User talk:Joubin Mahmoudi

Joubin started his serious practices of playing percussion and more specifically, the Drums1, when he was 13 years old. In 1998, at age 18, he moved to Tehran, the capital city of Iran. In Tehran, he met many professional musicians over a short period of time. Among them were Ahura Mazda (Alireza Banaye) Shahani, Kourosh Yaghmaei, Kaveh Yaghmaei, Pedram Marandiz, Majid Alizadeh, Mohammad Zonnuri, Hamid Reza Bozorgi, Pejman Vaseghi, Ahmad Khak Tinat and others. The same year, the first Pop Music Festival after the 1979 Islamic Revolution was held in Tehran. The event took place at Avini auditorium, Bahman Cultural Center2. As his first public performance, Joubin had the opportunity to perform as the drummer for the Ahura Band and work with Mazda Shahani at this festival. Later that year, he joined Pejman Vaseghi, Amir. H. Mostaed, Farzad Haidari, Hooman Rezai and Amir Tavasoli to form the first Persian Alternative Progressive heavy metal band in Iran, the Safeer-e-Arsh. However, since heavy metal music was considered "western" music by the Islamic government and therefore, would fall under banned music category, Safeer-e-Arsh encountered many difficulties in meeting for rehearsals or performing. The band had to practice under the" Underground " conditions as any activity to promote the band's music was highly restricted by the government, if not banned. In the following couple of years as Joubin worked with the Safeer-e-Arsh, he also played in several other bands as a contractual drummer. He spent four months in the Kish Island3 working with other performers including Arash Rahnamoon, Shahram Farshid, Ali Ghomaishi, Farshid Vahdat and Adolf Hovsepian for several bands. After returning to Tehran, Joubin continued to work with the Safeer-e-Arsh Band, but the band was still facing many restrictions from the government for live performances and releasing an album; therefore, he decided to leave Iran and explore music in other countries where there were no bans on practicing and performing a particular music genre. He spent a year and a half in Turkey, but unfortunately, he fell very ill in that country just as he had received a visa to the United States. After spending several months in different hospitals where his conditions were deteriorating, he and his family decided that it's best if he goes back to Iran and seeks treatment there. One month after his return to Iran, his illness was treated and he felt healthy enough to go back to his friends and colleagues at Safeer-e- Arsh and continue working with them in promoting their heavy metal music again. Finally, after nine years of hard work and persistence in having heavy metal music played in Iran by a Persian band, and with government's somewhat less restrictive policies on "western" music during early 2000s, Safeer- e-Arsh released their first album in 2007. This album was titled "the Desert Inside", Kavir-e- Daroon in Persian, and all of the songs' lyrics came from the poems of the famous Persian poet, Rumi4. The album was produced by the "Barbod" record production company. Joubin used a TAMA, Star Classic Bubinga 2003 in playing the Drums for songs included in this album. Also, in summer of 2002, per Avay-e-Nakisa's record production's suggestion, Joubin joined the PERSIAN GAP Band. This band is a pop music band has released two albums titled " The Palace of Love" (Ghasr-e-Eshgh in Persian), and "Tik-O-Tik" so far. PERSIAN GAP Band has held 51 concert events in different cities in Iran. The last concert was held at the 2008 Fajr International Music Festival5 (in 2008 ), Tehran, Iran (at the Avini auditorium, Bahman Cultural Center2).This was also the second Pop Music Festival after the revolution. In addition to the Drums, which is his specialty instrument, Joubin has also played other percussion instruments for several bands including the Timpani6 and traditional Persian instruments such as the Daf 7 and Tonbak8. The bands that he has played in specialized in various music genres including: fusion, traditional, pop, jazz, rock, hard rock, metal, alternative/progressive heavy metal and alternative/progressive rock. His other work experiences include: collaborating with the Iran and Japan's Cultural Friendship Society (as part of activities of the PERSIAN GAP Band), working Mazda Shahani in collaborating with the Iran and Cuba's Cultural Friendship Society which led to release of the " Eshgh Alayhe-Salam " ( 2011 ), working with the Tanin Band, performing at the Farda's charity concerts and live performance for the " Taraneh-e-Baran " (the Song of the Rain) for the Tehran Radio. Also joubin Mahmoudi on: 19/02/2012 style to form a new group: "Gothic Rock Fusion" name "DEVA ZASTRA" friends in Italy and Spain with the cooperation of the concert they will be implemented soon in The United States of America.