Of all the years I had studied performing artists and how they created their ​own identity or 'sound', for instance, when you are young and grow up listening to also being inspired to a huge d​egree then you aspire to be as great as your heroes thus on the eternal search for how THEY got to be so successful in nailing their true identity that created that 'impact' that gets heads banging. I had given up chasing that 'phantom' the didn't exist and stuck to what I felt was important thus close to my heart which was this kind of​ music...yet how I wanted to express it, what did I want to say, how did I want it to sound? When I had stopped chasing my favourite guitar player's tone I freed myself up so I later allowed myself to go after whatever came natural to me, also being honest with myself in what guitar or amp I wanted to play through and whether the sound I was hearing back was 'me' because once I had found out how one of my favourite player's had either wrote riffs, what gear they were using, how they approached everything...and once I got nearest to any of it, I either 'couldn't' use it...or I didn't like it. So I want to encourage people starting out to use the 'tools' that suit YOU, and say what YOU intend to say, be honest with yourself by playing what YOU love because it should make you happy (and that goes for everything else in your music!)

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