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salim nourallah

you gotta love this life even when it has you beat

About Me

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i was born in alton, illinois. eldest child of fayez and karen. mom was an art major, dad an accountant. opposites attract and then raise dysfunctional children. faris was born just 18 months after me. he plays music too. in 1970 we moved to el paso, i was just 3. our names were strange, to the general amusement of other kids. i wore big glasses. they made fun of me alot. boohoo, i know. when i was 9 i saw the beatles white album in k-mart. i got my grandmother to buy it for me. it changed my life. when i was 16 i started writing songs. my brother was the only one who believed they were worth a crap. it screwed up his life. he started playing drums. i played guitar. he sold his car for a drumkit then moved to guitar. i moved to bass. we moved to denton, texas. i hate denton. we made nourallah brothers in 1999 on an 8-track then quit playing music together. faris has released a bunch of solo cds now. i've made 3 so far: polaroid (2004); beautiful noise (2005); snowing in my heart (2007). i also have a wife (jayme) and son (gavin). they are the most important people in my life.

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Music:

Member Since: 3/1/2005
Band Website: salimnourallah.com
Band Members: salim nourallah; daniel hopkins; chris holt; richard martin; eric neal
Influences: faris nourallah the nourallah brothers
Sounds Like:
Record Label: tapete records, western vinyl, paisley pop
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

PLEASE DON'T STEAL SONGS!!

hey kids - think of this please before you record or download my songs (or any other artist's for free...) we put countless hours into making this music for you. time away from our families, lotsa mon...
Posted by salim nourallah on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:47:00 PST

more Snowing on the Sample Blog

Religion, Science, Philosophy, Human Nature and Star Wars vs. Salim Nourallah http://samplepressessays.blogspot.com/    ...
Posted by salim nourallah on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:18:00 PST

POP MATTERS sums up my life

Justin Cober-Lake somehow managed to write the best piece about my life and music to date: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/55782/salim-no urallah-dallas-texas/ please leave a comment on t...
Posted by salim nourallah on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:57:00 PST

i’ve been nominated for the Quick BIG awards

Looks like I’m up for SOLO ARTIST and ALBUM OF THE YEAR in the Quick BIG awards you can VOTE here: http://www.quickdfw.com/bigthing/...
Posted by salim nourallah on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:26:00 PST

new "Snowing" review

one of the best reviews i've ever gotten http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/betterlivingthroughmp3/171/ nourallah-pintchik-stopping-time-taking-names ...
Posted by salim nourallah on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:55:00 PST

more Snowing reviews

4 and 1/2 stars and some good writing here: http://www.bullz-eye.com/cdreviews/giles/salim_nourallah-sno wing_in_my_heart.htmhttp://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/revie ws/53016/salim-nourallah-snowing-in-...
Posted by salim nourallah on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:51:00 PST

"Dont Be Afraid" on HBOs the Wire

"Don't Be Afraid" will be appearing in the final season of HBO's "the Wire." If you're counting, it should be episode 53. The 3rd one in after the season starts on January 6.   http://...
Posted by salim nourallah on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:36:00 PST

the latest Snowing cd reviews

here are some of the 1st reviews to come in:http://wc04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:09fu xzqhld0ehttp://www.twowaymonologues.com/reviews/salim-noural lah/snowing-in-my-heart/http://prod1.cm...
Posted by salim nourallah on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:45:00 PST

my friend carter is gone

we're all just barely heremy friend carter albrecht is gonejust like thatmurdered monday morningi'm never gonna see him againhe walked out of my studio wednesday nightlike so many other times bef...
Posted by salim nourallah on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:36:00 PST

Snowing In My Heart CD RELEASE WEEKEND

the "Snowing in my Heart" CD RELEASE show is going down this FRIDAY (the 24th) at the Granada Theater (Dallas); the Slack celebrate the release of their debut cd too; things kick off at 7:30 with...
Posted by salim nourallah on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:51:00 PST