Carmine T. Guida is a New York City-based musician, teacher and performer. He is also a programmer and creator of online games and apps.

Music Guida is known primarily for teaching the doumbek, however also plays several other instruments professionally: oud, cumbus, riq, bass guitar, guitar and mandolin. He appears on the Beginners Guide To Bellydance [Box set] released by UK label Nascente, and is described by ethnomusicologist Eric Bernard Ederer as a well-known Cumbus player alongside Steve Vai.Eric Bernard Ederer : The Cümbüş as instrument of "the Other" in modern Turkey (2007)

Guida was voted favorite musician in the New Jersey Belly Dancing Peoples' Choice awards. His performances on doumbek have also been favorably reviewed.http://www.thebellydancetrainer.com/carmine.html The Chronicles Magazine: The official publication of The Isis Foundation, Volume 7, Issue 2, p 10+ "Catching Up With Carmine" Jareeda magazine said of his drumming on a Pangia CD (on which he provided all of the drum solos) "Pangia CDs have ... killer drums solos...".Jareeda: The International Magazine for Middle Eastern Dance - Music Issue - April 2007 issue, review of Pangia vol 5 His production, as well as musicianship of the Turkish Band Camp All-Stars CD, was also praised

He has also appeared in the movie Mixed Signals.

History

Guida was a computer scientist who was CEO of web page development company Team5, when he decided that his time was better spent as a full-time musician.

Carmine's first instrument was the Bass Guitar. He was inspired by groups like Rush and entertained audiences with his slap bass stylings, which were made popular by groups like Primus. Carmine started performing in front of live audiences at his local Church, St. Rose of Lima in Massapequa New York.

Performer Carmine T. Guida has had hundreds of performances inside and outside of the US. He performs in New York City with Middle East meets Brooklyn fusion band Djinn. Their debut album, "The Middle East Side", was favorably reviewed by The Chronicles.The Chronicles, October 2009 issue, p60-61, "Djinn: The Middle East Side" by Kisa Guida has also performed with New York City-based progressive rock band Pain Hertz. Carmine also performs monthly on Long Island with traditional bellydance music band Baharat.

Releases

Partial discography Artist Album Release date Instruments CommentsPaige23 Let Yourself Fall 01/07/2002 Bass Guitar, Mandolin and Djembe Paige23's second release (the first featuring Carmine T. Guida).Carmine T. Guida Not Alone 01/01/2003 Acoustic GuitarEfendi Live at Le Figaro 09/01/2003 Bass Doumbek Pain Hertz jam #4 09/20/2004 Bass guitar Carmine and Friend Flute and doumbek jam 10/12/2004 DoumbekPaige23 In Retrospect 02/01/2005 Bass Guitar Paige23's third release.Pangia Volume 3 03/01/2005 Doumbek, Bass Doumbek, RiqShakeEmUp Bellydance Drum Solos 10/14/2005 Doumbek Guida's first release of music for bellydancing.Pangia Volume 4 - Dreams 03/01/2006 Doumbek, Bass Doumbek, RiqDjinn The Middle East Side 10/01/2006 Cümbüs, Riq Middle Eastern fusion group Djinn's first release.Melissa and Carmine Simplified Middle Eastern Songs for Learning and Practice Volume 1 03/01/2007 DoumbekPangia Volume 5 - West of East 03/01/2007 Doumbek, Bass Doumbek, RiqMelissa and Carmine Simplified Middle Eastern Songs for Learning and Practice Volume 2 07/01/2007 DoumbekPete List Songs For Kassar 10/01/2007 Oud, Kanun also features Rob MastrianniDjinn The Silent D 5/01/2009 Cümbüs, Riq Djinn's second release. Pain Hertz Creative Differences 01/25/2010 Bass guitar features on bonus jam

Videography/filmography Title Release date Instrument InformationMixed Signals 2001 Brief acting part as a Band Member.The Heartbeat of Bellydance 08/14/2005 Bass Doumbek The end of this DVD features a live performance by Jenna, Raquy Danziger and Carmine T. Guida.ShakeEmUp: Bellydance Drum Solos 10/14/2005 Doumbek A performance DVD featuring bellydancers with live percussion. 01/16/2007 Doumbek The end of this DVD features a performance by Sarah Skinner with live drumming by Carmine T. Guida, Brad Mack and Pete List.Baby Beginner Doumbek Workshop 10/01/2007 Doumbek Guida's first instructional DVD.Begintermediate Doumbek Workshop 07/20/2009 Doumbek Guida's second instructional DVD.

Music licensing Music by Paige23 Ed - NBC TV Medium - NBC TV

Music by Carmine Guida Back to the Beginning - ABC TV

Music by Djinn Secrets of the Sistine - ABC TV Adventures of an Incurable Optimist - ABC TV Gothic Bellydance Revelations - World Dance New York DVD Sensual Bellydance - World Dance New York DVD Belly Dance With Jim Boz - Jim Boz CD No Reservations (Istanbul episodes) - Travel Channelsee end credits Back to the Beginning - ABC TV

Music from Shake Em Up Pop, Lock and Shimmy - Cheeky Girls Productions DVD Killer Ziller - Cheeky Girls Productions DVD

Music from Pangia American Belly Dance Legends - Amaya Productions DVD

Music from Dorku Music of Turkey: Cultural Crossroads - Carnegie Hall Instructional sheet music/CD

Games and apps Guida has created apps and games for Apple and Android and is developing a game for the OUYA console.https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=AwesomeApps.com Guida is developing his multi-player space game Quintet for OUYA in response to requests by backers of a fundraising campaign that supported his development for Android. Guida has also developed a free Unity3D tool Dreamlo, which allows users to store and access data on an online database using HTTP requests.

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