BANGKAPOS.COM, BANGKA — Chasing dreams as high as the sky, this phrase describes a person’s fighting spirit Zay Nova.
The man’s real name is Zulpakar which comes from Sample villagePemali District, Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Province, has a career as a musician in Canada.
It’s been five years Zulpakar or Zay Nova abroad to realize his dream.
No effort is in vain, with a sense of courage, this 42-year-old man released four songs of his own composition in this North American country.
The first single is titled Locked in All Night Long which was released on February 20, 2021, the second single is titled The Lighthouse was released on May 20, 2021, the third single is titled Don’t Tell Me Mudder which was released on January 20, 2022 and the fourth single is titled It’s Been a Good Ride which was released on July 20, 2022.
Even the latest single from the music video was edited and directed by Zay Nova only.
This song, which was written and sung, was successfully seen by music lovers in Indonesia Canadahe was proven to have scored three music award nominations.
Namely the nominations for the Canadian Independent Music Video Awards 2021, Country Artist of the Year and Global Music of the Year at the Music NL Awards 2022, Canada.
However, succeeding and being able to become a musician is not as simple as turning your hand.
Because this man who graduated in Islamic Communication and Broadcasting from UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta has to go through all the ups and downs of life in a foreign country.
The man who was born on November 20, 1980 admits that he likes to write songs a lot. If you count, he wrote almost a thousand songs.
“When I saw the database, from college to now there were thousands of songs, I wrote them, when I came home from college and work, I definitely wrote songs, in my head there were tunes,” said Zay Nova when contacted by bangkapos.com via mobile phone, Monday (01/09/2023),
The beginning of his career started as a radio host for decades at a radio station in Yogyakarta.
“2014 continued in Jakarta to also become a radio host and for a time became a journalist, producer of country music programs, while connecting with Americans and Canada. Then can connect from Canada to start a career there was at the end of 2017, but the savings were not enough,” he said.
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