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[Sapphire Rain]

Hello guys!
I definitely am a GREAT fan of angelic Hayley Westenra! I'm always thankful that I could ever get a chance to know her. The first time that I heard her performance was in Disney's Mulan 2. I wondered :“wow! How angelic!”. Afterward I watched a few videos of her in YouTube. I heard "Majesty", "Peace Shall Come", "Heaven". But as I heard "Mirai He" I instantly fell in love with her voice and I said :"well now I know who's music is deserve to be loved"...

Then I gathered her whole albums and song! I earned her international albums, regionals, compilation and rest of her duets and mp3s. I loved her songs a lot and I never could set a personal top 10 list! Because it's dead hard to decide. But I guess "I'm Kissing You", "Songbird", "Never Saw Blue", "The Water Is Wide", "Tsubomi", "Qanta Qualia", "On The Wings Of Time", "Nada Sou Sou" and etc are my favorites.

I'm very happy that Hayley is the fastest-selling classical début songstress and I'm proud that she has worked with Mastrio Ennio Moricone and Celtic Woman.

Your forum is wonderful!!! I used to check your conversations for months before I great an account. There are many hardworking and active members that talk about Hayley's career and news. This forum is here for about 12 years and I should add that you guys are so loyal about Hayley. I believe that nobody will born like Hayley, her voice is a treasure and we shouldn't let this gem to be forgotten.

PS: I think I won't be an active member in your fourm, because my English is so horrible (but I understand every single word that Hayley sings and she tought me so much) so I guess I wouldn't be a full time member. And unfortunatemy I'm so busy and I have a lot to do. But I try to show up!! XD

Best wishes grant!

[Joe]

Hello and welcome, Sapphire Rain!

Thank you for joining us!  Your first post is wonderful!  Please visit and post when you can! 

Best wishes,
Joe 

[Sapphire Rain]

May 2, 2015 16:16:03 GMT Joe said:

Hello and welcome, Sapphire Rain!

Thank you for joining us!  Your first post is wonderful!  Please visit and post when you can! 

Best wishes,
Joe 

Thanks Joe! I will!

[martindn]

Welcome to the forum Sapphire Rain. Enjoyed your post.

Martin D

[5555555]

May 2, 2015 17:22:46 GMT martindn said:

Welcome to the forum Sapphire Rain. Enjoyed your post.

Martin D

Thank you so much!

[Sapphire Rain]

(I'm same with 5555555)

[Joe]

May 2, 2015 18:07:04 GMT Sapphire Rain said:

(I'm same with 5555555)

Hello Sapphire Rain

May I kindly ask, to avoid confusion, that you post under your Sapphire Rain account only, and not use your 5555555 account? 

Thanks very much,
Joe

[Sapphire Rain]

May 2, 2015 21:51:55 GMT Joe said:

May 2, 2015 18:07:04 GMT Sapphire Rain said:

(I'm same with 5555555)

Hello Sapphire Rain

May I kindly ask, to avoid confusion, that you post under your Sapphire Rain account only, and not use your 5555555 account? 

Thanks very much,
Joe

Of course you can I created that part of my account by an accident, but I didn't know how to delete it. I won't use that again. I will only use "sapphire rain".

[Richard]

Hello Sapphire Rain, and welcome to the forum!

Your English is fine, so please feel free to post as often as you can.

Best wishes from London,

Richard

[frenchie]

Welcome, welcome to the forum!

I agree with Richard! Your English is good and hopefully you can post more regularly.

Take care & read your posts around!
Alicia

[Sapphire Rain]

May 3, 2015 8:01:43 GMT Richard said:

Hello Sapphire Rain, and welcome to the forum!

Your English is fine, so please feel free to post as often as you can.

Best wishes from London,

Richard

Thanks a lot, Richard!

[Sapphire Rain]

May 3, 2015 11:48:59 GMT frenchie said:

Welcome, welcome to the forum!

I agree with Richard! Your English is good and hopefully you can post more regularly.

Take care & read your posts around!
Alicia

Thank you so much, Alicia!

[Libby]

Hello, Sapphire Rain! It was nice reading about how you discovered Hayley. Some of your favorite songs are my favorites, as well, including Songbird and Never Saw Blue, plus a new favorite of mine, Quanta Qualia. It's so beautiful, and I love hearing her hit those really high notes so purely and effortlessly (or so it sounds).

I like your forum name, too. It makes me think of Summer Rain. I'm imagining Hayley singing Summer Rain at a concert you attend, but saying You're my Sapphire Rain, just for your benefit. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Where are you from? I'm guessing somewhere in Asia?

[Sapphire Rain]

May 3, 2015 21:02:41 GMT Libby said:

Hello, Sapphire Rain! It was nice reading about how you discovered Hayley. Some of your favorite songs are my favorites, as well, including Songbird and Never Saw Blue, plus a new favorite of mine, Quanta Qualia. It's so beautiful, and I love hearing her hit those really high notes so purely and effortlessly (or so it sounds).

I like your forum name, too. It makes me think of Summer Rain. I'm imagining Hayley singing Summer Rain at a concert you attend, but saying You're my Sapphire Rain, just for your benefit.

Where are you from? I'm guessing somewhere in Asia?

Haha! I enjoyed reading your replay dear Libby. It's so perfect that each of you understand the beauty of Hayley's voice
You know her voice is so pure and amazing! I wouldn't be able to express the beauty of her voice with words. You know it rises and it falls, it changes from a operatic soprano voice to a soft and gentle vocalize. I'm sure that you have noticed to that high-pitched soprano vocalize at the end of Qanta QItalia, I love that song and rest of her songs. If you notice to Nada Sou Sou, when she sings “if only you could 'FIND' me from where you are” I guess that's the highest zenith of her voice in her career. Or in her Mirai He when she sings “look down upon your feet” or in On The Wings Of Time or when she says "maaaaajesty" in Majesty or Jidai. I think her hidden angelic soprano voice can rise better while singing Maori or Japanese but her Englishs are great too! I have about 210 songs of her and I've never found a problem in her voice! and Also her lyrics are wonderful, too. Unlike the modern lyrics, it's not filled with useless words of loves and crushes, but it's filled with nature, purity, God, true love, mother, life and etc and I think that it's the music that we should be listening to.
And it's fine for her to sing more pop-like songs (like You Are Water or Peace Shall Come) because she CAN perform them effortlessly.

And you know I guess it's better for me to not hear her singing “YOU'RE MY SAPPHIRE RAIN" because I can easily die due to much excitement xD (I love summer rain)
and I think Decca Records isn't a very active lable; it doesn't release singles, it doesn't promote her so much and etc. She really DESERVE a bigger popularity. Sometimes I wonder that her own self didn't want to get too much famous... Because she can do anything with her voice and beauty. Everyone WILL LOVE HER! I know a young man from US air force that The Water Is Wide is one of his favorite songs. One of my friends that is so obsessed with rock and tough music, deeply fell in love with Never Saw Blue. (because every single human loves purity and beauty)

And is it alright if I don't talk about my location? But you guessed right, I'm from Asia. Soooo sorry for talking that much, but I had a lot to say.

Best wishes grant.

[Libby]

May 4, 2015 14:46:28 GMT Sapphire Rain said:

May 3, 2015 21:02:41 GMT Libby said:

Hello, Sapphire Rain! It was nice reading about how you discovered Hayley. Some of your favorite songs are my favorites, as well, including Songbird and Never Saw Blue, plus a new favorite of mine, Quanta Qualia. It's so beautiful, and I love hearing her hit those really high notes so purely and effortlessly (or so it sounds).

I like your forum name, too. It makes me think of Summer Rain. I'm imagining Hayley singing Summer Rain at a concert you attend, but saying You're my Sapphire Rain, just for your benefit.

Where are you from? I'm guessing somewhere in Asia?

Haha! I enjoyed reading your replay dear Libby. It's so perfect that each of you understand the beauty of Hayley's voice
You know her voice is so pure and amazing! I wouldn't be able to express the beauty of her voice with words. You know it rises and it falls, it changes from a operatic soprano voice to a soft and gentle vocalize. I'm sure that you have noticed to that high-pitched soprano vocalize at the end of Qanta QItalia, I love that song and rest of her songs. If you notice to Nada Sou Sou, when she sings “if only you could 'FIND' me from where you are” I guess that's the highest zenith of her voice in her career. Or in her Mirai He when she sings “look down upon your feet” or in On The Wings Of Time or when she says "maaaaajesty" in Majesty or Jidai. I think her hidden angelic soprano voice can rise better while singing Maori or Japanese but her Englishs are great too! I have about 210 songs of her and I've never found a problem in her voice! and Also her lyrics are wonderful, too. Unlike the modern lyrics, it's not filled with useless words of loves and crushes, but it's filled with nature, purity, God, true love, mother, life and etc and I think that it's the music that we should be listening to.
And it's fine for her to sing more pop-like songs (like You Are Water or Peace Shall Come) because she CAN perform them effortlessly.

And you know I guess it's better for me to not hear her singing “YOU'RE MY SAPPHIRE RAIN" because I can easily die due to much excitement xD (I love summer rain)
and I think Decca Records isn't a very active lable; it doesn't release singles, it doesn't promote her so much and etc. She really DESERVE a bigger popularity. Sometimes I wonder that her own self didn't want to get too much famous... Because she can do anything with her voice and beauty. Everyone WILL LOVE HER! I know a young man from US air force that The Water Is Wide is one of his favorite songs. One of my friends that is so obsessed with rock and tough music, deeply fell in love with Never Saw Blue. (because every single human loves purity and beauty)

And is it alright if I don't talk about my location? But you guessed right, I'm from Asia. Soooo sorry for talking that much, but I had a lot to say.

Best wishes grant.

Don't worry, you don't have to tell your location if you're not comfortable doing so.

You're right, many of us agree that it seems like Decca doesn't realize how good she really is, or how good she really can be, and it seems as though they've been holding her back for a long time (maybe not vocally, but as far as her songwriting talents, and her own artistic ability, yes, they have). But we all have high hopes for her next album, which she is working on now.

It's great you've been able to share her music with your friends.