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INSPIRED NOTES

I remember exactly where, when and how my journey into bass started. I was 14, on a holiday in France, traveling by car with my family and listening to music. ‘Oh Darling’ by the Beatles came up and I started to feel bizarre, with butterflies in my belly and tears rushing up to my eyes. It was hyper-intense.

Although I loved John Lennon and George Harrison too,

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