Nick Leet of High on Stress on Music and Arts Education

photo by Steve Cohen

How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music?

I’ve been into music since I was a little kid listening to the Beatles and Prince. I always wanted a guitar but didn’t buy one until I was 15 years old. I started off learning a few Nirvana songs and after that I found more satisfaction out of writing my own songs. I didn’t have any sort of formal guitar lessons. I had a lot of friends who played so I literally watched their fingers to see what they were doing. I knew I wanted to play music but I needed to know how so I was a sponge soaking up all that I could from the people who were doing it.

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