Brian Crain - A Glimmer In Her Eyes

I've created this page just to show my support and spread the word about this very talented and creative pianist. 

Brian was born in Hollywood, California. He has been composing music as long as he can remember. Family members tell him that when he was very young he began whistling nearly all the time. When someone would ask what he was whistling, Brian would usually answer something like, "I don't know. I just made it up."

He was only six years old when his parents bought a baby grand piano, thinking that Brian's musical talents could use a more polished medium. But Brian continued to whistle his songs. He was not drawn to the keyboard.

When he was ten years old, Brian began taking piano lessons, but he soon became bored with the lessons. Besides, the piano took time away from his new passion, baseball. So he gave up the piano. His need to compose, however, would not be stopped. His friends would often hear him whistling his newest compositions during practice or games on the baseball diamond. At this young age, Brian was dreaming of becoming a professional baseball player while whistling his own songs.

When Brian was fifteen years old he began editing award-winning educational films. While he was still a teenager, he began doing sound on Hollywood films. At nineteen years of age, he built his own sound studio to complete the first feature-length film in Hollywood to be finished in R-DAT digital audio. Some of his technical innovations in post-production sound became standard Hollywood practice.

During this time Brian would occasionally sit down at that nearly forgotten piano. He would improvise at the keyboard, just as he had always improvised with his whistling, playing with the notes until something started sounding just right. He was, without realizing it, teaching himself to play the piano.

Also without intending to do it, Brian was training himself to compose at the piano. By his early twenties, he was composing songs for award-winning children's films. He was also still nurturing his dream of playing professional baseball, but after unsuccessful tryouts with professional teams, he sadly let that dream slip away.
It was during this time that his family suggested he record his personal piano works and release them on CD. He had never seriously considered recording for CD release, but when he recorded the first album, it was so well received that he now spends all his time composing and recording his own works. He continues to be encouraged by loyal fans who frequently tell him that his music has changed their lives. Now he jokes that the best thing that ever happened to him was not becoming a professional baseball player.

Brian's compositions Butterfly Waltz, Northern Lights, A Walk in the Forest and Lavender Hills are used as theme music and background music for television dramas and commercials in Asia. The use of Brian's music in this fashion has made him very popular in all of Asia.

In 2005 Brian composed his first two symphonies, entitled Spring Symphonies, which were recorded with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Brian debuted these symphonies with the Dakota Symphony Orchestra on Oct 8th 2005. He also performs regular piano concerts in Asia and the U.S. and is currently working on his eleventh album.

“Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” 
“What you seek is seeking you.”
“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?” 
-Rumi,

"every time you quit,someone else gets your prize ! "
-Robert T.kiyosaki 

لك شيءٌ في هذا العالم فقُمْ ...
-غسان كنفاني-

<3"(وَ تكاد تكون مثلَها يا قمر, مخلوقاً منَ الزَّهر وَ النّدى وَ أنفاسِ الفجر !..)"

"إني أرى {بُرْهَانَ رَبِّهِ} [يوسف: 24] يا حبيبتي، وهو يمنعني أن أكون من سيئاتك وأن تكوني من سيئاتي، ولو أحببت الأنثى لوجدتك في كل أنثى، ولكني أحب ما فيك أنت بخاصتك، وهو الذي لا أعرفه ولا أنت تعرفينه، هو معناك.."

وكل محاسن المرأة هي خيال متخيل ولا حقيقة لشيء منها في الطبيعة، وإنما حقيقتها في العين الناظرة إليها فلا تكون امرأة فاتنة إلا للمفتون بها ليس غير. ولو ردت الطبيعة على من يشبب بامرأة جميلة فيقول لها: هذه محاسنك وهذه فتنتك وهذا سحرك وهذا وهذا؛ لقالت " له الطبيعة: بل هذه كلها شهواتك أنت.
وبهذا يختلف الجمال عند فقد النظر؛ فلا يفتن الأعمى جمال الصورة ولا سحر الشكل ولا فراهة المنظر، وإنما يفتنه صوت المرأة ومجستها ورائحتها.
"فلا حقيقة في المرأة إلا المرأة نفسها؛ ولو أخذت كل أنثى على حقيقتها هذه لما فسد رجل ولا شقيت امرأة، ولا انتظمت حياة كل زوجين بأسبابها التي فيها..

كوني منْ شئتِ أو ما شئتِ , خلقاً ممّا يكبرُ في صدركِ أوْ ممّا يكبرُ في صدري , كوني ثلاثاً منَ النّساءِ كما قلتِ أو ثلاثةً منَ الملائكة , وَ لكنْ لا تكوني ثلاثةَ آلام .."
انفحي نفحَ العطرِ الذي يلمسُ بالرّوح وَ اظْهري مظهرَ الضّوء الذي يلمسُ بالعين وَ لكنْ دعيني في جوّكِ وَ في نورك ..
اصعدي إلى سمائكِ العالية وَ لكنْ ألبسيني قبلَ ذلكَ جناحيْن ..
"كوني ما أرادتْ نفسكِ وَ لكنْ أشعري نفسكِ هذهِ أنّي إنسان !!

"إنّ شوق الارواح العاشقة يحتاج الى تعبير جميل كجمالها,بليغ كبلاغتها,ينفذُ الى قلب الحبيب بقوّةِ الحياة سواء رضيَ أم لمْ يرضَ"

"وتتم امالنا حين لا نُؤمّل"

و ترفَّق بصبرك لا تُجهدْه, و بدمعك لا تُفْنِه, فإِنهما الزادُ والماءُ لمن يقطع هذه المفازة المهلِكة من الدنيا سالماً و لا يريد أن يأكل من جِيفها أو يكون فيها جيفةً تؤكل..
<3 <3-مصطفى صادق الرافعي- 

"إنّي على يَقين من وجود الشّمس حتّى لو لمْ تُشرِق
وإنّي على  يقين من وجودِ الحبّ حتى لو لمْ أشعر به
وإنّي مؤمنٌ بالله حتى لو لمْ أراهْ"
-هذه سطور نقشت على حائط في مدينة كولونيا التي دمرها القصف في الحرب العالمية الثانية-

Brian Crain - A Glimmer In Her Eyes

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