Name
Mohamed Ahmed Lotfy

Nickname (and why!)
Ousso. My Mom wanted to call me Osman..so she called me Ousso when she first saw me in her belly in the sonar.then when I was born I was called Mohamed but she still wantd osman..so I remained Ousso until now.

Education
Business Administration and Accounting (English Section) Ain Shams University

Main instrument played
Lead guitar (electric, acoustic classical and folk)

Other instruments played
Bouzouki , bass Guitar and oud

Type of music played
Jazz, rock, oriental jazz fusion, rock and blues.

The band you play with
Eftekasat (oriental jazz fusion) , Nagham Masry (oriental rock fusion) , Junk Male ( rock)

Tell us about the last gig you played
Last gig was nice...I played with my new custom guitar that I've been waiting for a year. It was very interesting cuz I was improvising on a new guitar which had new ideas and feelings.

Tell us what music means to you
Music means to me...eternal life, freedom, the extreme expression. I'll die without music. Music kills the barriers and lifts the soul to a very very high degree

Tell us about the last album you listened to
The last album was with Eftekasat and I enjoyed recording it and mixing it. It sums up the past 3 years work..and it's a push to move on and work on the second..it was a big success in Egypt.

Which musician do you most admire and why?
I listen to Herbie Hancock and Pat Metheny and I admire Herbie the most...he's a master amd he took music to a different new place..his substitutions and voicings are magica!

Tell us something about yourself that not many people know!
I don't know how I'm improvising?!! When I listen to myself playing on a recording I have no idea how this happened and I would never be able to understand the logic behind that..and I never play a solo the same way everrrrrr!! or I get depressed..