Producer \\ vs // Songwriter

As many of you know, I have been working on a little EP, which is developing into quite the musical project, and I love it. It started off with me wanted to create a tiny 3 song acoustic EP for me to use to market myself, and it is now developing into a thematic, artistic album, which I'm super excited about.

There is one thing different though, I've decided to join forces with my friend and talented producer Maurice Carroll of Stinkiface Studios. Maurice and I have worked in the past on original songs, that are off the beaten path, they always come out amazing.
Something happened this past week that has gotten the gears in my head turning, I have always played the role of Singer/Songwriter & Producer for my songs, I even produced a song for Sahffi Lynne's "Exceptions" album called "Heart Strings", so it was different for me to step back and let Maurice do his thing with my song "In This Place" from the Moon album I'm working on.

I already have 6 out of the 7 songs I want for the moon album, I sent Maurice a link to get his opinion on the tunes, and he liked "In this place", what happened next was beyond what I expected. I went over to his studio with my guitar, and with in 7 minutes, he had layed down a Neo-Soul / RnB vibe of drums and keyboard, that it actually lead me to play the song differently. I honestly think if someone else sang the Maurice version, then people wouldn't even KNOW I was involved with it. It kind of blew my mind how quickly it happened. With in an hour we had a song.

This leads me to believe that working with the right producer, can totally enhance your sound. Maurice is great with that, he opens doors that I didn't even know were doors, which allows me to explore the song I'm working on in a different way.
The possibilities are endless.

Moral of the story is, if your a Baltimore artist, I say give Maurice a call and see what happens.
I honestly can't wait to hear the rest of these moon songs through his ears!
By the end of each session, our faces are just hurting from smiling so hard!
This is creativity at its finest.
Awesome Sauce!

Go Create With Love
Mosno

OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO : Shukran My Totem

Shukran My Totem [Official Music Video]



Song: Shukran My Totem
Album: NOVELLA : A Love Letter To Culture Clash
Artist: Mosno Al-Moseeki

Storyboard, production and direction by:
Bentley Brown (Aboudigin Films)
Co-production by Nathan Danskey

Music Video



You heard right.

In 24 hours, I will be releasing my official music video for "Shurkan My Totem". Right Here!!

I can't WAIT for you all to see it.

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-Mosno

Selenophilia

I love it when I learn new words, my new favorite one is Selenophilia.
You have no idea how excited I was to learn that this word existed! It basically means "A Love of the moon", which would make me a Selenophile "(n) a person who loves the moon".
How freakin cool is that!!?

Photo by: Johanna Grace / Edited by: Gela Ghaderi
I have always had a healthy obsession with the moon, I never knew why, and I never questioned it. I've just always found comfort in sitting or standing, and stare at the moon. It always clams me down.
In my desert culture, the Moon is used as a symbol of beauty many times, and as you may ha
ve heard in many of my songs, I use the moon quite often in my writing.

The cool thing is, I learned about this word, just as I had finished writing a new song called "Sahara Moon", of course. So this new exciting discovery lead me down a moonlight rabbit hole, and now I'm working on a 5 song EP of love songs that are moon themed.
Needless to say the word "Selenophilia" makes it into the lyrics of one of the songs.

I am super excited about it, I've always wanted to create an intimate, singer/songwriter style album. So after the full production experience I had with "Novella" (which you can listen to in the music page), I'm looking forward to doing something much much simpler. I have to admit, the atmosphere of the album was hugely inspired by Nick Drake's "Pink Moon" album, its so beautiful in its simplicity, and that's what I'm planning to re-create.

Another exciting thing about this EP is that I will be releasing my first ever original song in Arabic. I tell you, writing in Arabic is a different beast then writing in English. Especially with my astro-imagery heavy  style of songwriting. But its sounding good so far, I need to write one more moon tune and I'll have my 5 songs. I can't wait.

I'll write back soon.
Much Love
Mosno.