The Pakistani music industry has numerous new artists entering the industry — Maha Ali Kazmi being one of them. She has so far released two music videos, Jana Nahin and Nazar.
“I started singing when I was 16 years old and joined an underground band during my O levels,” said the budding artist.
She was passionate about music from an early age, “I was part of an underground band in Karachi but then left to pursue my studies in Melbourne. But the passion for music always remained and I was also part of the campus music choir in my university,” she said.
It was not until last year a friend suggested she audition for the soon to be launched Cornetto Music Icons.
“One of my friends, Raheel Siddiqui told me about Cornetto Music Icons and suggested I audition for the position of backup vocalist at Shahi Hasan’s studio. I then sent an audition tape to Shahi Hasan studio and was selected as the backup vocalist,” Kazmi remarked.
Kazmi made her musical debut with the single Nazar which was produced by drummer and music producer Farhad Humayun. She spoke of how she met the Overload drummer, “Farhad was looking for a female vocalist for a project and my friend asked me to send him an audition tape after which he selected me.”
The singer was full of praise for Farhad.
Kazmi also released the song, Jana Nahin this year which she terms as a more “personal song” because it marks her first attempt at not only composing music but also at writing lyrics.
“I’ve been writing songs since I was 16 but I was doing that in English but then I started songs in Urdu. For that I read a lot of Urdu poetry as well and have now fallen in love with the idea of writing songs in the language,” remarked Kazmi.
The singer hopes to release an album very soon and is also gearing up for the release of another audio single.
