| Nabeel Nihal | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nabeel Nihal Chishty |
| Origin | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Genres | Instrumental rock Hard rock Progressive metal Progressive rock Heavy metal |
| Occupations | Guitarist, Songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1998 – present |
| Associated acts | Aaroh Junaid Jamshed |
| Website | Official website |
| Notable instruments | |
| Jackson PS4 Johnson Millennium JM 150 |
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Nabeel Nihal Chishty (born in Karachi, Pakistan) is guitarist, composer and record producer. He is a founding member and was the lead guitarist of the Progressive rock band Aaroh until his departure.[1] He is also one of the better-known students of the Pakistani guitarist, Rehan Shamim & Faraz Anwar.[2]
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Rated as one of the top guitarists of Pakistan, this guy represents a dynamic personality capable of adopting anything and mastering it as a whole.
As one of the pioneer Producer of Pakistan, Nabeel have on his Credits ‐ Aaroh who won Pepsi Battle of the Bands in 2002 out of 170 bands and was rated one the best act in Pakistan Music history. Nabeel was the founder and Producer of the band who produced and released the album Sawal in 2003 which was best seller for the year 2003 – 2004.
Nabeel formed his first band with his school friends – Ashraf , Farooq and Shehzad in Saudi Arabia Al-Khobar during his college times. The band gained huge popularity in a small town where playing music openly was not at all allowed .The band , according to Nabeel was never named by them as they were too busy to play music all the time.They completed one album during the period of 1993 to 1995 which is still unreleased—Nabeel later on included one of the songs from this lineup in his later band's Aaroh's album Sawal called Dil ki Baaton ko Koyi na jaanay.
Nabeel formed his own band Aaroh in 2002 later on .Apart from his own band Aaroh , Nabeel has worked with lot of other artists and have played guitars and produced music for them.Nabeel is considered to be one of the best studio musicians and producers of Pakistan.Nabeel produced artists like Junaid Jamshed, Strings,Arieb azhar, Shehzad mughul etc.
Album Name : Dil Kee Baat
Nabeel Credits :- Nabeel did all the guitars ,arrangements and music production for this album .Nabeel also played a no of concerts with Junaid Jamshed.
Live Shows : Nabeel played no of live shows both with Haroon & Fakhir
Album name : Door – Song Credits : Sar Keeyay Yeh Pahaar ( Nabeel did guitars in this song ) – Live Concerts : Nabeel played a lot of Live shows for Strings and the band glorifies its experience working with him.--
As one of the pioneer Producer of Pakistan, Nabeel have on his Credits ‐ Aaroh who won Pepsi Battle of the Bands in 2002 out of 170 bands and was rated one the best act in Pakistan Music history. Nabeel was the founder and Producer of the band who produced and released the album Sawal in 2003 which was best seller for the year 2003 – 2004.
Song : Saathya ( Nabeel Played guitars for this wonderful song )
Album : Wajj
Nabeel did all the guitars in this album .Nabeel also worked with Taimoor Shahid assisting him in production of this album http://www.ariebazhar.com/php/discography-detail.php?a=1
Album : Dooryan
Nabeel Played the title song in this album called Kyun Dooryan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pWsH86jj2c and produced full track called Kaagha Jaa.Listen to it from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xS-4wEpKwM.Nabeel is presently playing live with shafqat for some of his international shows.