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Classically trained on piano, Sarah practised guitar in high school on the side and played in a punk band at lunch times. She began writing songs at age 16 and later went on to study music composition at Box Hill Tafe. Since these formative years, Sarah has been gigging in the Melbourne scene, with various line-ups in her backing band. Besides her original music she has also played in Made in Purple: the Australian Deep Purple Tribute Band (playing Jon Lord's famous Hammond organ solos) and has composed works for string quartets and wind quintets. During 2013, Sarah left the stage to record and produce her debut album titled "Looking Over My Shoulder". The result is 10 rock songs with screaming organ riffs, grungey guitars and brooding piano melodies. With an eclectic range of influences including video game music, classical, hard rock, progressive-rock, punk, folk and whatever is in between, Sarah Jean's album is ambitious and compelling.