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Tame Impala- also known as Kevin Parker, is a multi-talented music artist. As a musician, Kevin writes, records, sings and produces as a one man show (2023, highsnobiety). Growing up, Kevin's father Jerry would always play the guitar around the house, as well as playing in cover bands at night (Fitzgerald, n.d.). As stated within Fitzgeralds web article (n.d.), Jerry enjoyed musicians from the likes of the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Supertramp and The Shadows. Interestingly enough, these musicians all consist of genres and elements that are found within Tame Impala's music- pop, surf, rock, psychedelic (2023, RYM).
Tame Impala found musical inspiration from bands such as Nazz, Pink Floyd, Hawkwind and more (n.d. teachrock).
By the age of 7, Kevin had also been inspired by Michael Jackson (Fitzgerald, n.d.).
Tame Impala, inspired by psychedelic music from an early age, has become widely successful within this genre/ scope of the music industry.
As mentioned on Highsnobiety, Tame Impala's genres are considered to be, 'psychedelic rock sprinkled with disco, pop and surf rock sensibilities – with cues from various musical eras' (2023). Tame Impala's has a reputation for infectious bass riffs and off-kilter rhythms on songs (2023).
From the three listed influences above, you can certainly see the connection with Tame Impala's style of music- from his father Jerry's music taste and music influence on him from an early age, Michael Jackson's pop and Pink Floyd's  psychedelic rock. However, Tame Impala is a unique play on multiple different styles, making it an eccentric flavour of its own.

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Jerry Parker (Tame Impala aka Kevin Parker's dad)

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Jerry Parker (Tame Impala aka Kevin Parker's dad)

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Jerry Parker enjoyed musicians such as the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Supertramp and The Shadows (Fitzgerald, n.d.).

One could certainly argue that Kevin's fathers music taste may have played a large influential role in Kevin's musical interests and direction as a musician, considering that these were the persistent bands that Kevin heard as he was growing up (Fitzgerald, n.d.). As mentioned in Fitzgerald's web article, Jerry had also played in a band, regularly practising in a soundproofed garage (n.d.).
Fitzgerald then states in his descriptive article 'It was here that Kevin began recording music at age 12. Happening upon a pair of his father’s two-track tape recorders, he became obsessed. He didn’t yet have the technical words to describe it, but he began multitracking layers of instrumental sound, creating his own backing tracks and experimenting with other rudiments of sound production. When Kevin’s drumming had to stop on account of Rosalind moving to a new house, Jerry taught him guitar. Just a few chords so he could play along with the old man on rhythm. After discovering guitar tablatures on the internet, Kevin moved away from his father’s tuition. He began teaching himself, constructing and deconstructing the parts of his favourite songs. He also came into the possession of a Casio keyboard' (n.d.).

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RUFUS DU SOL- Tyrone Lindqvist, Jon George, and James Hunt were inspired by many musicians. The Australian Grammy-nominated electronic band found inspiration from live performances of artists such as Cut Copy and The Presets (reference). RUFUS (for short) also shared an interest in the sounds of Radiohead and Booka Shade (reference), whom they enjoyed from a more emotive standpoint as artists. (reference)
RUFUS DU SOL also found a lot of influence from the correlation between nature and technology, the environment and music. (reference). During the creation for RUFUS' third album 'SOLACE', they had spent a year in Venice, CA while writing and recording the album (2018). The dichotomy of the stark desert landscapes and the Californian coastline became a major inspiration in the making of the trio's third album release (2018).

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Angus and Julia Stone, the musically talented brother and sister duo from Sydney, Australia- are typically known as folk musicians when paired together (Condon, 2020). They have albums together as a duo and separately (2020). The pair have released multiple albums together, as well as EP's. Their most recent project together being the 'Life Is Strange' album, released in 2021 (2021, MUSICNSW). Life Is Strange has notes of pop and rock (2023, Discogs). In terms of the pair's associated music influences within this genealogy tree, one could connect the dots with their earlier and most recent work together.

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Angus and Julia Stone's artistic muses- being the people and romantic influences in their lives at the time of their lyrical writings. 

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Angus and Julia Stone's artistic muses- being the people and romantic influences in their lives at the time of their lyrical writings. 

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Julia Stone, the sister of the duo, stated that she was mostly inspired by the people she had fallen in and out of love with, during the times in which she had written her lyrics of the duo’s shared folk, indie pop music- “I can't even remember when I wrote that. I think I am mostly inspired by the people I have fallen in love with and the people I have fallen out of love with. It's those times. It's the questioning of what it means to be in love and what love is. I am really fascinated by the whole idea of it and the human condition that causes the drive to meet that persona and if it reflects you in an honest way. All my music shows the sadness that I haven't figured it out yet” (2012, MUSICNSW).

Angus Stone, the brother of the duo, was interviewed about his inspiration for his second album 'Broken Brights' which reached number two in the ARIA chart of 2012. In the MUSIC NSW interview Angus responded "More so than the influence of people that write music, it was the people I’ve met along the way who were the real muses for this record. It’s also movies that I draw inspiration from. When I watch a movie I can't help but slip into the character's shoes on screen and be totally there with them and relate and feel the music that in my mind goes with their journey" (2012).

While this review is not based on one particular musician or band, one could argue that it still must be highlighted on, in an academic point of view; as it is a consistent response when asked about the indie, folk duo's musical inspirations.
From a researcher's standpoint, you could say that it is not particularly easy to write about this. However, it is interesting to put it into context, for this reason. One could argue that a) the duo wanted it this way (for academics to struggle to compare them to other artists in the industry before them), or b) they are truly gifted individuals that draw their own authentic, creative inspiration from their own life experiences. Music created from the heart and soul, influenced by the people they have come across along their journeys. You could also argue that people themselves are their own art forms, and while we cannot put a name to each person that the two have written about over the years- we could still use this as a valid response for their 'influences' as it is a consistent response from the two and worth touching on.

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One could say that every one of these people listed within this genealogy tree have all made an artistic impact on my own personal aspirations as a musician. While I am yet to release music, it will be interesting to see any similarities found amongst these artists. A musician or band can make a strong influential impact on an individual in terms of their personal taste and music preference. However, this does not necessarily mean that one would want to imitate their art. Influence can be related to being swayed or affected by another, in a means to then go and do something- but it is also to be noted that people are born into the world as individuals with their own goals and dreams in life. Though I can say that I have had artistic influence in my life, I can also agree with Angus and Julia Stone's standpoint- that it was the people in their lives that acted as muses for the creation of their music. An experience or person that we stumble upon in life, that has an effect on you, urging you to want to make something of it. Using your own abilities to create a piece of your own art, to then give to the world. The people we come by in life typically act as a catalyst for our art to be birthed. For example- having a huge crush on someone, falling in love, heartbreak, losing a person in our lives due to death. All of these scenarios can give one an influence in wanting to create something of their own, to reflect the emotions that have arisen from these instances in life, and turn them into something new.

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Michael Jackson, widely known as the 'king of pop' (Moody, 2017), was a hit success in the music industry, to say the least. He originally joined the 'Jackson five' with his four older brothers at the young age of just six years old (2014, RHINO). Not long after the families musical group of five formed in 1964, they quickly rose to fame. James Brown was one of Michaels singing and dancing influences, as well as The Teenagers (O’Toole, 2015). James Brown has been referred to as the "Godfather of soul" (2023, The Guardian) and has an article written about him titled 'How James Brown invented Funk' by Soundfield. While The Teenagers are 'most noted for being one of rock music's earliest successes' (2023, Kiddie). Moreover, Michael Jackson has picked up these components within his own music as he is also known as a rock, soul, funk artist- outside of his pop reputation (2022, RTR).

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Cut Copy- the trio of Tim Hoey, Ben Browning and Mitchell Scott, formed in 2001; are considered an alternative rock and dance music band (n.d, Spotify). Cut Copy started in Melbourne, Australia (2018, Last.fm) and have been listed as many interesting genres. The most common genres being synth pop, dance and electric. Cut Copy were said to have been influenced by disco and 1980s synth-pop (n.d, Pianity), which absolutely reflects in their sound.

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The Presets- Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes are considered as dance/ electric. The duo formed in Sydney, Australia in 2003 (La Gorce, n.d.). Gorce states in her article 'The Presets Biography' that the pair could not forget 'an extracurricular love of '80s pop', including the likes of the Smiths, Pet Shop Boys, Björk and New Order (n.d.). These artists are found to be a collection of alternative, indie, rock, synth, pop, dance, electronic and punk sounds; which can also be heard in The Presets music (2023, Sungenre).

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Booka Shade- Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier originally formed in Berlin (n.d. Resident Advisor). As stated within their bibliography found on Resident Advisor's website, the electronic duo are known as 'one of the most celebrated electronic acts to come out of Europe over the past two decades' (n.d). A large success. Some of Booka Shades' major influences include names like Hot Chip, Kings of Leon, the Knife, Moby, and Depeche Mode (Hernandez, 2017). These bands are composed of genres of dance, electronic, alternative, indie, house, techno, punk, rock, synth pop and more. Many of these themes can be found in Booka Shade's style of music (n.d, DTN).

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The Red Hot Chilli Peppers are a well known alternative rock band (2023, Sungenre). However they also have flavours of funk, alternative rock, psychedelic rock, and alternative metal (Hughes, 2023).

Wilkening (2016) states 'the former sock-wearing funk-rockers have gone through eight guitarists, four drummers and 11 lineup changes as they grew into one of the world's most popular rock bands and expanded their sound to include more melodic pop, rock and soul influences'. A now widely known successful funk, rock band, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers were influenced by music artists such as Bad Brains, The Minutemen, Black Flag, Parliament, The Cure, Jimmi Hendrix, James Brown and more (Gonzalez, 2022). After researching these bands, they are within the scope of funkadelic, rock, punk, reggae, alternative, indie, jazz and soul. A lot of these elements are found in the Red Hot Chilli Peppers music, which is to suggest that their style of music was influenced by many genres, creating their distinctive sound.

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Leonard Cohen is known as a songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and visual artist- as stated on his website (2022).
Leonard's music led him to victory, as he was put into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (n.d, Sungenre). Cohen's widely celebrated music is considered folk, rock and pop (2023, AllMusic). Leonard was inspired by the musicians he had heard on jukeboxes in the fifties, such as The Righteous Brothers, The Ronettes, Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin and Joan Baez (Ferrier, 2022). Upon researching, these artists are within the realms of pop, folk and blues. Which correlates with Leonards music as he haas also been linked to blues (2012, HDN).

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Like many other music artists and bands, Pink Floyd- Syd Barrett, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Bob Klose were largely inspired by the likes of the Beatles, John Lennon and Bob Dylan (Polcaro, 2022). These major names that influenced Pink Floyd, as well as another five listed on Polcaro's article (2022) are a range of folk, blues, rock and pop. Pink Floyd certainly followed in the footsteps of these highly successful bands, selling over 250 million records worldwide (Beech, 2007), including 75 million in the United States (2023, RIAA). As quoted from Mabbett (n.d.) 'Pink Floyd were the architects of two major music movements- psychedelic space-rock and blues-based progressive rock'.