If you give Bryn Wood an instrument, chances are, he'll be able to play it.
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Whether it be any sort of guitar, any percussion instrument, keyboard, piano, or the flugelhorn, he's probably played it before.
Using his talents, the year 12 Mulwaree High School student released a cover album of Abbey Road by The Beatles last December on Spotify, iTunes and Apple Music.
He did it with his good friend Luke Keenan, a duet they named 'To-Peace', and said the 50th anniversary of The Beatles in 2019 motivated him to do it.
"I decided that year that I wanted to do the cover album with Luke who is a dear friend of mine.
"I've known him for a long time and we share a love for The Beatles.
"In the songs, I play a mixture of the bass guitar, drums, keyboards and a few others.
"There's a song where I went to the river recorded sounds of crickets to create the atmosphere.
"Luke played most of the keyboard parts, but also sang the song Octopus's Garden."
The two completed the album in a couple of years, but it could have taken a lot longer if it wasn't for COVID-19 and a program his father had.
"We'd been practising the more sort of well known songs like Here Comes the Sun and Come Together for a while, so we did that in 2019," Bryn said.
"At the start of 2020, my dad had an interface where I could record the instruments into and master the entire tracks.
"Lockdown really changed things for us too as we found ourselves with a lot more time.
"We recorded most of the album then and midway through the year, we polished things up, finished in November and prepared for a December release."
Although Bryn, who is currently learning the bass guitar, comes from a musical family, he is mainly self taught besides receiving singing tips from his father who is vocally trained.
"I started learning the guitar in year one and the drums in year three," he said.
"I taught myself how to play the piano over the years and listening to other people play it really helped.
"I also noticed that a lot of instruments were quite similar.
"I liked learning music theory and that really helped me with being able to read music."
Bryn is in his HSC year and hopes to study a Bachelor of Music course at the Sydney Conservatorium.
"I'm definitely opening up my options to all universities, but my first option will definitely be the Sydney Conservatorium," he said.
"If I don't go there, there are many universities around the country I'd be more than happy to go to."
Adding to that, he is hoping to work on his solo music and to become a session musician.
"I've got a whole list of songs that I'm currently working on and recording myself.
"I'm playing all the instruments and am trying to work through a list of stuff that I've got in my head.
"Hopefully, I will release a solo album later this year."
You can find Bryn Wood's music here.
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