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What 20 years in UAE music scene have taught singer Hamdan Abri

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“What 20 years in UAE music scene have taught singer Hamdan Abri”

After more than 20 years as a professional musician in the UAE, whether recording and performing as a solo artist or co-founding several bands, Emirati soul singer Hamdan Abri has come to realise that longevity is all about creating your own opportunities. This means balancing commercial work, including cover gigs and private performances, with the less financially rewarding creative pursuits of songwriting, recording and performing original music at his own expense. “You need to keep things…

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