After 33 years with Bilal Maqsood, Faisal Kapadia is now rolling out his second innings.<\/p>\n
After catering to three generations of music lovers with Strings, Faisal Kapadia, is now working on his solo act. When Strings dissolved, the musician shared that they were calling it quits inorder to focus more on family.<\/p>\n\t\t
The Khusro<\/strong><\/em> singer told Express Tribune that, he’s still firm about his decision with Bilal Maqsood to disband.<\/p>\n \u201cStrings decided to end its journey last year, I personally feel we were really fortunate to have made that decision, …. In 1992, after releasing our second album Sar Kiye Yeh Pahar, we called it off, only to come back in 2000 to make more music. We did many seasons of Coke Studio too. But last year, we called it quits permanently after realising how far we\u2019ve come and how much we don\u2019t want to spoil.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n However, one fateful day of partying and performing with the greats in Dubai led him to a solo career.<\/p>\n \u201cThe turning point for me was when I got a call from Xulfi. It was the summer of \u201821, I was on a family vacation, he called to ask if I wanted to do this song and I told him, \u2018Xulfi bhai, I never imagined myself making music after Strings.\u2019 But that 30-minute conversation turned out to be so inspiring, I felt like destiny was calling me. The musician inside became excited again.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n He still feels the spirit of Strings will remain unaffected by his solo venture.<\/p>\n “The songs Bilal and I made together, they\u2019re there to stay. Gaanay hamesha zinda rehtay hain, even if the artists leave. I will perform them; Bilal will perform them. If you know us closely, you\u2019ll know that Bilal and I have always been opposites. As Strings, we completed each other. Where I was weak, he was strong, and vice versa. So, because of that, we learnt so much from one another. We\u2019re not letting that go. We will make something new from it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t\t He also shared how Bilal was always eager to persue a solo career. The two, albeit, came to mutual agreement about Strings and are now willing to bring their fans more joy.<\/p>\n \u201cBilal always wanted to pursue music apart from Strings, we\u2019d often talk about how long we will carry on with this. We were making money; we could have dragged Strings for 15 more years. But we didn\u2019t want Strings to become a boring thing, … Music today has changed and Strings has a legendary rutba. We didn\u2019t want to spoil that legacy by experimenting with it. But Bilal and I can and will be doing a lot of music. It will benefit Strings fans only.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So can we look forward to more music from Bilal Maqsood too? What do you think? How do you feel about both Strings members persuing solo careers? 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