3/20/2020 Trevor Rabin Can Look Away Rar
I am very saddened by the passing of Nelson Mandela, He's someone I'm proud to say I knew. From my point of view, 'our' current politicians are always looking to the next election on their decisions. Honesty and integrity are blurred by selfish, career development and short time thinking. You knew when Mandela spoke, you were hearing total honesty, sincerity, incredible vision and selfless long term thinking that would benifit the country and mankind as a whole. He was brilliant. My feeling is Nelson Mandela was the greatest statesman of my lifetime. The world is worse off without him. Rest in peace Madiba . A gentle giant.
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At 55 minutes, Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin's Can't Look Away was part of the trend: at the same time older people were bemoaning the shortening of the youth. Tape 13 - Live rarites & Big Remix, Tape 14 - Pre-Yes, covers & GTR 2, Tape 15. Trevor Rabin, Can't Look Away, 10:22, And extended version of the album's.
Trevor is very happy to announce that YES has been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Acclaimed as one of the most distinctive songs of the era, Owner of a Lonely Heart has just eclipsed the mark of selling over seven million copies worldwide. The story behind the song unfolded one foggy London morning in 1979. 'The sound in the bathroom was great which is where Owner began...the riff was first along with the chorus, lyric and the melody. Right out of the bathroom I started to record on my four track. I started with the riff, then the melody and lyric for the chorus. The rest took a while to finish.' The weird loud 'shocks' were due to having to make early decisions in having to bounce down over and over again, which resulted in those 'things' being too loud. The idea stuck. The final melody for the song can be heard on the stereo demo of 90124. It went on to become YES' first and only single to reach number one on BIllboard's single charts. Click here to listen to Trevor describe the solo.
Trevor’s latest project has him composing the music for the sports comedy Grudge Match. The film is directed by Peter Segal whom Trevor previously collaborated on the 2008 action comedy Get Smart. Grudge Match is set to be released on December 25, 2013. Click here to see the trailer.
'Tongue Tied' winds up an election day winner by being certified Gold. Grouplove performed the song at the 2012 ASCAP Film & Television awards where Trevor was presented the Henry Mancini award. Click here to see the performance.
Trevor was presented the Electronic Arts Composer Award at Songs of Hope VIII, a special benefit and silent auction presented by City of Hope's Music and Entertainment Industry on October 18. Proceeds from the event benefit City of Hope, ranked as one of America's Best Hospitals as well as a pioneer in the fields of hematopoietic cell transplantation and genetics. Artists participating in this year's Songs of Hope auction included Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, the Eagles, Maroon 5 and Danny Elfman. For more info on City of Hopeclick here. ![]()
Trevor has released ‘Anerley Road’, his new music video. True to form, Trevor self filmed and self directed the entire video. Check it out by clicking here.
The Score with Edmund Stone is a weekly celebration of music in film, a fascinating cultural adventure through America’s best-loved art form. Last week on The Score: A Conversation with Trevor Rabin was featured! You can hear him discuss his work in The Guardian, Get Smart, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Armageddon and much more by listening to an archive of the show here.
With a new Martin guitar just out of the box Trevor got into exploring its sound in Jacaranda studio last night. This little tune was recorded while experimenting with microphone placements and recording techniques. Enjoy . . .
Trevor’s album Jacaranda is on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz charts this week at #16 while continuing to garner critical acclaim. If you'd like to see what the critics are saying about this “instant classic” check out the PRESS page for reviews that keep coming in.
On Thursday, May 24th, at 700pm Trevor appeared on emPOWERme.tv, a site providing interviews with community and cultural leaders from across the globe. If you'd like to see the interview and a preview to his upcoming video go to: www.empowerme.tv
Trevor Rabin releases Jacaranda (Varese Records),his first new solo album in two decades since Can't Look Away. Trevor covers a wide range of styles on the new album, including rock, jazz, and classical. Trevor plays all of the instruments himself, with the exception of drums on the tracks, for which he brought in noted jazz/rock drummer Vinnie Colaiuta (Sting, Frank Zappa), longtime Rabin drummer Lou Molino III, and Rabin’s son Ryan Rabin (Grouplove). He also brought in noted bass guitarist Tal Wilkenfeld (Jeff Beck, Herbie Hancock) who plays on the track “Anerley Road.” Vocalist Liz Constintine is featured on the track “Rescue,” inspired by the film The Guardian. Click on the album cover to get a copy now..
You can hear Trevor catching up with Mark & Brian on his recent appearance on KLOS. Streaming audio can be found at the KLOS website by clicking on the KLOS logo.
Trevor has completed scoring for ABC's latest genre offering, 'Zero Hour'. The story centers on a bizarre twist of fate that pulls a man who's spent 20 years as the editor of a skeptics magazine into one of the most compelling conspiracies in human history. 'Zero Hour' is written and executive produced by Paul Scheuring.
Trevor has been selected to receive the ASCAP Henry Mancini Career Achievement Award in Film & Television in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions to the music of film and television. The honor will be presented in June at the 27th Annual ASCAP awards dinner.
Trevor Rabin has earned a worldwide reputation for his innovative work as a musician and composer. Born in 1954 in Johannesburg, he is the son of a prominent lawyer Godfrey Rabin, who was also a highly respected violinist. Godfrey performed as first chair for the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra for over a decade. His mother was a well known actress and an accomplished classical pianist. Trevor showed a natural gift for music, beginning classical piano lessons from the age of six and, after hearing Hank B. Marvin from the Shadows, started playing guitar at age twelve. One year later he joined his brother Derek's band and started playing his first local gigs soon after. This was to be a stepping stone to forming his first band with some friends, Conglomeration. Within a year of their inception Conglomeration earned a reputation as one of the best bands in Johannesburg. Before long they were headlining pop festivals with bands twice their age. Trevor began doing session work at 17 and established himself as the most sought after session guitarist in South Africa. He developed his production skills while working with all the top producers and arrangers. Notably Trevor worked closely with Mutt Lange, who would book him on all his sessions. As well as being a session musician, Trevor joined a band called Freedoms Children and played to sellout shows all over South Africa. One of the songs Trevor wrote with the band was called 'Wake Up! State of Fear' and was a controversial anti-Apartheid song, which did not sit well with the establishment. After a successful year with Freedoms Children, Trevor was drafted into the South African Army. After two months of basic training, Trevor transferred from an Infantry Division to the Entertainment Unit. Soon after completing his time in the army, Trevor formed the band Rabbitt with former Conglomeration bandmates, Neil Cloud and Ronnie Robot.
Rabbitt became the most successful rock act ever to emerge from South Africa. Trevor and his band mates became teen idol pinups and virtual recluses, having to hide from overzealous fans. In 1976, Rabbitt (now a full time touring band) released its first album, Boys Will Be Boys, which went gold faster than any other South African record in history. For this album, Rabbitt won a Sarie award, the South African equivalent of a Grammy award, for Best Contemporary Pop Music. Rabbitt dominated the South African charts for two years. To this day Rabbitt is considered to be the biggest musical phenomenon ever to come out of South Africa.
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Struggling with the pressures of Rabbitt and the desire to work in London, led Trevor to move to London in 1978. Here he produced such acts as Manfred Mann's Earth Band and released his first solo album, Trevor Rabin. Two more solo albums ensued (1979's Face to Face and 1981's Wolf). Accepting an invitation from industry heavyweight John Kalodner, he moved to Los Angeles to play in an early version of what became Asia. Trevor bowed out of that situation to record demos for a planned solo album, but his plans changed when his demos came to the attention of former Yes bass player Chris Squire. Squire was looking for a guitarist for a new band he was putting together, and Trevor's demos became the basis for the new group Cinema. As the album neared completion, Jon Anderson joined the band and a new incarnation of Yes was born. The Yes 'comeback' album 90125 became by far the biggest-selling of the group's career, launching the group's only #1 single, Rabin's 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart' and only Grammy, 'Cinema'.
In 1989 Trevor released his fourth solo album, 'Can' t Look Away'. After a decade of success, including four albums and four worldwide tours, Trevor parted ways with Yes. Immediately he was offered a film score, the outcome of which proved prolific. Since then he has composed the soundtracks for mega-budget Hollywood movies, enhancing the performances of stars like Will Smith, Nicholas Cage, Denzel Washington and Samuel L Jackson. Trevor has scored ten films for Jerry Bruckheimer and with over $2.4 billion in ticket sales has attested to the success of their partnership.
His theme music backs the American baseball and basketball games and his Remember The Titans score reverberates behind the Olympic Games telecasts.
His collaborations include working with Seal, Michael Jackson, Manfred Mann, Tina Turner, Bob Dylan and Paul Rodgers to name a few.
He has received numerous awards including eleven BMI Film and TV Awards, a Grammy, a Lifetime Achievement Award (Los Angeles Music Awards), a Career Achievement Award (Temecula International Film Festival), and Gold Medal for Excellence in Film Music Award (Park City Film Festival).
The awards reflect the vision that Trevor had from his early days in South Africa. Since then he has also been involved in socio-political commentary and human rights issues. His song 'Wake Up! State of Fear' was one of the first anti-Apartheid songs. 'Working For The People' is a power salute to the Soweto school riots. Margaret 'Lady Afrika' Singana sings with Trevor on 'Tribal Fence' with the lyric eerily forecasting the year that Nelson Mandela would walk out of jail and end apartheid rule. 'Can't Look Away' was inspired by the anguish in South Africa prior to Mandela coming to power.
In 1997 Trevor met Mandela when he became involved in the Princes Trust Concert. The event was held in Johannesburg, which helped raise funds for the unemployed youth of South Africa. He also played at the Princes Trust Concert in 2004 at Wembley Arena with Yes.
Trevor has since become one of the most sought-after film composers in the business, with 34 films to date. He has created music that crosses barriers and genres that have made him one of the premier composers of contemporary music. As a guitarist, keyboardist, singer, songwriter, producer or recording engineer Trevor has established himself as a leader in the contemporary music field.
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