HUSSAIN JIFFRY CHOOSES CHI HOOP (USA)

Usama is a professional, working, extended range bassist and guitarist from the city of Beit Sahour / Palestine, playing extended range custom handmade 9 strings bass and 7 & 8 strings electric guitars. 

Usama began his journey with music at an early age, studying at the national conservatory of music in Bethlehem. Usama won the national guitar contest of Marcel Khalife in 2001 during his musical studies, as he started his professional musical journey at the age of 19, where he became part of local, national and international bands, workshops and projects and had the chance to tour many Arabic, European and Asian countries playing different musical styles.

Aside from the upcoming tours, Usama runs a newborn international music project called “Music Exceeds Borders“ together with his project partner and bass sensation Jean-Baptiste Basile from the island of Corsica. Music Exceeds Borders is a project where music is created overseas; emphasizing on the fact that music is a universal language that exceeds all borders, knowing that this project also gives the chance to various international musicians to be featured as guest musicians in this project that is going viral. Music Exceeds Borders sheds huge focus on Bass, making it the lead instrument in all its productions.

Aside from performance, Usama is a certified music teacher currently working at Fredrick Chopin Academy of Music in Bethlehem. His teaching experience goes beyond local and national level as he has taught music in Philippines, Denmark and Germany. His musical work and participations took place internationally in different festivals. Usama is also a recording artist at RJ Music Productions, Mega Studio and Shepherds Studio in the city of Beit Sahour.

Born on february 27th, 1983, in Miami, USA, his family moved to São Paulo, Brasil, where he spend his childhood, Philip started learning guitar and singing at the age of 12, when he moved to Quito, Ecuador.

At the age of 16, he started his first rock band "Tha Street Angels", by that time he was allready learning, guitar, guitar bass, percution, drums, sampling and MIDI programing.
By the age of 19, he was a multi-instrumentalist, and started his path through the audio production world. With local sound engeneers as his mentor, he began working as an audio assistant in live shows in local venues, and sound design for live shows. In 2002 he travelled for 1 year to the US to work and share some of his compositions. In 2003 he went back to Ecuador, and started his studies as an audio producer with Mario Oyarbide (Soda Estereo's audio producer, and many more).

He taught music for 4 years while he worked in a couple of recording studios.
After several music projects, gigs and concerts, on 2014 he finaly realeses his first album "...Otro Disco Por Los Animales!", composed, recorded, produced entierly by himself. On 2016 his single "Zombies Everywhere" feat. Sebastian Gutierrez, 2017 his album "Acoustic Mountain Dragon LIVE" feat. Bernardo and Sebastian Gutierrez, and his single "Poema Nocturno", in 2018 he spent one year recording and producing a super international colaboration of one his songs "Raíz Animal" that speaks in favor of animal rights, featuring 38 musicians from 4 diferent countries, in 2019 a new international colaboration version of "Poema Nocturno" feat. Usama Allati, and his single "Without You", besides this oficial realesed tracks and albums, there are some "unofficial" tracks online. (All of them composed, writen, recorded, performed and produced by himself)
He also participated on "Viña del Mar 2015", "Dandole Cuerda 2016", "Velada de Trova y Poesía 2016", and many others...
You can find his songs on allmost all digital streaming stores!"