User:Mirnazing/sandbox

Mirnaz, born Mirna Firas Aziz, was born in Baghdad and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, MI. She learned English by listening to music. In fact, she recalls that the first song she heard on the radio on the way back from the airport in the first day in the United States was down by jay Sean and she recognized it because it was already popular in the Middle East, even though she didn't speak any English. Music has always been a part of her life. She recalls her parents playing legends like Kadim Al Saher, Ilham al-Madfa, and Assala in the late 90s and early 2000s to cope with all of the difficulties Iraq was facing at that time. Mirnaz began acting at the age of 7. Her first role was on a TV drama directed by her friend's dad. The show aired on Ishtar TV in 2007. In 2009, Mirnaz moved to the United States with her family. She was involved in choir, radio, and TV production throughout Middle and High School. She started writing lyrics at 10 years old after she was told she was really good at writing poetry by her 5th grade English teacher. After that, she learned about melodies in choir class and started applying them to her lyrics. Choir also facilitated live performance experience for her as she performed in seasonal school concerts and participated in Solo & Ensemble competitions. She won second place in the 2015 Michigan School Band & Orchestra Association's Solo & Ensemble competition. She started recording music at the age of 16 after her radio teacher taught her how to use Audacity. Mirnaz simultaneously made short films as a hobby. Her first short ''Bombs Over The Undergrad" premiered at Cinetopia Mirnaz's first opportunity after high school was in the film industry as head of the film selection committee for a local film festival in Metro Detroit. She focused on film and TV production until 2020 when she started releasing music on Soundcloud. Mirnaz then got in touch with one of Detroit's top producers and mixing engineers, Ethan Marc. They released her debut single "Crazy" in July of 2021. "Crazy" was removed from all streaming services in December of 2021 for personal reasons. Mirnaz's music can be described as "melting pot pop". Mirnaz draws influences from Arabic pop, French dance, Dutch house, American Hip-Hop, Hindi film, Aftrobeats, and 90's R&B. Mirnaz wants to be the vessel for showing the world how powerful and nuanced young women can be. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science as a hobby. She wants to prove it to the world that women can be smart and talented no matter where they’re from.