Well, I feel thats its basically because Rahman's fans are in general more musically mature than others and typically not the masses ( lower middle class and middle class). So his fans have access to technology and radio mirchi(hey, that rhymes) and so naturally they look out to obtain Rahman's albums without any price (piracy). I too was doing this.
Sorry Rahman.. But I have realised the impact of that after growing with this GROUP... and started buying his albums..infact older ones too.. Its worth the money though they are usually high priced( which is one strong reason that contributes to piracy)... This is one thing that always worries me..to reach the masses..any product needs to be cheaper..but Rahman is increasingly getting recognised as belonging to the RICH and POWERFUL (High quality stuff always does that)... still a common man can connect himself to Ilayaraja more easily than Rahman..(Thats a GREAT achievement!!), though we all know what Rahman is... May be lots of articles on Rahman in regional and local magazines should change that....and concerts like karaikkal one.. contemplation continues... Shah Navas --- In [email protected], Rahul Tyagi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd imagine that the correlation remains true for not-too-urban > regions but not really the big cities where mp3s and FM channels have > pretty much destroyed the cassettes/CD market. This shows up in the > sales results too. For 4-5 years now, the albums that target mainly > urban crowd tend to do well in countdown shows but the other albums > (amm... how should I put it... Nadeem-Shravan genre of music, maybe?) > are the ones that sell like hotcakes... > > Rahul > > On 1/3/06, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wonder if, in these times, popularity and sales have any correlation > > when it comes to music. > > > > --- In [email protected], "Ajit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I heard on another website from a reporting source that RDB's music has > > > generated only negligible sales thus far. This was from someone on > > > planetbollywood's forum. Can anyone confirm or refute this? I thought > > > the songs have been popular so far. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > > Country music artists Music artists New country music artists > > New music artists Christian music artists Unsigned music artist > > > > > > ________________________________ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > > > Visit your group "arrahmanfans" on the web. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > -- > Rahul > http://rahultyagi.blogspot.com > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
