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Member since: Feb 19, 2008
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Member since: Feb 19, 2008
Favorited by: 21 fans
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Several people have asked me about my musical background, so here goes...
I was talent spotted by my parents when I was about 9 years old playing the dining room
table.
Seeing the potential, they bought me a table of my very own. Due to lack of decent sound and the simple fact it was just a table, I was treated to a very dodgy old Casio keyboard which I remember had a great bosanova rhythm on it. Next was a Yamaha, this i used to record very simple tracks on tapes when I was at secondary (high) school.
Then, when I was 20 years old, my Grandmother passed away leaving me a small amount of cash. With this I bought a Roland U-220, an MC-500 and an A-30 keyboard. This keyboard cost £150 and is still the only keyboard I possess to this day and have used it for all the tracks on Fuzz.
I composed only 2 songs over the next 6 years. Amateurish plinky plonky piano with synth strings. "hmm nice" I hear you say...
These are now uploaded and can be found in the album section. (Well they would be, however it keeps telling me that my MP3 and WAV versions of the tracks are unsupported...)
When I was 26 I got married realised I was rubbish and all the equipment went in the loft.
There it all stayed until my divorce.
When I remarried I bought some simple sequencing software and other bits and bobs.
I finally started composing in my 33rd year, in November 2007, 'The Cruel Sea' which is actually a rip off of one of the 2 plinky plonky ones I composed when I was 20.
So there you are... Everything on Fuzz has been composed in the last 6 months, with nothing of any significance preceding it.
Oh, and I almost forgot... I mimed in a band once! (well, twice actually!)
I have never had formal training and never learned to read music, which is a shame as I am now struggling to learn 'Sausage in a pan'.
I have always had a passion for movie music (Badelt, Williams, Silvestri) and I think this shows in my compositions.
The people on Fuzz including Clif, TCC, Jostel, Armen and Beradley have really inspired me to continue in making music and I thank you all so much for the kind comments which continue to come my way.
Oh, and if you're under 30 and were wondering what an MC-500 looks like, click on this link!
http://www.durftal.com/music/edmx/dmxstudio/mc500.htm
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I was talent spotted by my parents when I was about 9 years old playing the dining room
table.
Seeing the potential, they bought me a table of my very own. Due to lack of decent sound and the simple fact it was just a table, I was treated to a very dodgy old Casio keyboard which I remember had a great bosanova rhythm on it. Next was a Yamaha, this i used to record very simple tracks on tapes when I was at secondary (high) school.
Then, when I was 20 years old, my Grandmother passed away leaving me a small amount of cash. With this I bought a Roland U-220, an MC-500 and an A-30 keyboard. This keyboard cost £150 and is still the only keyboard I possess to this day and have used it for all the tracks on Fuzz.
I composed only 2 songs over the next 6 years. Amateurish plinky plonky piano with synth strings. "hmm nice" I hear you say...
These are now uploaded and can be found in the album section. (Well they would be, however it keeps telling me that my MP3 and WAV versions of the tracks are unsupported...)
When I was 26 I got married realised I was rubbish and all the equipment went in the loft.
There it all stayed until my divorce.
When I remarried I bought some simple sequencing software and other bits and bobs.
I finally started composing in my 33rd year, in November 2007, 'The Cruel Sea' which is actually a rip off of one of the 2 plinky plonky ones I composed when I was 20.
So there you are... Everything on Fuzz has been composed in the last 6 months, with nothing of any significance preceding it.
Oh, and I almost forgot... I mimed in a band once! (well, twice actually!)
I have never had formal training and never learned to read music, which is a shame as I am now struggling to learn 'Sausage in a pan'.
I have always had a passion for movie music (Badelt, Williams, Silvestri) and I think this shows in my compositions.
The people on Fuzz including Clif, TCC, Jostel, Armen and Beradley have really inspired me to continue in making music and I thank you all so much for the kind comments which continue to come my way.
Oh, and if you're under 30 and were wondering what an MC-500 looks like, click on this link!
http://www.durftal.com/music/edmx/dmxstudio/mc500.htm
Create your own visitor map!
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I have been a fan of Clif's music since I joined Fuzz back in February this year, mainly because of Echo Root. This I thought would take some beating, and a beating it has taken.
Clif's song writing seems to be a natural talent of which we can all be envious of.
I tried to compare Clif's lo-fi work to other musicians I know. Some sound like a softer version of 'Great White' (remember them?) and others remind me of Nickel Creek.
Overall though I came to the conclusion...
I quote "The sounds are familiar... warm and safe like a worn out blanket. But the music's about as safe as a jog through the jungle."
How true. The one thing I really like about Gabriel's music is you never know what you're going to feel from one moment to the next. Just as you start to feel comfortable, off it shoots in another direction, constantly keeping you on your toes and wondering what's coming next. Anything but predictable!
I started from the top down...
Clif AKA 'Echo root' has to be recognized as one of the most interesting and intuitive musicians I have had the pleasure of listening to on Fuzz. Music just seems to be an endless flow from him.
Whilst most of us have to graft long and hard to produce anything he just has the gift to 'pick up and play'
Biomech and lights is one of the more technical pieces which is a joy to listen to and Can't Fake the Funk just needs Jay Kay on lead vocals.
In a word, Brilliant.
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Love you all and wish you success and joys.
Yours/Mehdi
http://mmehdikarimilellillu.fuzz.com/events
Love you all / Mehdi
It's 4 to 6 pm, Sydney time and Sydney is GMT+10 hrs.
I hope it helps you make out your time difference.
Yours/Mehdi
Kind regards,
Steven
Yours / Mehdi
Please send me the YouTube link again. And about directing them to you no worries, but I just have to do it at the right time, I'm sure you know what I mean.
Keep in touch buddy / Mehdi
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