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This was a hard one as I have so many....

Santa Monica - Los Angeles

It was my dream to visit once so this was my gift from myself for my 30th birthday. I had expectations... and they were totally wrong. LA surprised me completely even as a tourist. It was much more and way better than what I expected. And a tiny part of me would still love to live here. I've been listening to lots of movie soundtracks on the way there and when I just walked around the city, but going down to Santa Monica beach just made me play this song, even though I'm not really a fan of Guns'n'Roses, and every time I hear this song I close my eyes and imagine the November sunshine and palm trees. If I didn't have to worry about cost of living or getting a job, LA is definitely in the top 3 on the list of where I would love to live.

Yes, this picture was taken in the middle of November... and I was told it was cold... like... dude I'm walking around in a summer dress if this is cold I'll gladly take it.

I had a big think about this one, couldn't come up with anything in my head, so the answer is no I don't! here's a video of the place, which hopefully is acceptable as it has some still images of it:

When I went to college at 15 (the normal age is 16 in the UK) I was alone, I was 15, I had to have a chaperone, and I wasn't allowed to really socialise with people. But at age 16 I begged my mum to change colleges, i was so miserable at Totton College, so my mum saw how miserable I was and I went to Brockenhurst College

When I started at college, I was hooked on a song, its title was "Better Off Alone" - I was a loner, a real loner, and for around 6 months, I attended lessons, went home, kept to myself and my go-to song was Alice Dj, Better Off Alone, Brockenhurst College is the place where I most, associate that song with.

This is a tricky one for me because I have multiple places, moments in time and people that I connect music with.

As a music tech graduate it's probably no surprise how deep music runs through my veins but if there's one place in particular I had to pick with a strong music connection it's a place that no longer exists.

The photo above was taken June 20th, 2002 at the now sadly demolished Army and Navy pub in Chelmsford, Essex.

Back when we were young this was THE place you wanted to play. A grubby, sticky floored pub but one that generated so much excitement. Some bands had gone on to do good things having started out here and I was desperate to get on that stage. We only ever played there twice maybe three times, once opening for a band called Pheromone and then a battle of the bands where, according to us and the other bands, we were wrongfully not put through to the next round. (Long story short we did a full set of originals and lost out to a band who did a bunch of covers which was supposedly not permitted in the rules).

The memory of that venue will stick with me because it represented my first steps into becoming a musician and being in a band that gave me some of the best times of my life.

Where this proud pub once stood it's now a Travelodge and shops but I'll always remember it for the hope and excitement it held.

When I still lived at home I listened to an excessive, and I mean excessive, amount of Phoebe Bridgers. Her and her music is always something I come back to when I am going/am home and there something about its slow sentimentality of teenage emotions that brings me firmly back to my hometown (Manchester). Listening to her music reminds me of growing up in Manchester and the people I know and love from there, as well as how much the city shaped me as I grew older there (from spending excessive amounts of time and money in the huge primark in my younger days, to exploring Manchesters nightlife and living in a big city!). My point is really that Phoebe Bridgers sort of gets me in the mood to reminisce about my time spent here, and I enjoy doing that from time to time. Specifically her song 'Scott Street' feels like home to me.