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I\'ve been a huge fan of belly dancing since 1964, when I discovered it through the invitation of Josef Koumyoumjian, owner of the Bagdad Club in San Francisco. When I began to study photography 2 years later, I began photographing belly dancers at classes, clubs, and public events. In 1970, I began observing Bert Balladine\'s belly dancing lessons in San Francisco.
I studied acoustic guitar construction with master luthier Denis Grace in Berkeley from 1964 through 1968. Later, in 1974, I began building and repairing ouds, guitars, violins, and bouzoukis. In 1977, I toured Greece, Turkey and Egypt to visit master instrument makers, then visited Greece again in 1979.
Beginning in 1974, I studied dumbek under Salaledin Tekesh, and oud playing under Andy Nalbandian, Ishmael, and Farid Shuayto. I formed a band, The All American Mid-East Ensemble with Dave Adams on guitar, Tom Maley as drummer, and myself as oud player. I have since played the oud for hundreds of dancers in the San Francisco Bay area--but not very recently.
Also in 1974, I helped Bob Zalot launch Habibi Publications, which published the original Habibi magazine. I was the initial photo editor andmade numerous photo contributions, and wrote an article about oud construction which appeared in Volume 4, Number 6, 1978.
Later I became interested in finite element modeling of heat, shock, and vibration, which were needed to understand the stress on ouds for making repair decisions. This skill landed me many interesting consulting positions in \"Silicon Valley\" working in the military electronics field. |
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