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Why is TFM dominated by one MD at at time ?

Topic started by RV (@ nat-20.avanticorp.com) on Tue Feb 10 21:52:22 EST 1998.
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• From: chandy (@ 209.125.83.228) on: Tue Jun 22 15:16:43 EDT 1999
  
  Aruvi,
  
  The hype is more a function of time. These days, due to satellite TV, internet and music channels, its natural that there is more scope for publicity. Any movie / music albums worth a penny has its share on publicity and one gets to hear more about them, which wasnt the case in early 90s or earlier. And music is making more money than what it used to, a few years back. Hype and promotion are natural byproducts, one cannot blame a MD for riding on such hypes and promotion.
  
  Deva might produce (re-produce) more albums now, but he isnt the one whos "dominating" the scene today. He might have 200 songs to his credit, out of which only a fraction could be "hits". ARR produces less albums per year as compared to others, but the proportion of his hits are much higher!!
  
  chandy
  
  
• From: sabesan (@ ws-209-233-228-171.isrworld.com) on: Tue Jun 22 21:51:15 EDT 1999
  
  proportion of hits are much higher?????
  
  was ARR's any recent music a real hit.... En swasa katre had to be combined with some other old ARR hits for CD sales.... same with padayappaa.... not sure about ARR's latest....
  
  
• From: chandy (@ 209.125.83.228) on: Wed Jun 23 10:22:06 EDT 1999
  
  Sabesan,
  
  If your take the proportion of hits, ARR fares kuch better than Deva who seems to be prooducing one album every week!!
  
  Adding a CD to En Swasa Katre was more a marketing gimmick by Pyramid(??) rather than to boost the album's sales. IMO, ESK is a very good album and the songs have been well appreciated (refer to ARR new album's thread.
  
  Going by TV countdown shows which are to a large extent based on the album sales in T-Nadu, ESK and Padaiappa have been `commerical' hits.
  
  chandy
  
  
  
• From: Geetha (@ gatekeeper.oracle.co.uk) on: Tue Jun 29 06:25:10 EDT 1999
  
  Facts and Figures - Album Sales(Source Kumudham or AV)
  
  1) ARR
  2) IR
  3) SAR
  4) Deva
  
  I think it was mentioned that even though ARR and SAR didn't do as many albums as IR and Deva, their sales were very good.
  
  
• From: BBB (@ dialup-209.245.202.248.houston1.level3.net) on: Tue Jun 29 09:32:17 EDT 1999
  
  ir sells more than deva??? interesting but not quite believable! wonder how they got these figures...
  
  
• From: Geetha (@ gatekeeper.oracle.co.uk) on: Tue Jun 29 10:12:01 EDT 1999
  
  BBB: I will try and find out more. Does anyone here read the facts and figures section in the magazines? Maybe any avid readers can help us.
  
  
• From: bb (@ inehou-pxy04.compaq.com) on: Tue Jun 29 10:26:03 EDT 1999
  
  sorry, bb became bbb:))
  
  
• From: Geetha (@ gatekeeper.oracle.co.uk) on: Tue Jun 29 11:08:11 EDT 1999
  
  Big :)
  
  
• From: Raj (@ master.hyd.deshaw.com) on: Tue Jun 29 11:23:44 EDT 1999
  
  Oh!Its you ,BB? I thought some Burma Bajaar Bakkiri:)))
  
  
• From: Praveen (@ niger.isr.umd.edu) on: Tue Jun 29 11:56:49 EDT 1999
  
  bb,
  Oru spelling mistakele ivalavu vangi kattikitiya :)
  Btw, can u help me in the CDs with more than 95% ... thread. I heard something abt your london trip.
  
  
• From: Swami (@ avalanche-ext.wise.edt.ericsson.se) on: Tue Jun 29 14:26:21 EDT 1999
  
  I really hate PRYRAMID as far as marketing of CD's. When it comes to ARR it promotes his music with a free CD. Look ESK, padayappa, Sangamam......but those guys didn't do the same thing for "poovellam kettupar". I feel the album was in calibre with any ARR score of late.
  
  Please don't come with a reason YSR is nowhere, it will be a dorky thing. The fact is he's got a lot of stuff and he should have been atleast encouraged rather than following cheap partial stuff like this. Not a good thing PYRAMID guys ........
  
  
• From: rajaG (@ daecfp01.sprint.com) on: Tue Jun 29 15:39:11 EDT 1999
  
  Swami,
  
  avaa freeyaa koduthha CD poovellam kEttu paaraa ?:-)
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Swami (@ wp2.ericy.com) on: Tue Jun 29 17:28:20 EDT 1999
  
  Nalla joke rajaG. aanna vishayam enanaaa PYRAMID kodutha free CD's with ESK(hits of arr), sangamam(hits of arr) were as if like, the sales of the CD's those films were horrible, that PYRAMID flusehed them out. naan enna sollarena, PKP kooda antha flush out'sa joint happening panni irukkalam'than.
  
  
• From: MS (@ rodica.ece.sc.edu) on: Tue Jun 29 21:36:30 EDT 1999
  
  Swami:
  
  may be free CD naala than padayappa viththuthunnu ninaikkirEn :-)
  
  
• From: Kamesh (@ hlr-13-132.tm.net.my) on: Wed Jun 30 02:52:30 EDT 1999
  
  I see a lot of people buying padayappa and ESK songs in CD's. Most of them know abt this free CD only after they have made the decision and when they want to just play it and see. MS pannadhu nalla joke but a poor statement.
  
  
• From: Geetha (@ gatekeeper.oracle.co.uk) on: Wed Jun 30 06:08:28 EDT 1999
  
  I didn't get a free CD with Padayappa, Sangamam or ESK and all mine are Pyramid CD's. I also bought Poovellaam Ketupaar on a Pyramid CD. I agree with Kamesh, the free CD's they give are utter cr** anyway, one that I heard has the worst compilation of songs ever.
  
  
• From: S (@ 129.188.33.221) on: Wed Jun 30 09:47:22 EDT 1999
  
  relax kamesh, didn't u see the smiley after his (MS) statement ?? :-) (nAnum smiley pOttirukkEn ;-) )
  
  
• From: chandy (@ 209.125.83.228) on: Wed Jun 30 10:04:48 EDT 1999
  
  I bought ESK and only then did I realise that there was a free CD inside the case.
  
  If a company has huge surplus of unsold CDs, one good way to get rid of it to offer it free along with some new CD. From customer's perspective, this is a "bonus" they get. Most customers arent going to buy a ESK CD just because there is an additional CD that comes with it.
  
  A company gets dual benefits by this. It'll help it get rid of the surplus, plus it'll also boost the sales of the main album. If the company is gonna give a free CD along with some relatively unknown album for which the sales arent guaranteed, whats the point??
  
  There have also been instances (I know of some in HFM) where a second free CD has been offered after some period, when an estimate of the main album's sales are known.
  
  
  
  
• From: sabesan (@ ws-209-233-228-202.isrworld.com) on: Wed Jun 30 12:45:08 EDT 1999
  
  sorry geetha.... u r wrong about the cr**.... i think to increase the sales of ESK, pyramid had put one more very good collections of ARR along with it (i dont have any of ARRs CD.... my brother who bought that was telling me).... well iam not sure if that helped in increasing the sales of ESK.....
  
  
• From: bb (@ inehou-pxy04.compaq.com) on: Wed Jun 30 13:21:24 EDT 1999
  
  chandy, in HFM they add new songs to the album after 100 days of the film in theaters:-)))) especially those films with a mile long titles and some 10 songs in the same tune:))
  
  
• From: Velaiyaththavan (@ 129.252.22.112) on: Wed Jun 30 15:45:57 EDT 1999
  
  Because there was/ is only one composer at a time..eg
  
  (1)GR
  (2)MSV
  (3)IR
  
  No comments about IR/ARR. no saNdais please :-)
  
  (Just wanted to answer the question put in the heading of the thread.......No hard feelings folks :-)
  
  
• From: bb (@ inehou-pxy04.compaq.com) on: Wed Jun 30 17:45:27 EDT 1999
  
  GR was the only one composer at a time??? no!
  
  
• From: Velaiyaththavan (@ 129.252.22.112) on: Wed Jun 30 18:45:16 EDT 1999
  
  oru pEchchukku sonnEn. I meant "composer" not just "music director" :-) (vandhuduviyEppa, udanEy :-))
  
  
• From: The sevond most Veliaythavan of the DF (@ master.hyd.deshaw.com) on: Wed Jun 30 23:43:24 EDT 1999
  
  Velai: BB is also velaiyathavan:)))
  
  
• From: Bharathi (@ m35.chn.vsnl.net.in) on: Sat Jul 3 15:30:55 EDT 1999
  
  (1)In 1960's MSV
  (2)1970-1993, IR
  (3)1994-2100, ARR.
  hainA ?
  
  
• From: AOL_party (@ spider-wj011.proxy.aol.com) on: Sat Jul 3 21:30:46 EDT 1999
  
  hE pOri ,
  1970 mathE IR kutEh hOthA? IR 1976 la shuruvAth kEla. thEncha 1st picture 'annakkili' hOtha. paranthu thEncha 1st recording hOtha 'oru nAl unnOdu oru nAL' gAnA chi. thummAla kOni info dila? kai samajla?
  
  

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