“It's the first piece of music that I heard and wanted to try myself.”

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What gear does Nina Nesbitt use?
Nina Nesbitt has said they write on acoustic guitar and piano first, then build the production, and Mountain Music was cut live to a 1970s tape machine in Devon. Nina has said they love Eva Cassidy's Songbird, Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago and Coldplay's Parachutes.
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Records that shaped me
“It's the first piece of music that I heard and wanted to try myself.”
“I started playing guitar at 15 after hearing Taylor Swift's album, Fearless.”
“It captures such a world and such a feeling when I listen to that album, it sounds like I'm in the cabin where he made the album.”
“I listened to that album for six hours on repeat until I got home.”
“I always keep that song in the back of my head when I'm writing songs and say to myself 'Don't be afraid to go there, don't be afraid to really say it.'”
“I listened to it and felt really inspired to rework it.”
“I want to have a breakdown every time I listen to this song, I don't know why, the lyrics just hit so deeply.”
On my nightstand
“I read this book called The Artist's Way and one of the exercises - I can't remember exactly - was to do five things you liked doing when you were younger”
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What albums inspired Nina Nesbitt's Mountain Music?
Nina Nesbitt has said they love Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago and Coldplay's Parachutes, and has said producer Peter Miles pointed them to Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run while finishing I'm Coming Home.
What made Nina Nesbitt start playing guitar?
Nina Nesbitt has said they started playing guitar at 15 after hearing Taylor Swift's album Fearless, with the song Fifteen as the standout.
What book did Nina Nesbitt read before Mountain Music?
Nina Nesbitt has said they read The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, and one of its exercises sent them back to the albums they loved at 14 and 15.
What instruments does Nina Nesbitt play?
Nina Nesbitt plays guitar, piano and flute, and has said they borrowed a friend's mandolin to write Mansion.
Nina Nesbitt is a Scottish singer-songwriter and producer whose fourth album, Mountain Music, came out in 2024. This guide covers the records and the book Nina has named as shaping their songwriting.
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