12 May Middle Eastern Music Blog Aliya Cycon Releases Cover of Masar (by Le Trio Joubran) May 12, 2022 By taqsim 0 comments TAQS.IM featured the talented Aliya Cycon on our TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music podcast back in April 2020 – and she’s been quite busy on... Continue reading
24 Sep Middle Eastern Music Blog Podcast Interview with Becca Stevens & The Secret Trio September 24, 2021 By taqsim 0 comments Antranig Kzirian sits down with Becca Stevens, Ara Dinkjian, Ismail Lumanovski, and Tamer Pinarbaşi to discuss their new collabora... Continue reading
18 Aug Middle Eastern Music Blog OudforGuitarists.com Demos World Synth App August 19, 2021 By taqsim 0 comments TAQS.IM is excited to present a new demo of our iOS World Synth app by Navid Goldrick from OudforGuitarists.com where he plays differen... Continue reading
29 Jun Middle Eastern Music Blog Becca Stevens and The Secret Trio to Release “The Eye” June 30, 2021 By taqsim 0 comments At the crossroads of indie and world music arises an exciting and fresh collaboration where Grammy-nominated artist Becca Stevens is jo... Continue reading
10 Jun Middle Eastern Music Blog Miles Copeland’s New Biography & Middle Eastern Music Connections June 10, 2021 By taqsim 0 comments Bridging two different spheres of culture and music is the incomparable Miles Copeland III – an innovative and resourceful managerial f... Continue reading
01 Apr Middle Eastern Music Blog SOLO 1.1 Update: AAX, Phase Distortion Synthesis, New Sounds & More June 4, 2021 By taqsim 0 comments The SOLO Virtual Instrument 1.1 Update is here! Our flagship cross-platform PC, Mac, AU, VST, AAX virtual synthesizer now includes P... Continue reading
10 Jun Middle Eastern Music Blog Is it Sikah…? or Segâh…? Exploring Modal Music Systems June 4, 2021 By taqsim 1 comment First off, please know we are not about to launch into debate about video games for Sega Genesis. Just wanted to get that out of the wa... Continue reading
16 Apr Middle Eastern Music Blog, Podcasts Aliya Cycon: Oud Player, Singer & Composer June 4, 2021 By taqsim 1 comment Talented young Oud player and singer Aliya Cycon joins the podcast. She was born and raised in America, but her music suggests oth... Continue reading
28 Mar Middle Eastern Music Blog The Beatles, Frank Zappa & Erkan Oğur: Fretless Guitar Innovation June 4, 2021 By TAQS.IM 0 comments Over the course of time, what is known as the modern guitar has been in some cases "defretted" by various makers and players, resulting... Continue reading
23 Mar Middle Eastern Music Blog Is the Duduk Really Armenian? June 4, 2021 By TAQS.IM 2 comments Our new synth app features a splendid display of numerous instrument samples - one of which is the duduk. As soon as you saw the title ... Continue reading