Meursault, did you ever get your Gamil Georges oud back from Viken?
Take care,
MikeZulkarnain - 8-4-2004 at 02:59 AM
Hi
For me, it gotta be Munir Bashir & Omar Bashir (and the Bashir Oud!)
Salamhisham - 8-4-2004 at 03:06 AM
Hi
After playing flamenco guitar for a few years I wanted to get back to the roots. Also Abadi al johar was an inspiration. Greg - 8-4-2004 at 03:47 AM
For me it was Anise Nadir Malouf (my father-in-law) who was a wonderful oud player, originally from Douma in Lebanon.
He emmigrated to Australia in 1939 and continued playing oud (and tawleh ;-) for the rest of his life. I met him 20 years ago and fell in love with
the oud (and his daughter).
Gregbillkilpatrick - 8-4-2004 at 07:16 AM
for me it was the enormous price of a good lute. i wanted something to play while singing early european music from the medieval and renaissance
periods. the biggest problem i had was holding on to the oud without the aid of a strap while walking, singing and playing at the same time.
i think the oud is a world class instrument, suitable for many styles of music - not just middle eastern and north african.
due centesimi - billoudplayer - 8-4-2004 at 01:15 PM
hey for me it was my uncle benny dawood when my dad played me his tape then i was like that guy is good and my dad told me its yr uncle
he was born in yemen in a town called aden he still plays today and extreammly goodspyrosc - 8-4-2004 at 03:16 PM
For me it was growing up in Egypt when Farid and Um Kalsoum were still alive (I'm OLD) and listening to the music in the coffee shops and on the
radio and in weddings etc. I never got a chance to do it then but it was always in my heart, so now after all these years I'm going back to my
roots.
Spyros C.david - 8-4-2004 at 03:28 PM
For me it was seeing the video of Afif Taian and Fasial playing
Semai Tatyos on MIkes website that did it for me. Thanx for everything Mike!!! Elie Riachi - 8-4-2004 at 09:25 PM
The voice of the oud and oud solos have always been my favorite. My blood line is Lebanese and spent my teens in Kuwait. Since ouds weren't
common in most music stores in Kuwait, I got started on guitar and spent over twenty years on and off messing with guitars, blues mainly, then in last
few years I started feeling the urge of exploring the oud. Last year we went back to Lebanon for a visit where my youngest brother presented me with
a student oud as a gift.
Currently I cannot afford to buy a professional oud (especially without trying it) so I am putting all the bets on my skills and Dr. Oud's
construction book to guide me in building what I hope to be a Nahat sounding oud. I favor this type of classical oud sound over any other.
Eliechuckerbutty - 8-5-2004 at 01:12 AM
That's funny, I spent my teens in Kuwait as well, although I never got into the oud when I was there. In my case, it was the guitar, then the
lute and finally the oud. I'm a bit of a dabbler on the oud, my main instrument is the lute.Michael - 8-5-2004 at 02:22 AM
Like hisham above, I've played flamenco guitar for some time now and wanted to explore the Moorish/Arabic roots of flamenco.
flamenco roots
billkilpatrick - 8-5-2004 at 04:35 AM
now that's interesting...
there seems to me to be a western, "andalusian" sound on the oud - more akin to spanish guitar than turkish oud. according to ronnie, it
might have something to do with the larger, maghreb made ouds than with string composition or different tunings.
has anyone else noticed this?
i have several discs from the maghreb: two, in particular, from an oudist named habib guerroumi, have this easy-flowing, picking style of play with
more emphasis on simple melodic "licks" (for a want of the better word) and less on drone accompaniment.
anyone else interested in pursuing this flamenco/oud association?
ciao - bill
How i started playing 3ood,
Chris_Khouri - 8-5-2004 at 07:41 AM
I wanted to impress the beautiful girl that lived next door. She was a really good dancer. I wasn't going to dance so I decided to learn 3ood.
(It worked).
but I really loved 3ood since I was 6 and I always dreamt of playing it, but earlier attempts to learn the 3ood with a teacher when i was really young
failed misribly, so I decided I was gonna learn it by myself and it worked. Since then I took part in perhaps 100's of concerts/parties and
loved every minute of it (except when the pegs would start slipping in the middle of the song, I am sure you guys understand).
Hilal
elrabee3 - 8-5-2004 at 01:40 PM
it is all started when i listen to Abadi playing "Hbr we Warag", i became Abadi fan and i liked the oud since that time.david - 8-5-2004 at 10:55 PM
Hey elrabee3, Abadi is awesome. Any idea where to get his cds from?
Thanx,
David
Haven't gotten the Georges back yet. Viken said
Meursault - 8-6-2004 at 05:32 AM
it would be a year, and we're going on about eleven months. I'll post pictures when I get it.
Quote:
Originally posted by Mike
Hi Meursault,
For me, it was Farid el-Atrache.
Meursault, did you ever get your Gamil Georges oud back from Viken?
Take care,
Mike
zovanou - 8-6-2004 at 12:31 PM
My ancestors were from asia minor, and growing up in the Greek heritage and being exposed to the music the oud was in the background of the bouzouki
driven greek music. I must say my teacher Ara Dinkjians work with Eleftheria Arvanitaki, was very instrumental (pun) in bringing the oud to my
attention. I am fortunate enough to study with Ara and I have been able to enjoy playing the oud and learing various arabic , turkish and greek
songs.SAGR QURAISH - 8-10-2004 at 04:45 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by Meursault
FATHER PLAYED THE 3OOD..AND I WOULD ALWAYS SIT DOWN AND WATCH HIM PLAY SOME AMZING TAQASIMS AND IRTIJALAAT.SO I PICKED IT UP.OF COARSE I PLAYED VIOLIN
B4 SO I PICKED UP THE 3OOD 2 YRS LATER. BUT DIDNT REALLY CARE MUCH.BUT THEN WHEN I HEARD GALO TARA I WOULDNT STOP PLAYING UNTIL I GOT IT DOWN WHICH I
DO..WELL NOT ANYWHERE HOW GOOD HE PLAYS IT BUT VERY SIMILAR. IM 20 NOW PLAYING FOR ABOUT 5 YRS NOW. I GUESS I CAN SAY 3ABADY INSPIRED ME TO FOCUS ON
IT MORE THAN I WAS. THANKSoudidavid - 8-10-2004 at 11:13 AM
For me I guess it was cause my grandfather played oud my father did too.
Maybe thats why i like it so much. I would always listen to my grandfathers playing and hope to play like him.
For me it was seeing the video of Afif Taian and Fasial playing
Semai Tatyos on MIkes website that did it for me. Thanx for everything Mike!!! 
Hey elrabee3, Abadi is awesome. Any idea where to get his cds from?