Rabea Massaad
Rabea Massaad is a Brighton-based guitarist, songwriter and producer who shares guitar gear demos, releases instrumental music and plays in VOWER and FrogLeap.
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Known for
- BandcampGrinding Gears Vol. 42024 · Solo instrumental collection
- BandcampA Storm Lined With Silver2025 · VOWER guitar, backing vocals, recording and mixing
- BandcampFire by the Silos2018 · Toska guitar, piano/synth and co-production
- BandcampLess We Know2023 · The Totemist with Liam Kearley
- Archetype: Rabea XNeural DSP · Signature guitar plugin
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Overview
- Based in
- Brighton, UK
- Work
- Guitarist, songwriter, producer and mixing engineer
- Current bands
- VOWER, The Totemist and FrogLeap’s live band
- Earlier bands
- Toska and Dorje
- Online breakthrough
- YouTube guitar demos and Andertons’ Sound Like series
- Live milestone
- Played with Stormzy at Reading and Leeds in 2021
Mini bio
How it started.
Rabea grew up in Leeds in a musical family and started out on drums. A skateboarding injury left Rabea unable to drum, so a father’s guitar became a new outlet. Learning Metallica songs helped turn that recovery pastime into a lasting focus on guitar.
Finding an audience.
Meeting Rob Chapman in 2011 opened the door to gear and YouTube. Chapman encouraged Rabea to start a channel. Gear demonstrations and presenting Andertons’ Sound Like series became a way to share playing and explain how familiar guitar sounds are made.
From demos to the stage.
Bands have stayed central to the story, from Dorje and instrumental trio Toska to The Totemist and VOWER. In 2021, Instagram playing clips led to a session opportunity with Stormzy, performing at Reading and Leeds.
Making the whole record.
Rabea’s work reaches beyond guitar parts. Solo releases credit recording, mixing and mastering, while VOWER’s A Storm Lined With Silver credits guitar, backing vocals, recording and mixing. Alongside music, Rabea has developed signature gear with companies including Neural DSP, Victory, Ernie Ball Music Man and Bare Knuckle Pickups.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026Grinding Gears Vol.5Solo artist; recording, engineering, mixing and mastering, with guest contributions
- 2025A Storm Lined With Silver · VOWERGuitar, backing vocals, recording and mixing
- 2025Gran Turismo Track SelectGuitar with Jack Gardiner; engineering and mixing
- 2025The Xylomander · Fretless: The Wrath of RiffsonComposer of an original game soundtrack track
- 2024Grinding Gears Vol. 4Writing, performance and mixing; Of Our Time co-written with Francisco Cresp
- 2023Less We Know · The TotemistCo-writer with Liam Kearley; guitar, bass, recording and mixing
- 2018Fire by the Silos · ToskaGuitar, piano/synth and co-producer with Mark Roberts
Quotes
I was never interested in YouTube or gear or anything like that until I met Rob [Chapman] in 2011.Rabea Massaad, Guitar World, 22 October 2021
On the beginnings of the YouTube channel. https://www.guitarworld.com/features/rabea-massaad-reading-and-leeds-festival
Trivia
- The Totemist’s four-track Less We Know EP was written in just three days.
- While We Wait was written in an afternoon with longtime friend and drummer Ben Minal.
- Rabea’s first personally owned guitar was a Washburn X50, received at sixteen.
- Rabea helped design Victory’s Kraken amplifier range with Martin Kidd.
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