New Delhi - Burma's prominent Rock singer, Lay Phyu and several others has released a Music album, of which the proceedings will go for a charity fund to help victims of Cyclone Nargis, organizers said.
The album titled "Kan Lin Meah Let Mya' or 'Hands With Love', is the first music album dedicated for the victims of the devastating Cyclone that hit Burma's low-lying coastal divisions of Rangoon and Irrawaddy in early May.
"I bought an original VCD of the album for 900 Kyat [79 cents] as a donation for the cyclone victims," said a Lady fan of Lay Phyu and the Iron Cross Band in Rangoon.
The album, which contains a single song, is played and arranged by the famous Burmese Rock Band Iron Cross (IC), and is sponsored by Dagon Beer, a national brewery company, an official at the Dagon Beer told Mizzima.
The song is sang in a group by Lay Phyu and his brother Ahnge, Myo Gyi, Y Wine, Harry Lin, Zaw Pine, R Zarni, Bo Phyu, Han Tun, Maung Maung Zaw Latt, L Lunwar, Thao, Naw Nor, Lay Lay Wa, Tin Zar Maw, Chaw Suu Khin, Thiri J Maung Muang, Sone Thinn Par, Chit Thu Wai, Zam Nu, Cindy and Joe Jar.
The artists, who reportedly sang with out a charge, through the song painted the picture of the suffering of the victims of the cyclone and urge the people to help the survivors in re-building their lives.
The Single Music Video, urges the people to come up with aid for victims of the deathly cyclone that devastated the lives of more than 2.4 million people, with its simple logo on the cover stating 'Let's Donate for Nargis Victims.'
"The album sale is doing extremely good, we have sold out many just in a few days. I would say the album is a hit," a sale manager at Rangoon's popular Mann Thiri music sales center told Mizzima.
She added that while the album is sold at 800 kyat in her shop, within days hundreds of them are already sold out in retail.
Mann Thiri is a popular music distributor, with its head office based in Burma's second largest city of Mandalay.
Despite of the dedication by the artists for the cyclone victims, the album, however, is subject to Burma's illicit music market, where peddlers re-sold pirated music CDs in as less as one third of the original price.
But, the lady fan of Lay Phyu and Iron Cross said she has particularly decided not to buy pirated copies of the album as a dedication for the good cause and as a donation to the suffering victims of the cyclone.
"Till today, I have not seen any peddlers selling pirated CDs of the album on the streets of Rangoon," she said, adding that many of her friends and associates have also made a point to purchase the original copies.
As a follow-up Programme, the Iron Cross with its lead singer Lay Phyu, is gearing to conduct for a live concert that will raise fund for cyclone survivors on August 24.
The concert, which will be held at Rangoon's Thuwana indoor stadium, will be arranged by the Myanmar Music Association and will be the first live concert for Lay Phyu, who has disappeared from performing live concerts since mid-2005.
Meanwhile, another prominent singer Song Oo Hlaing said he and several other artists are jointly working on a music album dedicated for the cyclone victims, and would be releasing soon.
On May 2 and 3, the death Cyclone Nargis lashed through Burma's delta region leaving at least 138,000 deaths or missing and devastating more than 2.4 million people.
While international aid groups including the United Nations have provided assistance to the survivors, local aid workers said, national donors and volunteers are the first groups that have rushed to aid the victims.
But after more than three months, local aid workers said, the number of donors, both international and national, are declining though a few International agencies continues to maintain their presence in Burma Irrawaddy delta.
