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Ara

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joined on 06/05/08
last updated 09/20/08
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24+ years learning, playing, recording, lecturing, teaching and researching the music of my Armenian heritage, and the closely related music of the neighboring cultures and regions (Anatolian, Arabic, Caucasian, Persian, etc.).
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Some House Cleaning (blog entry)
I have a few new, long-awaited instruments coming in, so some old friends are going to have to find new homes. I'll make sure they get just that because these guys are good instruments and deserve it.

I might be getting a few very nice custom... read more
blog entry posted Sun, May 10, 2009 - 11:52 PM permalink - 0 comments
You Tube Belly Dance Contest (blog entry) I'm a firm believer in turning a negative into a positive. For example, what to do with lots of partially finished CD tracks - most or all of which are beyond redemption. Deleting and forgetting about them entirely is one option. A third is to re... read more
blog entry posted Mon, January 26, 2009 - 10:34 PM permalink - 0 comments
First Post! (blog entry)
check out my you tube page. i have many years worth of music and video clips to post, and the 18 or so that are up are only a few from recent years. i've been playing percussion and woodwinds for over 20 years so there is a lot to choose from.
blog entry posted Thu, June 5, 2008 - 3:08 PM permalink - 0 comments
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I have a few new, long-awaited instruments coming in, so some old friends are going to have to find new homes. I'll make sure they get just that because these guys are good instruments and deserve it.

I might be getting a few very nice custom drums from Armenia and offer one or two of them for sale here and on Ebay. Finding good instruments in Armenia is a completely different story than with Egypt.
Sun, May 10, 2009 - 11:52 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
I'm a firm believer in turning a negative into a positive. For example, what to do with lots of partially finished CD tracks - most or all of which are beyond redemption. Deleting and forgetting about them entirely is one option. A third is to recycle them, and that's what I've been doing. By rearranging some of these pieces, they make great You Tube material. In the case of this most recent piece, the result was far better than I expected. It is definitely not CD quality, but perfect for so... read more
Mon, January 26, 2009 - 10:34 PM permalink - 0 comments
 

check out my you tube page. i have many years worth of music and video clips to post, and the 18 or so that are up are only a few from recent years. i've been playing percussion and woodwinds for over 20 years so there is a lot to choose from.
Thu, June 5, 2008 - 3:08 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
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