RAW Najam Sheraz

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Interview with
Najam Sheraz
by Ahmed Hayat
Is the music field your only bread
and butter? Or you have a hidden
profession as well?

No hidden profession. I depend on

what I earn from the Music business.

Being in the music profession for the

past 10 years, how does it feel?

Very demanding. New challenges

every year, more market brings more
expectations. Actually I feel blessed
ever since I’ve started using my voice
for a cause of better Pakistan and a
peaceful world. Even my voice has
started sounding better now.

How did you end up doing music?

Music has been my profession for

a very, very long time now. Before
music it was cricket. The problem with
cricket was that I felt too dependent on
the Captain Associations and boards
and so it was music that gave me the
required freedom. Music allowed me to
think and grow as a person and made
me more sensitive and creative.
How was your experience working in
India for the “Bhatt’s”?
Nothing exceptional but gives you a
sense of competition when you are
looking at a bigger market and you want
to be a better singer and a composer. I
wish things become more professional
there than just being cut throat.
What has been the best move you’ve
ever made in your career path?
I always worked with the best, and that
is what kept me moving. My association
with the cause of developing oneself,
our home land Pakistan by producing
motivational audio visual ventures
(credit goes to arrahman-arraheem.
com) is a milestone for me; otherwise
I would have been just another rocker
with no aim in life. Najam Sheraz’s fans?
You are currently involved with some Loads. A complete Album on the
social activities such as Arrahman- development of Pakistan. A world
Arraheem.com; can you please tell us music Album with some international
more about it? musicians, it will be recorded in Canada
and South Africa which will be a treat
It’s for a holy cause, no organization for the people of Pakistan and India.
or trust or NGO or donations or any And of course my annual US/UK tour.
political or groups association. Its purely
an educational website, here we focus As Pakistan is also coming into the
on personal development and try to trend of Remixes what do you have
use the media to highlight the goodness to say about that? As your 10-year
in the society and the people, which album has tracks with a different
is another way to counter weaknesses musical arrangements compared to
and ills of the society and the people, original, will you call them remix’s?
rather than just criticizing and pointing
out weaknesses and doing nothing Ten years special album “Menu tere naal”
about it. It also enables you to have a was reproduced and re-sung, so it’s not
first hand knowledge of the Holy Book a remix album. And I think sometimes
and Hadith with reference chapter and artists remix for the satisfaction or
verse according to the situation and exploring new angles but unfortunately
your practical life rather than hearing mainstream industry makes it a ‘trend’
different concepts about Deen from which creates problems for the growth
others and just keeping an opinion about of new music . The industry is always
Deen all your life without verifying it. responsible for the growth of the creative
At the end of the day everyone needs a and new music and that’s how you do a
better life and a better solution and The long term business without letting one’s
Boss Almighty has it all sorted out. standard fall, so no short cuts.
So what’s new in the pipeline for

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Are you going to give it a try as well, and to clarify the misconceptions about technologically and morally. Even if
if yes so which of your numbers well Islam. Remember what Prophet PBUH we get the best tech. and the industry
be remixed? said’ ‘Muslim is the one from whose we still need sincere and loyal people
words and actions others are safe’’ which can’t come up without hard work
Well it’s not on my agenda at the on the character of the personality and
moment, but if someone else out there But even then some people try to give a its never too late, so lets hold hands
wants to remix my songs, I just might bad name to this wonderful and selfless and be friends and move together with
think about it. effort without even verifying it by everyone with one goal that we want to
using e mails and other means on the make our home Pakistan a place where
What are your aims and goals in internet. This is Hypocrisy ‘’Munafqat’’ peace and brotherhood will prevail in
life? because if you are so sincere with such a way that Other cultures and
Pakistan and Islam you should correct countries will learn from us ‘Dhoonday
A very complex question indeed. I try and educate the person you think is
duniya tumharay Qadmon kay
and live as it comes but I think it’s doing something wrong which is the
Nishan’’.
quite clear from the answer above that biggest Sunnah of Prophet PBUH.
I don’t want to go from here without Please check Chapter 49 verse 6 Love and Regards to everyone and a
justifying my existence to this world. great year 2006. Lets do it!
In turn I want to thank the Creator for Are you a spiritual person in reality?
giving me a chance to live.
Well I make mistakes but I’m definitely
How do you define Islam? not dead, spiritually.

The Big Boss has shown us the way What was your inspiration towards
to live in peace from the first day till your album ‘Yeh Moamla Koi Aur
the Day of Judgment, it’s all written in Hai’, how did the idea come up of
black and white. We muslims should doing such an album?
try to improve the quality of peace in
our lives from today rather then wait My own life .A lot of fans asked me
for the end result. to use my voice to praise All-mighty
I requested Mr. Babur R. Choudhry
Now the spirit of Islam is actually to write something in the Light of
‘peace’ in our personal lives, human Quran and He did it. The chorus ‘na
relationships, expressions of all kinds, tera khuda’ (First Two Lines) has been
it’s about giving Peace written by Sabir Zafar.

‘‘Salamti’’. A Muslim is the one who I could have released it with other
submits to this judgment and lives and Hamds and Naats of other Artists but
maintains peace. I wanted to keep a clear direction so
Hamds and National songs were a
In this society people have a very great combo.
strange attitude towards people
working for Islam. Have you faced When can we expect another pleasing
any problems? Have you ever been album like it?
mobbed? How does the public react
to you? Very soon, a lot has been written and
recorded I don’t want to say much but
Problems of being misunderstood ‘YES’ very exciting and trend setting stuff is
because there are many confusions in the pipe line I am sure all of you out
existing in the society and most of the there will be proud of it.
people have a pre-conceived notion
about Deen without any justification or Anything else that you would like to
knowledge of Quran and Hadith. As far add up, for our readers?
as reaction is concerned I have always
been appreciated and my contribution Lets appreciate not discourage. Let’s
to the team of arrahman-arrahim.com educate not insult. Lets be an example
is clear, our focus is not to hurt anyone not a critic. We all want to see our
but to improve the quality of the society nation as ‘progressing’, and for this
without disgracing or insulting anyone we all have to work in all directions:

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