ADESTRA
ADESTRA is a semi-professional A Cappella group based in Singapore, formed in 2021 consisting of:
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Benjamin - Bass
Arshad - Beatboxer
Ralph - Tenor
Chelsea - Alto
Christy - Soprano
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Arshad has been active in Singapore's A Cappella scene since 2012 when he joined The A Cappella Society's youth team as a tenor vocalist. He is currently sessioning for a few A Cappella groups including Newrecording47 and The Original Folks.
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LASALLE X Mahidol University
Arshad was selected to represent LASALLE on a student overseas exchange programme where he collaborated successfully with students from Mahidol University on a performance in Thailand.
Suara WGS season 1
SuaraWGS is a Malay singing competition organised by Wisma Geylang Serai. Arshad managed to be one of the top 10 finalist from hundreds of contestants that auditioned. During his journey in SuaraWGS, he was coached by Ann Hussein and Didicazli, professional singer/vocal coach, and learned so much from this experience. He was fortunate that he gained big publicity from this competition as he is seen in the news and on papers.
Alunan Serambi Kasih
Alunan Serambi Kasih is a Traditional Malay Orchestra that was established on June 2014. Arshad was scouted by their Music Director in 2018 and has been the lead vocalist since then.
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KFC Commercial 2018
In 2018, Arshad was scouted by a talent agency together with Asia's Beatbox Champion, Piratheeban, and Issac, to create a commercial for the famous Kentucky Fried Chicken for their new release of Pocket Bandito.
Starbucks Commercial 2018
In 2018, Arshad was scouted by a talent agency to sing for a Starbucks Xmas advertisement together with a few other amazing singers. The advertisement was aired all over Asia.
4 Times Diamond Award Winner for
B-Dazzled Solo Competition
B-Dazzled is an annual Festival that aims to provide young talents to share their passion for Music, Dance and Performing on stage.
Arshad joined B-Dazzled Solo Competition in 2014,2015 and 2016 and achieved Diamond for all 3 years. In 2019, not only he achieved the Diamond Award, he was also the Grand Champion.
Muhammad Arshad Bin Ahad in "The New Paper"
7.01.2017
He had his eyes set on Republic Polytechnic's (RP) sonic arts course ever since he was in Secondary 2 as he wanted to pursue a singing career.
But through the course, Mr Muhammad Arshad, 19, a Year 2 student in RP's School of Technology for the Arts, discovered his passion for live sound engineering.
He told The New Paper: "I thought it would be difficult to earn a living in the audio industry, but I found out that the industry is actually big. There are many career choices for us.
"I thought (the course) was only on music, but I realised I like doing mixing for live performances."
Graduates of the course, which is unique to RP, can become audio post-production editors, live sound engineers, audio designers and more.
Mr Arshad has shared his experience in the course at the RP open house event.
"We do all sorts of things to get the sound effects we want. For example, for a galaxy door opening scene, we layered toilet-flushing sounds," he said.
"In Year 1, as part of the sonic art studio module, I made a track for an album that is now being played at 9th Avenue (RP's training restaurant and kitchen). I used a musical instrument digital interface to compose the musical notes in Protools (an audio software)."
The sonic art studio module teaches students to author their own works.
In December, RP completed the building of their Foley studio, where students can record sounds in synchronisation with moving pictures.
Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to films in post-production to enhance audio quality.
The state-of-the-art studio was built with six pits filled with material such as sand, gravel, asphalt, marble and creaky wood to simulate sounds such as footsteps on these materials.
