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About Me

Combining over forty-five years of musical experience, The Canvas is quickly establishing itself as one of DC's premier world music bands. Fusing elements of jazz, funk, Persian, Arabic, Celtic and Latin music into an unique musical experience both passionate and refreshingly original.

The Canvas got its start when Shahin, Brett and Casper met in another project a few years back. Once that was completed, they decided to blaze a trail together with something new in mind. Since then, they have performed for hundreds of people, released their debut CD "Random Thoughts" and are currently working on the follow-up CD.

Available for public or private performances, The Canvas will bring an innovative show to your event like none other. ..

Just added -- Ringtones! and The CD !

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Member Since: 1/5/2006
Band Website: thecanvas.org/
Band Members: Shahin -- Guitar
Casper -- Bass
Brett -- Drums
Influences: Strunz & Farah, Richard Bona, Dennis Chambers, Victor Wooten, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Gipsy Kings, Jessie Cook, Mike Stern, Pat Metheny, Ottmar Leibert, Sting
Sounds Like: A fusion of jazz, funk, Persian, Arabic, Celtic and Latin music
Type of Label: None

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Now on Amazon!

Our CD is now up on Amazon
Posted by The Canvas on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 08:41:00 PST

Final rehearsal

Tonight, the three of us got together for the final rehearsal before the show on Saturday. We went through the entire set without stopping. There are still some weak spots (for example, Ca...
Posted by The Canvas on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 08:26:00 PST

Good times at the party

Tonight, we played for a group of lawyers in downtown DC. It was a good time; we had a few of them grooving to the music in between their networking and schmoozing -- even sold a few CDs!
Posted by The Canvas on Sun, 28 May 2006 08:08:00 PST

The pick's the difference...

We had a final rehearsal before the private party on Thursday. Shahin got a new sponsor (I think), so he has a mess of picks that he's playing with and trying to find the one that works for him....
Posted by The Canvas on Wed, 24 May 2006 09:23:00 PST

Just no heart in it

We got together tonight to run over the set once more, but there was just no ennergy in any of us. We played fine, no mistakes, but no fire, no spark.
Posted by The Canvas on Sat, 20 May 2006 07:51:00 PST

Business Meeting

The three of us got together tonight for a rather lengthy discussion of all the business details. We finalized the partnership agreement and what the terms of the label distribution are going to...
Posted by The Canvas on Fri, 19 May 2006 09:44:00 PST

Nothing major this time...

Tonight, the three of us got together and tried to go through as many of our tunes as possible. Boring, I know, but not all of music is oh so glamorous.
Posted by The Canvas on Wed, 17 May 2006 09:05:00 PST

Ringtones available!

We've been away for a bit, but at least we're back with something worthwhile! You can now pick up a little bit of Sahara Dance for your mobile phone. More ringtones will come along later......
Posted by The Canvas on Tue, 16 May 2006 05:10:00 PST

Maybe a tour?

During rehearsal tonight, we started talking about maybe doing a tour. Shahin knows some folks overseas, Casper has some contacts up in the NE of the US, so you never quite know -- you might jus...
Posted by The Canvas on Wed, 10 May 2006 09:02:00 PST

Working out the solos

Tonight, Shahin and Casper got together to work out the solo parts for the new song (Matador). There are a lot of synchronized parts, and Shahin and Casper are going to have to really stick it f...
Posted by The Canvas on Mon, 01 May 2006 07:15:00 PST