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.

I feel safe and comfortable to do that once I know that the song structure around the bass part is very interesting and it satisfies me in a compositional sense.

I do love using keyboards and I love writing keyboard parts, but I am not a player in the true sense of the word.

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

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, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song.

I have always felt I was more accurately a Hard Rock musician.