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I was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. Ever since I heard the Beatles at age 6 I dreamt of becoming a rock star. Of course that never happened :-) My main instrument is guitar. I started playing at age 13. After learning how to play the basic chords, I started writing song after song. Many of those were not that good but some were pretty good. I didn't get a chance to play in any bands during my teens due to the fact that in those days in Lebanon I couldn't find kids my age who I could form bands with. During my college days and after I got to play in some bands. Of these, the band FORCE (1983-85) was the one which I loved being in the best (see live videos from a 1984 concert above). We recorded an album that would have been the perfect demo but unfortunately no one who matters ever got to hear it. The album was called Forced. Ziad Rahbani joined us for the recording of the album and played piano and keyboards. In the years since then, I continued to write songs and play gigs in local clubs but never managed to make a living from playing music. Ocassionally I got to record on other people's albums such as Ziad Rahbani's CD Monodose with Salma on which I played guitar on 2 tracks.
The Songs on the player above:
On "Running Out of Time", I sang all the voices and played the guitars. Sami Shabshab played the bass guitar. Munir Khauli played the organ and helped me with the drum programming.
On "Moving On" I sang all the voices, played the guitars and the bass guitar. Munir Khauli played keyboards and helped with the drum programming.
"What She Does" is a remake of a song I had on myspace last year. This complete remake is certainly a way better version than the old one. I sang all the voices, played the guitars as well as the bass guitar. Munir Khauli played keyboards and contributed to the string and brass arrangements. He also helped me with the drum programming.
On "Where I Wanna Be", I sang all the voices, played the guitars and the bass guitar. Munir Khauli played the organ and helped me with the drum programming.
On "Strangest Little Creature" I did the vocals and played all the guitars except the guitar solo at the end of the song which was played by Munir Khauli who also played bass guitar, keyboards and helped with the drum programming.
On "Thank God Its Over" I did the vocals and the guitars. Munir Khauli played bass guitar and keyboards and helped me with the drum programming.
Taken at rehearsal with Ziad Rahbani's band March 2007
Force (lebanese band I was in) Live 1984 at BUC (LAU) Part 3
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