John Petrucci is my guitar technique influence, as for song writing, composition, lyrics, orchestrations, and other music diddle-doos here's the list: John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, Myles Kennedy, Mikael Akerfeldt, Martin Lopez, Martin Mendez, Justin Chancellor, Danny Carrey, Enigma, Enya, Hanz Zimmer, Ziad Rahbani, James Hetfield, The band Therion, Andy Timmons, Marco Sfogli, Mark Tremonti, James Blunt, John Lennon (List is in the order of "Top of my Head"
Sounds Like
A mix between everything I listen to, here are the styles I'm into:
- Progressive metal, and most the rest of the metals
- Orchestrations
- New age
- Ambient acoustic
- Many more!
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Dream Theater - The Ministry of Lost Souls Guitar Solo
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The General Stuff:
I'm Lebanese, living in Kuwait. I'm the lead guitarist, composer, and producer of the band Benevolent, we are currently working on some material, I also am a solo musician. Hope you enjoy the stuff I post on here!
I've been in and out of a few bands, just as every guitarist. As mentioned, I'm currently in the band Benevolent, which is comprised of my brother, who's doing lead vocals, and myself. Great guy to work with, and a tasteful band member with strong spirit for music! You can learn more about us as a band on our myspace page (which we will be putting together soon).
Aside from my guitar/music stuff...I'm not really sure what to say...I'm the type that likes to keep a good balance between spending time with the people that matter and time alone for my self...I like food, watching movies, walking, going out, meeting new people, and spending time with my girlfriend...that's pretty much me !
Academic: Senior university student at The American University of Kuwait.
Bands I listen to:
Dream Theater, Alter Bridge, Tool, Opeth, Marco Sfogly, Joe Satriani, Metallica,Andy Timmons, Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom, Coldplay, The Cranberries, Creed, Goo Goo Dolls, Incubus, John Powell, Lamb of God, Led Zeppelin, Muse, Nickelback, Oasis, Pagan's Mind, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Rammstein, Rush, Sarah Mclachlan, The Secret Garden, Slipknot, Symphony x, Therion, Tommy Emmanuel, A perfect circle, 30 Seconds to Mars
This is most of what I got on my Ipod that gets extreme to frequent clicks !
Other Random Interests:
Pizza, Cruising with mellow music on, The urge to want to learn to play every instrument I love listening to, Guitars, Networking, I can go on !
I'd like to meet:
John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Russel Crowe, Robert Knepper, William Fichtner, Stephen Colbert.
Movies/Television:
The Gladiator, The Illusionist, The Lord of The Ring (All 3), 3:10 to Yuma, Braveheart, 1408, Saw (All 3), The Bournes, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Pirates of The Carribean...and the list goes on!...as for TV: Prison Break
Heroes:
John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, And a few people from my day to day that are unbelievably inspiring. P.S: She knows who she is !
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Actually, I was hoping to ask if you wouldn't mind producing my song "Quiet Night" since it obviously needs a redo. Im sure my guitarist Feras would be up for it as well if you are.