tarquin - 4-3-2005 at 03:55 AM
Well, first of all I should introduce myself and say hi ! Great forums !
My name is Tarquin and I am a web designer and finishing a Phd in Islamic Studies - unfortunately I don't know much about Ouds other than that I love
Arab music but my wife is a professional opera singer who has always loved medieval Spanish and Middle Eastern music.
Basically, my reason for posting is that she has the material together to record an album but needs an oud (and dumbek) player to do some gigs and
recordings. We live in Barcelona but have only just moved here and it seems that oud players are thin on the ground !
If anyone knows of any then it would be great to let me know - also any info on the Arab/Persian music scene here would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry to start off my first post with such a request but it was what enabled me to find the forums. Hopefully I will be able to make some future
contributions !
pepbcn - 4-3-2005 at 10:35 PM
Hello tarquin,
I´m from Barcelona
You speak Spanish?
tarquin - 4-3-2005 at 10:40 PM
Hi PepBcn
Not yet, my wife is fluent but I have just started - had a week of lessons so far !
pepbcn - 4-3-2005 at 10:47 PM
Hello tarquin, My Ingles is very poor,
but I will try.
I’m from Barcelona and I play the Oud and I know some Oudist
Have you a mail where it can write to you.
tarquin - 4-3-2005 at 11:00 PM
Hi Pepe
thanks a lot - I sent you a U2U
Cheers !
mourad_X - 4-4-2005 at 10:50 AM
hi tarquin
i spend my last summer-holidays in barcelona (very , very nice town and people are so kind).i was in restaurant marakesh and i met abd el hadi
there.
he is performing with his old oud every weekend on friday or saturday in restaurnt marakesh or discothek marakesh. you can meet him there i'm sure
he is from marocco and he is a very nice person
and he gave me his oud so i was performing there also
a nice expirience
when you go there pleace give my regards to him (mourad from germany)
take care
mourad
mourad_X - 4-4-2005 at 10:53 AM
it was a bit hard for me to play this old oud
with very high action and a differnt tuning from mine
tarquin - 4-5-2005 at 12:27 AM
Cheers Mourad - I will definitely check it out and send your regards !
Is the food any good ?
mourad_X - 4-5-2005 at 05:38 AM
hi tarquin
yes it is delicious there if you like the moroccain food
the restaurant is not far away from placa d espana
its vis a vis expohotel Nr. 6 on the map
tarquin - 4-5-2005 at 05:51 AM
Excellent ! will definitely check it out this weekend and let you know.
Do they have nargile (shisha/water pipe) there also ? I am a hopeless addict and cannot find this good in Barcelona.
mourad_X - 4-5-2005 at 12:30 PM
hi tarquin
i don't remember if they have shisha there
all i know is that in barcelona you can find every thing to smoke...
...very fast and now legal (a friend told me that)
i'am also a shisha addict and i have one in my home i like the dopple apple
tobacco best
regards
mourad