Shadi - 1-6-2009 at 10:47 PM
So I am now negotiating a contract with a chain of lebanese Restaurants in my town to be their house performer and I'm gonna have a steady weekly gig
playing the Oud! I've been experimenting for the past couple of weeks as far as what kind of music makes the audience react the best. When there are
lots of arabs in, and naturally they seem to enjoy stuff in the "Hebbina Hebbina" and "Alf Leila w Leila" vein a lot more than Sama'is and Bashrafs.
That being said, I would like suggestions for any song in that vein that you think will work a crowd. I received some Abd el Halim requests, but All
the songs I know by him are unbelly danceable to and there's belly dancers who have to dance to what I play. Help me out guys.
Shadi - 1-6-2009 at 10:48 PM
instrumentation is me and a percussionist.
DaveH - 1-7-2009 at 01:33 AM
Ya shadi 'l Alhan. 
hama - 1-7-2009 at 03:48 AM
try these folk songs, heard some of them in Lebanese restaurants in Edgware Rd /London, goes down very well with Arab Dinners
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh0JafhXqK8&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ugAroXUs_zQ&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hqhbDQm7agI&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9i-2-f_flGU&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0hF2xXo1oTk
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sIvkewGGVYA
zakiya_alali - 1-7-2009 at 04:53 AM
Do try songs for farid alatrsh ie
nora nora, la aktab 3ala, ma alee w elteloo
KR
Christian1095 - 1-7-2009 at 08:24 AM
Hey Shadi, I also play for dancers.... I've found that Zeina and Leylet Hob work pretty well too.... I'm working on Gamil Gamal right now and that
has a pretty cool swing to it...
katakofka - 1-7-2009 at 11:08 AM
What about the intro of "nebtedi mneen lhikaya"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BmtlsAwgeo
or the second part of the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JK13hE-3Ck&feature=PlayList&...
yalla go practice
John Erlich - 1-7-2009 at 11:46 AM
How about : Samra Ya Samra (Karim Mahmoud), Nassam 'Aleina El Hawa (Rahbani/Fairuz), Aziza (Mohamed Abdelwahab)?
Peace,
John
Amos - 1-7-2009 at 02:01 PM
Istemem Babacim, Rompi Rompi, Kadifeden Kesesi, Bint al Balad (Wahab), Hadouni Hadouni, Uskudara Gider Iken, Aziza (Wahab), Soode Soode, Sepastia
Bar... as you can see I play mostly Turkish and Armenian music so I'm not sure if you will like some of these suggestions but we play them for dancers
all the time and they're classics...good luck with the gig, I hope it lasts a long time and you have fun and make some $$$....
Amos
Shadi - 1-7-2009 at 03:23 PM
great great suggestions everyone. Thank you thank you.
SamirCanada - 1-7-2009 at 05:27 PM
Belly dance stuff
- Badawess
- ya waheshni rud alaya ezzayak salamat
- el helwa di
- nassam 3alayna el hawa
- 3ala babi waef amarain (any speedy melhem barakat songs)
Qudoud halabeya
- foug el nkhal
- el boulboul nagha
- Quaduka el Mayas
- ya mal el sham
- Khamrat el hob
etc...
paulO - 1-7-2009 at 07:27 PM
Nahna Wil Amar Jiran is a cool slower tune.
Regards..PaulO
Marina - 1-8-2009 at 06:44 AM
I sugest to play the great choice peaces from above, but make them "longer". You don't want to "run out of songs" in the evening, and if you play one
song for 3 minutes, you see...you need at least 30 songs. ;-)
So, put in taqasim, solo darbuka, play the taslim more times - with changes in darbuka rhythm, if you can sing do the "aman, aman" or "of" or "ya
leil" (improvisations "close" to melody line, the closer the better, but slow)....
If they dance, they would love more darbuka solos.
inti omri is favorite as well, balad el mahbuob (a.wahab)
ala dalaouna, ya ein mulayaten - simple, but everybody knows them