I've composed all my life and kept things, and even developed things I've done in college into something now.

I don't really have that much control over where I play. I put out parameters and I accept what I can. If it's really low, or I had a bad experience at a place then I usually don't play there again.

I have great samples of my drums and I try to program them pretty much how I want to play them, try and make it feel natural even though it's programmed.

I'm not a haiku artist, but I wanted to use the phrase 5, 7, 5 in the melody that flows over time. So the string melody, the first one is five notes, the next one is seven, and then the third one is five.

Being a professional does not have a very high standard.

I just want to make music on the drums.

In the liner notes, music is fine by itself. It doesn't need any explanation.