Walid's Music Page

Hi, welcome to my music page! In 1981, I bought a Tascam 4 track cassette recorder and started to make home recordings of some of my original songs as well as songs written by other people. Off and on I did this till the early 90's. Below are some of the songs I recorded. With time I will add more of them but for now you can get an idea by left-clicking your mouse on the following titles which will automatically open them in your Windows Media Player:

Never Ending Pack Of Lies: Recorded in 1990. Unlike most of the songs represented here, this song was put together using a computer and a synthesizer. The only live instrument used here is the saxophone towards the end of the song which was played by David De Leon. As for the vocal parts, I never had a singing voice but decided to brave it anyway on this song as well as on some the songs listed here.

They Call It Love: This song, written and recorded in 1991, was also programmed with a computer. Occasionally, when I had the opportunity, I would bring in someone other than myself to sing on my songs. On this one, Stephanie does the lead vocal and I help out with the backing vocal.

To Frank: This is an instrumental that I programmed with the same computer and synthesizer. It's my tribute to one of my musical heroes, Frank Zappa.

Theodore: This song from 1989 tells the story of how a young man from an average middle class family turned into a full fledged drug dealer. The drum patterns were programmed on a drum machine. I played all the other parts (guitar, bass and some keyboards) and the keyboard solo was played by Oussama Rahbani.

The Infidel: Also, from 1989, this instrumental piece also uses a drum machine. I play the guitars, bass and some keyboards and again Oussama plays the keyboard solo at the end of the piece.

Every Little Thing: This is my version of "Every Little Thing", a John Lennon song that comes from The Beatles 1964 album Beatles For Sale. I recorded it in 1988. I played and sang all the parts and programmed the drums on the drum machine.

Strangers: This is an instrumental version of a song called Strangers that comes from the solo album "Something Going On" by Frida (ex singer from Abba). I played all the parts and programmed the drums.

Angel: I came up with the idea of this song back in 1981 but wrote the lyrics and recorded it in 1988. I played and sang everything except the drums which I programmed.

Panayota (She Was A Thief):: This song was written and recorded in 1988. It tells the story of Panayota, a cleaning lady who worked at my parents' home in Cyprus. For months, she would daily check the pockets of my trousers to see how much money they contained. Depending on how much money she found, she would steal an amount that she thought I wouldn't notice as missing. But after a while I started noticing and suspected her of being responsible. So one day I set up a hidden video camera in my room and managed to capture her on tape in the act. I played and sang all the parts and programmed the drum part.

Where I Wanna Be: This song was written and recorded in 1987. For drums, I used a drum track from an LP called Drum Drops. The drummer's name was Dave Crigger. I played and sang all the parts.

Untitled Instrumental: This instrumental was recorded in 1987. Again the drums is from the Dave Crigger LP Drum Drops. I played all the parts.

Heart On Fire: Another 1987 instrumental with the same details as the untitled instrumental above.

Moving On: I wrote this song together with fellow Lebanese musician Munir Khauli who later wrote some Arabic lyrics for it and recorded it for his 1987 album "Heik Ha Nishtghil?" I recorded this English language version playing all the parts and using another drum pattern LP that was by a drummer called Marc Singer.

Why Do I Keep...: This minor blues number was written by the above mentioned Munir Khauli. I recorded my own version in 1986 playing and singing all the parts and using Dave Crigger on drums.

The Stand: This song was written and recorded in 1985. I played and sang all the parts again using Dave Crigger on drums.

The City: This song was written and recorded in 1985. I played guitar and sang on it. Sami Shabshab played lead guitar and keyboards and programmed the drums.

The Way I See It : I wrote and recorded this song in 1985. My friend Warren Peppin played the keyboards. I played guitar and percussion and sang.

Images & Appearances: I wrote this song in 1980 but recorded this version in 1982. I played guitar and percussion and my friend Parine Hassan sang.

The following are links to some of the music artists I really love:

Tony Ashton

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