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Europe Day

Monday, June 14th, 2010

I’m not that keen on days such “Europe”, but since it was being marked on the same day as “European Day of Parks” my only wish for the day was for the Armenian parks to be as green, well-looked-after and “caféless” as their European peers.

Dogma with the top guy of the Council of Europe

Wanted to present him long ago… If you have been at our solo concerts you must have thundered for a second due to the unexpected appearance and powerful growl of Vardan Araqelyan from the ex-Aramazd band. We just experimented, but so perfectly the vocals harmonized with each other on the song “Colours” that now we don’t see it without Vardan’s participation. And as a matter of fact we play it during our own gigs only.

Why are you so sad, alone...

But so happened that Vardan appeared 5 minutes before our appearance on the stage at Shahumyan Square and wished to perform… and the wider audience of different musical tastes gathered there got acquainted, maybe astonished or petrified of the power of sound and voices openair. Such a bliss!

Colours in your eyes... find them in your dreams...

Colors in your eyes... find them in your dreams...

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Deep Purple… Meeting, greeting and seeing off

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Impressions were dime a dozen and different, so I won’t dwell upon them. Just happy that we could make it happen despite all the difficulties. Got pretty tired, but still made the last efforts to enjoy the great show! Such a long expected event!

DP’s monitor engineer Rob, great person with an access to the Space from his own observatory. And the flowers are from another wonderful person, Gillan’s assistant Sally, whose talent I discovered here.

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John McLaughlin and “The 4th Dimension” … !!!

Monday, May 17th, 2010

The rain on April 27 started on top of our organizational problems, exhausted minds and bodies. After a sleepless night early the next morning we headed to the airport to meet the guitar legend and his band.

Another moment and…here they are – the moment when timidly dreamed dreams come true… and the rain is a balm anymore.

The great jazz fusion guitarist and composer John McLaughlin and his band “The 4th Dimension” gave a concert on April 28, 2010 in Yerevan! Proud to say this as promoters of the event!

Dear John, all the venyl disks, CDs, booklets, posters I asked you to sign were meant for your fans who requested me to pass your touch on to them;)

in a balm... off the plane, under the rain.

With his band complied of virtuous musicians and wonderful people such as Gary Husband – true instrumentalist, who plays keyboards and switches over to drums with ease, Mark Mondesir – brilliant drummer with perfect sense of rhythm and music, whom we had already had the pleasure of knowing back from Jethro Tull concert, Etienne M’Bappe – the finest bassist, whose gloved fingers glide imperceptibly flowing into a perfect bass melody, the legend of guitar John McLaughlin, restrained as a man on the stage, joking constantly behind it, played his “4th dimension” virtuous and divine music, passionately playing his guitar, bringing out the euphoric feeling which infected everyone, passed this elation to every music-lover.

Not only the rain was a balm anymore, but anything and everyone…

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Guest Act for Ian Anderson Yerevan Show

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

With immense happiness and greatest honour, we want to share this very exciting and valuable to us news with you!

Quoting Official Jethro Tull website:

Ian Anderson – 2010

September 24 Yerevan, Armenia Opera House, Sayat-Nova Street with the Yerevan Symphony Orchestra

Guest Act for Yerevan – Zara from Dogma

Zara, the lead vocalist of the Armenian band Dogma, will join Ian as a special guest for the Yerevan date. In Ian’s words, Dogma is….”The best musical metal band this side of Mars. Amazing bass player. Brilliant vocals. Searing guitar. Thundering neutron drums. This band feature instruments which are weapons of mass destruction…. Oh, to be so young.”

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Of Late and Future… Children, Guitars and a Ladybird !

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

We seem to be quiet lately, some people keep on saying that. But things only keep on seeming like that, because recently our life away from public view has been very active.

Now our band is enlarged!!! Our Derik is now a double-father! In September little Suren Vardumyan was born, a little angel, probably drummer in the future (though his eldest sister Ani has already taken it on ), or maybe a singer, or an actor like his parents.

Welcome to the family!!!

Future!

Meet other members of our band – Now Henry has got two new guitars - acoustic guitar Yamaha CPX 15-WA and electric guitar Peavey. Both are handcrafted guitars.

With the latter guitar Henry performed at the Guitar Festival, and it was actually the same guitar which “crashed” while playing on it. (Don’t know what happened then, but the guitar is ok now). Luckily he had the other guitar with him, but this incident was the reaso that journalists wrote about it (funny right, it was not about music, but the fact that a guitar crashed during the show…wow, who would guess!!!)

And eventually, our bride, who we, Vardan particularly, have been waiting for for some 6 months! Specially made for Vardan Grigoryan by Armen Blbulian!!!

Vardan with his treasure

It’s so marvelous, sounds soft and perfect. Words can’t really describe this beauty, you should see and feel it live! But be aware, Vardan doesn’t let anyone get close to his treasure!

Specially made for Vardan Grigoryan by Armen Blbulyan

Specially made for Vardan Grigoryan by Armen Blbulian

Finally we have released a promo CD with 5 songs on it, before the whole CD will be ready or available on the internet.

So now, equipped with new “ammunition” we are ready to invade . Expect a live in concert in the future with a number of new songs.

Yeah, and me… I’m already wearing my red warm hat, it’s pretty cold outdoors, and waiting for the muse to visit me with a basket of lyrics for our new songs.

And this photo just for a change!