The Masterclass — enrolling now
An online school taught by Shuja himself. Live classes each week with a small group, your own song taken apart on camera, and an honest answer about what is not working yet.
6
Modules
12
Live sessions a term
40
Seats, capped
24 hrs
Until a session is in your library
Why now
In Pakistan, music is learned by proximity — by being in the room while it is made. Most people never get into that room.
Shuja has been in it since 1996, first as the boy who built it and then as the producer everyone came to. The course is that room opened up: the same decisions, the same arguments about an arrangement, the same honesty about what is not finished.
The curriculum
The course follows a single song from the first idea to a finished master you own and can release. Take the whole thing, or only the parts that fix what you are stuck on.
Where a song actually starts — and how to tell a real idea from a nice one.
Eastern classical foundations meeting Western structure — the fusion his whole catalogue is built on.
Twenty-five years of writing in Urdu, Punjabi and English, and the discipline behind it.
The room, the signal chain, and the decisions that make a record sound finished.
Delivery, control and the honesty that separates a singer from a performer.
How the industry actually works, from someone who has been inside it since 1996.
Live & recorded
Every live class is recorded and in your library within a day, so a missed week is never a lost one.
Every live session is recorded and added to your library within 24 hours. Times shown in Pakistan Standard Time.
Enrolment
Prices are per person and shown in Pakistani rupees. International students are invoiced in the equivalent currency.
PKR 4,500
per month
Every recorded session, on your own schedule.
PKR 45,000
per 12-week term
The full course, taught live by Shuja, with your work heard in the room.
By application
limited each term
Private mentorship on your own record, from writing through to master.
Scholarships are held back each term for students who cannot pay. Say so in your application — it will not count against you.
Apply
Every application is read. We will confirm your place, answer your questions, and send payment details before classes start.
Questions
No. Shuja teaches the way he works — by ear, by feel, and by structure. If you can hum an idea and hold a thought, you can follow the course.
A laptop, headphones and any DAW you already use. For the production modules a basic audio interface and one microphone will cover everything. Nothing here depends on an expensive studio.
Yes. Every live session is recorded and added to your library within 24 hours, so a missed week is never a lost week.
Urdu and English, mixed the way most Pakistani studios actually run. Recorded sessions carry English subtitles.
Both. The first three modules are for anyone writing songs; the production and vocal modules go deep in their own directions. Most students take all six.
Enrolment opens with the next cohort. Register your interest and the team will send payment details, including local bank transfer and card options, before the term begins.
Still not sure it is for you?
Ask the team directly