I got into music from when I was a baby: as soon as I was able to speak, I was singing. WHERE DO YOU COME FROM, AND HOW DID YOU GET INTO MUSIC? JO seized the chance to find out exactly what made this Arab’s musical venture work. With their talent, charisma, tattoos and songs, it looks like Avowed just might have what it takes to penetrate local musical interests and give insight to struggling artists. Easily done, says Alaeddin-next stop, Amman. And the band is preparing for an upcoming UK tour. “Since the release of the album in August 2008, “How Does It Feel?” was awarded Winning Song for the month of August by ,” Alaeddin adds. Their album is deliberately independent of lofty music labels, but Avowed have made good use of the web, with official pages on MySpace, iLike, iTunes and other networking sites. 10,000 fans have added themselves to our MySpace page in the short four months since the album’s release, and the number has been rising faster and faster.” “We’ve performed at other great venues like The Roxy and The Whisky. “We perform at The Viper Room in Hollywood mainly-it’s like our second home,” Alaeddin says. Though it was only formed last February, Avowed is already making its name known in the cutthroat music market of L.A. And though it boasts clear similarities to Seattle-based soul rock bands like Maktub or Indigenous, Avowed comes with a definite LA edginess. Within the first week of his arrival, English radio stations like Beat FM, Play and Spin were playing “Save The Angels” and other Avowed tracks, and, according to band members, Virgin Megastore had picked up the album for distribution throughout the Middle East.Īvowed's distinctive West Coast hard rock sound blends grunge and alternative influences with soul-inspired vocals. Alaeddin came back to Jordan shortly after Avowed released their eponymous debut album in August. All that matters is that you’re doing what you love.
If you’re in the hip hop scene, it’s a dead end act you do just to pass time while your shawerma is being prepared.īut if you are Emad Alaeddin, 29, the songwriter and lead vocalist for the band Avowed, you just don’t care. We have helped many hundreds of people live their best life now and plan their Last Wishes and we can help you live your legacy too.WORKING IN MUSIC IN the Arab world usually means singing the same song everyone else is singing and making a cheesy music video to go along with it-after the plastic surgeries. In 2013 I was very honoured to receive the ‘Most Significant Contribution to the Understanding of Death’ award at the Good Funerals Awards. Time To Go encourages and dares people to be different veering away from black and depressing funerals but honouring loss and grief in a deeply personal way. I have been a part of the funeral industry for over thirty years and published my first book Time to Go in 2004, that Charles Cowling founder of the Good Funeral Guide described as “excellent”. I emerged feeling euphoric recognising for the first time the healing powers of a good funeral. I attended two funerals many years ago celebrating elderly gentlemen who had arranged their own farewells. Hi, I’m Jean Francis, my living legacy is helping people, groups and communities to have conversations about and make end of life plans without compromise in quality or ethics.
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