thiruvasakam in symphony

kr

I believe TISK took the liberty of discussing the debts in this forum since it is not for promoting the CD, than sharing info among TFM friends, so from that perspective it is okay.

KR is right about one thing. "Kaattrulla bothe Thootrikkolla vendum" The momentum is there still and will still be there, but day by day it is going to loose, so the sooner we release the CD the better.

On pricing, if the retail price is set fro $15, then depends on the wholesaler/retailer and their margin, some of us can still sell it for much less than $15. For e.g. I am planning to donate $1 for every CD, so if my price is $10, then I will sell it for $9. Here my intention is not to degrade the product/pricing,but to contribute from my part as donation. Like minded retailers can and will do the same. We have done similar things for some of tsunami efforts, so it is not unusual for retailers to sell below cost. Its indirect way of promoting/support the product.

Above all, after taking to Dr Shankar, I feld that the success of this project is key, not only to the effort all the people put so forth, but also for the upcoming projects. Lets all help in whatever way we can to make this a HUGE success. For e.g. if your immediately family is in india, if they dont buy the CD, you can present the CD to them. This can be a very good gift for many occasions (marriage, anniversary, brithday).

Latest update, CD will be released by end of June. Retailer rate would be around $15

kbee ,

Thanks for the info !
SOme of us shoudl try to persuade the like minded friends like Mohankumars ,oosai ,raaga etc not to release the album over the web for free ....Iam trying to collect a list and put up a request ...

TISK,
Why not release the product in Asia and then look at the prospects worldwide? If the volumes of sales are very good then you can demand any price you want. IMHO the success of the album will convince saregama or whoever to push the price label up. I am not a marketing expert, so it is my personal opinion.

TISK - on my part, I have been sending emails to organisers of several music festivals all over the world, for putting up flyers of TiS at their venues - hopefully, that will help in some kind of marketing for some niche audiences abroad

as for sponsorship, I already mentioned quite a number of times about the ARTS COUNCIL, UK -

email - Anna.Higgs@artscouncil.org.uk

http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/index.php

another possible source is the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation
www.menuhin-foundation.com/

Has the TiS team tried to contact any of the above at all ? if not, please do it -

How about arts/music foundations in Europe ?

Let me just give you one cautious note (I hate to call it a 'warning') - already many hard-core IR fans that I know of, are snubbingly going around wondering "is TiS going the way of the symphony ?"

So, do something proactive and pls stop talking about Britney Spears and MJ, both of whom have a huge market globally and hence are in demand - think of what we can do practically

kbee - can you please check your mail and revert back to me ASAP ?

Thanks
Madhan

Mr Madan

I replied to yrou email. I will keep 10 copies of HTNI, NBW, I24 hrs and MX (hindi version only available). Apart from these, if you wanted to add any other CDs, please let me know. I will get it from whereever it is.

Kbee - replied to your mail - pls. check

HI Guys,

I kept browsing through the magazines, netsites, newspapers etc. No info about the releasing of our thalaivar's dream work. Any info about that?

I'm waiting .... !

All our friends r waiting...

love
Irfan :shock:

They have been deleting my postings, as only cowards will do. They have absolutely no interest in making this project a success....we can all wait and wait, no one involved will do anything to market this product. I suppose they have all got they want already.....go ahead delete this post tooo.....