thiruvasakam in symphony

Guys,
I too have requested to tamilnapster@gmail.com and webmaster@mohankumars.com with my following message to remove TIS from their site.

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Hi,

Nice to note your interest in publishing Tiruvasagam In Symphony on your site.

In fact, now every tamizh music lovers are celebrating the release as their home festival. Everyone is volunteering to showcase this album as their pride includuing yourself.

But kindly try to understand that it is not a project of any individual. It is a public project. People like you and me have invested lakhs of rupees to make this happen. It has undergone a lot of financial hurdles to see the lime light.

Having said that it looks unfair for me to see the complete mp3 files on your site. Even though I agree your point that it is published as a preview clips to promote the album, you can host a portion of clips rather hosting the full lenght ones. The reason is, not all surfers on net are genuine as we expect. These mp3s may sometimes fulfill their needs rather tempting to buy the original CD.

So I thank you in advance for removing TIS from your site.

Hail...hail...Tamizh.

With regards and thanks,
music lover.

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here is Mohankumar's contact info (don't know if it is up to date from whois.com) in case you want to call and request him to remove the mp3..

Kumar, Mohan mohankumars@hotmail.com
#207, 7230 - Elwell Street
Burnaby, NA V5E 1K8
CA
604-306-7776

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tmstorrents posted in their website too

Dear Father Jegath / Dr. Shankar.

Iam sending this message from Trichy, my native. I went to Rhythemboss, a noted music centre in Trichy, situated near Cnetral Bustand.

I got introduced myself as a Tamil Mayyam Volunteer(sorry for saying so without your permission) and a member of IR Yahoo Group and enquired abt the sales.

The message is very clear.

Friends, its a super hit in Trichy. The shop has sold 200 copies, which they have ordered, on July 2 itself, the day they recd them. Now he is complaining that he needs more of CD and Tapes as well, he is now more interested in DVD.

So please ask Rep's of Welgate to contact them immediate.

I will try to provide you information from places i go and as i travel.

Thanks and regards,
Raaja Rasikan

I agree with what Rajasaranam says below. The music we hear in this is something that we have been exposed to in one way or other through his film songs. Of course, this attempt is fresh and very unique but I do think that this is not something completely new (saying this in a positive way..not negative).

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quote="rajasaranam"]After repeated hearings.....

The album is not entirely new in my perception. it is RAJA stamp all over the album. The album reminds me more of yesteryear IR compositions. The only difference is that, the orchestration is performed by BSO. Apart from that the album is a treat for lovers of 80's IR which had rich orchestral and choral backing. The album on the whole makes me yearn for such orchestrations in his film songs too which he has lessened in the post 97 scenario. Its all Synths only nowadays for his film music. This album proves beyond doubt that IR can still give us the orchestration and his trademark tunes for which most of his fans are longing for, AIMHO :)

BTW anybody noticed the music which comes in 'polla vinayaen' at the fag end ' just before 'Easan adi potri...' I heard it in 'Kadhal kondaen' as BGM.....[/quote]

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Originally Posted by Raaja Rasikan

I got introduced myself as a Tamil Mayyam Volunteer(sorry for saying so without your permission) and a member of IR Yahoo Group and enquired abt the sales.

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Raaja Rasikan,

You need not be sorry, We are all volunteers in the interest of Tamil mayyam and IR :)

I talk to Mohankumars and he said he will not release teh full MP3 in his site. He is a fan of IR (not to be surprised) and he completely understand the effort involved in this project.

Lets thank him for what he is doing.

Lets all request Tamilnapster to remove from his site.

Thanks
NJV

I have sent this mail to TamilNapster

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Dear Maja

I am sure you have been getting various mail from various people, both requesting you to upload MP3 of Thiruvasakam and also to remove them from your site.

As you know, Thiruvasakam is a project that took 1.1 crore, of which 35 lakhs came in from donations made by public. The remaining 75 lakhs are collected thru' loans, of which few of them are interest free loans, but most of them are interest loans. The interest that TamilMaiyam (specifically Rev Fr Jegath) pays is in lakhs a month. The only way that he can recover from his life long debt is by selling as many CDs as they can. Only for this purpose, he also agreed to sell the CD for rs 150 and Cassettes for Rs 90. With discounts people are getting CDs for as low as 120 and cassettes for 75 Rs.

To summarize, I would like you to consider the following
a. the monumental tasks Tamil Maiyam has taken
b. The outstanding debt TamilMaiyam has
c. Dependency of commercial success of TIS for future release of such good projects

I humbly request you to kindly remove them from you link. I am not sure how can I repay for doing this, but if you want me to wash your feet for this, I will do that. Please kindly accept my mail (among many other mails) and remove the songs from your site.

I do hope that you will honor our request and remove them from your site and my sincere thanks to you for doing this.

Thanks
IRDevotee

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Hopefully he will understand this and remove as soon as he can.

Hmmm As far as i see there is no use in persuing this matter with Tamilnapster.:(
Here is my PM and Reply
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Maja,

I dont want to demean your intentions and purpose of promoting this album and tamil music. And ive gone through your post and request for people to donate for this album. Hope we can belive that people wil buy this album after listening to. but how far can they be trusted.
You certainly know the way MP3's can be circulated Over the net. one person downloading doesnt end there, but it multiplies manyfold in the cyberworld.
If you mean to do it for review purpose only you can consider doing some of these
# Edit the Songs and upload some fine bits and pieces only
# Else add a watermark like 'You are listening to Tamilnapster.com' every 30 seconds or so, so that the people dont get the complete richness as to when they listen it through original CD"s. this can be done using any audio editing tools.
# Else for this album alone upload a low quality like a RM file or 32 kpbs MP3 only.

Ill help you in doing any of the above, if you wish to help the cause of tamil mayyam.

regards,
Rajasaranam
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Hi Rajasaranam,

Great to see you keep PM'ing me and regarding your request, I am sure most of the people who heard the songs would definitely buy the album and I have received more than 20+ emails thanking for the songs and they have ordered them online.

All these were since TN gave them a chance to hear those songs before purchase. So I think I am moving in the right track and TN will always move in the right track.

Also you ideas were really good, I hope to start a streaming section in TN, where people could listen to the songs online, now that all expense have been made my be solo, I am looking forward for Donation and support from Advertisers.

Incase you wish to donate/help/join TN Team, you can contact me at : tamilnapster@gmail.com

Thanks,
Maja
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Hope Tamil mayyam/Wellgate Take up the matter in their own hands to end this issue