 Kamel is a Tunis based Street 
 artist
 Born in Algeria, he moved to 
 Tunisia after high school to 
 continue his studies in 
 petrochemicals with the UN
 He ended up being one of the 
 pioneers of busking (street 
 music) in Tunisia.
 In a time when busking was 
 considered an infraction
 And despite all the hardships 
 and misjudgements that he has 
 faced
 He continues to fill our 
 streets with his optimism 
 and his music even today
 After noticing the state 
 and quality of his current 
 electric guitar
 We've decided to offer him 
 something better as an 
 encouragement
 More precisely, a guitar 
 that he have always dreamed
 of owning
 An Ibanez RC-220
 We made him think that we 
 were filming him for a 
 simple magazine report
 He Has no idea on what's 
 about to happen
 - Give me that
 - You want me to play with 
 this one?
 - I think i have a better idea
 This old guitar is good for 
 retirement
 - I would never throw her away
 - Well congratulations for   
 your new guitar!
 This is not a joke i swear!
 How does it feel?
 Come on man!
 Don't cry man it's nothing, you
 deserve more,matter of fact you
 deserve the best that ever was!
 Give him a round of applause!
 Woooow!
 Play us something we wanna hear
 it!
 - You sure this is mine now?
 - Absolutely!
 - I'm going to preform a song  
 that I wrote
 - Sing us your song!
 ♪We can do it all and fly to 
 the sky♪
 ♪My heart won't fall until I 
 die♪
 ♪We both know why, we're doing 
 it right♪
 ♪And everything's fine♪
 ♪Cause I am yours, and you are 
 mine♪
 ♪I am yours, and you are 
 mine♪
 ♪We can do it all and fly to 
 the sky♪
 ♪My heart won't fall until I 
 die♪
 ♪We both know why, we're doing 
 it right♪
 ♪And everything's fine♪
 ♪Cause I am yours, and you are 
 mine♪
 ♪I am yours, and you are 
 mine♪
 A round of applause for kamel 
 everybody
 So
 I would like to tell you 
 our story with Kamel
 It's okay, It's okay
 I would like to tell you 
 our story with Kamel
 He always pays us a visit at 
 Musicplus to change his strings
 To get a guitar bag,stuff like 
 that..
 And every evening as we go home
 after work
 We would find Kamel and his 
 guitar Playing in different 
 parts of the city
 And we would spend some time 
 listening to him whenever we 
 meet him on our way home
 He's always there,never missed 
 a day,filling our streets with 
 his art and with music.
 To be honest Kamel is the kind 
 of guy that even when you're 
 having a terrible day
 As you pass by him and listen  
 to his playing he just somehow 
 makes you feel more relaxed
 So as a little thank you gift 
 from Musicplus
 - This is a huge gift!
 - No really its noting! You 
 deserve a lot more than this
 - It's a little thank you gift 
 from Musicplus
 We'd like to offer you this 
 Ibanez RC-220
 Given that we've noticed that 
 you fell in love with it every 
 time you came into our store
 We've also noticed that y've 
 fallen in love with one of 
 Ibanez's Guitar Straps
 As well as we've noticed that 
 you needed a guitar stand for 
 your new guitar 
 So an other round of applause 
 for Kamel and thank you very 
 much!
 Thank you everybody, i will see
 you all next time, I'll be 
 performing everyday, like i 
 always do! Thank you.
 So, Kamel, your first 
 impressions on the guitar?
 From where should I start? 
 It's every bit as good as I 
 have imagined
 I mean it's an Ibanez!
 The name by itself 
 says it all!
 - It's nothing really,
 We hope to see you in bigger 
 projects,
 This is only a small 
 encouragement from Musicplus
 - Given that you brighten our 
 day everyday
 - This is the greatest 
 encouragement i've ever had
 Be it when you pay us a visit 
 us at the store or as we pass 
 by you in the streets
 You're always there, making 
 our days, brightening our moods
 So this is the least we can do 
 to help you progress
 So, Kamel can you tell us a 
 bit about your story?
 How did you make it to Tunisia?
 How did your passion with 
 music start?
 What were the difficulties 
 you've met along the way?
 Well, I'm a busker, I play in 
 the streets for a living
 As a busker I mainly had two 
 difficulties when I started
 The Police, and people who 
 wouldn't respect your art and 
 would try to
 cause you trouble. Today, the 
 Police is no longer against 
 street musicians.
 Actually they're protecting us 
 from people who try to steal 
 our rig or sabotage our shows
 Today's difficultie for 
 instance are...
 Some people hate seeing 
 musicians playing in the
 streets for no apparent reason.
 They wouldn't just ignore it
 and go on with their lives.
 They would start mocking you,
 screaming weird things in
 front of your public just 
 to sabotage your show. For 
 example very often some
 random guy would just walk up
 to my microphone and scream 
 something while i'm singing
 Like their alias our a shout-
 -out to his neighbourhood or
 his friends or something
 Anyways
 Besides that i have been 
 playing in the streets for
 exactly a year now.
 I was sitting in a café when a 
 friend of mine came up to me
 and invited me to jam with him,
 And I somehow found myself 
 playing in Marseille street.
 In the beginning,shop owners of
 the area didn't want us there.
 They kept trying to kick us
 out of the avenue, they even 
 called the cops on us.
 Then they eventually got used 
 to us and realised that we're 
 not leaving anytime soon
 We won't give-up!
 And that was that, 
 As you can see, I made new
 friendships as time went by,
 I know some people around the 
 city center
 I keep getting encouragements 
 from people in the streets as 
 well as positive messages 
 through Facebook and Instagram
 Words like "I love your voice" 
 "Keep Going" are among my 
 favorite aspects of this job
 Messages like those are what 
 pushes me to keep doing what 
 I do.
 I don't know perhaps we can
 say that there isn't really
 a story to me.
 Perhaps there isn't really
 a story
 But at the same time there is 
 one,
 How? Well i've experienced 
 things that would seem like 
 a big deal to some people
 And at the same time they 
 might seem like deja-vu
 to others.
 But... I dont know,
 I prefer to not get into too 
 much details, but long story 
 short.
 I graduated from high school
 I came here for studies
 Far away from my country 
 Algeria, from my family
 I came to Tunisia
 I'm independant
 I have Rent, Food to buy and 
 I'm fully autonomous
 I'm self-responsible.
 So i need to work to find food 
 on the table
 I've worked in so many places, 
 in different cafés as a waiter
 Things like that, I have
 worked in different jobs.
 Even worked at a local 
 restaurant clearing tables
 and stuff like that.
 But anyways, as time went by I 
 started getting calls from 
 cafés and bars around town
 asking me to Come play in
 their locals
 I didn't know how much money 
 should i be asking so i was 
 being payed way too little for 
 what I did
 Later on I managed to raise 
 some money, If you remember
 I used to always pass by and
 ask about different guitar
 gear and their prices.
 Until i managed to save enough 
 money and purchased a VOX MINI5
 from your shop
 As well as the microphone and 
 their accessories and now I 
 received a really nice guitar
 God knows how!
 - What a Miracle!
 - What a Miracle!
 And now I can finally play in 
 the streets professionally
 Hopefully now people can hear
 me well because back when I
 preformed with my acoustic 
 guitar people couldn't hear 
 me over the noise
 the simplest of things like
 the roar of the street's 
 fountain could ruin my show.
 And that's about it I kept 
 building up my Rig.
 I was missing a decent guitar 
 but today you guys gave me
 the ultimate push that I was 
 needing for a long time.
 It's like you guys came along 
 and said "come here Kamel, 
 here's a Push to your success"
 So thank you so much Musicplus 
 and I love you guys so much
 You're more than welcome Kamel
 thank you for giving us some 
 of your time for an Interview
 Just one more question but 
 only if you're open about 
 discussing the next topic
 Only if you accept
 Regarding your musical career, 
 has you physical condition eve 
 affected it?
 Have you ever been prejudged? 
 Well there's a lot of prejudics
 They are everywhere, even 
 besides the music business
 I'm sick and that's god's 
 decision and I'm okay with it
 But its not such a big deal
 I'm always thankful for 
 what god has given me
 I can walk I can sing I can 
 play music I can do whatever
 With that said, there were 
 some places that i wanted to 
 work at but as soon as he looks
 at me he'll just tell me "Oh, 
 we'll see, we'll call you" and 
 never calls back
 because he thinks that you are 
 not fit for the job and you 
 can't take the workload
 Things like that
 I once entered a music shop
 here in Tunis looking to buy 
 some guitar strings
 As soon as I entered the 
 manager came out and said "God 
 is generous" and led me out
 I am not kidding you he really 
 thought I was a beggar,I enterd
 the shop, said hello and as I
 was watching some guitars 
 he came up to me and said "God 
 is generous" and then
 proceeded to pushed me out the 
 door. I told him "what the hell
 is wrong with you I'm here to 
 buy some strings"
 - Well, God was generous 
 after all!
 And he is still going to be 
 even more generous
 And we wish you lots of succes 
 in your life
 - We hope to se you in bigger 
 Venues
 - That's the main goal!
 - And in even bigger avenues!
 This was Musicplus TV live 
 from Beb Bhar with Kamel
 You can always follow us on 
 our facebook page Musicplus 
 Tunisie - Officielle
 On our Youtube channel
 Musicplus TV
 As well as our Instagram 
 musicplus.tn
 You can also follow Kamel on 
 instagram @kamel_makes_music
 Thank you!
