Online Music Sales in India

I just read that Google has launched Music Service in India. This looks like a good move. The article suggests that there is a growing demand of online music sales in India. The PwC chart looks just too promising.

It's been long since I bought an Indian music cassette (I have never bought a CD). I have been roaming around since CDs became more prevalent in India and never wanted to invest in a CD player. Also, I think sale of music on CDs was very short-lived. Internet soon made CDs obsolete too. 

After reading this news, I went to www.saregama.com and saw a lot of songs have a price tag of $0.79, which amounts to approx Rs.35. I don't know why but I still feel that Rs35 is a little too much for a song in India. I don't know if I would spend this much to buy a song. I just wonder if people are really spending that much or is it just me who thinks that it's still a high price to pay for a song.