thiruvasakam in symphony

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Originally Posted by Arjuna

It would have been better if they give the translations for the songs in the CD!!

One more question: Is it not possible to create a symphony in India? From what I see, its 100 violinists playing in unison..cant we do that in India..Just a thought?

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I agree with you, Arjuna. Even I had that thought. Like how Tamil maiyam sponsored TIS, if some non profit organizations come forward, raise funds and construct a good theatre for composing symphonies, Indian Music Industry will have its great reputation. We have great musicians like IR, ARR, Naushad, MSV etc. We should provide stages for them to make India a musicallly great country forever.

Then, while hearing the 'Polla vinayaen' yesterday, I had a different feeling. While I heard the ' Vedangal aiyaa ena ongi...', it brought before my eyes the scene from ' The passion of the Christ' when the Jews beat him. I just imagined how it would be if this part of the music replaces the BGM of that particular scene. It was wonderfull.

I got another idea also. If some great film makers like Maniratnam, PC Shriram etc come forward to create a visual for TIS, it would be great. If this is shown in the theatres as a 1 hour movie, it would really be great. But the work should be very classical and that should not disturb the beauty of the project anyways.

Just a thought..... Even today, many of my tamil friends in Bangalore say that they dont know about TIS and its reputation. The publicity is still not properly done in Karnataka. Will they take steps to improve the publicity in Karnataka? :roll: :shock: :(

irfansong,
I too felt in several places like hearing to Passion / Requiem.

I have been asking for a video promo. It would do a great deal in promoting the album to a wider audience, and there by boosting the album sales. TISK, Is there a idea to do a video album?.

It would be prudent to release a video in the initial stages rather than at the later stages.

Someone had mentioned about a feature in rediff. I have written to Prem Panicker (who's predominantly a sport journalist, but has occasionally written things on music). His articles are read by quite a few people, south, north & NR Indians alike... I've requested him to review the album, and if he's interested, i said i will send across a copy of TBI. He hasn't responded yet to my mail.

TISK,
Were any efforts taken to hand over the CD to the CM of TN ?
If she's convinced, we can listen to TBI in temples in TN, as there are strict instructions to play devotional songs in the mornings & in the evenings for temples maintained by govt. Even if this were played once a week (given the volume of existing devotional albums), it would be worthwhile.

This way, many people who are not aware of the work/who cannot afford to buy the CD would listen to this great work...Obviously,, a good side effect would be the bulk order from Govt.

Any Idea when the DVD is released .

My Dear Fellow-Spell-bound-IR Fans,

My first post to this forum, and will be posting a few more in the
future. Many of you have already listened to TBI, and have mentioned
things like "1000V" and "1440V" shocks. Well, I am delighted to
share with you that I was ACTUALLY SITTING ON THE TRANSFORMER!! My
experience exceeded 50,000V. I happened to be part of the launch for
TBI in Dallas, volunteering to help with the sales. There was
another lucky volunteer, Sai Sivakumar, present too. Though Raaja
could not make it, it was released by Dr.Sankar Kumar and Father
Jegath Gasper. TBI apart, these people are phenomenal people, whose
blood and sweat for the last 2 years is what is pouring into your
ears in the form of TIS today.....I had the wonderful opportunity to
be part of the tail piece of this scintillating project.

The response in Dallas was phenomenal! Even before the launch, we
sold about 150 CDs. During the launch, Father, who is a very
effective orator, gave a very moving speech about TIS and Tamil
values. He was given a standing ovation. Dr.Sankar Kumar and Father
then released the CD in the presence of Mr. Socrates and Mr. Paul
Pandian from FETNA, the organizers of the whole Tamil convention.
After that, the first 10 min of the Category 5 hurricane "Polla
Vinayen" was played for the audience!! The effect was in one
word "__________"!! (Sorry, I couldn't think of a word even remotely
related to "Peraanandam" in English)….In addition to this, the sound
system in the auditorium was exemplary, and over that, they switched
off ALL the lights, and it was pitch black!! You can imagine the
effect it must have had on the audience. I was sitting about 1 ft
away from the speaker, and all of you can guess what went through my
mind as well. After that, predictably, there was a tremendous
response, and some people bought 6 to 10 each!! Unfortunately, due
to the weight limitations, Dr.Sankar Kumar was able to bring ONLY
400 CDs from NC. The 400 were sold out in a jiffy, and we got orders
for about another 500!

I have volunteered to distribute for the Austin/San Antonio area,
and folks around this area can contact me, Bala Beddhannan at 512-
423-0345 or Sai Sivakumar at 512-576-4271. Also, as Dr. mentioned in
an earlier post, folks can consider this as a gift item too, and get
more…..

DIGRESSION1: There was another program where a really old person had
his book release. Basically, he has written a book on Thiruvasagam
of Saint Manickavasagar, where he has BOTH translated AND
transliterated the 900 songs of saint Manickavasagar into English….I
shall try to obtain more details on this, and shall post to the
site. I think this book would be the perfect combination for the CD.

DIGRESSION2: The other cool side benefit to volunteering to this
effort was that there was a light music performance by the Lakshman
Shruti group from Chennai, conducted by MD Baradhwaj and Singer
Unnikrishnan. Singers Malathi Lakshman, Madhumita and Srilekha
Parthasarathy were also present. Since we ended up staying in the
same hotel, I was delighted to have breakfast with Baradhwaj and
Unnikrishnan! Coincidentally, Unnikrishnan has sung in Song No.5 on
TIS. He later came to our booth to help promote the CD. A very nice
gesture from him!

DIGRESSION3: The other interesting thing that happened at the Tamil
convention at Dallas was that Dr. received 5-6 calls from
the "Ammachi" Amritanandamayi group. This lady saint from Kerela
herself had heard of the TIS release, and wanted to see Raaja!! But
since Raaja could not make it to Dallas, I, Sai and Dr. ended up
going to meet her. Though I am not a fan of her, we ended up getting
her blessings for TIS at 3:45 a.m. I just thought this was really
weird, because normally she is supposed to be a very high profile
personality, and people throng to meet her to receive her blessings.
But because of TIS, she wanted to see us!! Anyway, it was
interesting to see a spiritual ending to this "60" Flags roller
coaster ride…..

Folks, I think I have written a humungous post as my first post, and
as I am writing this from my office, I need to stop before I get
fired!

I am probably sure that NOBODY would be reading this post anyway,
since everyone will be busy listening to TIS to get more high
voltage shocks. But if you have time, I am open for suggestions on
how to promote the CD better. The more we sell, the faster we can
get TIS out of debt, and the faster we will get to the next project.
Tell ALL of your friends, Indian/Western etc, about this album, and
ask them to consider this as a gift item. With enough funds, we can
get Raaja OUT of the Cine industry, and let him compose more of such
albums. This has been his wish for quite some time now, and let us
all strive to make this a reality.

A GAZILLION thanks to Dr.Sankar Kumar and Father Jegath Gasper for
this opportunity, and also for sharing the numerous little stories
about the making of the TIS album!!

Cheers
Bala & Sai

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Originally Posted by kamarajc

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Originally Posted by vijayr

Here are some of the "usual suspects". will have to check on them periodically over the next weeks:

www.tamilbeat.com
www.mohankumars.com
www.tamiltorrents.net

and the rest
http://www.geetham.net/topsites/

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Friends....

Let us not try to promote piracy on this work which was not aimed commercially. I am equally tempted as you are, to go for piracy. But, if at any point you thought of giving an album a standing ovation with a stern NO to piracy, In my humble opinion - this is the album.

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Mohankumars removed MP3 from their site. I ask you to support his gesture and donate to his website. This will be a lesson for other folks who uploaded MP3.

Also, if people downloaded music, thats fine, but be little understanding of what is all about this project and donate (even if it is 1 dollar) to TIS-USA (the details to send check is in tis-usa.com).

TIS-AUSTIN

Your post was nice to read till it DIGRESSION3:
Where I think you were not only disrespectful and also insensitive to Ammachi's followers.
She is one of the most respected Spritiual person in the world.
(check about the extraordinary service she is doing in India and abroad and check UN website)
I think some respect and humility will go a long way.
Afterall this whole album is about that and not promoting an individual ego, but post like this make me think otherwise
Merge your little ego self into the bigger self of Lord Shiva or whatever God you believe, the first step in that process will be to respect fellow human beings and show little bit humility.

God bless
UV

Dear UV,

I did not intend my Digression3 to be disrespectful at all, and sincerely apologise if it has offended anybody. I totally agree with you that a little respect and humility will go a long way.

Thanks