TAUSEEF Ahmed Baksh never quite understood the profound impact that his uncle’s music shop had on him as a young boy; at least not until he migrated to New York and delivered a captivating impromptu performance that launched his musical career.

“I’ve always been singing at home; in the bathroom, until one day we had a Caribbean Day event at the park and I told my wife I wanted to go up and sing a couple of songs. She knew the person who was promoting the event and reached out to him, so I went on stage and sang,” Tauseef recalled in an interview with Buzz this week.

Being on stage, and receiving a hearty applause, Tauseef’s boyhood dream suddenly came to life. He was no longer a Berbice lad with a passion for music; he was an adult who followed his heart and gathered the courage to get up on stage and do justice to several of his beloved Bollywood songs.

He knew he was on the right track, having received kudos and compliments from the established entertainers who performed at the show. Armed with a newfound courage and craving for more, Tauseef entered the ‘Rising Star Challenge’ competition that same year (2019).

Being named one of the winners of the competition was the motivation Tauseef needed to do more. After a pandemic-induced hiatus, the young father entered another competition earlier this year called the Guyana’s Diaspora Music Monarch – a competition hosted by Guyanese in Canada. And, once again, Tauseef was named winner.

Since then, he has spared no effort in pressing on in the music industry. Tauseef has since recorded three songs professionally, and prior to that, he did a soothing cover of one of the most soulful Bollywood songs yet, ‘Tujhse Naraz Nahi Zindagi’, which also featured his little daughter.

In addition to a second cover titled ‘Tere Bin’, Tauseef also released his very first Chutney original song entitled ‘Love Me Too’; the groovy track was written by Tauseef himself, with the help of his 15-year-old daughter, Tasleema. Interestingly, all of his video productions so far have been done at home with the help of his daughters.

With their company called Triple T Productions, Tauseef and his daughter Tasleema do their own editing and most of the other work needed to produce the videos. “Everything you see on those videos was done by myself and daughter. My Chutney music is a complete home production. The music was built by my daughter and the vocals were done right here at home in my studio; the videography was done by us too,” a smiling Tauseef shared.

He said that the only thing that had to be done outside of his home was the ‘mixing and mastering’ of the songs, which were done in Trinidad and Tobago.

In retrospect, Tauseef could see that his passion for music really stems from his childhood experiences at his uncle’s music shop in Belvedere, Corentyne (East Berbice-Corentyne) which has since been converted to an electronics store.

“The reason I love singing so much is because of my uncle Akbar Khan. I was about seven years old when I would spend most of my time there and it was always about music and he was always singing. He also taught me how to train my voice so I fell in love with music at a very tender age,” the father of three reflected.

Today, that love for music remains an important part of his life, and Tauseef is working to produce and share more content. “I love making music videos; it’s fun and something I love doing. I would like to urge everyone to subscribe to my Youtube Channel,” he said.

Tauseef, now under the management of Ryan ‘DJ Fess’ Jeffrey, is now trying to build his personal Youtube channel to be able to showcase his talent on all social media platforms.