Ziaul Zia
Published:15 May 2022, 12:34 PM
Music is in my blood: Nafeez Iqbal
Musician Nafeez Iqbal known everywhere as 'Nafeez'. He started music career in 1997. He then formed a band called `Sober Psycho’. He has continued that band a long time. At that time, while doing various shows, he got acquainted with all the famous musicians and singers. After a while, if the band could not continue, he joined Mehreen Mahmood as a guitarist. He also played with singer Kaniz Subarna. Nafeez was also in the lineup of Reshad Mahmud.
He then started featuring albums with his own melody and music. The number of albums featuring him so far is 17. The number of songs sung by different artists in his melody and music is about 50.
His featured album 'No Jaiyo Dubai' caused a lot of discussion in the market. It was the original Folk Fusion album. At present he has formed another new band called 'Red Notice'. Through this band he covers English songs of world famous artists.
He has also done a original English song with lyrics by Chowdhury Hasan. The song has received a lot of praise.
Speaking about himself, Nafeez said, `I come from a family that has music personalities like Ustad Alauddin Kha, Sheikh Saadi Khan. So music is in my blood. As long as I live, I want to stay with music. I sing for my own satisfaction. So I don't want to be a celebrity or a viral in a short time. I want to do some good songs. I believe listeners will evaluate good songs one day’.