Abbas Premjee

I have always been drawn towards music. Music and sound, fascinated me. Growing up in Karachi, Pakistan, musical instruments and musicians, were rare. I remained self taught on an old beat up acoustic guitar until I moved to the United States, when I was 16. While studying Mechanical Engineering, I was also taking classes in music on the side and playing in local bands. I eventually received a Masters degree in Classical guitar in 1993. Moving back to Pakistan for a few years in the middle allowed me to discover the indigenous music of my culture. I trained in North Indian Classical music and discovered a new music with a totally different emotional vocabulary. In 2009, I moved back to the United States. I discovered production music in 2010 and saw in it a craft that would allow me to use and blend all the different genres and styles of music that I had grown up with. I also found in it a way to express my unique heritage of World music and Western influences. I am in awe of the power of sound and music, It is a mysterious force which I will never completely understand. I remain thankful that it is my way of life.