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Mike's Ouds new look
Nice new look. Same old smileys. :bounce:

Thanks for making the site more appealing on the eyes.
5-19-2009 at 08:31 AM
by: cjmichael
Hope you enjoy this
Only a $20 tourist oud would be played that way. :D
3-12-2009 at 06:51 AM
by: cjmichael
Very precise tuning on wound strings: Is it possible?
jaron,

That's a really good tip about twisting the strings. I'm going to give it a try and see h ...
2-20-2009 at 08:58 AM
by: cjmichael
Peg slippage
I've been told by luthiers that soap and chalk work just fine. One of them told me to make sure the ...
2-20-2009 at 08:51 AM
by: cjmichael
Very precise tuning on wound strings: Is it possible?
Thanks everybody, I'm glad to know this now. Perhaps in my case, though, it would be best not to bo ...
2-10-2009 at 08:46 AM
by: cjmichael
UK Oud meet No 2
Oh man, if this ends up being sometime in late April I may be able to make it. I'm going to spend a ...
2-9-2009 at 01:05 PM
by: cjmichael
Very precise tuning on wound strings: Is it possible?
When tuning the copper wound strings on my oud, it is just impossible for me to tune exactly on the ...
2-9-2009 at 01:01 PM
by: cjmichael
Fadi Matta Ouds
Shadi,

Try this simple thing before you do anything else to your oud. Take a small ball of paper ...
12-19-2008 at 11:33 AM
by: cjmichael
Oud on Spanish wine bottle.
Check out what I found at Whole Foods here in Baton Rouge.

I was really surprised to see this. C ...
12-18-2008 at 01:45 PM
by: cjmichael
No oud but still quite amazing -- Persian clip.
I stumbled upon this today and I just have to share it. It is Persian music, and that's about all I ...
12-11-2008 at 08:34 AM
by: cjmichael
Longa Farahfaza Video
Sweet.
11-25-2008 at 05:35 PM
by: cjmichael
Marrou Alaya El Helwin - Western Music Quote?
This is one of the songs I practice every day. I don't know of any western tune added in, but one p ...
11-25-2008 at 04:36 PM
by: cjmichael
Nazem El Ghazali
His maqamat are a lot harder to find. If anybody gets a hold of them please let me know. I have a ...
11-25-2008 at 04:30 PM
by: cjmichael
On E Bay
[quote][i]Originally posted by Owain-Hawk[/i]
Michael, have you ever seen Around The Wolrd in 80 Da ...
11-18-2008 at 09:27 PM
by: cjmichael
Oud and Spirituality
I find that listening to and playing the oud or any other expressive instrument is a gateway to reac ...
11-18-2008 at 03:21 PM
by: cjmichael
On E Bay
Wow. The oud player looks like Arnold Schwartzenegger. Perhaps when he's not a robot from the futu ...
11-18-2008 at 02:35 PM
by: cjmichael
Nahawand
That was a really great taqsim! :applause:

I was thinking about getting a Edirol R-09HR after Th ...
10-17-2008 at 02:44 PM
by: cjmichael
Oud book for beginers!
I bought mine through Amazon from the seller "MissigmanMusic" and they shipped it first class the da ...
10-15-2008 at 09:29 AM
by: cjmichael
Oud book for beginers!
Money well spent. :D

Well, I think I'll buy it from Amazon instead.
10-14-2008 at 09:33 AM
by: cjmichael
Question, tuning
The low F is useful as a drone when playing in Ajam Ushayran. The fifth note (mid F) is dominant, a ...
10-13-2008 at 07:32 AM
by: cjmichael
New Lover of the Oud needs advice in the USA
Brian,

Did you recently move back to NOLA? Do you ever play there?

Shadi,

I'm glad you dec ...
10-12-2008 at 08:39 PM
by: cjmichael
New Lover of the Oud needs advice in the USA
Shadi,

It's nice to know there's now a member of the forum that lives close to me. Lafayette is ...
10-12-2008 at 05:12 PM
by: cjmichael
Could we get an icon for mikeouds.com?
OOOh, this would be great actually. When a site I bookmark has a particular icon, I usually put it ...
9-26-2008 at 08:05 AM
by: cjmichael
Rahim Al HAj
:applause: I never get tired of hearing his story.
9-22-2008 at 07:41 AM
by: cjmichael
Zaman al wasl forums
Yaniv,

I had a similar problem on these forums. I am actually of Iraqi descent and about a year ...
9-22-2008 at 07:35 AM
by: cjmichael
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