But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training.

There is a difference between being a timekeeper and keeping the pulse or being in step with the pulse in the band.

The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.

I couldn't concentrate on music. So I made the choice to give up my career as a musician in the frontline to deal with the business.

So, you can set up an orchestra down this end of the railway station playing one particular area, and simultaneously at the other end something completely different going on. And in the middle they meet, or not, depending.

Usually people think that it is the musicians who create the music, but in fact it is music who creates the musicians.

Business logic and musical logic are utterly incompatible.