New Website Alert: Salah Al Zadjali
I discovered that the Omani singer Salah Al Zadjali [in Arabic: ØµÙ„Ø§Ø Ø§Ù„Ø²Ø¯Ø¬Ø§Ù„ÙŠ](we are not related and we never met) has a proper website AND A BLOG last month when Amjad posted about it. I was really impressed by the mere fact that an Omani singer was making such use of the internet and blogging to promote reach out for his fans and further promote his brand and music.
The fact that this Omani singer is bloggin-savvy is just amusing in itself, but Salah is so good at it he is super cool. Since the launch of his blog, Salah has posted about a trip for an interview in Bahrain, the death of one of his friends (a media personality), and his new video.
The post that Salah made today about the new video is really what the blog is all about. Unlike other music artists who see the web as a threat to their music, Salah uploaded the video of his new song himself onto YouTube for all people to see it. It is obvious that teenagers and young adults in OMan spend more time watching YouTube than watching OmanTV (if they EVER do). It is so logical to release the video on YouTube if you want to get more exposure! In addition to the clip also posted a small trivia about its background, where it was shot, who the director was and how he found him.Really, who needs a press release when you can just write something from a first person perspective and then just publish it on your blog? Fans can (and they do) respond to him on his blog – and Salah replies back!
You can watch his new video below, it was directed by the Omani film director Aamir Al Rawas.
You entire song can be downloaded in MP3 format by going through the Media section of Salah’s website.
Salah’s website is not too bad. It was made in Flash, but does not provide the user with any way out if you do not have the Flash plug-in. His blog also does not have any link back to the website, so if you somehow end up first on his blog (For example through a search engine) there is no way to go the main section of it.
It is still pretty exciting to see a local artist make use of blogging and the internet this way. I have great passion for those who work in the music industry. More power to Salah!
*Blue Chi stands right next to a bunch of dumb-18-years-old-omani-girls and shouts along with them: “WE LOVE YOU SALAH!”.* 
