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stanton lanier
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The best introduction to Stanton Lanier is to first listen to his music before you listen to his story. Stanton's stated mission, to offer "peace and rest in a hurried world," is accomplished through storytelling, but not in words. His stories are told through instrumental melodies on the piano, transporting a global listening audience to that unique interior place that brings peace to each person's life and circumstances. From his "2011 Best Neo-Classical Album" nomination (ZMR Music Awards) and "2011 Notable Sacred Music" selection (Christianity Today) for A Thousand Years, to his "2009 Best Holiday Album" December Peace (ZMR Music Awards, winning over Enya and Yo-Yo Ma), the words "calming, soothing, and uplifting" have become a universal description by a global listening audience. His mission to offer "peace and rest in a hurried world" is accomplished through instrumental piano, exquisite visuals and captivating stories from his life and music. Some of Stanton's favorite concert moments are when he interacts with the audience, demonstrating how he composes, and involving them in the creation of a new melody right before their eyes (and ears). Stanton's unlikely beginnings as a chemist and then a financial planner beg for a fuller understanding of how he came to create seven albums, with four produced by Windham Hill Records Founder William Ackerman. He began piano lessons at age six growing up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He wanted to quit piano in middle school because of basketball, but his parents didn't let him. Stanton wrote his first song at age fourteen in Milton, Florida and continued to play and write songs while completing a chemistry degree at Georgia Tech and an MBA at the University of Georgia. Five years into seemingly successful consulting and sales jobs, "career surrender" is the self-described state that found the thirty-year old artist in 1994 struggling to find his purpose. While still working as a financial planner, Stanton's first three self-produced recordings gave rise to a deeper and more urgent calling to completely let go of the practical direction his career was taking. Walk in the Light, Still Waters and Draw Near were produced between 2000 and 2004 using his keyboard and computer. In 2003 two tracks from Still Waters were played on The Weather Channel's "Local on the 8s," leading to CD orders from thirty states and listener testimonies from homes, businesses and hospitals across the U.S. In 2004 Stanton sent an email to the legendary Will Ackerman, Grammy Award winning guitarist and Founder of Windham Hill Records, asking him if he would produce his 4th album. Will accepted and brought Stanton to the George Lucas Skywalker Sound Studio in California to record The Voice. This special friendship and professional relationship between two great artists has spanned seven years and four albums. Ackerman says, "Stanton is among the finest pianists and composers on the contemporary scene . . . his original compositions and brilliant arrangements are filled with soaring inspiration and remarkable peace . . . they add beauty and peace to a world deeply in need of it." Unveiled was released in 2008, and the music reach expanded across radio, television and the internet, including Music Choice's Soundscapes cable channel, Sirius-XM Radio's Spa channel, Les Mills BodyBalance workout DVDs, Lifetime TV's highest rated show Army Wives, NPR, Delilah and Solo Piano Radio. December Peace (2009), a signature collection of traditional and original melodies, is described by leading instrumental reviewer Bill Binkelman as "easily considered the long-hoped for sequel to George Winston's now undeniable classic December." Will Ackerman's words are the perfect description for A Thousand Years (2011). "In his newest recording, Stanton has gracefully and brilliantly combined his composition with references to J.S. Bach, Chopin, Mozart and Pachelbel and a host of well known hymns including Amazing Grace, Holy, Holy, Holy and the Doxolgy among others. Somehow these different worlds and different times meld beautifully in Stanton's heart and hands to create something which is at once new and yet filled with a sense of tradition and ageless import. It is Stanton's most ambitious recording to date and he has achieved all he set out to do. He has now generated a catalogue of heartfelt music which offers peace to a world deeply in need of help." Stanton founded Music to Light the World 501(c)(3) in 2004, with a vision to offer peace, rest, hope and healing. Get Music Give Hope℠ is a program where for every album purchased, one album is donated to a cancer center or hospital (over 20,000 CDs have been donated since November 2009). Stanton lives in Atlanta with his wife and two children, and enjoys sports and cooking. One of his favorite quotes is "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive" (Wild at Heart by John Eldredge). (官网资料)
| 中文名 | stanton lanier |
|---|---|
| 代表作品 | walk in light |
| 出生地 | 北卡罗来纳州 |
| 出生日期 | 2004-00-00 |
| 别名 | stanton lanier |
| 国籍 | 美国 |
| 地区 | 欧美 |
| 年龄 | 17 |
| 毕业院校 | 佐治亚大学 |
| 类似歌手 | 相似艺人 |
| 翻唱 | silent night |
| Alias | stanton lanier |
| Extra | stanton lanier |
| Name | stanton lanier |
| 名称 | stanton lanier |