Nature or nurture: the eternal psychological conundrum, and one that can be interestingly applied to Columbia president Rob Stringer in regard to his obsession with music.

He remembers being “ridiculously passionate” about it pretty much forever, so there’s definitely something inherent, something in the soul, if you dare go that deep, but there’s also no doubt that his fervour was fired and fuelled by his environment during those crucial formative years.

Stringer, you see, was lucky enough to be born ...