Project Description

ANEESA SHEIKH
‘Tough Times’
(Single Review)

19th July 2020

Reviewer – Dave Bruce

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The young American singer-songwriter Aneesa fell in love with music when she was only eight when she began taking guitar lessons and joined the youth choir. At the age of fourteen, she began to write songs on her grandfather’s twelve-string guitar and soon after was invited to perform on the Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour in Lexington, Kentucky. From there she turned her passion for music to her purpose in life.

Aneesa attended IMTA (International Model and Talent Association) Convention’ and a scholarship to record an original song. After winning the title of Miss Michigan Teen USA 2020 she released her debut single, Bad Thing, in January of 2020. In just four months Bad Thing’s official video has accumulated more than 100k streams on YouTube. Aneesa has followed that up with Tough Times, a pop-rock track with a massive chorus and a convincing message that explores resilience, determination and hope. Written for her ailing father, Aneesa’s response to this personal trauma is a timely reminder of the need for courage and strength during testing times. After her father underwent a medical crisis, Aneesa, who was living with him at the time, turned her attention to founding a non-profit organization Music4M.I.R.A.C.L.E., which aims to help foster the benefits of music therapy. Tough Times was written in the wake of this.

As Aneesa says of the song, ‘Tough Times don’t last, but tough people do’ is a phrase my dad always told me growing up. When he became ill, I reminded him of that phrase. I knew that the message he always told me would have a greater effect if it was in a song. The song resonates with my father very much and gave him his light again. Tough Times shares equal importance all over the world during this pandemic and after’. The track is a contemporary pop-rock gem that features a deeply resonating lyric and heartfelt emotional fire. It’s sure to help Aneesa achieve next-level status on her musical journey.

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Check out ANEESA SHEIKH below
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Life:

Born in Lexington, Kentucky and raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan as the youngest of five siblings, Aneesa Leena Sheikh grew up in an ice rink, training in competitive figure skating. Alongside her love for the sport, she simultaneously pursued her talent in and passion for music and performing by playing the guitar, singing, and songwriting. While graduating at the top of her High School class, on a spur she entered her first pageant and won the title of Miss Michigan Teen USA 2020 fall of her senior year. After her father underwent a medical crisis, Aneesa, who was living with him at the time, turned the tough time into triumph by founding a non-profit organization, “Music4M.I.R.A.C.L.E.” that aims to spread music therapy. Aneesa describes herself as a proactive, strategic, and highly ambitious person, but also a compassionate and faithful friend, which is parallel to the literal definition of the name “Aneesa”.

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Music:

Starting from the ripe age of eight years old, Aneesa fell in love with her sister skating to Santana’s “Black Magic Women”. That was the impetus of her wanting to play electric guitar.  Soon after she began taking lessons on a classical ¾ sized guitar and joined the youth choir.  Every chance Aneesa got to perform in front of others she took, even if it was playing “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin in a neon green ankle cast at her 5th-grade talent show. At the age of fourteen, she began to song write on her grandfather’s twelve-string guitar. Soon after writing her first three songs, she was invited to perform on the “Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour” in Lexington, KY. From there on she turned her passion for music to her purpose in life. Aneesa attended IMTA (International Model and Talent Association Convention in New York thee summer of 2019) where she won “Most Sought after Female Talent” and a scholarship to record an original song. After winning the title of Miss Michigan Teen USA 2020 she released her debut single, “Bad Thing” in January of 2020. In just four months “Bad Thing’s” official video has accumulated more than 100k streams on Youtube!

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AMNPLIFY – DB