Shiraz Uppal a spectacular singer of Pakistan
Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 5:07 am Under Entertainment News
An MBA by education, and a banker in his former life, Shiraz is not a new name for music listeners in Pakistan. His musiccareer was paced in a gradual, deliberate way until recently, when he wholeheartedly stepped into making his talent known to the world. He has recently made waves with his new single ”Jhuki Jhuki” and listeners have liked his album a lot. He has recently signed a contract with TIPS music in India for an international release of his album.
Shiraz also has a state of the art music studio in Defense, Lahore, where he produces his own tracks and those of other well-known singers (including Atif, Ali Zafar, and Fareeha Pervaiz in the recent past). We were thoroughly impressed with Shiraz’s story and later, his live performance at the LUMS Alumni Homecoming event. Following are some excerpts from our conversation with Shiraz.
Tell us about how you got your start in the music business?
It’s been quite a while now. I did my MBA in 1997 and had been doing music before then as a hobby. My late father, who was in the Army, did not want me to make music a career before completing my education. So I sincerely worked on getting a degree and even worked in the corporate sector for a while. But I knew all along that a corporate career wasn’t what I wanted. I spent my days looking forward to when I’d be able to go home and compose some melodies. Music is all I’ve wanted to do and eventually, and with a lot of support and encouragement from my wife and my father-in-law, I took the plunge and declared myself to be a musician, singer, studio owner, by profession!
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