Essential 101
“Study your hero’s influences, not your heroes.”
Every creator needs influences. Which means your hero has influences too.
It’s valuable to know your hero’s music inside and out. But knowing how they got to their sound is twice as useful. Knowing your hero’s influences gives you a roadmap to your favourite sound.
All Music are great places to research your favourite creators. Use them to hear and see how your idols use their own influences.
Doing a bit of influencer research not only gives you more to get inspired by, it also helps you apply your own influences better.