Underground Jamming musicians Party
During Sharm’s hot summer season, people barely go out during the day, if it’s not for work or necessities. The summer nights … well … that’s a totally different story. In Sharm el Sheikh there are plenty of places to go out to in the night, mainly clubs and discos, where the mob can rave to the latest tunes. But the city’s nightlife also has another face; the live music scene, which is mainly found in the hotels and resorts. If you want to catch any of these talented musicians performing, you need to choose the artist, the time and the place carefully.
Have you ever wondered, where these musicians themselves are going out to have fun after work?
A few months back, an impromptu gathering slowly began to emerge, these musicians, more than 20 of them, randomly got together, kind of underground, for their own enjoyment to jam together and those lucky ones, who happened to be there had the time of their life to watch and listen to them. These ad-hoc events began to attract attention and became the constant subject of investigation for those of us who love live music and who wanted to follow up the next party. That’s when one of them, Mr. Mohamed Mounir had a brilliant idea. Speaking to Mr. Hisham Hafez, the present organizer of the jam session, Mr. Mounir explained:
“Why don’t we organize, instead of randomly chosen places and times, a series of events as a new found tradition? These nights are so popular, we could support the musicians in town and present to Sharm el Sheikh a different line of entertainment.”
That was the start of ‘Sharm touring Musicians’. We caught the news of the next jam session and decided to go and see them, talk to them and find out what it is all about. On a Monday night we arrived at Café del Mare, a beach lounge bar in Hadaba and while the people slowly gathered, we took the opportunity to speak to Mr. Hisham about the events.
He told us, that the organization picks a different outdoor venue every week on a Monday to host the artists, by doing this, they move the fans and guests all around Sharm, so they get to learn about new outdoor venues, where they can go to enjoy the fresh night breeze during the hot summer nights. This keeps the jam sessions and the live music scene fresh as each time there is a different ambiance and vibe. The party always starts at 9:30pm with live music as warm up, until the other musicians, after finishing their actual shows, arrive to jam.
But there is more!
Each time they gather, one of them performs a full show for about an hour. After the show, the other musician take to the stage to jam. They even let amateurs on, but only on approval as the amateur must be able to sing or play at a similar level of the show. It is not at all karaoke style, it’s an honor for anyone to be accepted on stage. All this makes the evening exciting, one can never know what kind of music will be played and who will be on stage.
Late at night when the party is almost over, they randomly pick a name of a musician, who will be the next artist to give the following week’s show and a new outdoor venue for the party.
What makes these events so special is that all the artists (singers, guitarists, saxophone players and many more) are playing and making music for their own fun, jamming and trying new tunes with each other, it’s a very relaxed and entertaining atmosphere wherever they go. A lot of fun, laughter and great, great music. They play and sing all kinds of styles, the 80’s, 90’s hits, flamenco, jazz, blues, hard rock and even oriental music randomly to the surprise of everyone who spends the night dancing with them.
The night we shared this experience with the musicians and many guests, Mr. Mohamed Hanafy was the starring artist. He played flamenco guitar and sang to us; creating a beautiful “Latino” atmosphere. After his show it didn’t take long for the others to join him. The air was sizzling with tunes, people dancing with cold drinks in their hands and laughter was all around.
If you want to spend a particularly entertaining Monday evening with friends with a different kind of music party, all you have to do is to follow the Facebook page of the “Sharm Touring Musicians” or call Mr. Hisham Hafez on the nr. : 01152666091.
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