User:Raza0103/sandbox

California, Costa Mesa based Raza is a serious singer songwriter, music & video producer, recording/mastering engg and a photographer born in Karachi, Pakistan. From the age of 7 to 10 years he lived in London, UK then went back to Pakistan. He worked hard on improving writing songs and music to prepare him for the competitive music industry abroad. He is self-taught. He became a major artist in Pakistan before moving to US in 2006. Raza: "It has been my childhood dream to write music and sing, share joy, excitement, and bring awareness of the issues people face collectively and individually in our societies, cultures and the world we live in and bring solidarity" He released 3 albums in Pakistan, with around more than 12 hits. He performed as ‘Lasers’, a duo of brothers 'Raza & Zia'. They performed concerts for Pepsi. Their mega hit song "Tera Dopatta Peela" wasa a number one for 7 weeks. Raza was also signed with McDonald's as a Music Artist. As a solo performed in Eastern European Music Convention (St. Petersburg, Russia) and New York Music Festival in Manhattan and Las Vegas. His singles include ‘I Think It’s Time’, ‘The American Dream’, ‘Tuka Din Din – Touch That Body’, ‘This Christmas’, ‘I Wanna Be There’ & ‘Loose Control’ are excellent examples of his talent. He is working on producing videos of his latest debut singles ‘Tuka Din Din - Touch That Body’, ‘The American Dream" and a new single that he is working on at the moment. Raza wrote a song ‘A Prayer For Michael Jackson’ Info: The song was headlined on Michael Jackson's Official Myspace page and received a Thank You note from MJ's Myspace Team. Raza wrote this song a few days after Michael Jackson's death. Mostly because he was too sad to function, and after a few days he says his mind started combining all the thoughts he was going through into words, and soon after he knew he is supposed to share these thoughts with others who are going through the same feeling of hurt, pain, anger and loss. Raza's all-time favorite artists are George Michael and Michael Jackson among many others.