“From the very start of his social media rise Giacomo has been using other people’s compositions”: Social media guitar influencer Giacomo Turra accused of using other musicians’ arrangements and passing them off as his own

Italian funk guitarist and influencer Giacomo Turra performs live in a bright yellow, black and pink animal print Hawaiian shirt and plays a dark pink Mayones Aquila S-style electric guitar.

The Italian funk guitarist and electric guitar social media influencer Giacomo Turra has been accused of using other musician’s arrangements without crediting them, using them to grow his online following and then monetising other artists’ work via downloadable tabs and audio.

Turra’s rise in recent years has been meteoric. He has over 741,000 followers on Instagram, and a string of endorsements, with a signature guitar from D’Angelico, his own gold-foil electric guitar pickups from Mama, a signature envelope filter from SolidGoldFX, and he uses Laney guitar amps. He released The Groove Sessions EP in 2021, a mix of covers and originals, and a number of singles