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Much like the names of comic book characters, Lia Lane is actually a pseudonym for Australian composer Amelia Jane Jutilane. Originally from Adelaide, Amelia knew that she wanted to write songs ever since she was seven years old when she would stubbornly refuse to play the correct ending to pieces in her music lessons. Instead she would play her own rewritten versions, much to the mild frustration of her piano teacher. This was the first emergence of her singer/songwriter alter ego Lia Lane. Amelia studied composition, percussion and jazz at university, all of which have stylistically influenced the work of her double life as Lia Lane. She is a singer and pianist but her primary and favourite instrument is percussion, which is really a family that encompasses hundreds of instruments. This choice of instrument shows her penchant for not wanting to stick to one particular thing but rather explore as much as she possibly can, be it instruments or musical styles. Lia is also a lover of