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Agah Bahari, Derek Sherinian, Virgil Donati, Ric Fierabracci, Rufus Philpot, Cam De Leon, Planet X, Rock, Progressive Rock, Metal, Progressive Metal, Fusion, Tehran, Iran, Music, Guitar, Guitar Player, Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar Player, D.N.A., Exir, Meera, ICOM, Underground Music, Independent Music, Axis of Evil, "Agah Bahari is writing cutting edge instrumental progressive rock., His guitar playing is very impressive as well..." Derek Sherinian, "Agah is a great up and coming writer and guitarist who has a really, fresh sounding approach that is really welcomed by me..." Ric Fierabracci, Agah Bahari, Iranian Guitar Monster, Agah Bahari, Iranian progressive Rock Musician, Agah Bahari, Iranian Progressive Metal Musician , Agah-Bahari.com... The Official Website of Agah Bahari, Sina Lorenzo Jazayeri, www.sinjaz.com, "Agah Bahari is writing cutting edge instrumental progressive rock. His guitar playing is very impressive as well" Derek Sherinian... Agah Bahari was born on July 3, 1983 in Tehran, Iran. He started studying music at the age of seven, playing the recorder flute and xylophone. When he was ten, he moved on to the classical guitar (nylon string), but soon gave it up in favor of playing the keyboard which he played for four years. Then, when he was fourteen, he picked up an electric guitar for the first time and hasn't put it down since! At the time, he loved Metallica, Megadeth and other speed/thrash metal bands, and played rhythm guitar in this style for four years. By 2002, he was ready to play five sold-out performances for more than 1,000 people at the Tehran Art University with the band Exir. Couple of month later,he has accepted to attend world known Berklee College of Music, placed in Boston, MA, which never happened as his student visa request has been rejected by the american embassy. Soon after, he formed his own experimental trio, D.N.A. In 2003, D.N.A. performed four shows, for over 800 people, with proceeds benefiting a charity for children with cancer. D.N.A. broke up about a year later because of the problems musicians in Iran sometimes face. Soon after, Agah was asked to write a song for a video and music exhibit called "Depression: A Multimedia Project" at the Tehran art gallery Tarrahan Azad. In the Fall of 2004, he was invited to join the band Meera who had released their first album in both Iran and Australia. Agah performed guitar, songwriting and composing duties with the band, and recorded three new songs with them, one of which he wrote. This song later reached Number One on Iran's music billboard. In 2005, Agah moved to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia for 5 months to attend the International College of Music (ICOM). He studied music and performed as a guest guitarist, getting his pre-foundation certificate and improved his writing skill in the songwriting workshop with Sting and Dominic Miller. He returned home to Iran and re-joined the band Meera, playing four sold-out shows. After another live performance at the Taraneh Music Institute in Tehran, he began to write and record his own music. In June of 2006, the first song, "Revolving Universe", was recorded with members of Planet X, Derek Sherinian on keyboards, Virgil Donati on drums and Rufus Philpot on bass. The Planet X members recorded their parts in Hollywood and then added Agah's guitar tracks,which has recorded in Tehran. In Jan.08.2006, Agah has re-started working on his first solo album with the keyboard virtuoso and the producer, Derek Sherinian, as well as other legendary names in Prog/Fusion music, Virgil Donati and Ric Fierabracci. .... The journey has just begun - let's see what's next! |
