Ahsan Ali Taj

Ahsan Ali Taj
Background information
Birth name	Ahsan Ali Taj
Born	(1980-11-23) 23 November 1980 Karachi, Sindh Province, Pakistan
Genres	Pop/Rock/Fusion/Semi Classical/Films/Drama
Occupation(s)	Music Director & Creative Mentor
Instruments	Keyboard instrument/Electronic keyboard/Synthesizer
Years active	2001–Present
Labels	GEO, ARY, Hum TV, AnB Productions, 7th Sky, Six Sigma, GEO Adaptation, Master Mind, Evernew Entertainment, Media Master, Fars Productions, Showcase Productions, Ireland Productions UK, Endor Productions.

Ahsan Ali Taj is a Pakistani music composer,^[1] songwriter and singer. He started his music career in 2001 as a singer and music composer.^[2] Ahsan is well known to create a distinctive pattern of music sustaining the Pakistani Music values. He inherited musical instincts from his parents, his Father is a classical, semi classical & Saraiki folk singer and his mother Nighat Seema, famous singer of 60s, 70s and onwards.^[3] His early training and musical understanding was initially developed by his parents but after sudden death of his mother this coaching stopped and he started his journey with some well-known professionals such as Music Director Niaz Ahmed Khan,< Producer Nizaar Lalani, Waqar Ali, Director & Executive Producer Ameer Imam^[4] and loads of more.

Career

Keeping the tradition enduring Ahsan kept seeking for innovative opportunities to prove his skills and melodic expertise, with a diverse exposure of post-production he has always believed in his creativity and hard work. His Projects furnishing his Music Director figure were Kya Haath Laga Pathar Ban Kar.^[5] An OST that was as great success that was sung by Sanam Marvi, Lyrics were written by Tariq Jameel, telecasted at GEO TV. Drama Serial Hazaron Saal,^[6] Directed by Hisham Syed was composed musically by Ahsan, similarly Sirf Larki Nahi Men Mahi Munda Bhi Hoon (OST) was also composed by him and aired at GEO TV, sung by Singer, Khusboo (Indian Vocalist), and Lyrics were by Ayub Khawar, this was Drama Serial Shaddan, Directed by Naved Jafri.

Contributions

His one of great achievement also consist of the Drama Serial "Saat Pardon Men", Directed by Yasir Nawaz, aired at GEO TV. Having a strong competence of manipulating melodies, title themes, musical moods, promos, teasers, and music IDs he has proven his ability of dubbing voice overs, sound effects, Foley, mix, master and background music. He enriched his experience working with well-known musicians, singers, music directors and TV drama directors as well. Adding in Ayub Khawar (Director / Producer/ Lyricist/ Writer), Vishal Bhardwaj (Indian Film Director), Marina Khan (Senior Actress / Director), Javed Fazil (Senior Film / Drama Director), Sir. Salamat Ali Khan (Senior Classical Singer / Prof. at NAPA University), Sahira Kazmi (Senior Director), Yasir Nawaz (Senior Director / Actor), Mehnaz Begum (Senior Vocalist), Ghulam Abbass (Senior Vocalist), Tina Sani (Vocalist), Sanam Marvi (Folk Singer), Ahmed Jahanzeb (Singer), Mohammed Ali (Saroor Band), Khusboo (Indian Vocalist), Rajab Ali (Singer), Rahat Ali Khan (Flute Player / Folk singer) and the list goes on.

Environmental Grooming

The environment and the grooming that contributed in Ahsan’s musical philosophy and composition technique ropes in; 7th Sky, Six Sigma, A & B(Asif Raza Meer & Baber Javed Production, Master Mind, GEO Adaptation, Evernew Entertainment, and Media Master (Aman Channel, Production House).

Discography

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