Mehdi Douss

Guitariste, compositeur et arrangeur, Mehdi Douss nait en Tunisie en 1979. Il commence le piano a l'âge de huit ans, puis se consacre a la guitare a onze ans. Apres avoir pris des cours chez le guitariste de jazz oriental Fawzi Chekili, il decide de devenir musicien professionnel en poursuivant plusieurs formations musicales. Diplome de la Music Academy International de Nancy, de l'American School of Modern Music et de la faculte de musicologie de Paris VIII, il participe egalement a des stages au Centre des Musiques Didier Lockwood en 2002 avec le guitariste Pierre-Jean Gaucher, puis au Berklee College of Music de Boston en 2OO3 avec les guitaristes Joe Stump et Dave Martone. Parallelement a l'enseignement de la guitare, il se consacre a la composition et l'arrangement, se produit dans plusieurs festivals avec des artistes aux influences les plus diverses, du Rock a la variete en passant par la musique electro (Checkpoint 303, Atef Lakhoua, Fun K-Funk), s'investissant de plus en dans un jazz fusion aux consonances latines et orientales. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ______ Guitarist, composer and arranger, Mehdi Douss was born in Tunisia in 1979. He started to play the piano when he was eight, and then switched to the guitar when he was eleven. After some guitar lessons with the oriental jazz guitarist Fawzi Chekili, he decided to become professional by an apprenticeship in several music schools. Graduate from the Music Academy International of Nancy (France), the American School of Modern music of Paris and the Musicology university of Paris 8, he also attended some guitar sessions at the Didier Lockwood school (CMDL) in 2002 with the guitarist Pierre-jean Gaucher and at the Berklee College of Music of Boston in 2003 with guitarists Joe Stump and Dave Martone. Teaching the guitar at the same time, Mehdi also dedicate to composition and arranging, perform in several festivals with artits having a lot of different music influences (as Checkpoint 303, Atef Lakhoua or Funk K-Funk), from Rock to Pop music or Electro, surrounding more and more a jazz-rock fusion with latin and oriental influences.MySpace Profile Editor