Shahzad Hasan (also known as Shahi Hasan), is a Pakistani musician,
record producer
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bass guitar
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ist,
backing vocalist
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and music industry executive. Co-founding the pop and
rock
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band,
Vital Signs
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, with
keyboardist
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Rohail Hyatt
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In ...
in 1986, he earned recognition of playing bass guitar and as an original member of Vital Signs.
In addition to his role as the band's
bass player
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and
backing vocalist
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, he has undertaken many other roles for the band, such as producing and co-producing their
albums
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, producing backstage music for the popular television series, ''
Coke Studio Coke Studio may refer to:
* ''Coke Studio'' (Pakistan), a Pakistani television series featuring live music performances.
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''. In Pakistan, he has been cited as one of the greatest bassist in the country as well as earned much respect in the country for producing the music.
In 2003, he composed the song ''Mann Ki Lagan'' for the movie ''
Paap
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'', the lyrics being penned by Amjad Islam Amjad, the song that launched the
Bollywood
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career of
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
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.
In 2013, he came recently came in the limelight after collaborating with various musicians to compose the ''Naya Pakistan''and currently hosting the music competitive show, ''Cornetto Youth Icon'' on
MTV Pakistan
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.
In April 2013, Hasan joined
Meesha Shafi
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Ali Azmat
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and Alamgir as a judge on the immensely popular singing talent show '' Cornetto Music Icons'' aired on ARY Digital.
Recently in 2017, he appeared as one of the judges in Pepsi Battle of the Bands season 2, he was the only judge retained from the earlier ''BoB'' edition back in 2002.