I was awake one morning totally blissed out, feeling a lot of hope. I could hear the hustle and bustle outside of the noise coming from the street. So I created a mellow backing tracking to represent hope and an aggressive lead guitar representing the street.

Glorious Morning

While I was spending the day at Ein Sokhna, and a bunch of dolphins showed up all out of the blue, swimming majestically, which inspired me. It is an upbeat, happy tune. I am thinking of adding an accordion to it, to give that jolly feeling.

A Day At The Beach

Sadness, is not an option, happiness is the goal.

This is NOT a Blues Song
Lyrics by Ihab Badran

I could never sing the blues, 
‘cause I am happy guy, I can choose
I could never feel so sad,
‘cause my heart is always glad

You taught me to how feel
‘cause my heart needed something real

Everybody wants to feel love
But they’re looking everywhere, kind of
But, what they’re looking for,
Has always been inside them, and more

So stop wasting your time
Look inside, and feel the love sublime


This Is Not A Blues Song

Lyrics by Ihab Badran

Every day I get up in the morning, and I shake up that tree
In that silence, I find myself, I know I am free,
The fear has gone, a war was won
I sing this song, all day long.

Another day I get up in the morning, and shake up that tree
In that silence, I find myself, again I am free,
The fear has gone, a war was won
I sing that song, all day long. 

All This Happens Inside

Lyrics by Ihab Badran

The passageway allows everyone to go through
Close your eyes, relax and let the feeling take you,
to higher planes, forget your brains
Love's what you came for.
Shangri-La's not a fictional place
where everyone relates.

Man was born free, 
but he is everywhere in chains.
It is difficult to free fools 
from the chains they revere.
People utter the truth,
which they seem not to understand, at all.
The chains of habit are too light to be felt,   
but heavy to be broken.

Shangri - La

LYRICS BY - Ihab Badran

People need something,
to make them feel good,
they are searching everywhere,
always misunderstood

Inside is the only place
Where true peace resides
Its time to celebrate, 
You've found what you're looking for

Spread the good news,
Discover you can choose,
to be in inner peace,
all pressures will cease.

Yesterday is done,
tomorrow will never come,
it's always now, which counts
to settle all accounts.

Time To Celebrate

One night, I improvised, and this came out

IN BETWEEN THE GROOVES

Egyptian Rock

One day  I will visit Amaroo ... Hopefully soon.

One Day I Will Go To Oz To See You

People think that Peace is the absence of war, but actually Peace is a FEELING inside each and every human-being. We were all born with it, and used to feel it all the time when we were children, but somehow we forgot, because we got too involved with the world, we forgot how. Not until I met a friend who guided me back to that feeling, and something magical occurred.

SOMETHING MAGICAL OCCURED - Lyrics by Ihab Badran

The journey started the day I woke up
Call it magic, but never call it luck
Spinning, weaving thoughts in my head,
Pulling me away from my real self I dread.

But here comes the architect casting his net
Then stringing pearls so graceful without a sweat
Lonely hearts are filled up again 
Love’s here to rein …

(Solo Keyboard)

Go ahead and enter the shrine,
Drink that honeyed compelling wine,
Shimmering light so soft it shine,
Tingling feelings across my spine

Once the darkness has finally gone,
I adjust, to being a swan
Hovering high, soaring the sky
Now I see, with my inner eye

(Solo guitar)

Something Magical Occurred – Ihab Badran

Guitar soloist, musician, and songwriter Ihab Badran known as Beebo, was born in Egypt in the very early 50's. 

He started playing the drums at his home garage in the suburb of Maadi at the age of 14. Then he joined a local band named the "The Tramps." 

As time progressed, he played professionally in different bands in Cairo. First, he joined the late musician 'Kamel El Sherif,' playing at the night clubs then. After that, he joined 'The Cats,' for two seasons playing at a night club called “Tamerina” at the Pyramids area, until he finally joined 'The Black Coats, and they were playing mainly in front of the Montaza Palace in Alexandria every summer, and in winter at different night clubs in Cairo.

Ihab at the age of 23 decided to get a 9 to 5 job, so he started working for HMV (at the time they were called EMI), as sound engineer. After that, he was dragged into the corporate world in marketing and advertising serving the financial sector.

Ihab left to the U.S. with his family where he lived for many years, until he came back a few years ago, but music was always the core of his being.

Ihab still works as a Marketing consultant, but enjoys playing and composing his own music in his own home-studio.

Ihab Badran

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