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Tibetan chants go online
Rock legend Peter Gabriel is linking up with a Tibetan lama to put a Buddhist prayer chant on the internet for the first time.
He is planning to use the web to promote the spirtualism of Tibetan music.
Mr Gabriel says he cannot predict how big the audience will be, but says the internet opens up new opportunities for ordinary people.
"It's a great link between people and a wonderful opportunity to communicate things that are normally of minority interest," said Mr Gabriel.
Mr Gabriel says he decided on the project because Tibetan prayer chants are so moving and powerful.
"When I was 17, I first heard Tibetan lamas chanting, and it's probably the most mesmerising music I've ever heard," he says.
Mr Gabriel says he is convinced the internet's influence will grow in peoples' everyday life, giving them access to all different kinds of things, including those of a spiritual nature.
"Everyone is going to become more and more aware of its potential ...that it can have all sorts of real-contented stuff useful to people in all parts of their lives," he said.
He is planning to use the web to promote the spirtualism of Tibetan music.
Mr Gabriel says he cannot predict how big the audience will be, but says the internet opens up new opportunities for ordinary people.
"It's a great link between people and a wonderful opportunity to communicate things that are normally of minority interest," said Mr Gabriel.
Mr Gabriel says he decided on the project because Tibetan prayer chants are so moving and powerful.
 Peter Gabriel |
Mr Gabriel says he is convinced the internet's influence will grow in peoples' everyday life, giving them access to all different kinds of things, including those of a spiritual nature.
"Everyone is going to become more and more aware of its potential ...that it can have all sorts of real-contented stuff useful to people in all parts of their lives," he said.
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