During his interview with the journalist Amra Adeeb on the “Big Time Podcast,” Majed Al-Muhandis talked about how he entered the world of art, saying: “I bought an oud to learn how to play it, but I was not good at playing it… and I did not have the money to buy it, so my aunt sold her gold coins and loaned me a loan to buy it.” There were courses (to learn to play) announced on television for those wishing to participate, and I entered them, but when I returned, I broke the oud and said, “Maybe I have no share in working in art.”
The “engineer” added: “I was working in sewing with my father and grandfather and studying aviation engineering, and I said to continue my professional life, but after a while I told myself that this is not the Majid I know,” pointing out that he decided to enter a studies institute in the Iraqi Maqam House to achieve his dream. .
He continued: “I studied under giant professors in the field of music and little by little I developed, and this explained to me the reason why I was rejected by the professors in the beginning.”
The Iraqi artist, who holds Saudi citizenship, explained that the first person to praise his voice was his family, and that no one supported him in the artistic community in his early days.
Regarding his wealth and money, Majed Al-Muhandis said: “Money is nice, of course, but it is a means, not an end. Money did not change me, and I used it to help my relatives and family.”
He continued: “I began to take stock in order to stand on my feet, even if I stood, art would be in simple projects and very simple investments.”
He touched on his salary from working as a seamstress, saying: “I used to work as a seamstress in Amman, Jordan, and I used to get $30 a week, or $120 (84 dinars) a month, and sometimes more if we worked overtime (extra time).”
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