Tag Archives: music
Creative Profile: Rick Robinson
Rick Robinson began playing double bass in Highland Park public schools until he attended Interlochen Arts Academy, Cleveland Institute of Music and New England Conservatory. He held several principal positions in regional orchestras as well as the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Industries, music, Uncategorized
Tagged classical, cuttime, detroit, music, symphony
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Gypsy Esma: Macedonian Queen Passes
Growing up and listing to all forms of Middle Eastern music allowed me to enter the world of Roma, music of the Balkans. As I got older and become more interested in varying forms of music, I discovered the varies … Continue reading
Posted in music, Uncategorized
Tagged Balkan, esma, gypsy, macedonian, music, queen, Rom, Roma
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Creative Profile: Victor Ghannam, Musician
Victor Ghannam is a self taught musician who has performed throughout Europe, the Middle East, North, Central, and South America on a variety of instruments, mainly the Oud and Qanun. He began his musical life at the age of 4 … Continue reading
Is Music Timeless?
When you are known for performing music that is considered historical in many ways, you can become sensitive if your music is referred to as ancient or passe’. It is a shame that music of any kind receives such a … Continue reading
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Tagged classics, compositions, expiration, good music, historical, history, music, timeless
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Chaplin’s Pawnshop 100 Year Birthday
As we get older, the more we reflect on our past. Depending on where our minds are on a particular day, this could be a good memory or a bad one. Today I saw a tweet that showed that yesterday (October … Continue reading
Posted in Humor in Music
Tagged 100 Years, art, Charlie Chaplin, Comedy, film, Golden Age, Memories, movie, music, silent
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Sosy Krikorian Kadian (1928-2016)
Far too often whenever we hear that someone has passed away, we automatically look at their age at the time of their death and evaluate their life by how long they actually lived. I think sometimes we do not look at … Continue reading
Posted in Armenian, Uncategorized
Tagged Armenian, art, culture, dancing, music, musicians, tradition
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One year later, what’s next?
For the Armenians, 2015 was an important year. Notice I didn’t say it was a memorable or a joyous year. It was the year that Armenians from around the world commemorated, remembered, mourned and bonded over the 100th year of … Continue reading
Posted in Armenian
Tagged 100th, Ara Dinkjian, Armenian, armenian genocide, commemoration, Genocide, music, oud
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Guardians of Music One Year Anniversary
Hard to imagine that exactly one year ago today, my film documentary, Guardians of Music: A History of Armenian Music was released on Detroit Public Television. Like everything else, it seems like it was yesterday. My wife, Della seems more proud … Continue reading
An Eastern Wind Reunion
As many of you know, music is not my full time occupation. I am happy that it is not and very fortunate that it permeates my life in the manner in which it does – when I want it to. The … Continue reading
Posted in Gigs, Uncategorized
Tagged Armenian, bouzouki, detroit, eastern winds, Greek, guitar, Immigrant Suns, Middle Eastern, music, oud, rehearsal, violin, world music
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Are you a Musicpreneur?
Around this time each year, I seem to have the discussion with people about the fine line between being a musician and business professional. This topic probably pops up due to the timing surrounding when Kresge Artist Fellow applications are … Continue reading
Posted in Business of Music, Creative Industries, Uncategorized
Tagged detroit, marketing, michigan, music, musician, musicpreneur, promotion, self-promotion, shameless
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