If you've been playing for a few years...especially in a group context... you'll see if you have the ability ... or the passion to want to carry on. It's something that you have to be dedicated to ...and you've got to love ..no matter what happens.

Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea

The most important thing is to follow your instinct and get involved with some friends who have similar taste and aspirations and like music as much as you do.

These days there's so much technology and ways you can learn. There are videos and CD roms.

It's frustrating actually, the time involved in getting something released these days. My new CD has actually been finished for a year. It's only now that it's being released

I never advise anyone to sacrifice something else because of music, but then I don't see why they would have to anyway.

I suppose because I have a good ear, I could pick out harmonies and learn by ear... I still think that you have to have an ear for music to really be able to feel and understand what you're playing. You can learn by watching and listening to other people.