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Subject: WHo is the real clone now? Author: Jm in vegas [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 15:01:49 04/01/05 Fri Author Host/IP: CPE000f660c6a4b-CM0011ae90e20a.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com/69.194.246.114 now that Lani is getting known here in Las vegas...would you still say she's tryin to copy Regine? It just prove you wrong that she needs to copy someone to be a great singer.She is as great as Regine and maybe even better coz she proved it here in US, not only with Filipinos who have common taste.....haha... [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: WHo is the real dunce now? Author: mmJun- its "great" of you to ask [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:48:41 04/02/05 Sat Author Host/IP: NoHost/203.213.220.134 >now that Lani is getting known here in Las >vegas...would you still say she's tryin to copy >Regine? It just prove you wrong that she needs to copy >someone to be a great singer.She is as great as Regine >and maybe even better coz she proved it here in US, >not only with Filipinos who have common >taste.....haha... mmJun : To clarify info with reader/viewer- It was mentioned here that Lani was copying Regine before when she was "HERE" working in the Philippines under the management of Regine's ex-handlers. It should be easily understood if you been following the story properly as it progressed that Lani was doing it because she was "BEING DIRECTED" to do it. Now I noticed in your post you said, "here in Las Vegas." Why don't you do music fans (and yourself) a real favor and the next time you get to see her in person ask her why she was doing it. Will she pretty much tell you the the same thing? Or cover everything up? B Back then Lani was only doing what she is told to do. Just painfully watching her on "Celebrity Talks" gave you that impression. I don't really just care how good an artist can sing. I also care that they can think and act on their own. And she was being too much of a mouthpiece for someone else. IS SHE STILL A CLONE IN LAS VEGAS? And I don't know if she is still doing her Regine Clone thing in Las Vegas. Its hard to imagine she would. Since she is not under the control of the people who handled her before. What you think? Well you're the one there.. What do you see her doing on stage? Is she being herself now or still trying to be someone else? Let me tell you even though I'm all the way here- You sound like you wouldn't know what you're looking at anyway. She's not a solo singer anymore. Lani is now performing with a music group. That is what she use to do before she starting her recording career. She was a singer in a band that played in Makati and greenhills. And I'll bet in Las Vegas she is feeling very comfortable with performing with/in a group again. Back to being in her old mode. Her real one.. But what happened in the past is a part of music history now. And will not be ignored or erased from memory just because she is somewhere else and working in a different situation. For your information, the LA concert producer who helped booked her there in Las Vegas and acting as her publicist is the person mentioned by Regine's music director as the involve in causing Regine lose her U.S. visa Temporarily. Lani seems to be keeping company with alot of intriguing characters lately. Seems another pal of hers is in jail for bulking alot of Philippines military people out of alot of money. Does 30 billion pesos sound alot? So why are you pestering like that in this Regine fans forum? Its not our fault you failed to read all the posts on Lani topics. And your comprehension needs some tuning up too. Lani left the country because she felt she had to. Do you even know why she would say something like that? Go pester her and find out. Thank you.. mmJun ;-/ http://insidebuzz.tripod.com [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: WHo is the real dunce now? Author: jm in vegas [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:47:14 04/02/05 Sat Author Host/IP: wc06.wlfdle.rnc.net.cable.rogers.com/66.185.84.73 >>now that Lani is getting known here in Las >>vegas...would you still say she's tryin to copy >>Regine? It just prove you wrong that she needs to copy >>someone to be a great singer.She is as great as Regine >>and maybe even better coz she proved it here in US, >>not only with Filipinos who have common >>taste.....haha... > > >mmJun : > >To clarify info with reader/viewer- >It was mentioned here that Lani was copying Regine >before when she was "HERE" working in the Philippines >under the management of Regine's ex-handlers. > >It should be easily understood if you been following >the story properly as it progressed that Lani was >doing it because she was "BEING DIRECTED" >to do it. > >Now I noticed in your post you said, "here in Las >Vegas." > >Why don't you do music fans (and yourself) a real favor >and the next time you get to see her in person ask her >why she was doing it. Will she pretty much tell you the >the same thing? Or cover everything up? B > >Back then Lani was only doing what she is told to do. >Just painfully watching her on "Celebrity Talks" gave >you that impression. > >I don't really just care how good an artist can sing. >I also care that they can think and act on their own. >And she was being too much of a mouthpiece for someone >else. > >IS SHE STILL A CLONE IN LAS VEGAS? >And I don't know if she is still doing her Regine >Clone >thing in Las Vegas. Its hard to imagine she would. >Since >she is not under the control of the people who handled >her before. What you think? Well you're the one there.. >What do you see her doing on stage? Is she being >herself >now or still trying to be someone else? > >Let me tell you even though I'm all the way here- >You sound like you wouldn't know what you're looking at >anyway. She's not a solo singer anymore. Lani is now >performing with a music group. That is what she use to >do before she starting her recording career. She was a >singer in a band that played in Makati and greenhills. > >And I'll bet in Las Vegas she is feeling very >comfortable >with performing with/in a group again. Back to being in >her old mode. Her real one.. > >But what happened in the past is a part of music >history >now. And will not be ignored or erased from memory just >because she is somewhere else and working in a >different >situation. > >For your information, the LA concert producer who >helped >booked her there in Las Vegas and acting as her >publicist >is the person mentioned by Regine's music director as >the >involve in causing Regine lose her U.S. visa >Temporarily. > >Lani seems to be keeping company with alot of >intriguing >characters lately. Seems another pal of hers is in >jail >for bulking alot of Philippines military people out of >alot of money. Does 30 billion pesos sound alot? > >So why are you pestering like that in this Regine fans >forum? Its not our fault you failed to read all the >posts on Lani topics. And your comprehension needs >some tuning up too. > >Lani left the country because she felt she had to. Do >you even know why she would say something like that? >Go pester her and find out. Thank you.. > > >mmJun ;-/ >http://insidebuzz.tripod.com i'm really touched..uh.. you're perfectly right there. but i just wonder if Regine can also make it that far here in Vegas..no offense, she can really be original, but not as good entertainer as Lani, Regine may be a good singer, but not a better entertainer, that's what i mean. and besides, her voice is only appealing for those who easily got impressed with belting and high voice.like i've said.. common Filipino taste.that's why all contestants in any singing contests there sounds the same.They all wanted to do Regine thing which is actually getting boring. All of you have the same flavour.. I doubt if Regine could have a chance to peform that long here in US, i bet Americans will get tired of her style so soon like anyone else.. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Regine does not need Vegas Author: shanikwa [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:00:03 04/04/05 Mon Author Host/IP: 209-203-66-2.gen.twtelecom.net/209.203.66.2 Actually she's having a concert their on the 8th of April with Pops, in a BIG VENUE (in the thousands). So yes, Regine is making it there in Vegas. Regine? Not as good as Lani as an entertainer? Hmmmm, ba't kaya tumagal si Regine sa showbiz than Lani, at bakit kaya mas successful ang mga shows ni Regine than Lani? Ibang klase rin ang observation mo a. Yes, Regine's voice is only appealing to those who likes belting and high notes, which only happens to be the majority lang naman, LOL. Common Filipino taste? Lahat yata ng American idol winners and runner-ups mataas ang boses. So does that mean only filipinos watch that show? LOL. Anong race ba o nationality sa mundong ito that does not get impressed with high notes or belting? All contestants in singing contests don't sound the same, but they sing in a similar style, which is belting. Sumali ka kaya sa singing contest at kantahin mo ang "Pagdating ng Panahon" or "For All We Know" ni Karen Carpenter, at tingnan ko lang kung mananalo ka, LOL. Regine? Boring? Tell that sa almost 7,000 na tao na pumunta sa concert nila ni Pops na napanood ko last Saturday night sa Grand Olympic dito sa LA, na sobrang nag-enjoy sa show. I think they will disagree with you. Sorry tita, but Regine is a filipino, not an American citizen. Sigurado ako that if Regine was born and raised here in America, that she will make it here big. At sino ba naman and naging forever sikat sa mundong ito? Kahit si Barbara Streisand nag lay low din, si Whitney, si Mariah. Ano si Regine? Immortal? Mag esep-esep ka nga. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: WHo is the real dunce now? Author: Celine Dion (Viva Las vegas) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:14:47 04/17/05 Sun Author Host/IP: 210.5.109.220.pldt.net/210.5.109.220 Bakit may name calling dito? mmJun, why are you implying that jm is a dunce? Name-mersonal ka? What if somebody brighter than you calls you that? I-ba-ban mo dito ano? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: WHo is a real music fan now? Author: mmJun- Thank you for posting.. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:47:16 04/03/05 Sun Author Host/IP: NoHost/203.213.222.122 mmJun: Ah, now we are starting to talk and have some good communication here. This is something we welcome and can appreciate. Ok. Point taken. Lani can probably endure doing daily shows in Las Vegas (with her group) better than Regine would. She got the show band experience for it. Regine would do concerts in Vegas but I doubt she is willing to do long series of shows there unless she decided to settle down in the U.S. I ain't bored with Regine's kind of music yet. When it starts to happen all Regine fans will hear about it too. Seems to be getting more accepted if you asked me. Just on an article on AMERICAN IDOL earlier today said something about all the contestants are doing what I would call "Regine stuff and style" on the show. This is Regine time in America. And they will grow old and tired of it just like they did when Barry Manilow had his run on the music charts. But he also came back too. On the front page of the Music Inside Buzz there is an article on his shows opening also in Las Vegas. What a run he had in the late 70s and early 80's of top 40 hits. And what a run of hit songs Regine had herself in the 90s.. and today in the local music charts. Her latest album called "COVERS" still had not left the top 5 on all music charts since December! It'll end eventually. And Regine's music will be remember long after her detractors are just " dust in the wind. " As for Lani, she like the rest owe alot of her success to Regine and her influences. I know that. She knows that. And she should realize that. She deserves better respect from her own people. And the local music industry she helped improved than more than its own industry captains could have thought of. mmJun :-) M u s i c * I n s i d e * B u z z http://insidebuzz.tripod.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Join the 'other' Lani Misalucha List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lani_nightingale +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ( Because I'am not really a Lani busher. In reality a bad music artist handler basher. And I manage this list.) -Sorry for any/all the typos. :-/ ---------------- mmJun --------------- [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: WHo is the real clone now? Author: shanikwa [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:39:41 04/04/05 Mon Author Host/IP: 209-203-66-2.gen.twtelecom.net/209.203.66.2 Baket si Regine lang ang minention mo? Lani copies a lot of artists. You obviously have a distaste for Regine. So much so that you have to post it here. I am very happy for Lani's success in Vegas, and we all should. Pero sorry tita, a Vegas performer, no matter how successful, is never the batayan ng kasikatan dito sa US. It is in Hollywood, not Vegas. Maraming magicians dyan sa Vegas that have very successful shows pero di kilala. Tingin mo lang na sikat na sikat na si Lani dahil pinoy ka at idol mo sya. But go ask non-filipinos around in the streets of LA or New York or Chicago and let's see if they know Lani Misalucha. Si Britney or Beyonce sigurado kilala nila. When Lani becomes a household name here in America, do'n mo na sabihing sikat na sikat sya. She's there in Vegas kasi medyo wala nang nagyayari sa career nya sa Philippines. But I think she made the right decision, because I really think that she's doing well in Vegas. I do not think that Lani is as great as Regine. Regine is way greater than Lani. Regine is packing venues way, way, way bigger than that 200+ seater Jubilee Theater. We're talking about her recent concert with Pops at the Grand Olympic (7,000 seating capacity), and other big theaters on their concert tour (marami ring non-filipinos sa audience). So please... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: What is the real truth now? Author: mmJun [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 04:57:55 04/05/05 Tue Author Host/IP: NoHost/203.213.192.133 The PYRAMID SCAM that Lani was involve with is being investigated. But if anyone has new information about it then let's hear it. The question to ask is this.. is Lani the only artist involve or where there other music artists as well? mmJun Who else got ripped besides her.. Thank you. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: What is the real truth now? Author: jm in vegas [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:22:30 04/09/05 Sat Author Host/IP: wc06.wlfdle.rnc.net.cable.rogers.com/66.185.84.73 >The PYRAMID SCAM that Lani was involve >with is being investigated. But if anyone has >new information about it then let's hear it. > >The question to ask is this.. is Lani the >only artist involve or where there other >music artists as well? > >mmJun >Who else got ripped besides her.. > >Thank you. WHO CARES!!!! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: EXCUSE ME??? Author: lanisucks@yahoo.com [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 00:57:20 04/05/05 Tue Author Host/IP: 210.213.224.186.pldt.net/210.213.224.186 let us put it this way... Lani is in Las Vegas... Regine is here in the Philippines. Lani choose to go there, thats why she is starting to be famous there (if she really is)... BUT WHAT IF Regine will also go there also and and decided to stay there? sino ang mas tatangkilikin ng tao? kung dito nga lang sa Pilipinas ay hindi masyado maka-porma si Lani... she even failed to overtake regine's career. You cannot compare Lani's career and Regine career now because Lani is there in Las Vegas and Regine is here in the Philippines. I just thought that kaya nagpunta si Lani sa states kasi hindi niya mapataob si REgine or TOTOO NGA SIGURO NA TINAKASAN NIYA YUNG SA PYRAMID SCAM... hahahahahahaha! >now that Lani is getting known here in Las >vegas...would you still say she's tryin to copy >Regine? It just prove you wrong that she needs to copy >someone to be a great singer.She is as great as Regine >and maybe even better coz she proved it here in US, >not only with Filipinos who have common >taste.....haha... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: LAS VEGAS ????????? Author: JOE [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:29:12 04/05/05 Tue Author Host/IP: mail30.njtelcomm.com/64.80.162.30 >REGINE RECEIVED PRAISES FROM DIFFERENT FOREIGN ARTISTS AND LANI NEVER DID.... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: EXCUSE ME??? Author: jm in vegas [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:05:43 05/22/05 Sun Author Host/IP: CPE000fb5a640d9-CM0011ae90e20a.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com/69.194.247.166 >let us put it this way... Lani is in Las Vegas... >Regine is here in the Philippines. > >Lani choose to go there, thats why she is starting to >be famous there (if she really is)... BUT WHAT IF >Regine will also go there also and and decided to stay >there? sino ang mas tatangkilikin ng tao? kung dito >nga lang sa Pilipinas ay hindi masyado maka-porma si >Lani... she even failed to overtake regine's career. > >You cannot compare Lani's career and Regine career now >because Lani is there in Las Vegas and Regine is here >in the Philippines. > >I just thought that kaya nagpunta si Lani sa states >kasi hindi niya mapataob si REgine or TOTOO NGA SIGURO >NA TINAKASAN NIYA YUNG SA PYRAMID SCAM... > >hahahahahahaha! EXACTLY... YOU CANNOT COMPARE THEIR CAREER NOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT AUDIENCE. MGA PINOY DYAN AT MIXED RACE NAMAN DITO SA LAS VEGAS. IBA ANG TASTE NANG MGA COMMON PINOY COMPARE SA MGA TAO DITO....USE YOUR IMAGINATION NA LANG.. KUNG WALA KANG COMMON SENSE > > > > >>now that Lani is getting known here in Las >>vegas...would you still say she's tryin to copy >>Regine? It just prove you wrong that she needs to copy >>someone to be a great singer.She is as great as Regine >>and maybe even better coz she proved it here in US, >>not only with Filipinos who have common >>taste.....haha... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Here's a Better line of Thought, Fans.. Author: mmJun- Never mind that petty stuff [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 05:49:01 05/23/05 Mon Author Host/IP: adsl-126.7.90.info.com.ph/222.126.7.90 Jm, Can you be so kind to do pinoy music fans a music informative service? Ask Lani is she is willing to be interviewed by the Music Inside Buzz web site. Be sure to let her know that alot of pointy questions willbe asked. And if there is some things still to hide about her relationship with her ex-handlers and her media publicist and her L.A. concert producer then she should let us know before hand. Because that alone would answer the questioned we most needed to know and we can skip them and move on to something better to talk about. Like the possibilities of her having an album released in the U.S. if the opportunity presented itself. mmJun ;-) m.i.b. http://insidebuzz.tripod.com [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: WHo is the real clone now? Author: TOLSKY [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 21:06:13 04/06/05 Wed Author Host/IP: adsl-126.35.18.info.com.ph/222.126.35.18 Obviously, JM in Vegas is a LANI fan, no doubt and he/she would do anything to promote Lani in any way he/she knows even if it means becoming Rregine's detractor. Sorry fella, your style ain't working. If Lani is as good as you would like her to believe, tell us -Has Lani landed any record deal so far yet from any Vegas-based record company? Na-ahh! She's been there for nearly a year now. Following the same hype that Martin's so-called "going international career" just because the dude perform in another strip in Vegas? -If Lani is already as good as you like to believe, what do you know so far in her pathetic 3-4 year musical career here in the Philippines? None of her albums are considered successful as such not one hit the gold record mark. -If Lani is as good as you would like us to accept, why would she even left the country where she enjoys the considerable respect due to a diva, and settle inbstead for a hotel gig in Vegas? you're blinded by your fanaticism over Lani. You damn well know that. Regine has proven her musical worth in history of music. Regine so far is the only Pinay singer who successfully released 3 major albums across Asia, Two-time MTV Asia awardee, spearheaded and grand finale to the 2002 1st Lunar Parade In Orange County, Hollywood where throngs of Pinoys and foreigners gathered to watched her (and you say she's not that known in USA???),all her films are blockbuster, her albums all multi-platinum, the only Pinay singer who have the most number of foreign collaborations. I could on with the list. The question is HAS LANI COMES CLOSED TO THAT??? AND HERE YOU ARE PRATTLING OVER HER RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL STINT IN A HOTEL IN VEGAS??? HAD CELINE DION EVER WATCHED HER WHO HAPPENED TO BE PERFORMING IN ANOTHER STINT JUST ACROSS THE BLOCK FROM WHERE LANI IS AND CONGRATULATED HER??? I DON'T THINK SO. LANI IS STILL A STRUGGLING SINGER!!! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: FAMOUS IN VEGAS??? A LOUNGE SINGER??? FAMOUS? Author: SIMON COWELL [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 23:58:46 04/06/05 Wed Author Host/IP: cache-ntc-ad03.proxy.aol.com/207.200.116.197 How can she be famous? Nobody knows her.. only the flip community. Martin and Jose Mari Chan performed for several months hoping to get a record deal but end up nothing. I'm glad Lani's singing there but telling me that she's famous? I frequent Las Vegas but nobody was talking about her. By the way, she looks painful in her advertisement photo. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: FAMOUS IN VEGAS? A LOUNGE SINGER? Author: mmJun- Dats how Backroom works. W/ hype.. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:03:06 04/07/05 Thu Author Host/IP: adsl-126.7.90.info.com.ph/222.126.7.90 >How can she be famous? Nobody knows her.. only the >flip community. Martin and Jose Mari Chan performed >for several months hoping to get a record deal but end >up nothing. I'm glad Lani's singing there but telling >me that she's famous? I frequent Las Vegas but nobody >was talking about her. By the way, she looks painful >in her advertisement photo. mmJ: Jose Mari Chan was hoping for a music deal? Wow.. He could hook-up with some company himself and co-producer his own U.S. mainsteam album release. Heck, he could probably buy is own recording company. Last I read his hotel on Roxas Blud was est to be worth 900 million pesos. Martin still looking for a music recording deal in the U.S.?! My gulay.. Still having problems hooking up with the kind of people that sees his music sound and style a sellable music commodity. I don't see much about any high profile recording company being based in Las Vegas. He needs to serious do some artist-producer-company bosses networking. What he should get someone to do is get his best albums in stores there and show some of the action on the local radio music charts for the adult comtemporary lisleners. I doubt he'll make any Pop charts. No big deal for Las Vegas, imagine.. Sus. What can be done for that guy? He's there. He should hire a U.S. agent and publicist. Is that an ok idea with his publicist over here? Mr. Boy Abunda the world's top negative character destroying media publicist. I don't think your kind of tricks of the trade can help me there. It could get you and him in alot of trouble though. But heaven forbid something foolish happened with you in the U.S. like what happened to Nora. Who will be degrading you on your own show then? Invest in Martin, Backroom dirt, Inc. Put your friendship where your money is hiding and work a deal for both Martin and Lani to work together for an album of new material. There's enough pinoys to help it go platinum. In dollars even.. Oh, in regards to the thread above on Lani in Las Vegas.. I don't know why Abunda and Backroom is bothering with spending money to hype her appearances there the way we been reading it in our local media. What is that L.A. promoter hoping to gain new from it? Raise real cash for once. Drop the media fluff for once and do something real for once. Get involve. Support our artists in Las Vegas, Mr. Abunda.. Take leave from your shameless tv showbz talk show and do something impressive in Las Vegas. Because frankly you're pretty boring with your style. I'm not impressed at all. Surprise everyone but doing something that has some heart and is real for once. Help Martin. Spend that money while it hasn't been proven yet it shold belong to artists like Regine. ;-/ [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Regine has charm w/c Lani doesnt Author: chrissia [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:32:50 07/31/05 Sun Author Host/IP: c-24-15-22-97.hsd1.il.comcast.net/24.15.22.97 LANI versus REGINE. The main reason why LAni is not that popular than Regine is; LANI: her style is a bit boring Great control and power but no charm Not too pretty She doesn't have an "IT" factor She is multi talented but she has no likeability thing. Don't get me wrong, i am very impressed by the control and power of her voice. But i believe because she's been mimicking voices from different singers, she forgotten to make her own style. And that makes her boring. The tone of her voice is no special. She sounds just like somebody else. Whereas Regine; * Has her own style, not trying to mimic somebody elses voice. *Cute and pretty, has the likeability factor *Funny and people love her. Not to mention the power and range. Men...... BIG TIME!!! So there is no comparison here.. so don't even try.. both of them are talented... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: WHo is the real clone now? Author: Jen [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 07:46:58 04/17/07 Tue Author Host/IP: NoHost/203.87.191.122 I simply like both Lani and Regine. Regine is famous for her exceptional belting. Lani is famous for the versatility and variety of her voice (she can sing songs from pop to opera). But, though I hate to admit it, Filipinos, perhaps not only them but also many MANY other people, do have a common taste. They are quick to like singers who can do the highest registers. They fail to see the true meaning of "performing", (not "singing") (they're completely though abstractly different). They quickly get amazed with singers like Regine. I mean, that kind of belting which Regine does doesn't essentially make a singer good. There are many other factors needed to consider in judging how good a TRUE PERFORMER, not some singer (coz almost anyone can sing), really is. And, yes, Regine is so predictable, for example, everytime she sings, people know that she's gonna belt and shout soon, no or very little variety. While Lani knows "best" how to interact with her fans and audience, she can do a wide, I mean WIDE variety of songs and voices, from rock to opera, from Britney's style to Whitney's style, from modern alternative to classical, from the lower registers to whistles. She can shift her voice effortlessly, which makes her unpredictable, and, therefore, in every sense of the phrase, a true performer. Regine IS, no doubt, excellent, but not as "fresh" as Lani, who is always new in every performance. Greatness-wise, they're both great. The only difference is that Lani is being blown all over the globe more frequently than Regine. There's no point in comparing their greatness. Perhaps, I should put it this way - Regine is the greater SINGER, yet Lani is the greater PERFORMER. Belting and Range versus Versatility and Variety. Well, versatility and variety show more talent. But belting and vocal range seem to have more impact. So perhaps Regine is, indeed, more famous than Lani, but Lani is insignificantly but UTTERLY better. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]