Growing up in a house filled with music (his father plays the clarinet and his sister plays the piano) Rashdan’s love for music started young listening to the likes of the great late Tan Sri P Ramlee, Nat King Cole, Sinatra and exploring the angst of youth with Nirvana, Limp Bizkit as well as embracing his inner romantic with the likes of Backstreet Boys and N’Sync… yes, Rashdan liked boy bands!
After a brief stint learning the piano he eventually settled down on the guitar and tried his luck at songwriting. What resulted was a 5 song demo under the moniker of T.R.A.K that sold roughly 500 copies and achieved substantial downloads on mp3.com when he was 18, shortly after Rashdan left to read Law in the UK studying in Cardiff, Wales. While there, he continued writing songs. Upon his return in 2008 he tried his luck at a few open mics around town , some of which were The Bedroom Musician Series alongside Mia Palencia as well as the Doppleganger Open Mic, constant rounds at the open mics opened some doors for Rashdan within the singer/songwriter scene and was soon performing at shows such as Moonshine at Laundry and The Apartment, Live at No Black Tie, Fete De La Musique, Time Out: On The Up, Cloth and Clef, Celcom UOX Play, and Groove Junction.
In 2009, he was invited to perform for the first ever Voize Independent Music Awards and was also the first singer-songwriter chosen for Friedchillies.tv’s first episode of their music cooking show “I Eat Music”, performances in Fly FM’s Campur Chart Goes Live, Fly FM’s Playa Got Game and Urbanscapes 2009 soon followed. Rashdan has also been featured in The Malay Mail, Time Out KL, as well as Voize. Rashdan then took a quick break to focus on recording his mini album. Together with his band, “Revelations and a Cup of Coffee” is a collection of 7 original songs written by Rashdan was released in August 2009.
The first single “Matahari” received airplay in Fly FM’s Campur Chart for 7 weeks with a peak position of No.2. Rashdan will soon release his second single “Gadis Jalanan”
In the past year , Rashdan’s blend of pop, soul, funk and the blues and his reputation of giving out fun, energetic shows both as a solo performer along with his band and his powerful voice has earned him a thumbs up amongst local music fans.
Rashdan currently works full time as a management consultant and is also an actor.
Hey There:) I will be performing at the Hard Rock Hotel in Penang, Malaysia on Sat 17th Oct 2009 at 8pm. It would be great to see you at my show, as this is my first show in Malaysia:) xoxo Indigo
Congrats! You’ve been nominated for 'Best Acoustic Act' for #Junksounds Awards 2009! Get your fans to vote for you at http://sites.junkonline.net /junksounds/
The Junksounds Awards is the first regional music awards of its kind. Launched in 2008, the awards gives Junk readers an opportunity to show their appreciation to some of the most talented music makers in South East Asia that have been making a huge impact in music. Cast your votes for your favourite acts from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines NOW!
You only have till 10th October to pre-register for your BlackBerry Curve 8520 with xpax. go to http://www.xpax.com.my/blackberry and pre-register now!
Thanks Rashdan for finding us :-) Make sure to leave us your email so we can keep you updated in all the exciting things we're doing. We have many great things brewing in the near future, so come along for the ride...
PEOPLE!! You don't wanna miss out on Xpax's latest offering. They've come out with a prepaid service for Blackberry Curve 8520. It's got a whole loada funky apps and social networking is made super easy!! You can upload your music straight from your phone onto MySpace!! pre-register on www.xpax.com.my/blackberry to get one for urself!
Wanna see your favourite local Indie band perform live at MTV World Stage? Vote for your favourite by downloading Call Me Tones from Channel X now! Get the full list of bands on www.channelx.com.my
I watched Cold play rock it out at MTV World Stage couple months back. Now we Malaysians can also get to experience World Stage FEVER!!!! I saw somewhere that Xpax is giving away free invites and mosh pit passes. Man, I want those! www.xpax.com.my/mtvworldstage
MTV World Stage is coming! Did anyone catch the one in Tokyo? It was awesome, I wish I was there. Hopefully I’ll get to go when it comes to Malaysia!! I found out there are FREE invites and mosh pit passes to be given away. Check it out on www.xpax.com.my/mtvworldstage
All the Xpax and UOX members better listen up! If ur a fan of Urbanscapes like me… *grins*…you’d definitely wanna make use of all the free tickets and discount that they’re giving us… friggin cool wei… there’s also some photo contest thingy where if u submit ur pic n its picked to be the best one u get to win a nokia N97 phone and free credit for like 6 months, I think…. Check out the Xpax website if u wanna know more la.
Send in your pics to the [X] Snaps photo contest and get the chance to win a new Nokia N97 hp and free credit for a few months. Dunno exactly how long laa u guys wanna know more, go to the Xpax website n find out the rest.
CALLING ALL CAMWHORES!!! [X] Snaps is gonna reward you for doing wut u do best…taking pics!!! So go snap-crazy n take as much pics of yourself as u want and submit it to the photo contest n u might just win some cool stuff!! Finally we’re being rewarded for something we love doing! Go check out the Xpax website to see wut u hv do!
Hey guys! KLue Urbanscapes is coming up again! I found out that Xpax is having all these cool perks for Xpax and U.O.X. members. So all you Xpax/U.O.X. people can check out the website coz all the further details are there! See you guys there! WOOHOO!
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