARR releases... Though we feel elated on getting two albums separated by a few days, we should also look at the other side of the coin... one ARR album cannibalises the sales of the other one Two albums in one month (let alone in 1 day) will not be affordable to all. Not many would want to spend on two albums in one month Moreover, there are lots of students who are ARR fans, and they can't afford 2 albums. And of course, they can't wait... They download MP3s, and once they get MP3s, they never buy the album.. I know at least 4 friends of mine who are students, who used to buy all of ARR CDs. They couldnt afford both Ada and JTYJN, so they bought just JTYJN Reason: parents object to 2 albums in a month! These are no isolated cases, and i guess this must be happening everywhere.. . On a similar note, two movies of the same lead-actor never release on the same day. If two films of an actor are ready for release at about the same time, the producers of the two films negotiate and one of them postpones the release by a few weeks I've seen that happen many times in tamil film industry. Similarly, can't ARR can also intervene in audio release dates? I'm sure he will hav that much influence... Just my two cents.. Aravind -- regards, Vithur HELP EVER; HURT NEVER; LOVE ALL; SERVE ALL -- You are what your deepest desire is; As you desire, so is your intention; As your intention, so is your will; As is your will so is your deed; As is your deed, so is your destiny -The Upanishads
