March, 2010

Soon after Farhan launched his cafe’ rock, Goher Mumtaz from Jal the Band has launched his own recording studio called “GM Studioz”. Goher believes that working for 3 years as music producer has given him enough confidence to start music production at his own studio.

Goher writes:

Along with professional ambiance you will experience a luxurious interior which motivates you to give birth to great productions. The state of art sound proof jam room is designed to record professional jam sessions and is also acoustically treated to record live drums and orchestra.

Goher believes it’s his responsibility as a Pakistani musician to push Pakistani music forward…

Faraz Anwar (Vocalist / Lead Guitarist)

Brainchild behind Mizraab, Pakistan’s first progressive metal band, Faraz started out as a session player working for over 50 major artists around the country, the likes of which include Sajjad Ali, Vital Signs, Junoon, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Ali Haider and Nadeem Jafri to name a few. With his passion for music knowledge, in 1996, Faraz was awarded an educational scholarship and an outstanding musical achievement award from The Berkley College of Music, Boston, but was unable to proceed due to personal hurdles.

Later in 1997, Faraz took charge of a band named “Collage” and hit the Pakistani mainstream…

Former Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik and Indian tennis star Sania Mirza have got engaged and will tie the knot in April, a media report on Monday said.

“The two sports stars have been in an affair for the last six months which had led to Sania’s earlier engagement to break,” Geo TV reported.

Sania’s father Imran Mirza confirmed to media.

The channel also said Malik’s mother had gone to Hyderabad in India where she met with Mirza’s family and finalised the marriage.

The wedding ceremony will take place in April while the valima reception will be hosted by Malik in Lahore on April 16 or 17.

Malik…

Part of the ‘Celebrating Pakistan’ issue…

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan After Nazia Hasan’s breakthrough in the Bollywood film industry with Aap Jaisa Koi (Qurbani) in 1980, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s Munn Ki Lagan for the film Paap in 2004 (produced by Shahi Hasan and Faisal Rafi) is what kick started the trend in more recent times. Rahat went on to release popular numbers such as Jiya Dhadak Dhadak (Kalyug, 2005, produced by Rohail Hyatt), Naina (Omkara, 2006), Jugg Soona Soona Laage (Om Shanti Om, 2007) and O Re Piya (Aaja Nachle, 2007)…

The Noori boys are everywhere now! Recently Ali Hamza has gotten hitched in Lahore and as the band was making its way to record coke studios in Karachi, the boys turned on their laptops and made a video blog. It makes them the first Pakistani band to ever make a video from thousands of feet above.

Check it out!

“Bollywood has place for artistes from across the world, then why point figure at artistes from one particular country?”

He comes from the seventh generation of the Patiala Gharana, started singing at the age of four and has been fondly named ‘Rock Star Ustad’ by music composer Salim Merchant. Still, singer Shafqat Amanat Ali insists that he has a lot to do in life and make a lot of dreams come true.

“There is no one who does not dream. We are all dreamers and the one who stops dreaming does not live. I don’t dream the unachievable, but yes, I do dream,” says Shafqat…

Catching up with Zeb and Haniya is a rather taxing effort. Two very unassuming young women, and incredibly humble musicians, they prefer to let their work speak for themselves rather than personally take on the task of extolling themselves to the media. As interesting, engaging and forthright as they are in a personal rendezvous, speaking frankly on a wide spectrum of subjects from graduate schools, family, politics, society and music, the slight appearance of a much contemptible dicataphone or recorder is enough to render them instantly quiet.

It’s a Jekyll and Hyde situation but not that grave. A side that friends, family and acquaintances…

Check out Atif Aslam’s new music video from the movie Prince. The song is called “Kaun Hoon Main” and it features Vivek Oberoi.

Imran Lodhi, the founding member of ADP passed away last night in Canada.

The vocalist of the band Omar Bilal Akhtar released a statement saying: “I currently don’t have the words to express the shock, the grief and complete heartbreak. I did not think I would have to write a eulogy for another friend so soon.”

Please pray for his family and remember Imran in your thoughts and prayers.

Thats right! Ali Zafar became a father today. The heart-rob of millions of Pakistani’s tweeted to the world saying:

“God had blessed us with a baby boy. A little sooner than expected but the best thing ever to have happened to me. Can’t explain the feeling”

We would like to congratulate Ali and his wife Ayesha on this very happy occasion.

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