I warm naturally to the drummer whose ideas and approach are strong, even if he doesn't quite have the ability to carry them out.

We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.

My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton.

The piano is kind of my second instrument.

And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.

Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.

One of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick up some good information that way.