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I was born in Nepal and lived there until I migrated to Australia in 1990. My early musical influences were Nepalese folk and Indian pop music with an interest in Western rock. I bought a guitar in Nepal and taught myself the songs on the radio. After migrating to Australia I nurtured my growing passion and I began taking guitar lessons with Australia’s hottest blues guitarists, Mr.Mal Eastick, Ray Beadle, Steve Igoe, Cliff Stoddard from the Swing masters, and Mr. Phil Knight from Phil Knight and the Bluesers. I continued taking lessons from Cliff Stoddard weekly for about 3 years and occasionally played with his band as a guest player on special occasions. My interest in music continued and led me to undertake and complete a 3 year diploma of Contemporary Music at the Eora Centre at (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander College of Music) in Redfern, Sydney TAFE. Musically, for me, it was an opening door into many different styles of music. During the course I learned a lot about