I am feeling the wrath of Raffi Kojian as I haven't logged in a while. This weekend was pretty cool as I saw Mr. Kojian and Zabel on Saturday as we went to Shawerma King in Brookine, MA. Ah, I love being at an Arabic restaurant in a Jewish neighborhood. Gotta love the tension...Anyway, it was great to see them and Raffi certainly cannot wait to get back to Hayastan. I'm a little jealous as I sit here and watch "Sling Blade" on Bravo while preparing for another dull work week and finals at school up the road. The good news on the music scene is that Bambir- "Quake" is finally out on Pomegranate. You can get it at www.cdbaby.com/cd/bambir if you dig this kind of music. Armenian acoustic folk rock from Gyumri.
Gor is here in the States giving a few concerts and he will be back in Boston sometime at the end of May. We are all working on the booklet for the next album "Godfather Tom" due out this fall. There are some really nice programs going on this year for April 24th. Check them out if you get a chance... I will be in NYC on Tuesday attending the Recording Academy (Grammy's) membership drive. I am going to sign up this year and be a voting member for the World Music category at the Grammy Awards. Should be fun. I hope to lobby members on behalf of quality Armenian musicians. I am growing tired of seeing Latin music overtake the award category year after year. It would nice to see some diversity. I am convinced that Armenian music (save for duduk music) isn't well known due to a lack of a concentrated lobbying and marketing effort. Let's see if that can be changed...
My plans for Armenia seem to be taking a back seat again as I will have to stick around for another year to finish out my MBA. I've decided to cut back on my school plans ( only one class) this semester in order to concentrate more on the label and my 9 to 5 job. From what I understand, the cost of real estate in Armenia has gone up dramatically according to friends. So, it looks like I missed the real estate boat in Yerevan... I wonder how Vanazor looks these days...
Well, take part in some form of April 24th commemoration and remember that Turkey is never a country that should be trusted. Ask the U.S. ...
Gor is here in the States giving a few concerts and he will be back in Boston sometime at the end of May. We are all working on the booklet for the next album "Godfather Tom" due out this fall. There are some really nice programs going on this year for April 24th. Check them out if you get a chance... I will be in NYC on Tuesday attending the Recording Academy (Grammy's) membership drive. I am going to sign up this year and be a voting member for the World Music category at the Grammy Awards. Should be fun. I hope to lobby members on behalf of quality Armenian musicians. I am growing tired of seeing Latin music overtake the award category year after year. It would nice to see some diversity. I am convinced that Armenian music (save for duduk music) isn't well known due to a lack of a concentrated lobbying and marketing effort. Let's see if that can be changed...
My plans for Armenia seem to be taking a back seat again as I will have to stick around for another year to finish out my MBA. I've decided to cut back on my school plans ( only one class) this semester in order to concentrate more on the label and my 9 to 5 job. From what I understand, the cost of real estate in Armenia has gone up dramatically according to friends. So, it looks like I missed the real estate boat in Yerevan... I wonder how Vanazor looks these days...
Well, take part in some form of April 24th commemoration and remember that Turkey is never a country that should be trusted. Ask the U.S. ...
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