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One percent photographer, two percent psychologist, three percent composer… but ninety-four percent of my being is made of sorrow. I’m built from silence and notes, from lights that have faded and sounds that still echo through the night. My world exists somewhere between dream and reality, where neoclassical music becomes the language of unspoken emotions. Every melody is a fragment of my soul that has passed through pain and learned to shine quietly. In each piece, I search for meaning not joy, not sadness, but the truth that comes alive through sound. And if you’re listening… you’re hearing my soul breathe.
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یک درصد عکاسم، دو درصد روان‌شناسم، سه درصد آهنگ‌ساز… اما نود و چهار درصدِ وجودم از جنس غمه. من از سکوت و نت ساخته شدم، از میان نورهایی که خاموش شدن و صداهایی که هنوز توی شب می‌پیچن. دنیای من جاییه بین خیال و واقعیت، جایی که موسیقی نئوکلاسیک تبدیل می‌شه به زبان احساسات خاموش. هر ملودی، تکه‌ای از روحمه که از درد گذشته و یاد گرفته آروم بدرخشه. من توی هر قطعه دنبال معنا می‌گردم، نه شادی، نه اندوه، فقط حقیقتی که با صدا زنده می‌شه. و اگه گوش می‌دی... یعنی داری نفسِ روحم رو می‌شنوی.

Music is the object of my hyper-focusing ways! 😂 I'm primarily a guitarist, although I've really taken to the piano in the last five years or so. The two reinforce each other in positive ways, I've found. But I digress. 
Most of the songs here I've written for a personal  soundtracking-type project. I have a collection of old family 8mm films from the 1950s through the 1970s, which were preserved (thankfully) and digitized. Thing is, they had no audio. So, a year and a half later, 75+ videos into the project, and about, I'd say, 12 more videos to soundtrack? Generational contribution: complete! 🤘🏼🎸
It's really been a cool experience trying to capture different moods for different videos. It was also special to spend so much time with film of a group of people who had such a profound impact on who I have become - but seeing them here "pre-me". Seeing my grandparents dance together and go about their daily lives on film, being younger than I am now. Generations of leaves... 
I love almost all types of music. Recently, I've been listening to Curtis Mayfield, Paco de Lucía, Michael Hedges, Yes, Deftones, The Mercury Program, Ólafur Arnalds, September Malevolence. 
If there is any tune here that you like, and you're thinking, "it'd be cool to listen to this song while watching vintage, 8mm, mid-20th century American slices of life, then I got you covered! 

Thanks for stopping by...

A multi genre composer & music producer
Contemporary classical artist
Film composer

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Pouria Karami