froud - 6-5-2013 at 05:25 AM
here is a video of my band, enjoy ! (or not 
)
http://youtu.be/BNHaHkX1AT8
Ryadh - 6-5-2013 at 06:40 AM
Love it! 
is it a Tunisian oud ?
Ryadh,
froud - 6-5-2013 at 07:21 AM
Hi Ryadh, and thank you !
Yes it's a Tunisian Oud from the Oud maker Abdelhamid Haddad
Gregory
Ryadh - 6-5-2013 at 08:01 AM
Great!, I have the same one with a fixed bridge.
That's the first time I'm seeing a Haddad's with a floating bridge, a friend of me ordered one, it's still in construction, can't wait to try it and
maybe get one for myself.
I like haddad's work, I think his ouds have a nice warm sound.
Best,
Ryadh,
Microber - 6-5-2013 at 09:56 AM
Waw, very nice music and very nice playing Gregory.
And I agree with Ryadh, your oud has a wonderful sound.
Very warm for a floating bridge.
Could you give us details about the strings you use. Brand, tension, tuning.
Congratulation once again.
Robert
froud - 6-5-2013 at 10:23 AM
Hi !
Yes Haddad's ouds seems to be great (I play the only Haddad I saw in my life...), and I'm very happy with mine (except my treble f strings, but I'm
working on the way I have to play it to keep the warmness of the other strings, not easy...).
Robert, thanks for your kind words ! Yes it sounds warm for a floating bridge, but it wasn't easy at the beginning. It's my first floating bridge oud,
and when I played it for the first time, I was really really pleased with the dynamics, the response and the sound, but it asked me some work with my
right hand to find the sound I wanted too, something between fixed and floating bridge. The richa had it's importance for me in this case, and as I
have a strong attack (too many rehearsals without mic but with percussions in my first oud years), I work actually on playing the softer I can with
the more sound possible. This video is 1 year old, and I'm more happy with the sound I have on this oud now.
I tune it from bass to trebles like this: D (sometimes C) F (sometimes E) A D G C F with Pyramids strings I command with a gauge I've calculated with
Wolfgang Früh in Paris (I'm French). I don't have the tension in mind, sorry...
Gregory
fadel - 6-5-2013 at 03:57 PM
Hi
nice play
thank
Ararat66 - 6-5-2013 at 05:29 PM
Very nice Gregory, really enjoyed that whilst burning the midnight oil here :-)
Leon
Jono Oud N.Z - 6-5-2013 at 10:36 PM
Very cool!
froud - 6-6-2013 at 01:26 AM
Thank you all ! We will record our CD this summer, I'll put one tune here when it'll be mixed !
Bsobolik - 6-30-2013 at 04:55 PM
Thank you for posting this. I really enjoyed your piece. I hope you will let us know when the CD is available.
froud - 7-1-2013 at 02:11 AM
Yes I will !
majnuunNavid - 8-14-2013 at 09:26 AM
Great playing and thanks for sharing!
Jason - 8-18-2013 at 02:41 PM
Great playing and great ensemble. Bassist sounds great!
froud - 8-21-2013 at 08:01 AM
Thanks ! We are in intensive rehearsals this week and we will be recording in studio in Paris from the 5th to the 12th of september, lot of work, lot
of joy, lot of oud, let's rock !!!
We will make a short movie in studio, perhaps I'll be able to put one extract on the forum at the end of september.
All your feedbacks for 2 months have been heartening, merci !
Gregory
froud - 9-25-2013 at 02:15 AM
DONE !
http://youtu.be/JoxAUCDVO3s
Gregory
Luttgutt - 9-25-2013 at 04:05 AM
Beautifull!
Congratulation!!
BaniYazid - 9-25-2013 at 09:13 PM
Well done ! Félicitations !
froud - 10-21-2013 at 11:13 PM
Hi everybody !
Here is a new teaser of our sessions in September !
http://youtu.be/BnPttb31lvk
Gregory
jack - 10-28-2013 at 06:05 PM
fabulous.
froud - 10-29-2013 at 02:48 AM
Brian Prunka - 10-29-2013 at 06:21 AM
Very cool and extremely creative—nice work!
Doc139 - 10-29-2013 at 08:50 AM
I am looking forward to the release of your album, Gregory! I like very much these 2 videos of the recording sessions, thanks for sharing! Hope you
will make it to Switzerland one day for some concerts?
Good luck and keep on going,
Alexander
froud - 10-31-2013 at 05:01 AM
Thank you all !
The album will be released in February, and normally it will be presented in Switzerland. As we are living in Strasbourg (100 km from Basel), I hope
we will be touring in Switzerland, but if think we will !
Gregory
froud - 1-14-2014 at 07:15 AM
Hi Folks,
First of all, I wish you a Happy New Year !
For people who liked our music in video, here are some extracts of our upcoming album (mar. 10th 2014) !
https://soundcloud.com/gregory-dargent/lhij-zcar-album-extracts
We'll have it soon in our hands !
So impatient.
Best,
Gregory