{"id":69554,"date":"2026-06-01T17:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=69554"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:39:25","slug":"arts-chat-building-a-life-as-a-musician","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/arts-chat-building-a-life-as-a-musician\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts Chat: Building a Life as a Musician"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest in an excellent ongoing series on artistic practice, sustainability, and the practicalities of a creative life. Drawing from the panellist&#8217;s individual experiences, the discussion will explore collaboration, visibility, creative development, navigating local and international scenes, and the opportunities and challenges artists currently face while working in the country. On the panel are three musicians who feature in upcoming Arts Center shows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Fatima<\/strong>, a singer-songwriter whose storytelling performances blend R&amp;B and soul with Arabian jazz.<br \/>\n<strong>MINOVA<\/strong>, indie electronic producer and singer. She performs at the Arts Center in a double bill with Fatima on <a href=\"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/fatima-minova\/\"><strong>13 June.<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Yahael Camara Onono<\/strong> \u2013 percussionist, composer, musical director, educator, and cultural producer, founder and bandleader of the award-winning Balimaya Project: his show is on <a href=\"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/yahael-camara-onono-mande-maqamat\/\"><strong>11 June<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The talk will be moderated by <strong>Bill Bragin<\/strong>, Executive Artistic Director of The Arts Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The latest in an excellent ongoing series on artistic practice, sustainability, and the practicalities of a creative life. Drawing from the panellist&#8217;s individual experiences, the discussion will explore collaboration, visibility, creative development, navigating local and international scenes, and the opportunities <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/arts-chat-building-a-life-as-a-musician\/\" title=\"Arts Chat: Building a Life as a Musician\"> [&#8230; more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[292,58,257],"class_list":["post-69554","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","tribe_events_cat-conversation","tribe_events_cat-music","tribe_events_cat-professional-development","cat_conversation","cat_music","cat_professional-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/69554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/69554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69554"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=69554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}