Djinn: The Middle East Side
Brooklyn's own "East Coast Tribal" style music ranging from traditional Middle Eastern to an experimental blending of traditional instruments with electronics and human beatbox.
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Shake Em Up: Bellydance Drum Solos
Designed with dancers and drummers in mind, this CD has a variety of drum solos ranging from simple to complex. The 14 solos on the CD are all short in length and perfect for using in your routines.
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Carmine T. Guida: Not Alone
This album is a personal victory for me. I have been a musician for a long time, this is my first time writing my own music. All guitar instrumentals of me playing in my apartment in NYC. These songs are little themes and anthems. Brought on by emotions brought on by someone else...
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Paige23: In Retrospect
Our newest release! This CD is full of popalicious tunes. The material for "In Retrospect" was composed by Paige over the past two years. The songs, especially the album's title track, exclaim the undeniable truth that hindsight is always 20-20 in life and in love.
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Paige23: Let Yourself Fall
I have been playing bass guitar in this band since we met in 1999 on April Fools' Day. This CD is full of great pop/rock tunes with excellent songwriting by Paige (guitar/vocals), Angelo Catalano (drums), and Me :) on bass guitar. Let Yourself Fall was a featured album in Performing Songwriter Magazine.
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Bellydance/Mid-East DVDs
Baby Beginner Doumbek Workshop
Learn beginner doumbek technique and traditional Middle Eastern rhythms with Carmine T. Guida. This instructional video breaks down the basic hits "Doum", "Tek", and "Ka" and introduces you to your first rhythms: Maqsum, Baladi, Saidi, Ayub and Çiftetelli. Filmed live in three different locations, this DVD captures Carmine's enthusiasm for teaching and his ability to make drumming accessible to everyone.
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Shake Em Up: Bellydance Drum Solos
A performance DVD featuring emerging artists from New York City’s dynamic belly dance scene. The drum solo, the traditional finale of a belly dancer’s nightclub show, provides drummers and dancers alike with an opportunity to showcase their technical prowess.Improvisation by New York City belly dancers Bashirah, Raja, Sarah Skinner, and Autumn Ward brings these drum solos to life, showing Arabic, Turkish, and fusion styles.
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Other Stuff
SexyGeeks: T-Shirts, Mugs and More!
I started a store with slogans for dorky musicians. Yeah, we need to be clothed too! Give it a look great if you know someone into Middle Eastern music.
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