SoundClick artist: Rabih Rihana - Jazz-Fusion at its best delivered with mastery and passion by the sensational composer and keyboardi

As a long time solo artist, Rabih has been recognised by the unsigned artist internet music community for years ! Two of his compostions(The Flow and Life Story) hit the N' 1 spot on the internet jazz charts in 2006 on Soundclick.com! Many others of Rabih's compositions are still way up in the jazz charts till today on Soundclick.com

Rabih's influences LITERALLY crosses all genres of music, from Bach to Nirvana... but most significantly, he is influenced by Chick Corea and Aziza Mustafa Zadeh.

Born and raised in Lebanon, he grew up listening to Thrash-heavy Metal and Rock'n'Roll in general, as a way to escape the drama that's been going on in his country for decades. He moved to the USA in 1999 and attended Berklee College of Music for one year.

Rabih had the pleasure to record musical projects with some of today's most exciting and well known jazz musicians, such as Martin Valihora(drummer for Hiromi), Gilad Ronin (Saxophonist for Herbie Hancock), Franco Pinna (New york based session Jazz Drummer) and many more.... He has also played with various forming Fusion and Blues bands around Boston and Philly. His latest live project was "The Dream Will Come", a trio that performs all his compositions. The Dream Will Come played all over Philly and the suburbs and had a very welcoming following by the jazz music scene in Philly.

Rabih's music will take you on sensational journey where elegance, passion, resiliency, sounds, colors, ideas and emotions all blend as one....

Enjoy your experience.

Why this name?

it's my name.

Do you play live?

yes, i've been playing live since i was a kid.
My last project was " The Dream Will Come" trio based in Philadelphia which was very successfull on the philly live music scene.
More live projects are on the way!

How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?

I could imagine , before the internet existed , how many talented artists and musicians stayed undiscoverd or even unheard for all their life...! What a shame...... Imagine what would have happened if they had internet or Mp3 back then.....maybe another JIMMY PAGE or JOHN LENNON would have been discovered.....!
so yes, the internet is definetly changing the music industry.....
i even believe that there are a lot of unsigned artists that are much more talented than currently signed MAJOR artists......not to take anything away from anybody here.......

Would you sign a record contract with a major label?

yes, as long as it doesnt affect my creativity .

Your influences?

My influences are : chick corea, aziza mustafa zadeh, joe satiriani, david gilmour.....and the list can really go a long way....
Pretty much, anything could inspire me, whether it's music or not.
It could be a person, a poem, a painting, a scene of a sunset, a starry summer night....etc...
Beside being a jazz musician and a keyboardist, over the years and growing up, i always had (and still do) this great admiration and passion for heavy metal, guitar gods, rock'n'roll in general and blues.....i'm a huge fan!
The FUSION of all my influences and inspirations comes to life in my songs.
All those factors FUSE together to give birth to what you can call: My own sound....

Favorite spot?

Kousba(Lebanon),buzzards bay, Boston, Texas coutrysides...

Anything else...?