Nads Hassan

Music Across Cultures Talk

I’ll be doing a short talk about music across cultures at the Madlab on Monday 17th May at 7pm. The session will involve looking at the development and some of the core similarities and differences between music across the world, reinforced with some live demonstrations. As music across cultures is a vast and growing topic, I’ll primarily be looking at pitch and melodies for now and will be throwing in some maths for good measure.

For those who aren’t able to make it, and for the attendees who want to find out more, I’ll translate the presentation into a blog post shortly after the session.

This talk is part of Interesting Monday, and I’ll be speaking alongside three other speakers with their own ‘interesting’ topics. For more information check it out on the Madlab website.

New Releases Announced

After a couple of months of silence, I’m pleased to announce that two new albums will be on their way to you shortly!

The first, Remnants will consist of instrumental works mainly of an acoustic and orchestral nature with some tracks including subtle electronic backing. As well as original material, I’ll also be including adaptations of some of my favourite pieces. This collection will be released in instalments, with the first section on its way very soon.

The second release is yet to be named and will be released as a whole. It’s difficult to summarise the concept, but if you can imagine Silk Road inspired electronic rock with myself on vocals you’ll be somewhere close. The tracks will be influenced by the different musical traditions across the Silk regions and explore various instruments and playing styles. The release date is to be confirmed.

Remember to check back soon for the first installment of Remnants. Follow me on Twitter to receive updates my progress.

NadsHassan.com Launched

Welcome to NadsHassan.com, the website dedicated to sharing my music as well as providing information about myself and what I have to offer.

Over the next few months I will be adding more to the site. I will be updating you with tasters of what I’m currently working on as well as complete tracks which will include instrumentals and collaborations with some amazing local vocalists. I’m also excited to announce that I am producing the sounds and ideas for a virtual instrument but can’t say much more than that for now!

As well as keeping you informed via news stories, I will also be updating my blog regularly. These are intended to give you more of an insight into me and my techniques, follow the development of upcoming projects and other music related topics.  You can read the first blog post about how I started composing here. I’m also fairly active on other social networking sites so you can use the links on the right to connect with me elsewhere.

I am very interested in participating in new projects within digital, media, collaborations and I’m open to new ideas. If you think there is anything I may be interested in please let me know and I will get back to you. You can contact me using the details in the contact section.

Thanks for visiting! I hope you enjoy the music.

Nads Hassan