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My name is Scott Valentine, I am thirty-one years old and I have been in love with music my whole life. When I was a toddler, I would accompany my fathers guitar talents by strumming along on the spatula. As I grew throughout my youth I began to notice that I had a talent for mimicry and voice control that eventually manifest itself into original songwriting at the age of twelve with the purchase of my first guitar. 50's and 60's rock n'roll and, in particular the masterful work of the Beatles, became my first real musical obsession. Upon a family vacation to England, I was fortunate that my passions for its revolutionary history were such that my mother scheduled a thorough tour of Liverpool so that I might investigate and witness firsthand the birthplaces and varied inspirations of my heroes. The return home to Victoria brought me into my awkward teenage years and with it a time of loneliness, torment and despair. Still in spite of the teasing and all of the t...