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thiruvasakam in symphony

Topic started by Sridhar Seetharaman (@ 67.83.146.59) on Mon Apr 7 15:33:24 EDT 2003.
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• From: Mumbai Ramki (@ 203.197.24.195) on: Thu Oct 16 06:04:51 EDT 2003
  
  sridhar ,
  NO ..Iam not able to see it ......i think my proxy has stopped it ...can u send it to my e-mail address???
  
  
• From: Osho (@ 203.197.136.48) on: Thu Oct 16 07:15:19 EDT 2003
  
  Sridhar,
  Neither can i . Can u fix this one!!. Also how can people in india help!!
  
  
  
• From: Sridhar Seetharaman (@ 192.147.58.6) on: Thu Oct 16 07:38:51 EDT 2003
  
  I have uploaded the jpeg file of the letter in the "photos/press release" section of
  
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilaiyaraaja/
  
  For people in India, please get in touch with
  Dr J Vijay Venkatram. He is coordinating the India effort. vijay@ktvr.com
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Sridhar Seetharaman (@ 192.147.58.6) on: Thu Oct 16 07:41:08 EDT 2003
  
  If you are chennai, please approach the Tamil Maiyam office directly.
  
  THIRUVASAKAM IN SYMPHONY
  #1/45-1A, Mount Poonamallee High Road,
  St. Thomas Mount, Chennai-600 016.
  E-mail:contactus@thiruvasakaminsymphony.com
  
  
  
  
• From: Sridhar Seetharaman (@ 192.147.58.6) on: Thu Oct 16 08:14:52 EDT 2003
  
  I request volunteers in the NJ and NY to get in touch with me.
  
  
• From: (^!^) SK (@ 199.90.34.67) on: Thu Oct 16 08:39:31 EDT 2003
  
  Good effort , Sridhar to get this letter out as promised. I am able to access it by this route which takes you to the yahoogroup site where you click on the 'photos and press releases' and again click on the 'press release' folder. It is the third one there. People in South east, pl. get in touch with me at 919-460-9430 or mail me at ommuruga41@yahoo.com. 'Normalman's suggestion is worth looking and we will work on it. In the mean time, pl. spread the word, copy our appeal to all your friends and families and mail us your requirements of receipt books which will be sent to you immediately along with some brochures. Wewant you all to be part of it. Thanks.
  
  
• From: prabhudas (@ 24.239.166.229) on: Thu Oct 16 19:21:32 EDT 2003
  
  Sridhar Seetharaman,
  
  I need ur email ID and Contact ph. no., I live in NY. Posting the info about TIS project here at the "Ganesh Temple" in Flushing will definitely get attention of more patrons who are not yet familiar about this Project.
  Please email me.
  Prabhudas
  
  
• From: Sridhar Seetharaman (@ 67.83.146.59) on: Thu Oct 16 20:57:34 EDT 2003
  
  Hi Prabhudas,
  
  I was planning to visit the Flushing temple. My email id is sridhar_ms@yahoo.com
  
  
• From: Sridhar Balasubrmanian\ (@ 128.107.253.42) on: Thu Oct 16 22:44:23 EDT 2003
  
  People in the west/NW, plz. feel free to contact me @ 408 937 6008(R) or email me @ sridhar_b12@yahoo.com. It's the energy/enthusiasm of you all which is going to make this project a successful one.
  
  Sridhar
  
  
• From: Ramesh Venkatraman (@ 203.199.211.137) on: Fri Oct 17 03:22:08 EDT 2003
  
  The Symphony # 1 tamasha was on for about 10 years from 1993 July.
  
  Then the Raajangahm tamasha was on for a few years. Supposed to be the official cyber site of the Maestro! Much talk was on about the new works that the Maestro was working on like “Moods of Ilaiyaraaja” and about the way it is going to be distributed thru the site etc. The Raajangahm team had a meeting with the man himself in the US of A and in Chennai and then they wrote about it as if they had a meeting with the Lord himself.
  
  Now we have the Thiruvasagam Symphony tamasha.
  
  You have to admit that every time Ilaiyaraaja is lucky enough to get some dedicated emotional fools who tom tom the whole world about the great work the Maestro is going to present to the world and then fizzle out.
  
  Come again, what is the project? Every one should give $5 or pay upfront for the CD/tape. With that they will create the product and sell it, isn’t it?
  
  There should be a limit to emotional exploitation man! And Mr. Ilaiyaraaja should not think that he can fool all the people all the time.
  
  And the joke is when one of the neo converts who is leading this effort in the USA wrote “if he wants he can approach any corporate or music companies who will be ever ready to fund this project. But he wants the common man to be involved in this project; each and every one should play their part. God uttered this on his way to Tiruvannamalai”. Good joke that is all I can say.
  
  The fact is no record company or corporate house will touch him with a barge pole. When they invest what will they get in return? What is the market for this kind of product? And what is his track record?
  
  What is the guarantee that the product he promises to create has a market in relation to the project cost?
  
  It is all plain ego trips for the Maestro. And he does not have the common sense to realize that unless he releases his first work, the much talked about work with the RPO, he has no locus standi to approach any record labels. And to make his record clean, that at last he also has released a symphonic work, he trying all these kind of emotional, unethical tricks to hoodwink people to fund his project.
  
  When he does not have a confidence to release a simple symphonic orchestral work recorded with one of the best orchestras in the world, ten years back, on what basis you can be convinced that this will be a different work acceptable to all; particularly to critics about whom he dreads so much!
  
  Translate a Tamil classic into English and then make it into a Choir/Opera kind of work is it?
  
  All humbug Mr. Ilaiyaraaja! This will lead you no where. Come out of the closet.
  
  Ramesh
  (a die hard IR fan but unfortunately not an emotional fool)
  
  
• From: Raja (@ 128.107.253.42) on: Fri Oct 17 07:31:45 EDT 2003
  
  Ramesh,
  
  You claim to be a die hard IR fan..but asking
  "what is his track record?"..also claim to be not an fool..
  
  Everything seems to be contradictory :)
  
  
• From: Sridhar Seetharaman (@ 67.83.146.59) on: Fri Oct 17 07:53:24 EDT 2003
  
  Pulavarae (Ramesh),
  
  Avan-Ivan engindra ega vasanam vendaam! Indha avaiyil ellorum ondrae.
  
  All your questions are valid. I completely agree that we should not be exploiting the people who grew up with his music.
  
  Without taking too much of your time, let me explain. I have no plans to talk about previous failures since I dont have any information. But I can talk with complete confidence about this project to root out any skepticism.
  
  1. PBS USA is funded mostly by public (PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE). Since there is no commercial motivation, PBS has been able to produce some of the best works for people. This includes Barney, Arthur etc for the kids and brilliant documentaries like "The blues" http://www.pbs.org/theblues/ etc.
  
  2. Tamil Maiyam has the same focus to bring out good projects that may not make commercial sense, but have a deeper value for community.
  
  3. This project has gained tremendous momentum in India and Europe (Thanks to one man, Father Jegath) and is pushing forward like a Energizer Bunny.
  
  4. We are getting donations not only from fans of Ilaiyaraaja. At this point, we are also involving large organisations (Yaaraiyum udaradhaa illai. Mavanae! Orae amukku!).
  
  5. Since these are donations, please don't expect any CDs/Tapes. Of course, you can always wait and pick up the CD when it is ready.
  
  6. The 'Thiruvasakam in Symphony' project is coordinated by Tamil Maiyam a registered non-profit tax-exempt organization. It is committed to bring out high quality productions in Tamil art, culture and literature. It promotes research efforts on Tamil society and endeavors to educate and train quality media personnel.
  
  7. The proceeds from this project will be spent on establishing: An International College of Music and Fine Arts in Chennai under the leadership of Mr. Ilaiyaraaja, a similar college in North Eastern Sri Lanka and a research foundation in Tamil Nadu.
  
  Please do not hesitate to throw as many questions as possible.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Venki (@ 192.127.94.7) on: Fri Oct 17 08:42:43 EDT 2003
  
  Dear Mr. Ramesh Venkatraman, I almost stand by you regarding the Thiruvasakam In Symphony project. But the only point I differ is that ' I THINK ILAYARAJA HIMSELF MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF SUCH A THING GOING ON...'.
  
  Nobody sees a valid approval anywhere. Anybody in this forum knows that I'm an iron fan of Raaja.
  
  If any organization is trying to bring out good projects, let them try to bringout the Symphony which is already there composed by Raaja.
  
  One man everybody knows here is Raaja and only him and it is not Dr. Father Jegath. I don't know who he is.
  
  If Raaja would approve for donations from his fans, Man... why will he talk about it only to Dr. Father Jegath.
  
  I repeat what I had told earlier,
  God! let all this about the Tiruvasakam In Symphony be true all be true and Raaja compose more and more for us all.
  
  I will only be very happy if Raaja composes something like Tiruvasakam In Symphony.
  
  
  Any body want to contact me, mail to me at venkiks@yahoo.com
  
  
• From: kk (@ 192.11.189.114) on: Fri Oct 17 08:42:56 EDT 2003
  
  Hi Sridhar,
  I am eagar to donate and waiting for you to create the Paypal account. But I am afraid for Raja and organisers like you, what if he loses interest in this Project like what happened with RPO and Mood of Ilayaraja. Since this seems to be like partly public funded unlike other projects your team will answerable to end product and questions like what Ramesh had asked.
  
  
• From: Ramesh Venkatraman (@ 203.199.211.137) on: Fri Oct 17 08:58:16 EDT 2003
  
  Raja,
  
  By track record I mean in big symphonic orchestral scores. He has recorded some thing with the RPO ten years back. His first major orchestral work in concert music. The whole world knows about it. But unless it is published/released and made available, he has no track record in that genre of music. And this will haunt him what ever he tries to do in that sphere of music.
  
  Ramesh
  
  

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