23-year-old musician and producer Deyaz had barely begun secondary school when he first picked up a guitar. His older brother had moved out and headed to university, leaving behind a very old, classical guitar. Bored and left to his own devices during the summer holidays, Deyaz taught himself how to play. “I started listening to Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, your typical guitar heroes, and from there I really knuckled down and found a passion for it” he explains.
By age 14, Deyaz had a good grasp of guitar and was learning piano and drums too. Shortly afterwards he landed a junior scholarship to Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and by 16, had started producing: “I started to pick up producing and apply the different instruments to make compositions. The artist stuff came as the last piece of the puzzle.”
