Band members:Zeeshan Ali – Guitars (Lead, Rhythms) & Vocals
Hasnain Raza –Vocals
Hassan Ali – Bass
Farhan Ali – Keyboards
Ashir Ch. Rhythm guitars
Nick names:
We don’t have Nicks really!!!
Favorite dishes
Its Rock n Roll
How was this band formed?
Originally Hasnain Aur Zeeshan was formed in 2011, when both formed a studio for recording their own tracks. Farhan Ali is Zeeshans younger brother so he was already part of the band. Whereas Ashir and Hassan were old friends, Hassan Ali joined us recently when we asked him to play in our upcoming song.
Who could be said as the most talented person in the band? And why?
We all have different talents and we keep on trying to improve it. Our all band members are well educated musically and that is one of the strongest point for being confident while doing something, because if you know what you are doing than you can also find your own mistakes. Hasnain Raza was student of Ustad Fateh Ali Khan Sahab, Ashir and Zeeshan studies guitars from common teachers. Hassan Ali has his own legacy as he is from a legendary music family. So, he is genius. Farhan Ali is an amazing creative young man. The more important thing is to keep learning and we all follow that same rule and thus we keep on improving day by day.
What make you guys different from rest of the bands in Pakistan?
That’s an important thing to look at when you are doing a creative job. When it comes to the point of differentiation, our goal is to create more harmonically strong music which carries emotional and technical sense. You will hear a lot of experimentation. If it is about strictly answering your question than we would say that “We don’t have a specific genre”. You will experience different styles from us.
Study background?
Zeeshan Ali - studied music from many mainstream guitarists in the beginning but later he decided to take help from books and instructional dvds and some transcriptional works. He had music sense from the very beginning as he belongs to a Musical family. So the ear tainting phase was started in the very early age.
Hasnain Raza – Started took classes with Ustad Fateh Ali Khan to know the foundation of eastern music however he also studied guitar to support his singing.
Hassan Ali – is one of the most talented musician of our band, he belongs to a elite musical family and he studies guitar with his father (IDREES Khan Sahab) first and then he studies jazz guitar theory. His approach of cluttering eastern and jazz is just remarkable.
Farhan Ali – started learning keys with Grandfather and later on he also ttok help from Books and DVDs. Farhan also studies music with one of the finest pianist of Pakistan Usman Anees.
Describe Yourself.
Tell us what kind of Team you are?
We are very independent musicians and as a team we don’t believe in limits. Because Hassan is a fulltime session player and keeps on playing shows with different mainstream artists regularly. Whereas Zeeshan Ali and Hasnain Raza are running music studio called HZ Studios, so they remain busy in recordings of other individuals or bands. Ashir is also a busy guy who is into music business professionally. But we always have some pre-planned schedules for our jams and recordings.
You guys are quite young? Do you guys think that you are old enough to enter the music industry of Islamabad?
In Music, or any creative field there nothing like being old or young and one does not needs a degree or license to do it. The only thing that matters is you must have enough knowledge of what you are doing; means if you are a drummer and you are not locking in tempo than you must go and practice first.
One female underground singer you guys would like to collaborate with?
Not from Pakistan because there are a lot of amateur and wanna bees here, may be due to cultural restrictions but Yes, We are collaborating with an Indian Female singer and the track is in progress. Hopefully it will be a big number.
Funniest moment at any performance?
Once Zeeshan had a long beard and while sound check on the stage he plugged his guitar and played some flamenco rhythms and a guy from audience said: Jiyoo Molveee, Hahaha… we really laughed at that time.
Where do you guys see yourselves in next few years?
In the same business (Music) with more tracks and a lot more shows.
Any message for your fans?
We would say that keep listen good music and try to appreciate original music so that our music industry can also groom on a bigger level. And keep listening our music at https://www.facebook.com/#!/hasnainaurzeeshan
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