thiruvasakam in symphony

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Originally Posted by irfansong

Hi Guys,

Our Album is not listed in Ebay or Bestbuy's sites. Please check that out.

Can anything be done about this?

irfan

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irfansong

BestBuy wont pay that easily. they will make you sweat and cry before paying you. So its not worth it.

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Originally Posted by tmrrmt

In the US, are TiS CDs available in big music stores like that of Barnes and Noble outlets, or any of those mega sized music outlets under the section world music/classical music ?

Only that way, can we hope to grab the attention of people in the West

besides, does anyone even have the remotest contacts with Mr.Philip Glass, another creative composer - perhaps, we can approach him to do an indepth review of TiS - on my part, I have already gifted TiS CDs to several of my foreign friends - but that is not enough - we need to make the release of TiS felt across the globe - how are we going to do it ?

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Not really. From what I know, these folks wont pay that easily and its not worth it. We need to find other ways to popularize this music. I will talk to TISK about this.

TIS team and others
is there way we can get Rediff.com focus on this excellent work,
they seem to write about everything under the sun top 5 tamil heroines, to a tamil heros betrothel why cant they write about this ?!

TISK

I left you message and left message to Vijay also. Also, I need you to prepare a letter that talks about

1. TIS
2. Loans by TamilMaiyam
3. CD Price in USA and India
4. Request to not bring the product from India and spread in USA

I need this urgently. If we dont act in timely manner, you will see the TIS-CD from India in USA market in next 48 hours, retailing for $5 to $8. Please this is urgent.

Thanks
njv

Note: I didnt send PM, because sometme you may not read PM.

TISK, Thanks for getting the CDs to me by yeatserday.

I have listened three times since last evening.

It is divine. It is brilliant.

I did not want to get off the car to go my office. It is that captivating.

When I went to sleep yesterday, I thought Putril Aravum was the greatest song. But every time I woke up last night and through out this morning, "Polla Vinayen" has been playing repeatedly in my mind. I heard it again this morning. What a brilliant composition!

I do not have the knowledge to review the album. I just loved the intertwingling of the tamil and english choir in the Polla Vinayen song right near the end starting with "easan". It is just mindblowing. Everyone of the composition is just unbelievable. Dont forget to listen to choir in real low voices ending the first song.
I cant stop talking about each and everyone of the songs.

The other thing that amazed me about IR as I was listening last night was how perfect the composition sounded with the mixing of the vocies rendering the song witgh the background orchestration and with the two different choirs - in English and Tamil. It told me what vision and command IR should have had of the whole thing to compose and record the different aspects in different places.

The other things I enjoyed. The sound recording is just amazing. The mixing was perfect. The album is great to hear on iPod.

The other thing is the CD design with outer casing. It was classy.

Great work, Team

Dear Raja_fan,
You may send your donations to TIS FOUNDATION, 102, Copper green St, Cary, NC 27513.
Or, as 'jeeves' suggested, you can buy CD's fo the worth of your donation and promote it among your people.
I would prefer you send the check directly, in that case, to avoid Paypal taking a commission and also you avoid the S/H charges.
Thanks.

YIA!!

From Ilayaraaja Fans Group Mailing:


I am practicing CA in Chennai and also one among the
auditors of LandMark and Music world.I have been told that both these
two big stores have declared that TIS is a big hit.They have so far
sold something 25,000 CD.And I am getting the news that day by day
people are coming asking for the CD but unfortunately all these
stores are running short of stocks.And they have incresed the
price,means magin commission by Welgate co., has been reduced.

If anything can be done for stock availabilty,that could further
poost our sales.Can Mr Vijay talk to Welgate and do somthing about
this.



I have so far heard 100 times the TIS tracks.I will discuss
in person at meeting the rags involved in this TIS.The only thing
I can say that the entire world should be proud of our master.Words
can't be expressed our musical feelings.

I just want to convey one message,our group need to honour the Tamil
Maiyam especially father who has done a mar'lous job.Because
of his efforts only we are able to hear the master's wonderfull
compositions.

-Guru

KR

i absolutely concur with your opinion, the songs just keep running on my mind again and again. Everytime i think of the chants "Namachivaya Vazhga" i get goose bumps. When raja sings "Yegan Anegan" the heart just melts .

Apart from Music there are few good things that has come out of this,

Iam more interested in reading the whole of Thiruvasagam.

Next time when i visit shiva temple with my 2 yr old daughter it would be easy for me to tell about Manika vasagar quoting the symphony to make her understand. I would look at Manikka Vasagar with more respect from now on having tasted a part of his divine work. Thanks to IR for doing it.

kr,
I fully concur with your views. See how seamlessly he has blended the recordings done in Budapest (orch), India (Tamil voices) and New York (English voices). How much planning must have gone into writing the score and the choir placements perfectly. It gives me goosepumps just thinking about Maestro's prowess.

Me too felt great hearing it on iPod, the experience is greater than hearing it on music system. Hearing it on late night / early morning is an experience in itself.

I'd recommend the organisers here to suggest NPR a program on TiS.

Here is the link http://www.npr.org/about/pitch/

Here is the link for the story submission form http://www.npr.org/about/pitch/story.html .

We can also try contact other public broadcasting orgs like BBC, PRI etc.


-Venki