Aditya Jassi
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Aditya Jassi (born 21 March 1982, New Delhi, India) is an Indian singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and musician.
Biography
[edit]Aditya Jassi[1][2] was born in New Delhi, India, and is the son of documentary film-makers and authors, Jaswin Jassi[3][4] and Kiran Jassi. He initially studied in Air Force Bal Bharati School, at Lodhi Road in Delhi and later went to a boarding school viz. "Welham Boys' School" at Dehradun. He is an English graduate from Delhi University, and pursued civil aviation, while teaching music in colleges alongside as a hobby. Despite holding a private pilot license from the Delhi Flying Club, he switched several jobs- from freelance print journalist to copywriter before completing his post-graduate studies in Mass Communication. Thereafter, he joined Sahara News Channel as a reporter, producer and anchor. He quit his job at Sahara in 2006, to pursue music professionally. Currently, he is a singer and musician and is the frontman of a live band called "The Unplugged Project".
Career in music
[edit]In 2006, at the behest of his friend Dr. Palash Sen (Euphoria), Jassi auditioned for FAME-X, and made it to the top ten of this reality show contest aired on Sony and SAB TV "FAME X" on Sony starring Daler Mehndi, Palash Sen, Nikhil Chinappa/Rannvijay Singh/Cyrus Broacha).[5]
Jassi featured in the Fame-X song Chal Udiye, featuring top ten finalists of the reality show.
He is also a playback singer, having ventured into Bollywood debuting with a song for the Jimmy Shergill and KK Menon starrer, "Strangers" in 2007, a song for "Dil Kabaddi" starring Irfan Khan, Konkona Sen in 2014.
Jassi's current live band is "The Unplugged Project". The Unplugged Project released their first original "Faasle" in the year 2019. Aditya is currently working on another album along with playing a plethora of live gigs across the world. [citation needed]
In 2020 Jassi became one of two official Indian endorsee of Fender Acoustasonic guitars in India. Jassi said, “To be honest it feels absolutely amazing because as far as Fender is concerned, it is every musician’s dream to play one, it’s like the pioneer in guitar. So for me when it happened it was quite a surreal experience and still hasn’t sunk in, it’s still that big a deal for me.” [6]
Film career
[edit]After FAME-X, Aditya ventured into Bollywood, debuting with the song "Yaad Aaye Who Din" for the Jimmy Shergill-KK Menon starrer Strangers, released in 2007. He launched his band Ni9Ne with music producer and guitar player Sachin Gupta.[citation needed]
Jassi sang "Uthale Ya Phenk De" in "Dil Kabbadi" movie. He also sang "Tension Lene Ka Nahi"[7] in year 2009 for "Jugaad" movie.[citation needed]
Seven/7
[edit]The debut album 7 was released in 2013 via Universal Music India. the song of the week on iTunes. The album was co-produced by Vinayak Gupta and mixed by Vijay Dayal at Yash Raj Studios.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bollywood music is fantastic: Aditya Jassi – Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Aditya Jassi Fame X Guest Book". www.liveindia.com.
- ^ "An in-depth look into singer-songwriter Aditya Jassi's watch collection". www.watchtime.in. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Jaswin Jassi Gallery – Pictures – Photos". www.liveindia.com.
- ^ "Fame X | Fame X TV Show | Fame Gurukul | Fame Music Contest | Singing Talent Contest | Pop Music Contest | Rock Music Content | Vocal Music Contest | X Factor". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Quite A Surreal Experience For Me, Says Singer Aditya Jassi On Endorsing A Big Musical Instrument Brand". News18. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Tension Lene Ka Nahin (Rock Mix) – टेंसन लेने का नहीं देने का" – via www.hindigeetmala.net.