Eli HAYQi masin
Yesterday the city celebrated, not only the first Republic's anniversary, but also the long awaited opening of Northern Avenue. (Well actually, only the first quarter of the Avenue.) Hopefully one of us will take a shot from the finished end of the Avenue to post on here. Raffi's picture is from the other end of the Avenue which will probably be completed ... hmmm, God knows when.
Things have been crazy with this song/project I keep mentioning in my last few logs. Many are calling it the anthem of the year, parents hate it cause their kids overplay it, and the video has been the longest running #1 song on the state owned Nor Alik TV channel.
The director of the state TV station H1 was interviewed recently, and the subject of payola came up. Like most countries, artists (or labels) pay a lot of money to radio and TV stations to air their songs/videos. Just to give you an example of how expensive payola can be in Armenia, the local TV station Tar21 charges artists $500 US a month to show a music video once or twice a day. In the interview I mentioned, the director of the state TV station said, "It's possible for a song to be a hit without having to buy airtime, just look at the song Qami Pchi by HAYQ."
Funny story ... just over a month ago Tar21 had approached the group with interest in airing the video, but also emphasized their $500 fee. The group didn't show interest. Now, seeing that all the other stations are constantly airing the video, Tar21 has asked the group for a copy of the video, with no mention of their ridiculous fee.
In the meantime, all the members of the group and I have become extremely stressed over lack of finances. Since this song was stolen and included on numerous pirated albums before we could officially put it out and collect royalties, we're still trying to figure out what the next step should be.
We're actually waiting for a miracle to happen, for someone to offer just a bit of money for this project to continue. If anyone can think of any organization or person that would be interested in being a part of such a project please let me know.
If I could be sure a few hundred people will download the song through iTunes or other online stores I will have the song uploaded. This way we'll hopefully make a little bit of income for the guys. The group is also doing a few shows here and there to save up some money for the next song and video. The full length album will hopefully follow.
With that said, if anyone has any ideas or feedback please ...
Things have been crazy with this song/project I keep mentioning in my last few logs. Many are calling it the anthem of the year, parents hate it cause their kids overplay it, and the video has been the longest running #1 song on the state owned Nor Alik TV channel.
The director of the state TV station H1 was interviewed recently, and the subject of payola came up. Like most countries, artists (or labels) pay a lot of money to radio and TV stations to air their songs/videos. Just to give you an example of how expensive payola can be in Armenia, the local TV station Tar21 charges artists $500 US a month to show a music video once or twice a day. In the interview I mentioned, the director of the state TV station said, "It's possible for a song to be a hit without having to buy airtime, just look at the song Qami Pchi by HAYQ."
Funny story ... just over a month ago Tar21 had approached the group with interest in airing the video, but also emphasized their $500 fee. The group didn't show interest. Now, seeing that all the other stations are constantly airing the video, Tar21 has asked the group for a copy of the video, with no mention of their ridiculous fee.
In the meantime, all the members of the group and I have become extremely stressed over lack of finances. Since this song was stolen and included on numerous pirated albums before we could officially put it out and collect royalties, we're still trying to figure out what the next step should be.
We're actually waiting for a miracle to happen, for someone to offer just a bit of money for this project to continue. If anyone can think of any organization or person that would be interested in being a part of such a project please let me know.
If I could be sure a few hundred people will download the song through iTunes or other online stores I will have the song uploaded. This way we'll hopefully make a little bit of income for the guys. The group is also doing a few shows here and there to save up some money for the next song and video. The full length album will hopefully follow.
With that said, if anyone has any ideas or feedback please ...
posted by Der Hova at 11:59 AM
5 Comments:
Please leave your email address and i will contact you regarding helping HAYQ with money. thanks. will be in armenia soon so i can try see what i can do.
To gev and anyone else,
Concerning HAYQ, please write to the following email address
hayqproject@gmail.com
Thank you.
upload on itunes...quickly.
You should upload on itunes. Thankfully, Diaspora does not have the same piroted access as in Amenia, hence a bigger untapped market. I will buy the song a few times over to help. I think it is fantastic to hear something so new and different coming out of Armenia. Keep it coming! You have a lot of support!
I vote I-tunes.. how else can we diasporans get it on our i-pods??? : )
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