Shishir Ahmed

Shishir Ahmed
Shishir Ahmed
Birth name	Mir Ashfaquddin Ahmed Shishir
Born	February 22, 1982 (age 42); Dhaka, Bangladesh
Genres	Heavy metal; progressive metal; hard rock; Djent; Pop;
Occupations	musician; composer; guitarist;
Instruments	guitar; keyboard; piano; bass; drums; Pedal;
Years active	1998–present
Labels	G Series; ME Label;
Website	aurthohin.com

Shishir Ahmed is a Bangladeshi guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and composer, who is the lead guitarist and keyboardist of rock band Aurthohin.

He is also former guitarist, songwriter and founder of progressive rock band dNA.

Biography

Early life

Mir Ashfaquddin Ahmed Shishir was born on February 22, 1982 in Dhaka.

Koprophilia, Neuroses and dNA

Shishir started his music career in 1998, when he joined the band "Koprophilia" as a guest guitarist. He continued to play with the band till the year 2000. In 2001 he joined the band "Neuroses" as a full-time guitarist. But in 2002 "Neuroses" broke up. In 2003 he made his return to the music scene by creating the band DNA. At that time he also started playing the keyboards. Then later that year Aurthohin was impressed by his skills and performance and recruited him to their lineup as a full-time guitarist and keyboardist.

Aurthohin

Shishir joined aurthohin in 2003 & just after that they start recording their 4th studio album "Dhrubok". Shishir did majority of the Guitar stuffs & all the key works."Dhrubok" was a big hit & shishir was spotted by critics & fans.

In 2004–05 with Aurthohin release couple of their most hit singles Epitaph,Boyosh & Itihash.

After a long break they release their 5th studio album "Aushomapto 1". In this album shishir with kamal(other guitarist of the band) did an epic 6 solo song "Guti-the finale".It was the final part of aurthohin's mega hit guti series.

In 2011 Aurthohin release their 6th studio album "Aushomapto 2". Couple of shishir's notable playing from the album is "Cancer", "Nikkristo-2" & "Surjo-2"

Influence

Shihir Ahmed mostly plays alternative metal and progressive metal music. He stated interview that he was very much influenced by Marty Friedman. Shishir quoted,

"In my early days I just worshipped Marty".

Equipment

Guitars - Ibanez RG Prestige, Jackson Kelly
Keyboard - Yamaha MOTIF ES6
Processor - Line 6 POD

Discography

Aurthohin

(Studio albums)

"ধ্রুবক (Constant)" (2003)
"অসমাপ্ত (Unfinished)" (2008)
"অসমাপ্ত ২ (Unfinished II)" (2011)
"ক্যান্সারের নিশিকাব্য (Cancer Nishivabya)" (2016)

DNA

(Singles)

"স্বপ্ন (Dreams)" - "আগন্তুক ২ (Stranger 2)" (2004)
"প্রতিফলন (Reflections)" - "লোকায়ত (Secular)" (2004)
"আমার সমাধি (My Tomb)" - "Live Now" (2007)

References