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: [email protected] > 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
