Our skin colours may vary, but what's upstairs - there's certain things we've all got in common.

Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.

Did Muddy Waters play an acoustic? Well of course he did. But did he turn his back on being able to plug it in and play louder? No, he plugged in and turned it up and got miles and miles ahead of the game in one fateful act of just plugging in.

Most of the reggae awareness is still among music industry people and people who are already into all types of music.

It's a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.

The rawness and the richness of music on vinyl almost went away, but it still seems to be on a lot of people’s radar, and for good reason. It does something different than more accessible means of music playing, like MP3 players and downloads and whatnot. You get in front of these archaic contraptions that go ’round and ’round.

Well, everybody faces the fact there really aren't many records stores around to just go and browse. Maybe browse online, yet that tactile feel of flipping through a stack of vinyl remains one of life's simple pleasures.