Personal
Date of Birth: 1/1/1958
Nationality: Egyptian
Sex: male
Marital Status: Married - Two Children.
Languages : Arabic - English - French
Job Title: Sound Recording Engineer

Education

B. Sc. in Electrical Engineering - Ain Shams University , Cairo 1982
Electronics & Communication

Egyptian High School, Ecole Des Frères , Cairo 1975
French Education

Professional Experience

Fenoun AlEmarat, Dubai, UAE Dec. 1992 - Now
Senior Sound Recording & Mixing Engineer - Mastering Engineer

Totally in charge of the 32 track Sound recording facility.
Tasks include managing the facility , recording , dubbing , mixing , editing and mastering of pop albums , jingles and music scores for TV series.
Also in charge of a cassette duplication facility running 1M cassettes / year.
Tasks included mastering and maintenance.

Achievements
· Helped designing , equipping & building the first professionally designed & privately owned recording facility in the UAE.
· Contributed in the erection of the first legal cassette duplication factory in the UAE
· Helped creating a recording environment in the UAE.
· Helped local talents producing their albums professionally.
· Helped local musicians to become "Studio Musicians"

Farasan Recording Studios, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Jan 1991 - Dec.1992
Senior Sound Recording & Mixing Engineer

Totally in charge of the 24 track Sound recording facility. Tasks included managing the facility , recording , dubbing , mixing , editing and mastering of pop albums .

Achievements
· Helped recording full albums for the first time in Jeddah.
· Was the first to run a 24 track DASH format recorder in the middle east.

Naza'er Studios ,Kuwait Nov. 1988- Aug. 1990
Senior Sound Recording & Mixing Engineer

Tasks included recording , dubbing , mixing , editing and mastering of pop albums .

Achievements
· First to Edit 2" tapes in Kuwait
· First to master on digital media in Kuwait
· Managed to attracted clients from outside Kuwait .

Eko Sound Studios , Cairo 1984-1988
Sound Recording & Mixing Engineer

Recording , dubbing , mixing , editing and mastering of pop albums

Achievements
· Recorded full orchestras , classical , pop , oriental and Jazz
· Acquired the skill of good presentation .



Nahar Studios , Cairo 1980-1984
Sound Recording & Mixing Engineer

Recording , dubbing , mixing , editing Egyptian pop & classical albums.

Achievements
· Operated the first 24 track Recording facility in Egypt and the Middle East.
· Acquired the skill of analogue cut & splice editing .
· Recorded the first fully orchestrated Egyptian music ever recorded in a privately owned recording studio.


Speciality:

Mainly Orchestral work and Local Traditional Arabic & Egyptian POP Music.
As an ex-musician I have the knowledge of incorporating middle eastern percussions and instruments: i. e. traditional tablas, typical Arabic woodwinds and lutes etc .

Credits:

a. National Anthem of OMAN (AL-SHABIBA)
Composed by Dr. Muhammad Abd Elwahab
Recorded & mixed at Nahar Studios Cairo - Egypt 1983.
b. National Anthem of QUATAR
Composed by Hamed Ne'eemah
Recorded & mixed at Eko Sound Studios in Cairo - Egypt 1984.
c.Music score of the 1984 National Lybian Independence day.
Recorded at Eko Sound Studios in Cairo - Egypt , mixed at Sierra studios Athens - Greece.
d.Music score of the 1986 Gulf soccer Championship held in Bahrein
Recorded at Eko Sound Cairo - Egypt , mixed at Romco Studios Kuwait.
e. Music score of 1987 Volley Ball World Cup held in Bahrein
Recorded and mixed at Eko Sound Studios Cairo - Egypt.
f.Recorded and mixed over 50 titles and film scores for Arabic TV networks.
g. POP Albums, over 150 albums including top Arabic artists:
- Fouad Abd Elmegueed (DA'ANI) 1980- 1981
Recorded few and mixed all at Nahar Studios Cairo - Egypt
-Aly AbdElKereem 1982
Recorded few and mixed all at Nahar Studios Cairo - Egypt
-AbdElMegeed AbdAllah (1981-1992)
Recorded mixed all 10 albums at : Nahar Studios Cairo - Egypt, Eko Sound Studios Cairo - Egypt , Nazaer Studios Kuwait , Farasan Studios Jeddah - Saudi Arabia
-AbdAllah Rowaished (1982, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1998)
Recorded few and mixed all at Nahar Studios Cairo - Egypt, Eko Sound Studios Cairo - Egypt , , Nazaer Studios Kuwait , Fenoun AlEmarat Studios Dubai .
- Hameed AlSha'ery (AKEED) 1986
Recorded few and mixed all at EKO SOUND Studios Cairo - Egypt
-Alaa AbdelKhalek 1987
Recorded few and mixed all at EKO SOUND Studios Cairo - Egypt
-Ahmad Moneeb 1986
Recorded and mixed all at EKO SOUND Studios Cairo - Egypt
-Aly AbdElKereem 1982
Recorded few and mixed all at Nahar Studios Cairo - Egypt
-Talal Maddah (1982, 1986, 1989)
Recorded few and mixed all at: Nahar Studios Cairo - Egypt , Eko Sound Studios Cairo - Egypt Studios Kuwait , Farasan Studios Jeddah - Saudi Arabia
-Aly AbdulSattar (1984-1990)
Recorded few and mixed all at: Eko Sound Studios Cairo - Egypt Studios Kuwait ,
-Khaled AlShaikh (10 albums ) 1983-1998
Recorded & Mixed all at Nahar Studios Cairo - Egypt, Eko Sound Studios Cairo - Egypt , PRT Studios London- UK , Sierra Studios Athens - Greece , Nazaer Studios Kuwait , Farasan Studios Jeddah - Saudi Arabia , Fenoun AlEmarat Studios Dubai - UAE
-Kazem ElSaher (1990)
Mixed all at Nazaer Studios Kuwait
-Abdallah Bulkhair (1993-1998)
Mixed all albums during this period at :Fenoun AlEmarat Studios Dubai - UAE
-Ahlam (1995-1998)
Mixed all albums at Fenoun AlEmarat Studios Dubai - UAE
-Elham ElMedfai (1999)
Mixed a few at Fenoun AlEmarat Studios Dubai - UAE

Freelance jobs:

1.Sound Recording:

Several music events recorded and mixed in:
PRT Studios London - UK
Sierra Studios Athens - Greece
Delta Sound - Cairo
Romco Studios - Kuwait
Bahrein Broadcasting Studios
Oman Broadcasting Studios

2.Mastering:

EMI Music Arabia (1999-2000)
Pre-Masterd over 150 regional & international albums .
Jobs included : Straight forward compilations , full treatment , ISRC extracting & adding. Nonstop dance albums , editing & ID insertion.

SIDI - BMG (1999-2000)
Pre-Mastering of regional albums .
Full treatments .

STALLIONS
RAVCD Pre-Mastering of both Audio & Video.

Emarat Call (2000)
Recorded , mixed & mastered over 300 (900 number) messages for the company. Jobs included transfer of Audio to different digital formats to suit the different telephone operating systems

 

3.Video:

Developed the RAVCD ( Replicute Audio Video Combined Disc) . (1999)
It's a technique where BOTH video and Audio are encoded on the same CD Which allows the end user to watch a video clip on a DVD player , VCD player , SONY playstation , Interactive CD player or a PC , then use an ordinary Audio CD player to listen to the full Audio album.

Video Digitisation for the Internet (1999-2000)
Helped production companies in adding video show reels on their Internet sites.
The jobs also included Internet delivery of video for approvals.

Transfer of Computer presentations to different Video formats including the Internet.

 

4.Web Design:

Helped developing Arabic sites readable by Non-Arabic equipped computers.

5.Jingles:

Composed & recorded & produced jingles for Radio & TV commercials included Intonational Brand names like: Comfort , Snickers & Barbie .
Jobs included full production of Audio sound tracks as well as Arabization of English Sound Tracks.