#BehindTheNotes
I have been trying, for the past three years, to write about things I am working on, listening to, or interested in; but I never had the guts to get any of them published. My drafts folder is full of stories that have nothing but titles and a few scattered words. However, today I am eager to share my first story introducing myself and #BehindTheNotes.
Who Am I?
I am a Front End engineer from Lebanon, currently leading the web team @anghami — the leading music streaming service in the middle east.
I have previously worked at a startup linteractif and a Lebanese TV channel mtv.com.lb as a web developer.
I’ve completed my third year at Anghami last September and I am still excited, just like the very few first days. I enjoy all the challenges we face, the problems we solve, and the innovation we’re bringing to the music industry in the region. Anghami has given me all the space to further improve my technical skills, be creative, solve problems and learn something new everyday.
Since I was a child, music has always been something I’m interested in.
It all started with an old keyboard I found in the basement and learned how to play the “Lebanese Anthem” on.
Throughout the years, my social and political activities have become more varied, my interests have changed, and my passion about music has grown.
Being part of the @anghami family has taught me a lot of new things about music, new genres, artists, songs, music facts and has stimulated my curiosity.
#BehindTheNotes
Note: I would like to emphasize on the fact that I am not a professional musician, and will never be one. I am just a person who loves listening, playing and discovering new music.
Due to the nature of my work, I happen to spend hours in front of my laptop, coding and listening to music. With time I became more curious about songs and artists, and started digging into the origin of tracks to find the stories behind the songs, lyrics, composers etc.
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I decided, with the help of some friends, to make researches about these little fun stories, and share them online with whomever might be interested.
I will be also be sharing some similarities between known tracks, weird stories about artists, tunes I recently discovered and many others.
Today I will be starting with two songs that I like and turned out to have intros that sound pretty much the same…
Always Somewhere by Scorpions
Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd
As a matter of fact, “Always Somewhere” is more popular than “Simple man”, due to the huge success that the German band Scorpions has gained throughout the years, but running a quick search on release dates, I noticed that Scorpions released their song in 1979, 6 years after Lynyrd Skynyrd!
This was a quick “Behind the notes” introduction, I will be sharing as many fun facts as I can in the coming weeks and would gladly appreciate any feedback.
Meanwhile, checkout this playlist I created a while ago and keep the music playing!
