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Mike - 1-13-2004 at 08:42 PM

Hey everybody,

What do you all think of sharing photos of who we are? I guess I'll start us out. I think it will be a little less painful for you to see a picture of me (if you haven't already seen me and Coo Coo the chimp) than hear me playing oud. :shrug: I think it's kinda cool to be able to put the face to the name. This picture was taken of me fooling around at Wael's place. And hey, if I'm brave enough to share a picture of my bald noggin, you should be able to share photos of yourselves too. :cool:

Take care,
Mike

norumba - 1-13-2004 at 09:42 PM

ok, Im down with that
:)
With the Fadel Bashir oud ( which is up forsale, by the way);


me (and drumer Dave Wayne) with the Sandettin Sandi Turkish oud:

No problemo!!

bahleh13 - 1-14-2004 at 06:43 AM

Mike u'll never believe I was expecting that u looked a lot different, but I like u better than what I imagined :D hehehe. But what's with the bald head guys? I'm kind feeling embarrased by my hair now :mad: Ah whatever. I hope y'all will like it. Of course u will notice in the background half of my bookshelf showing with the books I have to study in (the white Clinical Medicine I think is clear enough for y'all to see). This is my "headquarters" in Latvia, the base of operation and secret post-midnight broadcasting of Oud recordings :D hehe
Hope the rest will tag in (wonder how TP looks like :shrug: )... Peace!

Yours truly,
Basel :D

TruePharaoh21 - 1-14-2004 at 09:55 AM

Hey guys. Gimme a few days to get a picture up. I got school these days, and amazingly enough... I have no pictures of me with an oud! It's pretty sad, but I'll be sure to correct that soon. Mike, good idea to do this. It brings faces to the names of people we seem to talk to all the time.

TP21

Wm. De Leonardis - 1-14-2004 at 12:29 PM

Mike and everyone,

This is a great idea. Besides seeing pictures of everyone, it would also be interesting to hear what attracted the person to the oud; what their musical background is, i.e. did they grow up listening to traditional Middle-Eastern music, popular music (rock, jazz, etc.)? What tradition(s) are they studying (or want to learn)? Does the person play any instruments or genres of music, etc…?

What do you guys think?

Cheers.
WmD.

Jameel - 1-14-2004 at 12:45 PM

No fair, Mike. You aren't the only bald one!

Ronny Andersson - 1-14-2004 at 01:49 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Mike
I'm brave enough to share a picture of my bald noggin, you should be able to share photos of yourselves too. :cool:
Take care,
Mike


Mike, I don't think I need to post a photo of me:D ..what is the hairy guy doing here?

Mike - 1-15-2004 at 08:49 AM

Nice pictures guys. Ronny, get your picture on this thread man. We need to have more bald dudes than guys with hair. Bald is beautiful baby! No offense Basel. ;)

William, that's a great idea man. Let's do it. I think I've shared my background on other threads, but maybe we can have a different forum for us to share our backgrounds and stuff on. Help me think of a good name for it, and we'll make it happen. Then we can dedicate threads on a member of the week or something. Just some ideas. Let's expand on it guys.

Take care,
Mike

Great idea

bahleh13 - 1-15-2004 at 11:46 AM

None taken, Mike. Actually I like ur "bald noggin' " so much i can't really decide who is cuter, u or the Oud :D
norumba's Ouds are wonderful *drooling* and he looks very serious playing on them, and very very important. Norumba u look great.
Jameel also looks good constructing his Oud, personally I didn't expect him to have a thick beard :mad: Just don't lose that beard coz of me Jameel :D
As for the idea, I'm totally in, Mike I suggest u call the forum section "The Oud and I", maybe it's a bit long but it seems ok no? If any of the guys out there has an opinion toss it in, this thing is so great it's a shame if we don't participate in it. Peace!

Yours truly,
Basel :D

P.S. Bald is cool, but I'm not giving up my fur matt yet :D hehe

our youngest oud player

norumba - 1-16-2004 at 09:48 PM

little Sofia has been very enamored of dad's oud,....so i looked this season, to see who made a children oud - Haluk Eryadin made one, and so , here it is!
she's very happy with it, and while shes still too little, i think shell grow into it....



mavrothis - 1-17-2004 at 06:59 AM

very cute man. :D every child should have their own oud, i hope she enjoys it.

mav

nadir - 1-17-2004 at 10:51 AM

i'm getting my picture up soon for this, shaved my goatee off so i wouldn't look as hairy, lol. norumba could you please e-mail me information on the bashir oud? i would really appreciate it. basel you seem to have an amazing oud just as nice as everyone else's up here, i think that mine is pretty basic though (it's my first one!) anyways, its how you play it that matters!!

nadir

P.S. Mike, i have to admit, you look like the happiest guy out of all of us! :bowdown:

SWEET!

bahleh13 - 1-17-2004 at 11:04 AM

:) Norumbe u got one fine girl there, and I guess the love of Oud courses her veins just as it courses yours. May God bless you and ur family. Hopefully we'll get to hear a clip for her playing soon ;)

Nadir, thanx for the compliment. Mine is also the first as well, and frankly I got it as a gift, so I can't say anything about how amazing it is compared to other ouds. Anyways I love it :D too bad I had an accident with it and it got broken, but I can still play it (with caution though). Anyways, get a happy image up soon, otherwise, Mike might have to stand upside down on his head to see our frowns as smiles :D Peace!

Yours truly,
Basel :D

Yazoal2K - 1-17-2004 at 12:57 PM

this was in a Jalsa, hopefully I get the video of that Jalsa from my freind and post it

Mike - 1-17-2004 at 08:30 PM

Great pictures guys!

Stefan, your daughter is adorable, and she has made a "wise" decision to be enamored by the oud! With a name like Sofia, it's no wonder she's so wise. ;)

Khalid...very cool picture man. I wish I was at that jalsa. :airguitar:

Here I am

LeeVaris - 1-18-2004 at 04:44 PM

I look better than I sound! ;)

I'm still waiting for my first lesson.

Into the oud

Rufi - 1-25-2004 at 10:51 PM

This is a picture of my month old son Noah.
As you can see he is already really into the oud!
:D




:wavey: Rufi

Inspired by Norumba

Rufi - 1-25-2004 at 10:55 PM

I have started to Make Noah an oud too.
It is smaller than the one that Sophia owns.
I hope it sounds well. Enjoy;)



Rufi

Mike - 1-27-2004 at 09:32 AM

Rufi,

GREAT pictures man. Your boy is too cute. May he grow up and be a great oudist one day my friend.

Later,
Mike

Zulkarnain - 2-1-2004 at 06:43 AM

Hi guys!

Sorry for the late entry :D.The image was taken during an interview with the local news paper regarding the oud popularity in our country Malaysia.

Regards

Zul

nadir - 2-2-2004 at 07:12 AM

amazing picture zul, congratulations that you have gotten into a magazine too!

**still taking pictures**

amarock - 2-15-2004 at 01:04 AM

Hi dear Oudists friend
I send to you a picture of me .
here i performed in my school:the center of music and dance from East,in Jerusalem,the Ali Jihad Racy's Samai Nahawand with a Taksim Nahawand as prelude.
In my school Jews and Arabs are playing music together(my teatcher is Mr Samir Makhoul,a great Oud player)and the only voice here is the voice of music and peace.
Regards.
Bruno


spyros mesogeia - 2-15-2004 at 07:52 AM

Dear friends....
Here I am with my Hodja ,Nikos Saragoudas drinking Ouzo,and playing some old folk song from the Asia Minor.....
Regards to all
P.S.The oud is a Manol [Manolis Venios] made in 1905,and mine is a Dimitris....

My oud label

Rufi - 2-15-2004 at 11:19 PM

Here is the picture of me that I am going to be placing in my ouds!

nadir - 2-16-2004 at 07:58 AM

very elegant rufi. nice pics everyone!

bluesyOud - 4-6-2004 at 11:00 AM

I've just bought a web cam!!!!so
here I am!!!!:D:D
p.s.I'm changing my strings today!!!

Ronny Andersson - 4-6-2004 at 11:01 AM

HAIR:bowdown:

mavrothis - 4-6-2004 at 02:49 PM

Hey guys. Here is a pic where I was playing with my good friend Sotiris Tsourekis, back in my college days. hehe I'm in the corner with one of my teacher's ouds, a very nice instrument from Izmir (Smyrna).:airguitar:

Zulkarnain - 4-6-2004 at 03:32 PM

Mav...very serious!!:D

Who I am.

wfspark - 4-6-2004 at 07:23 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zulkarnain
Mav...very serious!!:D
Well guys I don't have a web cam, and I can't see to take pictures and/or download the pictures, so I'm going to give you the best verbal discribtion I can. I'm a white male whose about five foot six and weighs about 180 pounds. I have a little bit of a tummy which helps me support my Eraydin Turkish oud while standing. I'm 21 years old, and I have a little bit of scruff on my face. That's from a stressful high school. Lol. Well, that's me. I hope that was a good discribtion.

William F. Sparks

My best gig ever!

Dr. Oud - 4-7-2004 at 09:30 PM

At the Sahara Hotel, near Damascus, Syria, 1999. Accompanying Howieda, the Syrian nightclub singer and recording artist with my niece Honia. The oud I found in a curio shop at the Suk Hammadeya.

Michael - 4-22-2004 at 07:29 AM

Finally got a picture of me with an oud. Here I am playing in a concert here in Bristol last Wednesday.

ahlan wa sahlan

mourad_X - 5-4-2004 at 05:04 AM

hi mike i'm a new member in this board
but i often visit your great pages and i love it:bowdown:

you will read from me again

on the picture i play a very cheap made moroccain oud
witch was my first now i have soled it (alhamdu lillah)
put the studio wasend it amaizing:D

Zulkarnain - 5-4-2004 at 05:09 AM

nice one guys!!


:bowdown:

shikar - 5-5-2004 at 04:04 AM

I hope this isn't too embarassing for people, but it's the one photo I have of myself with my Salmeen oud (even if not in playing position!).

chuckerbutty - 5-5-2004 at 04:09 AM

Mental, that one's well funky!

Zulkarnain - 5-5-2004 at 07:34 AM

:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:

TruePharaoh21 - 5-23-2004 at 11:13 PM

Well, thanks to Lee Varis, I can now add my picture up with the rest of you. You can see more pics of me and Afif and the Kan Zaman Takht Ensemble in the most recent post concerning it.

TP21

Zulkarnain - 5-23-2004 at 11:58 PM

Nice one buddy! :) That Oud KICK ASS!!

nadir - 6-1-2004 at 12:53 PM

Well, here I am! (Finally). Sorry, don't have my oud with me at the moment, but I'll make sure to get one!


nadir - 6-3-2004 at 03:52 AM

Ah, looks like angelfire doesn't exactly work out, thanks Mike!

AT LAST!!

bahleh13 - 6-15-2004 at 07:09 AM

TP!! Nadir!! Finally I get to see ur pix... U look quite nice, u just dont get it Nadir, how come u look so "serious"?! I mean u look kinda frowning in the pic, but u look great in the suit... One would think u r some very important business man :D TP, nice goatee :)

Oh Yeah! Welcome me back :D Just finished my last exam three hours ago. Got lots to catch up on the forum :(

Looking forward to more pix and more faces.

Yours truly,
Basel :D

P.S. Mike I love the new section for Oud pix

nadir - 6-15-2004 at 07:11 AM

Hahaha! Welcome back Basel! Good to hear from you. Hope your exams went well. Anyways, I'm a GENERAL, haha.

Zulkarnain - 6-15-2004 at 07:41 AM

Hi Nadir

send another image with the same pose but with a saudi style gelabayah and heggal!:D

henrik - 3-6-2005 at 02:28 AM

check me and my bold look at..
http://michaelk101.com/todd/toddmp3/celosamindrehen.wmv

this is not oud playing. But my first love. flamenco.
I don´t own an oud yet..can´t wait till wednesday!!:(

Faladel - 3-6-2005 at 07:31 AM

Hi Henrik:

Very nice and very good play ( por Soleá)...From Sevilla ,Spain, ¨where playing the best Flamenco in the world¨ I Applause you applause: :airguitar:

henrik - 3-6-2005 at 07:39 AM

Thank you very very much!!:bounce:

Bin Ayoub - 3-6-2005 at 07:43 AM

Hi Guys,
how do you think i lool like??

keep Guessing for 10 Seconds then Click Here

My picture!

revaldo29 - 3-6-2005 at 11:42 AM

Hey all,

This post was started before I became a member but now that it has come back around, I guess I will post a picture of me with my shehata. Sorry fellas, I still have all my hair :D

spyros mesogeia - 3-8-2005 at 06:49 AM

Welcome above us.....:airguitar:
Regards to all from Greece
Spyros

oudplayer - 3-9-2005 at 03:13 PM

hi all i finally got around and hear is a pic of me hope you like it if not you will have to live with it lol.
thx hope to see you guys.
thx sammy

eliot - 3-9-2005 at 04:04 PM


This isn't my typical playing style... it's a promo shot for a duo I had with flamenco guitarist Dan Fries. I'm holding a Yucel oud from 1995...

Palguy - 3-13-2005 at 06:38 PM

Hey guys,

I just got my Oud about a month ago, I'm doing ok up to now, my teacher is leaving the city in about 2 weeks which is when i'll be screwed. hehe non the less here is my pic, and my crappy oud. :D if anyone is willing to help me out send me a U2U we can talk on msn.. i know the basics. Im also very desperate to learn to read nottations.

SAGR QURAISH - 4-3-2005 at 11:08 PM

sorry im not with my 3ood but this the only one ive got, gr8 idea mike

spyros mesogeia - 4-5-2005 at 04:16 AM

welcome above us
Nice picture
regards to all from Greece
Spyros

habeebkum - 4-10-2005 at 11:37 AM

coolest pics: leeVaris, Jameel(loving the beard), Mourad_X,Eliott(very professional!)

happiest pic: Oudplayer!!:D

most arab: Shikar:buttrock:

luckiest guy: Dr oud, Howieda looked lost in ur ouding....or maybe it was ur charm:applause:

most familiar: TP21-u look like one of my friends...he gets all the ladies;)

Revaldo29: VERY NICE OUD:airguitar:

Most serious: bahleh and nadir. but i like ur styles. hope exams are going well bahleh

baldest: MIKE:)) but who needs hair when u got great looks!

as for me, here is my pic with my love!

habeebkum - 4-10-2005 at 11:43 AM

and sagr, not sure if thats ur little bro or ur son!if ur a dad, allh ye7fathlak ibnak. mashallah.

oh and the file was too big. i'll post it later on tonight

habeebkum - 4-10-2005 at 03:25 PM

it might still be a little too big but here it goes

habeebkum - 4-10-2005 at 03:26 PM

oops. wrong one

LeeVaris - 4-10-2005 at 05:14 PM

Wow, thats one wild oud!
:buttrock:

Who made it?

habeebkum - 4-11-2005 at 12:35 AM

Hi leevaris. I did!! just kidding. i dont know anything about it. a friend of mine bought it from abu dhabi. he said it is a kuwaiti oud but that all i know bout it. no label inside or anything!:shrug:

Dr. Oud - 4-11-2005 at 09:15 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by habeebkum

luckiest guy: Dr oud, Howieda looked lost in ur ouding....or maybe it was ur charm:applause:...

I was very lucky, because of the few Arabic songs I can play, this one was her favorite. She is singing "Sawwah" and was lost in the song. She is a very sweet girl with a load of talent and knock your socks off looks as well. It was a trip for a lifetime and filled with unforgettable events. I recommend visiting any Mid-East country and you'll find the people the friendliest in the world, especially when they find out you can play oud! I always got discount cab fares when I sang Arabic songs on the way. Here I serenading a group of cabbies who came out to our hotel to see whitey play oud!

san3any - 4-15-2005 at 06:49 PM

HERE YOU GO GUYS......this is my pic....at last i have it ready to show you ....

I will post one with my oud......but later... i didn't take it yet!!

Ahmed Alshami (san3any)

oudplayer - 8-28-2005 at 11:06 AM

hey all
for all u new people out there this is for you
thx sammy

oudplayer - 8-29-2005 at 07:16 AM

hey morcos and samir

its great to see who u realyl are welcome
thx sammy

My Pic (Udi Mike)

MrOud - 9-9-2005 at 09:02 PM

Jonathan - 9-10-2005 at 07:03 PM

Hey Mr. Oud, is that the new Najarian electric?

MrOud - 9-11-2005 at 10:27 AM

Yes, it sure is. And I love it :)

Ya 3ayni 3a hal soura

Nazih Ghadban - 9-15-2005 at 09:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by syrianoud
This is me Hi every body...My hair will grew up Winter time :):)

soura hilweh,you appear like a great oud player,enjoy your nice 1025,its sound is very warm.inta inssan albak tayeb wkbir whayda el oud bitawel el 3omr
btmanalak elsoha wel3omr eltawil
Nazih

revaldo29 - 9-30-2005 at 04:37 PM

Haha,

man samir, that is one big keyboard! I've never seen a keyboad that big before. Oh btw, I notice the very fine oud collection there in the background. I would be scared to death leaving ouds like that so high off the ground and so exposed. Where are the cases man?

adnan

Jason - 10-12-2005 at 04:42 PM

Me playing my new oud

billkilpatrick - 10-13-2005 at 12:33 AM

here's me and my lovely - sounding sweeter every day - egyptian made oud. i have another photo of me playing a dud, syrian made oud in medieval costume but i thought i'd spare you ...

spyros mesogeia - 11-15-2005 at 07:08 AM

hello guys,
here I am this summer with my new single hole oud,Mavro we really miss you,thanks for the fotos.
as you see here we love the good food and the good wine,so after we can sing some old songs,near me is Yasemin Saragouda,the sweetest singer I ever heard.
Regards to all
Spyros Koliavasilis

peppeo77 - 11-16-2005 at 08:54 AM

This is a good idea! It's strange to see the faces of all of you guys...I' m quite new in this forum and I love it, expecially when it solves my problems on the oud. I'm italian, from Rome, in love with arabic music and arabic culture. I play the guitar since I was a kid and now I'm trying to learn the oud by myself, unless I can find a teacher in my area, but it's hard. I've got two ouds: the first I bought comes from Lebanon, it should be made by George Mukhail Baytar;the second one I bought in Tunisia and it comes from Ibrahim Sukar...well, I love it! I'm attaching a picture of when I bought it in a shop in Sousse.
See you guys, ciao, Giuseppe.

Elias - 11-16-2005 at 10:13 AM

HEllo!!
and so i decided to put my pic to....here i am playing with Fakhraddin Gafarov an absolutely incredible Tar player from adzerbaijan, director of the Ensemble Sharg Uldusù in wich i play from a couple of months...
Salamat
elias

akram - 11-20-2005 at 02:49 AM

hello all
this is me with my yaroub oud

akram jiries

Who are we?

Stefan Andalus - 11-30-2005 at 07:00 PM

Here's the latest pic of me with one of my two beloved Bashir ouds (this is the Fouad jihad).

revaldo29 - 11-30-2005 at 07:52 PM

Hey Stephan,

You seem like you're quite relaxed there with such a lovely oud and comfortable robe ;). Regarding your oud, It looks like the spacing between teh strings is wider than other ouds I've seen. Is this true and if so, is it characteristic of Jihad ouds?

samzayed - 11-30-2005 at 08:50 PM

Tell it I say hello Stephan :wavey: Both of you look very happy together. I am happy for the both you

Samir and Sada El Rouh2 by Master Nazih Ghadban

syrianoud - 12-1-2005 at 10:55 AM

Here comes Dec and Christmas of 2005 is here. Me and Sada El Rouh2 by Master Nazih Ghadban, i would say one of his best Ouds, Sound wise and quality.
Wishing all members a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Regards

Samir, California

prayerbone - 5-11-2006 at 05:39 AM

hi me iam 40 from the uk..
anyways heres my pic sorry its not a good pic and no oud

prayerbone - 5-11-2006 at 05:46 AM

bald people rule mike ;-)~

Mike - 5-11-2006 at 06:08 AM

Nice dome AJ - and welcome to the forums. ;)

Bartolus - 5-12-2006 at 01:28 AM

Here I am.

L.

syrianoud - 5-12-2006 at 05:07 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Elias
HEllo!!
and so i decided to put my pic to....here i am playing with Fakhraddin Gafarov an absolutely incredible Tar player from adzerbaijan, director of the Ensemble Sharg Uldusù in wich i play from a couple of months...
Salamat
elias


One great picture is Elias Nardi and hid friend , in a very nice old Italian room. With his great Sada El Rouh. Salamat Ghayeh Elais.

ishkandar - 5-24-2006 at 05:01 AM

It took awhile but I finally have a few pictures of me with my 'Little Boy.'
~~Ishkandar

ishkandar - 5-26-2006 at 06:29 PM

Thanks, Mike for the uploads. Not to raz on the folically challenged; but I'll cut my hair off and donate it to a good cause, if it makes you feel better. Maybe I can post it on ebay and raise some $$$? What do you say?

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oudplayer - 8-21-2007 at 06:15 AM

hey guys

I see that there is alot new members here since the last tiem this thread has been up , so i was hoping that all you new guys would post a pic of you so we can see who you are.

thx sammy

Just an oud!!!!!!! fashion guy

MARTAN - 8-21-2007 at 06:35 AM

Just an oud!!!!!!! fashion guy,enjoying himself.
A nice touch to the forum
Hi to all from Martin

Happy faces

MARTAN - 8-21-2007 at 06:52 AM

Hi to all members
Great to see all our happy faces at last.WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD THE FANACTICS OF THE OUD MAKE.
A very bad picture of me and my baby,Enjoying our selfs(you would not think so by the photo)

REGARDS TO ALL
Martin in Eilat cool::cool:

Mike - 8-21-2007 at 08:35 AM

hey Sammy...great idea. Yeah, let's see those pictures!

Not really bald ...

carpenter - 8-21-2007 at 10:58 AM

... It's just that I'm 6' 4", and my hair is 6' 2".

It's fun to see the faces behind the names. Keep 'em coming!

Mike - 8-21-2007 at 12:21 PM

Carpenter...if you had you a mustache, watermelon, and a really big hammer...i say you'd be a dead ringer for Gallagher. :)
Just kidding...but yeah, it is nice to put the faces behind the names.

carpenter - 8-21-2007 at 12:55 PM

Oh, yeah, Gallagher - we went to different schools together.

michoud - 8-22-2007 at 09:31 AM

Hi!!Here I am in my kitchen(cuisine) disguised with the clothes what I bought in Aleppo, my Samir Azar oud and my turkish oud;)

michoud - 8-22-2007 at 09:32 AM

sorry the pick is too big... I´m trying to reduce it
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