What if you stay? is the “side B” to Arsonist on the Loose. It’s a confessional song about the what ifs that keep me up at night. Both songs out January 16.
What if you stay?
Written by me
Produced by Brevis G, Emma Whale, Joshua Taylor, Saad Sheikh
Mixed and Mastered by Emma Whale
📸: @black.rose.portraits
Arsonist on the Loose is out January 16 along with a very special song called What if you stay? (Which I shall reserve for a separate post!!)
Let me know what y’all think 🔥
Arsonist on the Loose 🔥
Written by Saad Sheikh
Produced by Iain Mahanty, Emma Whale, Saad Sheikh
Mixed and Mastered by Emma Whale
📸: @kindreyk
Arsonist on the Loose
I wrote this one in my last year of undergrad, and it was meant to be part of my thesis musical. Long story short, I never ended up mounting a production. My ideas were overambitious and I had a tendency to self sabotage right as things got serious. However, this song, a personal favourite of mine, has followed me into my mid twenties as a character study of myself. It’s a candid look at the thoughts that led me down the road of isolation and self destruction. It burns, and sparks, and grows as unpredictably as fire. Maybe one day the full musical will be ready, but I think there’s a lot more the main character needs to live through first.
Let me know what you think :)
Music and lyrics by Saad Sheikh
Produced by Iain Mahanty, Emma Whale, Saad Sheikh
Mixed and Mastered by Emma Whale
It’s time to “go-go get it together” and grab your tickets for my show in the Hamilton Fringe Festival!
It’s a compilation of my favourite songs I’ve written over the past year, and I get to perform it with two of my favourite people! Jessica Quino and Catherine Allen are my backup dancers for this pop star dream, but they’re the main event for me! I can’t wait for you to see them dazzling the numbers expertly choreographed by Catherine Allen. Special thanks to Bella Herrera for stage managing this riot!
Hope to see you there!
📸: @kindreyk
My brand new song Ghost Followers is out everywhere at midnight tonight! And if you happen to see this before midnight, you can go watch the lyric video on YouTube NOW! Link in my bio
Out on Spotify, Apple Music and all streaming platforms
Music and lyrics by Saad Sheikh
Produced/engineered by Emma Whale and Will Crann
Mixed and mastered by Will Crann
Ghost Followers was recorded at Catherine North Studios in Hamilton, On
Shoebox Apartment comes out tonight at midnight and I have a lot of feelings and some confessions. I wrote this song back in May of this year, right after I finished my last year at university. The days were starting to feel lighter but something deep within me was still weighing me down. It was my inner child; dissatisfied with my lack of attempts to pursue my dreams… I remember being such a wide eyed hopeful kid. Weren’t we all? Somewhere down the line, that changed. I fear I crushed the spirit of my inner child. What a monster I was. So, this song is simply an attempt to repair that bond with him. This one’s for the dreamers, the believers, the hopeless romantics. This one’s for me.
This song was produced by the incredible Emma Whale and Will Crann at Catherine North Studios. Emma and Will, thank you SO much for your brilliant work on my song. Forever grateful and flabbergasted that my first song has such KILLER production. Thank you X11
Thank you so much to everyone for all your love and support. Shoebox Apartment is out everywhere at midnight. LOVE YOU SO MUCH!
