Tagged: music

Doc Jazz

The 10 most significant pro-Palestine Doc Jazz songs

Over the years, Doc Jazz has written, produced and published more than 110 songs online. Most of these can still be found in his Soundclick song repository. Most of these songs have the Palestinian struggle as their main theme, and the majority of these have been produced in one of the many existing musical styles of the West, in the...

tips for the recording musician

The art of mixing: 15 tips for the recording musician

For all you recording musicians out there, I would like to share some tips on things I learned in the past few years, when it comes to mixing. These tips apply especially to musicians who mix their own music, and I try my best to follow these tips myself. I have learned them from listening to explanations by audio engineers,...

cilantro or coriander

The appreciation of art and the cilantro effect

Cilantro, also known as coriander. In Arabic, it’s called kuzbara. I love this stuff. However, two of my children can’t stand the taste of it, while they are not difficult eaters. In fact, none of our three kids are. Scientific research has revealed that liking or disliking kuzbara has a genetic component, which makes it taste like ‘soap’ to about...

Doc Jazz on Shibbabeh

Revisiting the shibbabeh, the Palestinian flute

There has always been a consistently high demand for information on the shibbabeh, judging from web traffic coming to my website. Also, I frequently get questions about the instrument, and my tutorials. I really apologize for not answering all of them. It’s just too much work, and frankly, in most cases, I think people are able to figure out the...