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In a dark kitchen in the middle of a sweaty night in Las Vegas, all 6’4” of Dan Reynolds is hunched over a laptop, slapping beats on the table and crooning lyrics into a tiny microphone. Before long, he and the other three members of indie rock band Imagine Dragons would be playing “It’s Time,” that same laptop-demo-turned-supersized-anthem, from the roof of a parking garage to a wave of thousands of screaming fans. This song title to the single from their 2012 debut KidInaKorner/Interscope release “Continued Silence EP” is an all too apt descriptor of the band’s hard-earned success—but it’s also emblematic of the deep-seated anxiety Reynolds and the rest of the band experienced leaving behind any realistic expectation of a normal job to do the thing they love most.

A third-generation Las Vegas native, Reynolds is no stranger to the adage “the house always wins,” choosing to pave his musical career with a near obsessive work ethic and hundreds of unused demos rather than roll the dice with the first songs that sprung from his mouth. It’s no surprise, then, that he was drawn to guitarist Wayne Sermon, another founding member of Imagine Dragons. Having practically grown up in a recording studio and graduated Berklee College of Music, Wayne had been practicing his guitar through meals and other socially inappropriate situations as long as he could remember; he challenged Dan in a way that was both uncomfortable and exactly what they both needed. When they began writing songs together and recognized something special was happening, Wayne called up his Berklee friend Ben McKee, who promptly dropped out of school with only a few credits left, moving across the country to play bass for the band. This sort of reckless/genius behavior is typical for Ben, who has an uncanny penchant for spicy food and a suitcase full of unbelievable road stories. More recently, the band was joined by drummer Daniel Platzman, another Bostonian schoolmate who seems way too nice to be playing rock and roll until you actually see him in action.

Several tours and three self-released EPs later, Imagine Dragons had made a serious name for itself, particularly in the west coast circuit. Although their songs vary from nearly whimsical and light to brooding and powerful, listeners are drawn to the inherent honesty in the music. The only rule of thumb for the band, it seems, is to write from a true place; the result is songs that literally run the spectrum of human emotion. Attend a concert, and it becomes clear that the live performance of deeply personal songs has a real effect on people. And the band itself is not immune, as demonstrated when Dan literally passed out into the drum set during a finale song, sending cymbals and drum stands crashing while the rest of the band played on until the close.

Great songwriting is bound to be noticed eventually. As proof that the harder you work, the luckier you get, one of those people who noticed was Grammy winning producer Alex da Kid (Eminem, Rihanna). Alex and Dan began collaborating on projects, and soon the band had developed a relationship with Alex and his team. The alchemy resulting from Alex’s hip hop sensibilities and Imagine Dragons’ anthemic rock is nothing short of explosive. The byproduct of this creative collision is “Continued Silence,” a six song in-your-face sonic grenade that breaks musical boundaries and yet is strangely relatable by its improbably diverse audience.

Despite it all, on any given day when they aren’t on the road playing shows, you can still find Imagine Dragons huddled away in a rehearsal room somewhere, banging out song after song in search of the next perfect track. Like most things in Vegas, the band is angled at going big or going bust. For the sake of those who love great music, we hope it’s the former.

Omar Esa is a vocal only nasheed Artist 
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Omar Esa is an independent award-winning, chart topping International faith based singer/songwriter (nasheed artist) from the United Kingdom. He uses only his voice in all his nasheeds (songs) and sings in mainly the English language, in addition to the Urdu, Punjabi and Arabic languages. His songs are very versatile thanks to Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala), as he can write both contemporary and traditional sounding nasheeds (songs). As an internationally recognized nasheed artist, his success has allowed him to travel and perform in many countries including concerts and tours in America, South Africa, Australia, Dubai, Canada, Hong Kong, Norway, Sierra Leone, Qatar, Switzerland, Holland, Malaysia and Pakistan.

Omar Esa was previously an RnB/Pop singer in 2011 and was inspired to change his path to share the beauty of Islam with the world. His new journey began with a simple dream- to show the world the beauty of his religion Islam through his nasheeds (songs). Omar Esa is a strong advocate for voice only nasheeds (songs) and has coined the phrase
“Anything music can do, so can the voice – My voice is my instrument”
His debut album called 'Omar Esa' was released in November 2012. His 2nd album ‘My Muslim Family’ which released in June 2017 charted number 1 on the iTunes UK world album charts. His 3rd and most recent album 'Allah and His Beloved' which released on the 9th of April 2021 has done really well in the charts thanks to Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala) alone. Despite being an independent artist without a marketing budget to promote the album and no radio play, he made history and became the first artist in his faith-based music genre of nasheeds to chart in a mainstream chart. The album was recognised by the official UK charting body, because from the charting week of 9th April 2021 to 16th April 2021, the album was the 4th most downloaded album in the whole of the United Kingdom, peaking at number 3 in the main iTunes chart. in addition to this it peaked at number 3 in the official iTunes mainstream chart here in the UK, it was number 1 in Saudi Arabia and Kenya on their main iTunes Charts respectively, it was number 1 on the world iTunes chart in America, Canada and UK. It also charted in the iTunes main chart in several countries around the world UAE (2), South Africa (5), Indonesia (8), Qatar (9), Oman (9). In the USA (peaked at 87 in there mainstream iTunes chart), Canada (Peaked at 50 in the mainstream iTunes chart) and in Australia it peaked at 39 in there mainstream iTunes chart

His singles ‘Tera Pyaar - Your Love’ (2018), ‘Nikah’ (Marriage) (2019), ‘Ya Allah’ (2020) and ‘Spiderman’ (2021) have all hit the number 1 spot on the iTunes UK world chart.

Omar Esa’s musical content is all about his faith Islam, ranging from nasheeds about his Master Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala), his prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alahiwasallam) and ultimately sharing love and tranquility through his music. He regards his voice as a blessing from Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala) and aims to use his nasheeds to forward the wonderful messages of peace, love and unity throughout the whole world In’shaa’Allah (Lord willing). He is also one of the most subscribed nasheed artist/Muslim personalities in the world with over 750 thousand YouTube subscribers Alhamdulillah.

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