I am in a band called Scarlet's Well and we gig frequently in the UK and abroad. I also appear regularly on the London live comedy circuit performing accordion versions of pop hits.

It democratises the process of reaching an audience. At the same time, it dilutes the pool of content. So perhaps we're all back where we started.

Yes please.

My accordion heroes include Yann Tiersen, The Tiger Lillies, Benjamin Ickies and Astor Piazzolla. Other influences come from the great Russian classical composers like Prokofiev and Shostakovich, the wonderful Kurt Weill, and from the film music of Bernard Herrmann and Danny Elfman.

I play a 72-bass piano accordion made by a Czech company called Delicia. It's by no means the finest accordion in the world but it works for me.