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A.R. Rahman to open studio in Los Angeles.


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Nevada (US), Aug.14 (ANI): India's Oscar winner A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (Tamil: ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மான்) (born on January 6 1966 as A. S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is an award-winning composer, record producer and musician.  is developing studios in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  (USA) and London (UK), according to according to
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He already has studios in Chennai and Mumbai, and With him going international, this will facilitate him to work with his music teams in Los Angeles and London. He reportedly said recently that he was in the middle of getting loans sanctioned for the project.

Welcoming Rahman's move, Indian-American leader Rajan Zed Rajan Zed is a Hindu chaplain from Reno. He is director of interfaith relations for the Hindu Temple of Northern Nevada, which is raising money to build a Hindu temple in the Reno area.  said this would create more avenues to spread Indian music in the world and more opportunities for musicians of the West to indulge in the richness of musical traditions of India.

Rahman launched his first studio for mixing/recording music in Chennai in 1992. Starting piano training at age four, he began working at 11 as a keyboardist with a music troupe.

His about 3,000 square-foot recording studio in Chennai named A. M. Studios and described as a "tranquil oasis", is developed by "Studio 440" of Hollywood (USA) and took about three years to finish, whose skillful skill·ful  
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1. Possessing or exercising skill; expert. See Synonyms at proficient.

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 design blends traditional materials with modern technology.

Rahman, who has reportedly recorded sales of over 300 million, was called the "Mozart of Madras" by Time magazine.

Rahman sees music "as a way to connect to spirituality and embrace it" and for "creating harmony in troubled times". (ANI)

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