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Lee Safar’s story is different to almost every other musician. In fact, it is probably unique. Like most other musician’s her dreams and aspirations of one day performing her music to a wider audience were developed early in life. However, when Lee left school her hopes to pursue these dreams were shattered by her family’s strict cultural beliefs. At the age of 17, Lee was forbidden to play music. For the next twelve years Lee put her love of music aside and built a successful life for herself. She graduated from University as a Genetic Scientist, worked for a leading multinational IT company as a Senior Business Analyst, got married, bought a house and was happy. Until one day, someone from her past gave her a call. During the conversation with this person, who used to play music with Lee, her creative spirit was reawakened and her passion to make music became insatiable. So where do you start after 12 years of not listening to or playing music? Well, Lee started by changing her life and first was leaving the full-time corporate job to spend time on her singing, playing and songwriting. She started to demo songs at home and doing a few small solo gigs. It was the audience reaction to these early shows that convinced Lee that music was now her life and vice-versa. What people were reacting to was something new and refreshing because here was a mature artist with the spark and enthusiasm of someone just starting out in the industry. Lee’s songs were not the uninformed imma