There was a time when beheadings were in the public mind because people around the world were getting their heads cut off for various reasons.

The program I use is called MED Soundstudio. It's basically a column of numbers that relate to pitch, duration, the type of sound. If I want to play a chord, I have to press keys on a keyboard - like a computer keyboard, on my Amiga - that relate to sharps and flats, note by note.

Making music is a total hassle, really.

I'm a bit of a control freak, so I always appreciate being inside the nuts and bolts of the music - I don't like newer programs that paper over your cracks.

The internet becomes too arch. The clip is uploaded and reuploaded endlessly with banner headlines and crappy 3-D graphics. Stuff rots in this supposedly clinical space.

Usually I'm only using my instruments when I'm recording or playing a gig.

There was a time when beheadings were in the public mind because people around the world were getting their heads cut off for various reasons.