Olivia's love of music has been with her since birth! Being driven around Croydon in her dad's old Alfa Romeo's was a bumpy ride with no such luxury as a radio let alone a CD player. The entertainment for every journey was the fullest range of music you can imagine, sang by the Sebastianelli sisters and their dad! It really is a diverse range of music that Olivia admires and enjoys.


Olivia got her first guitar when she had just turned 13. It was a bright pink Korean guitar by a relatively small brand named Shine. She recalls the day she bought it; “I went to a little shop in West Croydon with my dad. I remember being really embarrassed to try out the guitars because, espite being really enthusiastic, I had not yet had any lessons. I tried what felt like hundreds of top end guitars but found nothing I liked. As we were leaving I tripped over a lead in my usual clumsy fashion and as I got up I noticed this dusty old guitar. It was SO dusty we could barely make out the colour but as the pink came through I instantly fell in love with it. I just thought it was totally punk! When I took it home I played it till my fingers literally bled and then I realised I really did need lessons “.

After a few lessons from a family friend, Olivia began putting her knowledge to the test by learning a few cover songs. These cover songs were certainly not the conventional covers you would expect a young teenager to play - there was no Britney for this little girl. Olivia's first cover was 'Living on a Prayer' by Bon Jovi, followed by 'Down in a Hole' by one of her favourite bands Alice in Chains.

After becomng more confident on the guitar, she decided to work out a song she had been singing since she was 8yrs old. Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash and since then many have compared her guitar style to that of Mr Cash.