My folks played a lot of varied genres from across the 60-80s and I heard 90s and 2ks stuff on the radio. So I had a pretty decent exposure to a lot of stuff.

I started playing piano at around 5 years old. Learning music helped me develop an appreciation for the talent musicians have and the more I listened to stuff the more in awe of them I was that they could make these great sounds with these instruments that I wouldn't have a clue how to make a note on.

Having a musical education being trained classically in the piano as a kid really helped me appreciate a lot of things I'd have otherwise just written off.

You hear a lot of people say "that's shit", "your musics crap". But I never seem to find that, I only find that music I don't gel with at first is just music I don't yet understand. That's exciting! Because now I have an opportunity to go and find out, to learn about it. Never stop being hungry for knowledge and understanding. There's always something you can recognise in a song that may not be your preference (and thats ok) you may not like something as it's not your preference, but it's not shit, it's just not for you. Yaknow what I mean? You can always find something the guitarist is doing, or the drummer or the singer or whoever... There is always something that you can find if you listen and look hard enough.

Thats always been my outlook on music and I gotta say for me, it's given me a lot of pleasure I'd have otherwise missed out on.