Reza Kaihani
Introduction [1]
"Hamid Reza Kayhani" known professionally as "Reza Kaihani" A.K.a "Reza K. Honey" is a Musician, Musicologist, Ethnomusicologist, Composer, Arranger, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter.
INSTRUMENTS [2]
Guitars, Vocals, Tanbur, Dutar, Flute Recorder, Bass, Organ, Keyboards, Percussions (Standard, Folklore, Drums), Music Software Programming. Specifically, his main instrument: "The Electric Guitar"
GENRES
Blues, Classic Rock, Modern Rock, World Music, Movie Score and Soundtrack
Music Influencers
Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, J.J.Cale, Mark Knopfler, B.B. King, Albert King, Charlie Patton, T-bone Walker, Chet Baker, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Ennio Morricone, Henry Mancini, and Antonio Carlos Jobim
MUSIC EARLY LIFE [3]
Reza started with Bucket Drums and Flute Recorder when he was 6. A year later, he continued playing some easy Classical music with a Mini Keyboard and tried to make his own influenced melodies. The bongo was his following instrument until he reached his favorite instrument the Electric Guitar in 1993. He had to start the Self-Training method due to the lack of any music trainer or book in those years.
A year later, he bought Tanbur to learn the basics of playing stringed instruments with an unacademic structure, which he also learned from his father. So, he could also play the Tanbur tunes with his electric guitar. Reza's following instruments were Dutar and Percussions like Congas, Tambourines, and Shakers while still trying to focus on and developing his Self-Training Electric Guitar, Vocals, and academic Music in all fields.
His next instructor was Hossein Hamedanian, who was in rhythm for a short time. Just like the Tanbur and the guitar, this time the congas and Bongos played the Tombac rhythms. Kaykhosro Pournazeri was his next instructor in Tanbur and the folklore vocals.
In 1996, Reza formed an underground rock band named “Cosmic Rays” as a singer-songwriter. They covered Classical Rock music and also practiced Reza’s songs.
The members changed during the following years but eventually didn't work out, and Reza relied on the world of music software where he could also arrange and play multi-instruments as a full-member band as well as working with other clients outside of his genre of music with English lyrics or instrumental (“Cosmic Rays” band genre).
Besides his English lyrics, Reza also decided to use the Classical Persian Poems in the Rock Genre which led to making “A Light from Different Openings” albums. [4] The poems and one lonely English lyric (one of his lyrics written for the “Cosmic Rays” band), got the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance permission to release publicly.
(The Ministry of Culture in IRAN is in charge of reviewing and approving all lyrics and music and giving permission for performances). (https://www.farhang.gov.ir/fa/intro/duty).
Finally, after four years of effort, he never got the permission license to publish. They had a problem with the Western Experimental Rock genre of his albums. Though other genres, he co-operated in Classical Music, Film Soundtrack, Children's Music, and Iranian folklore songs, got permission.
Later in 2001, Reza started his Independent Research on Music Genres specifically Blues music History and Theories. Then the Movie Score, Soundtrack, and World Music from African, Latin Middle Eastern, and Persian Classic were added.
Reza also Composed, Arranged, and played instruments for others both underground and licensed singers and artists from 2000 to 2009.
In 2006 Reza and two friends cooperated to make an official studio with a government permission license. Reza composed, arranged, and played several songs for other artists and the beginning of the “The Blind Pawn Blues” album started. The studio ended up in 2009 due to a reduction in the number of musician clients in the music industry.
Reza’s next album “Taurus” is a single-track collection of some old and new unreleased songs.
Music History
FROM 1997 TO 2009 [5]
As a musician, he wrote, Performed, and Produced in many genres From Indie Rock to Eastern Electronic/Acoustic Folk and Pop music, Musical Score, Blues, Classic Rock, Modern Rock, World Music, Middle Eastern spiritual and Folk, Movie Score, Soundtrack, Electronics, Ambient, and Children's Music. His arrangement was sometimes with the tastes of Psychedelic, Experimental, or Progressive elements.
FROM 2001 UP TO NOW [6]
An Independent Researcher on the 20th-century social movements and Cultural transformation in Popular Music (Sociology and psychology in music), Ethnomusicology, and Systematic Musicology in "Jazz, Blues, Rock, African, Middle Eastern, and Central Asia". A combination of academic and artistic expertise with the professional development of Ethnographic Performing Arts in society, and the Personal, Social, Ethical, and Political impact with Implications of Performing Arts practices.
Links
https://soundcloud.com/reza-kaihani
https://soundcloud.com/reza-kaihani
https://www.youtube.com/rezakaihani
https://www.patreon.com/RezaKaihani
https://instagram.com/reza_k.honey
https://archive.org/details/RezaK.Honey
https://archive.org/details/@rezakaihani
https://independent.academia.edu/RKaihani
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rezakaihani
https://www.facebook.com/RezaKaihani
https://archive.org/details/@rezakaihani
References
Notes
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