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Mir Roshaan Mirnia (Born October 20th, 2005) is a Canadian/Dutch guitarist, singer, songwriter & actor. He is best known for his work as the conceptual leader in the pop rock group The Bruders.
Born in The Netherlands as a Canadian, Roshaan fell in love with music fast as a child. His favorite band as a kid was "Big Time Rush". When he turned 12 he started watching the tv show Glee which introduced him to a lot of classic rock, a year after that he discovered his dad's record collection and began listening to those records, he discovered a vast majority of his music taste from that record collection. Among those records were Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of The moon", "The Final Cut", "Delicate Sound of Thunder" and "Meddle", after hearing those records and searching up the rest of Pink Floyd's catalogue Roshaan knew he had found his favorite band. "..My favorite artists? Roger Waters and Pink Floyd for sure.."
In 2024 he co-founded The Bruders as the lead singer/songwriter & instrumentalist. He was the conceptual force behind their 2025 album "Lonely Beat of My Heart". In February of 2025 Jesse van Olderen left The Bruders leaving Roshaan as the only member.
Roshaan Mirnia
Mirnia In 2023
Birth Name: Mir Roshaan Mirnia
Born: October 20th, 2005 (age 19) Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Years Active: 2014-present
Musical career
Genres: Rock - Pop Rock - Hard Rock - Blues Rock
Instruments: Guitar - Vocals - Keyboards - Bass - Drums
Labels: Bruder & Bruder
Member of: The Bruders
In 2020 he co-wrote The Mission(2020) with Jesse van Olderen, for unknown reasons the movie was never released. In 2023 he co-wrote The Mission(2023) with Jesse van Olderen. In 2024 Roshaan and Jesse van Olderen also worked together on a song called "Country Song".
Roshaan, June 2024
Roshaan being a guitarist uses his Harley Benton, Fazley & Cardone guitars regularly.
Equipment
Fazley Stratocaster
Harley Benton Guitar
Yamaha PC-1000 Keyboard
Casio CTK-240 Keyboard
Cardone CG-800 Acoustic Guitar
Electronic Drums
Influences
Roshaan has named quite a few artists as inspirations and influences, for both his singing, writing and guitar playing.
Guitar Influences
He has named Toto's Steve Lukather as his favorite guitar player, with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler close in second. His favorite guitar solo is Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" "I especially love the 2005 live 8 version. a masterpiece if you ask me. four lads back on stage after 25 years. pure magic if you ask me."
Wriring Influences
Roshaan has only ever mentioned a few writing influences.
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters
Toto's Steve Lukather
Vocal Influences
Roshaan has named a few of vocalists as inspirations.
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters
Toto's Steve Lukather
Chicago's Bill Champlin
Roshaan, November 2023
The Bruders
Lonely Beat Of My Heart (2025)
Collaborative Efforts
Country Song (By Jesse Van Olderen, Featuring Roshaan Mirnia) (2024)
Share The Land (The Guess Who Cover) (With Grade 11/12 class of West Carleton Secondary School) (2023)
The Covers
As a member of The Bruders, Roshaan has covered a long list of songs.
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Cover
I'll Be Over You - Toto Cover
Heaven - Bryan Adams
No Surrender - Bruce Springsteen Cover
I'll See You In My Dreams - Bruce Springsteen Cover
Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen Cover
Too Much Love will Kill You - Queen Cover
Someday - Glass Tiger Cover
Miss You In A Heartbeat - Def Leppard Cover
Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid Cover
Heartbreak Station - Cinderella Cover
Heaven - Warrant
Roshaan played lead guitar on "Share The Land" in 2023 for the CBC music challenge. With his class they got second place in all of Canada. They received a golden plaque as recognition for their achievement.
The Plaque Reads:
"CBC Music Challenge
2nd place Non-Live-Off-The-Floor Performance
West Carleton Secondary School
Gr.11/12 Music Class Sem. 1 2023/2024
Teacher Peter Emond"
Roshaan next to the golden plaque in 2023