Ya, siapa yang tidak kenal dengan salah seorang ahli muzik Muslim yang terkenal di dunia ini. Jadi, jom kita berkenalan dengan sutradara baru Islam kita, Maher Zain.
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Maher’s
first musical inspiration came from his father, who was a singer
himself, performing locally in the beautiful Mediterranean city of
Tripoli – Lebanon. Fascinated by the music and instruments, Maher got
his first keyboard when he was only ten and ever since music officially
became part of Maher’s world.
The family moved to Sweden when Maher was only 8, where he continued his schooling, and later entered university and got a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering.
With things changing around him, one thing remained the same – his
strong passion for music. He would spend late nights at school with his
friends where they would sing, rap, compose and experiment with music
in every way. It didn’t take him long to realize that music became an
integral part of who he is.
After
being involved for a while in the music scene in Sweden as a music
producer, Maher was introduced to RedOne, a gifted music producer who
was fast rising in the music scene in Sweden. Maher started working
with RedOne with Swedish artists, and later moved with him to New York.
For a few years he was in the middle of the hot rush of the NY music
industry, working with chart topping artists such as Kat Deluna on her
debut album which included smash hits ‘Whine up’ and ‘Run the Show’.
Maher
had what many would describe as a dream job for someone so young in
such a glamorous business, but for Maher it felt like this was far from
what he would call ‘the dream’, “I loved the music but I hated
everything that surrounded it, it always felt like something wasn’t
right”. RedOne was on the verge of breaking into the big time, going on
to work with artists like Akon, Lady Gaga, Enrique Iglesias, Brandy,
New Kids on the Block, and Michael Jackson to mention just a few, and
becoming one of the most sought-after music producers in the world.
Maher
however was restless and eventually decided that the music industry
and all that surrounded wasn’t the right place for him and he returned
to Sweden. It wasn’t until he met a group of brothers who were active
in the Islamic community in Stockholm and he started regularly
attending his local mosque that he felt like he’d reached ‘home’.
Maher
feels blessed to able to finally find the right way, and feels like
it’s his turn now to help others through his music to do the same:
“If I had one thing I’d like to tell people out there it would be that it’s so easy to see the right way if we just open our eyes and look properly; that’s what happened to me.”
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Mari kita tonton sebentar sebahagian video muzik beliau yang telah pun dimuatnaik dalam YouTube.
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