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Q: Favorite colors? |
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Q: What do you expect next in your music career? |
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A: Yellow |
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A: Music, like life, is a process of constant learning and experiencing. One can never say I've learned everything. So I expect to continue exploring, learning and experimenting. Because when your life ends, what you leave behind defines you. |
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Q: Favorite food? |
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Q: Your achievements in music career? |
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A: Afghan/Italian Food |
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A: I've recorded 4 albums starting from the age of 16 which consists mainly of my own compositions. I also have arranged the music for two of those albums. I have also been fortunate enough to meet and work with some of the great musicians whoe's talents I've appreciated during their lifetime. |
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Q: Favorite Afghan Singer? |
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Q: What else you do beside Music? |
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A: Ahmad Zahir |
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A: I have great interest in psychology and astrology. And spending time with my children because they grow up so fast. Also, instilling the knowledge and moral values in them that was passed on to me. |
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Q: Favorite Afghan President? |
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Q: What is your goal in life? |
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A: None |
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A: Have fun and live life to the fullest because it's very short. |
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Q: Favorite place to be? |
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Q: Funny thing that ever happened to you in your music career? |
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A: My current home town of Virginia U.S.A. But my most favorite place of course would be Afghanistan. |
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A: My keyboard blew up right before my concert in London in 1998. I had arranged 16 track music for all the songs I had chosen to sing that night. So I was left with no other choice but to continue with just a Harmunium and Tabla. Didn't seem funny at the time, but looking back on it, it does now. Because everything turned ok, and I was very worried before then. |
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Q: What Inspired you to become singer? |
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Q: Funny thing happened to you in life outside your music careers? |
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A: My father's music |
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A: my kids are pranksters, they make me laugh every day. |
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Q: When did you first got interested into becoming Singer? |
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Q: If you had to thank four people in your life who would they be? |
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A: Age 11 |
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A: My uncle Abdul Samay Zaman, for teaching me the meaning of character. My mother who's taught me the meaning of loyalty. My father for giving me the creative outlet and setting the bar of life so high that I have a constant challenge to reach that bar. And lastly my wife for teaching me the meaning of unconditional love.. |
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Q: What musical instruments do you play? |
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Q: If you were ask to cast in Movie would you? |
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A: Harmunium, accordian, and Keyboard |
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A: No, simply because I can't act. lol |
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Q: How/Where do you make your music? |
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Q: What do you have to say to your Fans around the world? |
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A: I mostly enjoy recording live majlisi in my home studio. But every now and then, I'll collaborate with other artists in the area of professional music arrangement. |
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A: Even though they're less in number. But I'm very content and extremely happy that we share the same taste in music. |
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Q: How has life treated you after becoming singer? |
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Q: Would you give free concert to support a charity to help poor? |
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A: Life hasn't really changed for me because music has always been a part of my life since I was born. |
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A: Only if I know for a fact that the money will go to the poor and not to the pockets of a crook. |
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Q: What have you learned of life from singing? |
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A: Because I'm the son of a legend, Ahmad Zahir, the public's expectation of me is very high. This in itself is a daily challenge because the bar is set very high to create and provide quality in everything that I do. That knowledge automatically spills over to my daily life. |
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I would like to thank Mr. Ahmad Farzaad of Afgh3000.com for having the interest and asking me to take a part in this interview. |
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