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# Songwriting — Influences

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### As a Songwriter — What were your influences?

Jamie Sellers shares his musical influences from his parents through to his university years.

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Jamie Sellers is a British songwriter and record producer based in Essex/London. In a career spanning just 8 years Jamie has accumulated **three UK Top 40 Singles, two UK Top 40 albums, a platinum selling Number 1 album in Japan, Top 5 Selling album in Spain, Top 10 singles in Belgium, Sweden and France, a Top 20 Billboard US Dance Chart single** and most recently produced a **top 10 UK country album** with **Megan McKenna**

 

Credits:

Filmed at MusicStation | Tonbridge Wells

Music:  [**https://www.bensound.com**](https://www.bensound.com/)** | Energy**

 

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