I would rather want see Rahman working with Hans Zimmer On 4/15/06, Roshan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are few similarities in Yanni and ARR ( No, i am > not comparing both) > > both are spiritual and philosophical and believes in > humanity and talks often about how music can bring > peace in the world > > Remember the Tribute Concert in Agra? he was taking > time to explain about human values, meaning of > greatness and how music can bring peace. > > similarly, in most of the interviews of arr, he also > talks about the same (in CNN talk asia, and almost all > of his major interviews) > > Yanni left home (Greek) when he was so young (i think, > at the age of 16) to make it big in international > music > > ARR was supporting his family from the age of 11 or 15 > and became a superstar and now a phenomenon in > indian film industry and now in international music. > > and my favotie Yanni song Nightingale and I have a > similar favorite composed by arr, Bombay dreams > > I think it is good if ARR can produce more of > orchestral music like yanni and do some concert rather > than collaborating with yanni because both of them > have a unique style of their own, and i like the way > they are. totally different and totally genuine. No > one can iminate. > > I am not against collaborating also.. let us just hope > they would, some day.. will be quiet an experience. > > Roshan > > > > > > Both of them create music which stands out in its own > right > > --- Sujay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > I just mentioned Yanni because i felt it would be a > > worldly > > combination if OUR BOSS works with him.. > > > > Anyway here is something about YANNI............ > > > > Along with Slim Whitman, Ray Stevens, and Kenny G, > > New Age artist > > Yanni is one of those inexplicable music curiosities > > who rode to the > > top of the charts on a sea of critical incredulity. > > Dismissed by one > > reviewer as a "musical Fabio," Yanni is known not so > > much for the > > music he makes as the sensation he creates. His > > albums and videos have > > sold multiple millions worldwide, and he has > > personally saved more > > than a few public television stations with his > > prodigious pledge-drive > > potency. > > > > Born Yanni Chryssomallis in Kalamata, Greece, the > > future New Age > > superstar was a national swimming champion in his > > teens. After > > immigrating to the United States in 1972, he passed > > up a career in > > clinical psychology to pursue his creative muse full > > time. A > > self-taught musician, Yanni began composing in his > > head, relying on > > collaborators to put his orchestrations down on > > paper. He released his > > first full-length album, Keys to Imagination, in > > 1986. > > > > The "Yanni sound" changed very little over the next > > several years. > > Gauzy strains of synthesizer continued to waft > > insidiously down upon > > the listener, as vaguely Mediterranean-sounding > > hooks are stated and > > restated by various instruments. The music > > incorporated elements of > > classical, New Age, and world beat into a sonic > > melange that one > > unfavorable reviewer called "aural wallpaper." Even > > Yanni himself > > often referred to the plastic arts when describing > > it. "Music is like > > creating an emotional painting," he explained. "The > > sounds are > > colors." Colors derived from an irritatingly narrow > > spectrum, > > according to some critics, who found Yanni's > > repetition of musical > > themes numbingly aggravating. Despite these > > brickbats, however, the > > Greek tycoon's record sales climbed throughout the > > 1980s. > > > > Yanni's live appearances became major moneymakers as > > well, as the > > mustachioed and classically handsome composer > > developed a large and > > devoted fan following. For concerts, Yanni assembled > > a multi-piece > > orchestra with instrumentation culled from virtually > > every continent, > > over which he would preside beatifically from behind > > a stack of > > keyboards. Yanni often staged his appearances at > > major international > > landmarks, like the Taj Mahal and China's Forbidden > > City. These > > lavishly mounted productions generated enormous > > viewership for public > > television stations across America and were aired > > repeatedly during > > pledge weeks. On one Saturday night in 1994, his > > concert documentary > > at Greece's Acropolis helped one PBS affiliate raise > > over $50,000 in > > pledges. A number of PBS stations even canceled a > > previously scheduled > > Andy Williams special to rebroadcast Yanni's > > performance. > > > > Befitting his superstar status, Yanni cultivated a > > personal life > > designed to keep him in the crosshairs of the > > paparazzi. In 1989, the > > then little-known Yanni began dating Linda Evans, > > star of TV's > > Dynasty. The flaxen-haired beauty reportedly was won > > over by the > > sinewy Greek's command of the music of the spheres. > > They would remain > > a couple until 1998, when conflicts over the > > directions of their > > respective careers compelled them to end the > > relationship. > > > > Indeed, much of Yanni's success has been attributed > > to his appeal to > > women. But the New Age superstar has bristled at the > > suggestion that > > his cover-of-a-romance-novel appearance drove his > > record sales. He > > claimed the bulk of his fan mail comes not from > > sex-starved housewives > > but from the homebound and the infirm, who find his > > music soothing. > > Some have even ascribed healing powers to Yanni's > > compositions, a > > claim the composer modestly deflected away. > > > > "I don't see myself as a peacemaker at all or > > anything like that," he > > told the Orange County Register in 1998, "I'm merely > > standing in one > > place saying it's possible for us to do this, for > > people of the world > > to share in my music. If I can play even a minute > > role in something > > like that in my lifetime, then I will have > > accomplished something > > special." > > > > Yanni's earthly mission continued to draw adherents > > throughout the > > 1990s. In early 1999, he sold out ten dates at New > > York's Radio City > > Music Hall. Other performers have even followed his > > path to success, > > the critics be damned. The composer and former > > Entertainment Tonight > > host John Tesh appeared to have schooled on Yanni's > > PBS-driven > > marketing plan, replete with extravagantly produced > > performances at > > such notable sites as Red Rocks, Nevada. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "parimi > > sreekar" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > guys, > > > anybody tell me who is this yanni most of u r > > talking about.let me know > > > about that person. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The > > Music, The Magic. > > Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman > > e-community. > > > > Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com > > Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo! 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His > > albums and videos have > > sold multiple millions worldwide, and he has > > personally saved more > > than a few public television stations with his > > prodigious pledge-drive > > potency. > > > > Born Yanni Chryssomallis in Kalamata, Greece, the > > future New Age > > superstar was a national swimming champion in his > > teens. After > > immigrating to the United States in 1972, he passed > > up a career in > > clinical psychology to pursue his creative muse full > > time. A > > self-taught musician, Yanni began composing in his > > head, relying on > > collaborators to put his orchestrations down on > > paper. He released his > > first full-length album, Keys to Imagination, in > > 1986. > > > > The "Yanni sound" changed very little over the next > > several years. > > Gauzy strains of synthesizer continued to waft > > insidiously down upon > > the listener, as vaguely Mediterranean-sounding > > hooks are stated and > > restated by various instruments. The music > > incorporated elements of > > classical, New Age, and world beat into a sonic > > melange that one > > unfavorable reviewer called "aural wallpaper." Even > > Yanni himself > > often referred to the plastic arts when describing > > it. "Music is like > > creating an emotional painting," he explained. "The > > sounds are > > colors." Colors derived from an irritatingly narrow > > spectrum, > > according to some critics, who found Yanni's > > repetition of musical > > themes numbingly aggravating. Despite these > > brickbats, however, the > > Greek tycoon's record sales climbed throughout the > > 1980s. > > > > Yanni's live appearances became major moneymakers as > > well, as the > > mustachioed and classically handsome composer > > developed a large and > > devoted fan following. For concerts, Yanni assembled > > a multi-piece > > orchestra with instrumentation culled from virtually > > every continent, > > over which he would preside beatifically from behind > > a stack of > > keyboards. Yanni often staged his appearances at > > major international > > landmarks, like the Taj Mahal and China's Forbidden > > City. These > > lavishly mounted productions generated enormous > > viewership for public > > television stations across America and were aired > > repeatedly during > > pledge weeks. On one Saturday night in 1994, his > > concert documentary > > at Greece's Acropolis helped one PBS affiliate raise > > over $50,000 in > > pledges. A number of PBS stations even canceled a > > previously scheduled > > Andy Williams special to rebroadcast Yanni's > > performance. > > > > Befitting his superstar status, Yanni cultivated a > > personal life > > designed to keep him in the crosshairs of the > > paparazzi. In 1989, the > > then little-known Yanni began dating Linda Evans, > > star of TV's > > Dynasty. The flaxen-haired beauty reportedly was won > > over by the > > sinewy Greek's command of the music of the spheres. > > They would remain > > a couple until 1998, when conflicts over the > > directions of their > > respective careers compelled them to end the > > relationship. > > > > Indeed, much of Yanni's success has been attributed > > to his appeal to > > women. But the New Age superstar has bristled at the > > suggestion that > > his cover-of-a-romance-novel appearance drove his > > record sales. He > > claimed the bulk of his fan mail comes not from > > sex-starved housewives > > but from the homebound and the infirm, who find his > > music soothing. > > Some have even ascribed healing powers to Yanni's > > compositions, a > > claim the composer modestly deflected away. > > > > "I don't see myself as a peacemaker at all or > > anything like that," he > > told the Orange County Register in 1998, "I'm merely > > standing in one > > place saying it's possible for us to do this, for > > people of the world > > to share in my music. If I can play even a minute > > role in something > > like that in my lifetime, then I will have > > accomplished something > > special." > > > > Yanni's earthly mission continued to draw adherents > > throughout the > > 1990s. In early 1999, he sold out ten dates at New > > York's Radio City > > Music Hall. Other performers have even followed his > > path to success, > > the critics be damned. The composer and former > > Entertainment Tonight > > host John Tesh appeared to have schooled on Yanni's > > PBS-driven > > marketing plan, replete with extravagantly produced > > performances at > > such notable sites as Red Rocks, Nevada. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "parimi > > sreekar" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > guys, > > > anybody tell me who is this yanni most of u r > > talking about.let me know > > > about that person. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The > > Music, The Magic. > > Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman > > e-community. > > > > Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com > > Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo! 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