Viren Neel

In the artist’s words: Describe one of your earliest musical memories in detail. When I was 5 years old, for a primary school project, my father built me a guitar out of a piece of ply with 2 nylon strings attached. It actually made coherent sound. In hindsight, that was one of the factors that kicked off my love of music. What are your top 3 all-time favorite albums on Apple Music, and why? Why did you choose these three albums in particular? Black Sabbath, Paranoid Bread, Baby I'm a Want You Grateful Dead, Europe '72 (Live) Remastered Paranoid: First band I loved - my dad showed me Sabbath at 11 - prompted me to buy my first guitar. Europe '72: The sunniest music ever. I play it when I don't know what else to play. Baby I’m A Want You: Reminds me of discovering romance in 2019. Find a song of yours on Apple Music that you love and tell us what makes it special. Tell us why you chose this song. “Leaving Earth” Leaving Earth is my baby. I’m proud every time I hear it. I wrote it naively, yet it feels universally relatable- the most hopeful hopeless song. I love it. It’s also my mum’s second favourite of my songs.