
Biography: George Medlock George Medlock began his musical
career in Mr. Medlock has appeared as the featured bell musician in
the major motion picture film Dirty
and MTV’s Poorman’s Show, and has
performed with notable musicians across the U.S. including: Turkish cura player Turgay Ertuk, Arabic
keyboardist Aboudi Badawi, Lebanese oud player Mounir Bayash, African dance
instructor Myra Jones Romaine of Dance New England, New Age flautist Lee Gongwer,
Lebanese percussionist Walid Assaf, American pianist Pam Wickes, as well as
recorded with Marc Solomon and the Deadmen. As percussionist, Mr. Medlock has worked with many
organizations and individuals including Mr. Medlock has worked closely with belly dance instructors Tina
Enheduanna, Pat Szucs, Cathy Proulx, Suzannah, Nourhan Sharif, Angelika Nemeth of Orange
Coast and Golden West Colleges, as well as with Raquia
Hasssan of Cairo and other Middle Eastern, West
African, and yoga instructors across the US, Spain & Egypt. As a drum manufacturer, Mr. Medlock
has hand made ashikos, dununs,
djembes, frame drums, Egyptian tabls
and Turkish davuls. He worked for many years as a head
djembe technician for a leading drum company,
facilitated drum circles and both sponsored workshops and taught workshops in
drum making and drum playing. He continues to teach Arabic tabla,
African djembe and dununs in
Mr. Medlock has studied with Walid Assaf, Tayyar
Akdeni, Ali Thomas of Tam Tam Mandingue,
Hamish Henkish, Imani,
Spider, Magnus McBride, Jimi and Morwenna Twofeathers, Ubaka
Hill, Abdoul Doumbia, Mary Ellen Donald, Armundo Mafufo, John Biljizikian, Mimi Spencer, and Dic Kunst Der
Drums. In addition to his formal
training, he is self-taught on Oud, Saz, Rebaba, and Zurna.