SHKIL
Hello, im Shakil and this is my Carrd. To learn about my story and me then keep scrolling down. To find my social media presence, simply click on the icons below this text!
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MY BACKSTORY:
Born on June 13 2004, I grew up in a small city in the UK, surrounded by fields, villages and country sides. Nature and greenery was very emphasised where i was which is probably the reason why i find peace in it. And probably why cornish accents always made me feel very nostalgic and sentiment because those were very common for me growing up.Anyways, I was always a very quiet kid growing up. To this day very closed and kept to myself, in all honestly i have a very small social battery so social interactions for me growing up was very limited. Anxiety played a big part in this, i hated my speaking voice. To this day jokes i say are very awkward and unfunny so i never really had that intiative to be outgoing in that sense.In terms of hobbies and general interests, music has always been the 1 constant in my life. I have tried many things. Learning languages, Art, Reading books and learning guitar with one my sister bought for me for my birthday. Non of them stuck as much as i hoped. However, music along side writing lyrics, poems and studying songs i really liked did. So i decided to start my own little journey and see where it takes me
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LOVE FOR MUSIC:
2016 was when i discovered "singing". I remember it clear as dayIts actually a very weird story. Where I grew up singing was very looked down upon, especially for boys. Everyone in my country had a very macho masculine mindset when it came to presentation. Me being 11 years old developed that wrong mindset too.So 1 day I decide "hey im gonna go listen to 1 direction and make fun of them for being feminine and being a corny boyband for teen girls" clicks on best song ever then i get to zayn's high noteWhen I tell you, it changed EVERYTHING for me. It was like a mix of WOW and "omg so zayn is a pakistani like me too?" so that inspired ALOT, because he sorta sung his high note in a way that you'd normally hear in like bollywood or something. Then that day I was like"he, like me is a pakistani boy singing such a high note and showing it off to the world. i cant wait to be like that"Unfortunately for my family, I started off with the high notes first lmaoo I believe the high note goes up to like an F#5 too so yea, really wasnt their best era. Can't say it was mine either-. I'd just listen to it every single day and then moved onto his high note compilations and then went on from there singing his songs and solos and moreSo that was practically what gave me the major jump start and how it was for me during like the first 5 years or so of singingFun Fact: I actually attempted to make a song during this era. And it was the worst because in my head I thought i was so SICK. Till i look back at it and...well I recorded the ENTIRE thing on a video editing app, so all my vocals and layers were made from the in app voice recorder settings LMAO. That was my DAW. a video editing app which was paid that i got free from youtube lmao. AND AND I didnt even have a sense of tempo so you can imagine the utter shock and therapy the who dude who made the beat mustve felt when i sent it back to him LMAOFast forward to 2021. I am now looking into new music from different genres. Going from strictly zayn and one direction to like Hip Hop and other RnB artists and Bedroom Pop artists. Right? Cant believe it took me that long to listen to other artists. This was also around when I started to look more deeply into technique videos because i was straining heavily on anything above an E4 but it was confusing because i was also belting up to a Bb4 so make of that as you may. Youtube videos, have never really worked for me though. If i thought it did, it was most likely a placebo. I still have embarassing covers id make from smule and send them to my friends foodie and Bluv and Evan crazy that they called it good though. such a lie lmao. I'd like to say i was a self taught singer as ive never really had any input on my voice directly so i sorta had to navigate through it with harsh honest critisizm.Fast forward to an era ive discovered. Something i NEVER thought i would ever get into. Bass Singing. One of my favorite and most active eras, was during covid so i guess it was just something I discovered through curiosity.. Geoff Castellucci, Avi Kaplan, JD sumner, Richard Sterban, Tomi P, Tim Foust GOD DAMN OKTAVISTS . I wanted to be them all, I wanted those lows that would make people widen their eyes. At some points thats what i would get, Singing down to a C2 would make people very shocked. I felt accomplished. And i discovered this quite recently but looking back at some files and sharing it with some friends informed me one of my clips of a sea shanty i actually got down to a Bb1 in CHEST. Crazy?!. Dreams could only go so far in reality though, im still a tenor. Always will be.
Discovering crooner music like jazz swing, slow ballads etc bought in a sense of elegance that i never knew was missing in my life. That rich, soulful dark timbre with the energy of a choir background atmosphere. Felt so elevative to me. The gentlemen-esque attributes it bought not only to my very picky ear but the way I portray myself and my confidence really changed me. I have a full spotify playlist of crooner music that I listen to on the daily. Best discovery ever. I hope someday i could make a jazz song of their level.
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WHERE AM I:
I started my music career as an artist called 'ZairoZai'. My most known song being Sometimes (remix ft Cyani). My great friend Cee. One of THE greatest upcoming RnB artists with a hustle like no other. But yea 'ZairoZai' was a good run i had, very experimental and was a great way for me to dip my toes into the music scene It all came to an end when i had to escape from a situation i mentally could not handle. Few weeks prior I had planned on starting fresh with a whole new artist page with as my name SHKIL. I wanted it to feel more authentic and wanted my achievments to feel more directed towards me instead of just a stage name I didnt have an emotional connection to. Was hard to let go of 'ZairoZai' but i did it anyways and can say, it helped me grow as a person and as an artist. I've still of course reuploaded some of my classics like 'Into the Blue' , 'Interstellar love' Renamed to 'What once was' and 'Tired of Losing'. I rereleased those into my debut album The story told. Because thats what they were, a story i had turned into an artistic melodic frame and conversating with the listeners.Moving forward, I came out with more singles. Which by the luck of the world, got some decent numbers. I mean like 6k streams for 1 alone?! crazy. This was with my good friend Mingze. Mingze changed music for me big time, helping me get two of my greatest hits Cover of 'Rumors' by ZAYN and Sabrina Claudio and our own original 'Nevada' which got us a collective 8k streams or so. which wow. just feels so surreal.When recording i like to capitalize and emphasise creating atmospheres using vocal layers and harmonies. It's almost like an addiction for every song i create. It just gives it a soulful sentiment that just has you closing your eyes and making you feel like you are floating, well that's how it is for me anyways.Honorable mention: I did want to give a shoutout to my great friend [F1sh](https://open.spotify.com/artist/2FjUYLFezSwVgPbS0XsRS9?si=9HLjUV_ZRam55ziA4Ob7kQ) for being the only constant in my music career through the very beginning. We made many good hits together and to this day still keep in contact. So please check him out for meditative tracks that touch your soul.
