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Les Thomas is a Melbourne singer-songwriter and story teller, known for his compelling lyrics, catchy melodies and engaging live performances. His passionate and purpose-driven music spans across folk, country, Americana, rock and other roots music styles.

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NEXT:
04.12 | System Error, All My Friends (London)
12.12 | einsfünfzig, Haus Mainusch (Mainz)
20.12 | FREITUM, M01
21.12 | Sisyphos
27.12 | Cipher (Berlin)
30.12 | Crack Bellmer
31.12 | KINK
17.01 | tba
21.01 | Equarium, Kwia
22.02 | Südpol, Hamburg
28.02 | tba

Past Venues:
Sisyphos Wintergarten
Club der Visionaere
Hoppetosse
Golden Gate
Tresor Globus
bürro (Mainz)
Breakfast Club (Melbourne)
Golden Pudel (Hamburg)
Planeta Za (Prague)
Renate
Südpol (Hamburg)
Missing Link (Darmstadt)
Kater
Klunkerkranich
Avant Garten (Buenos Aires)
Fitzroy
Moyn Festival
Pangea Festival
Sensus Festival
Sass Club (Vienna)
TBA Brooklyn (New York)
Freedonia (Barcelona)
Mobilat Club (Heilbronn)
and many more...

The Daily Melodies project is an exercise in creativity.  Short pieces are composed and recorded in one sitting, usually within a 2 hour period.  

The basic rules are:  
- Acoustic only (no FX but reverb) 
- Must finish composing in one sitting (hence short tunes) 
- Always begin from a different starting point**
- Accept the good and the bad (no deleting anything that hits a wall).

**I'm now taking requests!  If you have a starting point (seed) for me - musical, visual or conceptual - be sure to let me know - I'll dedicate the song to you 'and' email you the track :)

Originally the pieces were created on a daily basis, hence the name! 

I really hope you enjoy the music.

About Me:

I began playing guitar at the age of 4. My father, Tony Calabro, was and continues to be my teacher and mentor. Tony has studied with Joe Pass, Pat Martino, Steve Erquiaga, John Williams, Ike Issacs, Laurie Ralphs to name a few.

One thing my father instilled in me was a love of diversity, skill, emotion/feel, and creativity. I have been blessed to be exposed to so many beautiful sounds in my life. Notable impressions left with me were Pat Metheny, Joe Pass, George Benson, Wes Montgomery, Segovia, Jim Hall, YES, Chick Corea, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, to name but a few.

As I got older, my influences broadened through new musical friendships. Particularly those forged in the band The Grand Silent System. The 6 other members of this band were very diverse in their tastes, so I was introduced to many sounds and artists that I hadn't yet heard. Examples of the diversity were King Crimson, Bill Frisell, Squarepusher, Stockhausen, Colleen, Boards of Canada, Trilok Gurtu, Secret Cheifs III... this list is enormous!

Once a wife & children came into my life, my connection to nature and an organic life started to develop - rapidly. Living a more sustainable life went hand in hand with my new desire to play acoustic music.

My appetite for creativity has always been insatiable. A jigsaw puzzle is a good analogy for me regarding music - the act of completing the jigsaw is more engaging than the end result, and the act of creating music is more important to me than the piece that emerges at the end.

The future? All I know is it will emerge naturally rather than being planned. Not unlike each composition... so I guess i'm living a composition in progress...

Free Score Available :
https://m.free-scores.com/partitions_libres-m.php?compositeur=zohourian
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Jamal Zohourian was born in 1968. He started learning music in 1988. He learned classical Guitar from B.Mirkhani and also learned Music Theory, Harmony, Solfa, Counterpoint from Mehran Rohani and Farhad Fakhreddini.  He has composed many pieces for Classical Guitar, Guitar and Orchestra and has also taught music since 1993.
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Performances : 
- Conducted Classical Guitar Recital (Seasonal) 1993-1997
 - Conducted "Mehregan" Orchestra to perform Nostalgy, Epic, Sky, Alive, Autumn’s dream Tehran-2001 
- Conducted "Mehregan" Orchestra to Perform Epic (Suite Symphonic in Bm) in ministry of Culture Guidance, Tehran-2001 
- Conducted Fajr Orchestra in 18th Fajr Musical Festival, Tehran-2003 -------------------- 
Publication : 
2006 : R O A D T O E T E R N I T Y 20 Works for Classical Guitar Composed , Arranged and Fingerd By : Jamal Zohourian ISMN : M-805610-33-0 NLAI : M85-34005

2018 : 
Audio album :
1) Dream, 15 Original works for classical guitar, Composition by Jamal Zohourian
2) Return, 15 Original works for classical guitar, Composition by Jamal Zohourian
3) Elegy, 15 Original works for classical guitar, Composition by Jamal Zohourian
4) Dream, 15 Original works for classical guitar, Composition by Jamal Zohourian

2019:
Audio Album:
Miniatures, 15 Original works for classical guitar, Composition by Jamal Zohourian

2020) Ten Little Miniatures for Classical Guitar (Book)
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Other Activities : 
- Teaching Classical Guitar, Music Theory, Harmony and Composition Since 1994 
- Member of Music Faculty at Ghazvin Artistic Department, Ghazvin 1999-2001 
- Member of Composer and Conductor Community in Music House. 
- Head of music Department at Varonezh State University (Tehran Branch), 2003 
- Lecture on Music Theory in the “Week of Research”
- Tehran, International Fair Hall,2003


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