Gops, you said it ! I think that will clear all the doubts to the people who ask for Sivaji Hindi, Boys Hindi, ARR BgM Cd's etc. Except we people, I don't think any other normal guy will buy a dubbed version of Blue or Hindi version of Sivaji.
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Gopal Srinivasan <[email protected]>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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected], 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: [email protected] >> To Subscribe: [email protected] >> To Unsubscribe: [email protected]! Groups >> Links >> >> >> >> > > -- Farshad N Mob: 055-2660114 email:[email protected] <email%[email protected]>
