It's a battle between record company, between producer and between mastering engineer. Because the louder you make your record in a digital process, the more dynamics are squished out of it. Nobody knows exactly what happens, but the dynamics in the performance disappear, and everything is at the same volume.

The sudden passing of Jack Bruce is terribly sad news. One of the greatest rock bassists to ever live and a true and profound inspiration to countless musicians. He was one of my first bass heroes and was a major influence on my playing and my music. My heartfelt condolences to his family and fans.

For me, there is a lot of room for improvement and there are a lot of things I would like to be better at.

It's hard for me to just practice without writing something.

With me, satisfaction is always very fleeting with our work. I always get a little restless with it.

I have a lot of hobbies and I can be very remiss in reminding myself to go down to the basement to work.

So, I really don't consider myself a fabulous keyboard player.