Sophie Lloyd

Sophie Lloyd is a trailblazer who is redefining the concept of a “bedroom” guitarist. A talented composer and accomplished musician, Sophie graduated from BIMM in 2018 with a First Class Honours BMus in Popular Music Performance. Her hard work ethic has seen her go from a content creator to building an audience in the millions, and playing some of the world’s biggest stages as guitarist for multi platinum recording artist Machine Gun Kelly.

Through her viral “shredleys”, covers and her own original material, Sophie has amassed the kind of following that even the guitar gods she grew up idolizing would be envious of, with a reach surpassing 180 million views on YouTube and over 4 million followers across her social channels.

In addition to her own content, Sophie’s talent and popularity has led to collaborations with household name brands such as Amazon Prime, Ubisoft, Hard Rock Café, Bar S Foods and Blizzard Gaming, including solo live performances for World Rugby and a stunning performance at Paris Fashion Week for Redemption Brand Clothing.

Sophie also created a guitar course for digital learning platform Truefire, contributing to a program that houses some of six strings' most prestigious names including Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Marty Friedman and Jennifer Batten, to name a few.

She has also released her own signature guitar, becoming the first female artist to do so for exclusive Californian Guitar maker KIESEL after launching one of the fastest selling “Artist Series” guitars in the company’s history.