Just after 2 weeks, our MEEN LIVE album is still in the sales chart at virgin mega stores, and now is up to the 3rd position (from the 9th position last week).

Also, our christmas album also made it to the charts, at the 12th position. So we have both our albums at the top 20 charts.  This means that,  if we add up the sales of the 3rd position with the sales of the 12th position, we can conclude that MEEN is most probably the most selling artist this christmas season at virgin mega stores :)

Awesome!

Meen’s new album is now available worldwide via cdbaby.com

You can order your copy now by visiting www.cdbaby.com/cd/meen1

Download it from here, and feel free to share:

http://www.meentheband.com/christmasringtone.mp3

As a christmas gift, and because you’ve all been so naughty this year, here is a link to download our christmas album , Min L Manjam 3al Marreekh, to enjoy this season. Please feel free to share the songs and this link with your friends.

And if you really liked them, you can get the limited printed edition of this album (that comes inside a tin can) from virgin megastore and from la maison du disque.

And did you check the clip of “Min L Manjam 3al marreekh” on youtube?

Enjoy!!

In less than a week, our LIVE album has made it to the top 20 at virgin megastores in Lebanon. If you didn’t grab your copy yet, it’s time to do it, before christmas, and make it the perfect gift to all your friends!

Majlis l roboyet jtama3 w akhad arar,
ino yinfouna 3ala kawkab b3eed,
w sarlna min wa2ta 7afr w shighil w ta3ab layl nhar,
bas hal shi mish la7 yilgheh far7it l 3eed…

la2ano 2arrab 3eed l miled,
mna3rif mni l zye7 l mnirsima 3al 7et,
w hayda 3inna a7la 3eed.

yin3ad 3laykoun,
mni l manjam 3al marreekh,
matra7 ma mna3moul 7afriyet,
la asyedna l roboyet,
li byoudourbouna,
asdeh byi7mouna,
yin3ad 3laykoun,,, mnil manjam 3al marreekh.

3ala l 7iraseh fi papa noel bas roboyet,
3younoun bi dawo a7mar w ma3oun sle7,
bi re2bo l manjam w bi shoufo kil l khabriyet,
w bi 2awso 3layna iza 3am nirte7.

w bi jouboulna kadoyet,
ya anebil ya dinamit,
ma hayda 3inna a7la 3eed.

hayda kil shi fina nkhaberkoun 3an hayetna hon,
nchalla ariban tijo tzourouna.
asdeh 3am nitrajekoun tijou w tzirouna please,
w 3ala l saree3 abel ma “message redacted”

l roboyet ba3atoulna buch,
min baragheh w min 7adeed,
ma hayda 3inna a7la 3eed..

Lyrics: Fouad and Toni Yammine
Music: Jonathan Coulton (chiron beta prime)
Animation: Tom Ellsworth
Solo Guitar: Elie Akl

Released under Creative Commons.

It was a nice event. We will also be doing another signing session this next Tuesday at snatch Gemayzeh.

Meet us this Tuesday at snatch for a special performance of some of our classics and of the new christmas songs!!

We will also be signing our two new albums “Meen live” and “min el manjam 3al marreekh”. Event not to be missed!!

Call snatch for reservation on 70 111 651. This is a link for the facebook event page.

The first album, “Meen - Live” is a live recording of the concert we had last May in Tayouneh. Here is the cover:

And the second album is an eight track  christmas songs, and called “Min L Manjam 3al Marrekh” and this is the cover:

This album is released as a special edition, all the songs are free, you will only be paying for the package :). The cd comes canned inside a “3ilbit conserve” package, ready to be consumed.

Elie Akl , my guitarist friend, who is performing the solo on the track, suggested that we record a talkbox solo… And I adored the idea.

A talkbox, as Wikipedia defines it, is an effects device that allows a musician to modify the sound of a musical instrument. The musician controls the modification by lip syncing, or by changing the shape of their mouth. The effect can be used to shape the frequency content of the sound and to apply speech sounds (in the same way as singing) onto a musical instrument.

So mainly, the output of the guitar goes into the input of the talkbox. Then the guitarist takes the pipe, puts it in his mouth, and plays the guitar while controlling the sound as if he was speaking. This sound is then recorded with a mic.

He went to his place, got his talkbox, and we played with it a bit till finally we decided to use the setup I am illustrating in the chart below.

We used a fast autotune, on the solo, with automation, and we applied the effect only on few notes to create an annoying robotic cher effect :)

You can listen to the result here. First I included the clean guitar, with no effects added, then the final solo on the mix.

Our new album is finally to be released the 8th of Dec 2008.

It is a live recording of the concert we had in May 2009 at Tournesol theatre in Beirut.

The album will feature 13 songs including: Pussycat, Shifta jeye mni b3eed, wil khasr yhizz, Jongar, Nasheed el banadoura, 3afife life, Soeur Marie celesteen, Wosil el balegh, lamman kinna zghar, bi3tizir minnik madame …

The signing session will take place the 8th at La Maison du Disque Dbayeh. It is a nice new lounge. Check out the map below for exact location (tal3it l safara el amerikiyeh).

moufaja2at 3adida fi intizarikoum!

This is a compilation of some of the TV interviews and reviews we had before and just after our May 2009 concert.

Meen is having a concert today saturday the 3rd At 3ashkout, at 8:30. It’s most probably the last outdoor concert this season, so be there!

This Friday 28th of August.