Category Archives: TEXTS
Beirut, Again and Again
Going to sleep when you cannot open your eyes anymore, after spending the whole afternoon, evening and night in front of the TV; following the ...
I’ve Been Thinking of You Every Day
Each occasion to play music with Ute Wassermann, in private or in concerts, in duo or in one of our various other projects, has been ...
The Difference Between Sadness and Melancholy
I really like to communicate by voice messages. It is faster than writing and less demanding than a phone call. Besides, you can listen to ...
Real Live and/or Streamed Live Music
This is it! This time it is for real. I am really going to play a real concert, with real musicians, for a real audience, ...
15 Years Without Samir’s Voice
On the morning of June the 2nd 2005, Samir Kassir was assassinated in Beirut. This was 15 years ago. Samir was 45 years old. My ...
Two Months Later (An Evaluation)
When I started writing this post last week, I thought it will just take me a couple of hours to finish it. It ended up ...
Corona House Concert Encore
Based on popular demand (two persons asked for it), I edited and mixed the music of the live concert I played two weeks ago for ...
While I Was Listening to Tony Buck
Last week I was supposed to play the second from a series of three gigs that were to happen in my solo show at the ...
A Blast from My Past
At the risk of repeating myself, I have nowadays much more time to fill up with things that I have no time for in my ...
An the Winner is…
Today we proceeded to the draw of the Find Parneiter competition (see video and photos below) and the winner is: Hachem. He will receive this ...
13 April 2020: A Double Anniversary
From the graphic novel Antoine - Ch. 3 published in 2020 by Samandal 45 years ago the Lebanese civil war started. It lasted until 1990 ...
Percussion Trio
After 6 days of trial and error, i finally managed yesterday to record a piece with 3 overdubs, in replacement of the Sawt Out canceled ...
I Want to Hold Your Hand
This past weekend was a very special one: I recorded my first ever love song, dedicated to and performed with Racha Gharbieh.The song, Your Hand ...
While I Was Listening to You
Last Thursday we cancelled the first of three concerts that were to take pace in my solo exhibition at the IFA Galerie Berlin. The series ...
Tomorrow is No-Screen Day
I am looking forward for an internet free day with the family tomorrow. The girls have decided and we are glad to do it – ...
Captain Mazen and the Magic Bandcamp
Back cover of my latest solo record Today, Friday 20 March 2020, Bandcamp decided to give the money of all the sales on the platform ...