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Sum 41 – \u2018Handle This\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nBands like Sum 41 and Blink 182 were the reason I started playing guitar and taking an interest in music. This song takes pride of place as the first guitar solo I ever learned and still remember 14 years later.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
<\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\nImogen Heap – \u2018Hide And Seek\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nI think I fell asleep to Hide and Seek every night for 2 months when I first heard it. It was probably my first encounter with really good chord voicing though I had no idea what that was at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
<\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTower Of Power – \u2018Ebony Jam\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nI got into Jazz and Funk music through the Red Hot Chili Peppers but Tower of Power were the first band I really got into outside of Rock. This song also sparked my love of contemporary instrumental music.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
<\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLinkin Park\/Jay Z\u00a0– \u2018Numb\/Encore\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nAs a teenager I remember feeling enormous social pressure to listen to music which \u2018fitted in\u2019 with what my social group. This was the first song I heard that made me think \u2018screw that, this is awesome\u2019. Also my first experience with a really good mash-up.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
<\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTommy Emmanuel – \u2018Somewhere Over The Rainbow\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nTommy Emmanuel can still do things with a guitar that truly baffle me. The opening cascading harmonics on this arrangement are spellbinding and the rest of it is gorgeous regardless of how many times and ways I hear him play it.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
<\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\nSergei Rachmaninoff – \u2018Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nNot so much a song, but massively musically important to me. The first classical concert I saw live and the first display of true virtuosity. Stephen Hough was awesome.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
<\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Notorious B.I.G – \u2018Nasty Girl\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nThe song which I first bonded with my best friend over. Molly Anna Band wouldn\u2019t exist if it wasn\u2019t for this song.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
<\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\nJohn Mayer – \u2018Neon\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nWhen I first started liking pop music at the time it came out! Also, one of the greatest guitar riffs ever written.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
<\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\nZero 7 – \u2018Destiny\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nZero 7 were probably the band to spark my love of music production. I also loved that it was basically a 2 man outfit embellished by their favourite session players and close friends.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
<\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\nPorcupine Tree – \u2018Trains\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nThe song which really summed up the aesthetic of the music I wanted to make! Minus the banjo solo of course.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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