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
