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Q. WHAT ARE THE WORDS TO 'ARIA'?
A. There aren't any words. They are 'vocal expressions' or sounds. The song is loosely based on a French Opera from the 19th century called 'Lakme' by Leo Delibes. 'Aria' was first used in a commercial for British Airways and later developed into the full song you now know and can't get out of your head (at least I can't... but that's okay by me).

Q. CAN I BUY THE LIVE VERSION OF 'ARIA' FROM 'LIVE AT THE ACROPOLIS'?
A. A recently released 'greatest hits' CD has been released by Windham Hill, and it contains the live version. The CD is called "In the Mirror."

Q. WHEN IS YANNI COMING TO... [insert various towns or countries here]?
A. He's not on tour right now. No solid word on when he will be touring again... probably sometime in 1999, but I'm not sure.

Q. WHERE DOES YANNI LIVE?
A. He recently purchased a home in Florida (not exactly sure where). He also has a home in Los Angeles, and either does or did have a home near Seattle.

Q. WHEN'S A NEW ALBUM COMING OUT?
A. His latest release is "Tribute," which came out in November, 1997. No word on when another will be released.

Q. IS YANNI MARRIES/SEEING ANYONE?
A. Not as far as I know. He used to be with actress Linda Evans, but they split up in not too long ago after several years together.

Q. IS THERE SHEET MUSIC AVAILABLE FOR YANNI'S MUSIC?
A. Yep... there are two full books, plus another that contains some Yanni songs and other artists' songs. They should be available through most stores that sell sheet music, through Hal Leonard Publishing, and through YIN (Yanni International)... see the Unofficial Yanni Web Page for the address for YIN. Please note that this page and mailing list are not affiliated with Yanni, Private Music, BMG Entertainment, or YIN. See http://www.teleport.com/~celinec/yanni/yan_sheet.shtml for more info on the books available.

Q. IS THERE AN OFFICIAL YANNI WEB PAGE?
A. Yep. It's at http://www.yannitribute.com.

Q. IS YANNI HIMSELF ON THE WEB/INTERNET?
A. All indications are that he isn't. It doesn't seem that it's likely to happen, either.

Q. HOW OLD IS YANNI?
A. He was born in 1954, on November 14th. This date has been confirmed.

Q. WHERE CAN I FIND MORE INFO ON YANNI?
A. From the list (which is full of the coolest, nicest people on the internet), and from the Unofficial Yanni Web Page, which contains links to a few other Yanni related sites. Feel free to ask questions to the kind folks on the list, post comments, etc.

3. A Few Reminders, Rules, Suggestions, Etc

• All list spammers will be reported to the postmaster of their internet provider immediately. No ads, flames, or foul language will be tolerated. I can't stress this enough -- please be respectful of others' opinions, and they will hopefully respect you in return.
• Please quote only the relevant parts of a message when replying. Especially avoid quoting the message footer that's attached to all messages. This has been a problem as of late...
• Disagreements happen -- if you have a problem with someone on the list, please try to work it out privately (through personal email). If a problem persists, email me (celinec@teleport.com) privately. And some topics are better left untouched (John Tesh seems to be one), because people's opinions vary greatly sometimes, which can bring up strong emotions and disagreements that don't really have a place on this list. Any topics that should be left alone are decided upon by the members of the list as a whole, not by me alone.
• Please try to stay on topic, which is, of course, Yanni and his music. A little straying is acceptable, but if you really want to pursue other topics, please do so in private email.
• The mailing list is set up to automatically suspend your subscription should you bounce to many messages to your email box. It will send you warnings should this occur, but if it can't get through to you, then obviously you won't see the warnings. If you stop receiving messages, even if you didn't know you were having problems with your email, that probably means you were unsubscribed. Please resubscribe to the list to again receive messages. I would email to let you know what happened, but if the list can't deliver email to you, neither can I.

Q. HELP! I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH ALL THE EMAIL BEING SENT FROM THIS LIST!!
A. Take a deep breath, and try to remain calm. I have a suggestion that just might work. Try subscribing to the *digest* version of this list (see 1. List Info for instructions), and unsubscribe from the *normal* version. A digest is where all the email from a given time period (in this case, it's once a day) is compiled into one rather long email message. So you get one messages every day instead of several per day.

Q. I WANT TO UNSUBSCRIBE, BUT I DIDN'T KEEP MY 'WELCOME TO YANNIFANS' EMAIL THAT CONTAIN THE INSTRUCTIONS. CAN I EMAIL YANNIFANS@TELELISTS.COM TO UNSUBSCRIBE?
A. NO!!!!!!!!! Every single email you receive from the list contains information on how to unsubscribe. Simply follow those instructions. It's not hard. :) Q. I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THIS FAQ. WHERE DO I WRITE WITH MY SUGGESTIONS?
A. Anyone is welcome to email me (celinec@teleport.com) with suggestions for this FAQ, or you can post suggestions to the list. This FAQ is a work in progress, so please feel free to add to it.

Q. I WANT TO SEND AN ATTACHMENT (SUCH AS A MIDI FILE, ETC.) TO YANNIFANS@TELELISTS.COM. SHOULD I?
A. Attachments aren't accepted to the list itself. If you want to sent it to just one or a few people on the list, then send it to their private email addresses, not to the list. And if you want everyone to have access to the list, try to find a web space to put it on, then post the URL (where the file is located) to the list.. Chances are you have your own web space with your online service or internet account, so explore that first. You can also email me (celinec@teleport.com) if you think it would be a good thing to put on my Unofficial Yanni Web Page (I have MIDI files, concert photos, etc. currently, and am always looking for more stuff to add).

Q. I WANT TO POST AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR A PRODUCT THAT I'M SURE THE LIST SUBSCRIBERS WILL JUST LOVE. CAN I?
A. No. Ads are not allowed, and there are no exceptions. This is known as list spamming, and will not be tolerated. You will be unsubscribed from the list, and possibly (more like probably) reported to your email provider's postmaster (who has the ability to terminate your internet account for spamming).

Q. I WANT TO ALERT FELLOW MEMBERS TO A POSSIBLE EMAIL VIRUS. WHAT'CHA THINK OF THAT?
A. I can perfectly understand wanting to look out for your fellow list members. But be aware of how viruses are really spread before alerting others. Your system cannot be infected by a virus simply by reading an email message. If you receive an email that has a binary attachment, and you download or decode and run that attachment without first checking the file with anti-virus software, then it could become infected if that file contains a virus. For more information on such software, please see:

And for more info on the most notorious email virus myth, Good Times, please see:

We don't want to perpetuate hoaxes and myths on the list, so please do some checking on the validity of supposed viruses before posting.

Q. SO, CHAIN LETTERS...
A. No chain letters (you know, the ones which tell you to forward it to x number of your friends), advertisements, get rich quick schemes, misleading emails about a product or services, etc. In other words, this list is about Yanni and *relates* topics. Please, stick to that for the sake of everyone on the list.

Q. I WANT TO POST AN ARTICLE OR OTHER COPYRIGHTED PRINTED MATERIAL ABOUT YANNI TO THE LIST. ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT?
A. Yes, I'm afraid. Since reproducing someone else's work is a copyright infringement (a work is almost certainly copyrighted unless specifically placed into the public domain by the author, even if it doesn't have a copyright notice), I don't want it reproduced on the list. It may seem harmless, but you would be, in effect, distributing a copyrighted work to about 200+ people. You can quote portions of something to prove a point (such as for research purposes), but not in its entirety.

Q. I'M A SUBSCRIBER UNDER ONE EMAIL ADDRESS, BUT I WANT TO POST FROM ANOTHER. CAN I DO THIS?
A. Not unless you subscribe the other address. Only those addresses that are subscribed can post. It will just be bounced to me (Celine) otherwise. This is to help prevent non-members from spamming the list. This can sometimes be a pain to subscribers who don't have their email programs configured correctly to account for their providers adding machine names, etc., to their 'from' fields in their emails (see the next question), but it's better than having to put up with spammers.

Q. I'M TRYING TO POST FROM THE SUBSCRIBED ADDRESS, BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO DO IT. I SEND MY POST BUT THEN I DON'T SEE IT ON THE LIST. WHAT GIVES?
A. First, make sure you are emailing yannifans@telelists.com. If you are and your post still doesn't show up (give it a day to account for slow processing time on email), then check how your email address shows up in your mail program. Is is the same as how you subscribed? The mailing list needs your address exactly, or it doesn't know if it's you posting or a non-member. If this all sounds too confusing, email me (celinec@teleport.com) and I'll try to figure out the problem.

Q. I EMAILED YOU AT CELINEC@TELEPORT.COM WITH A PRIVATE QUESTION OR COMMENT AND I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK. ARE YOU IGNORING ME?
A. No, I'm sure not. I read all the email I receive, and on occasion actually remember to respond... I get a lot of email every day, and I don't always keep up. If I don't respond, bug me until I do. I don't mean to forget and/or procrastinate on getting back to people, but I have a tendency to succeed, anyway. But, I can say I've been better about this bad habit... but I'm not 100% cured. Please forgive me.

Q. WHEN ARE ALL THESE Q's AND A's GOING TO END, ALREADY???
A. Oh, I don't know... I thought I would just keep rambling............

4. Disclaimer

Here goes... as always, if there's anything I should have here, please let me know:

The opinions, etc. expressed within the emails of the mailing list belong solely to the person or persons who wrote the original message. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the list maintainer or the other subscribers to the list, and especially don't reflect Yanni and related entities (see next paragraph). Heck, they might not even represent the options of the original author of the email. You just never know.

This list is not related in any way to Yanni, Yanni's business office or any other official entity relating to Yanni, and makes no claims otherwise. You may see us linked or mentioned in some manner by the above, but that does not constitute endorsement or affiliation.

Celine Chamberlin reserves the right to discontinue the subscription of any person or persons who are disrupting the purpose of the list, and/or going against the conduct outlined in this FAQ. It is assumed that the FAQ has been read prior to making any posts to the list.

Yannifans FAQ, Copyright © 1995-98, Celine Chamberlin (celinec@teleport.com). Go ahead and copy this thing if you want, but please leave this copyright notice intact, so people will be aware of who's big idea it was to write it in the first place. Yes, I do take responsibility.