I have been surrounded by music since the day I was born.

Whether it be listening to my Dad playing saxophone, or watching my Mum direct her latest musical theatre production. I started street dancing from the age of two, and cracked my collar bone trying to do a cartwheel off the sofa.

I was never a musical theatre fan, but I enjoyed dancing to Justin Timberlake, Usher, Michael and Janet Jackson etc. I found a guitar in my parents' room when I was 11 and tried to teach myself, I then went downstairs and said to my Dad " is this a chord" which really wasn't and sounded horrible. He then taught me a couple of chords and went on to buy me a AXL guitar for my 12th Birthday and have never put the guitar down since. I didn't like singing and was in a band at the time, my mum told me being just a guitarist you will never make it.

So when I asked for anew guitar my mum and my dad said if you play Gary Moore's 'Still Got the Blues For You" and sing solo at an open mic night, they would get me a new guitar. So to their surprise I did, and got my guitar.

Tobi

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