Originally I was named Leedsquietman as I'm from the Leeds area, UK (now living in Canada) and I'm a quiet guy! But people know me as LQM for short and I felt the name was old and therefore the new name LiQuid Metamorphosis is a fresher name playing on the initials LQM.

Not now, yes in the past. Liked it but prefer home recording. I would like to perform live again in the future though, if the opportunities were right.

Radiohead just raised the bar with 'In Rainbows' and there is a trend to move away from the majors. MP3 is a major part of that, although I am still not a fan of the typical lower bitrate (128 Kbps or less) offerings that I myself am restricted to here as I do notice some loss of dynamic range and quality. I won't pay to upgrade to premium though as I already have subscriptions to too many other hosting sites.

Yes, if the terms and conditions were favourable to the end user as well as myself. I would not promote prosecution of downloaders or banning mp3 and suck up to organizations like the overzealous RIAA, so probably a more progressive indie label would suit me better.

LiQuid Metamorphosis (formerly Leedsquietman/LQM) has been in existence as a musical project since the spring of 2006. The debut album 'Searching For Esperanto' was released in March 2008. The video for the track 'Intervention' was published in January 2008, the debut video for LiQuid Metamorphosis as seen here at Soundclick.

The Smiths, Pet Shop Boys, Suede, New Order, The Beatles, Crowded House, The Cure, The Police, 808 state - pop, ambient, rock, blues, trip-hop, guitars, synths, The Doors, The Charlatans, Chemical Brothers.

Elland Road - home of Leeds United FC soccer. I also like Toronto, as my new home is close to this great Canadian city.

LQM uses the following production tools ... Hardware - Dell Inspiron 9100 laptop, Echo Indigo IO pcmcia card, Shure SM57 and 58 mics, Yamaha guitars and amps, Zoom G1 multi fx, Boss pedals, Casio CTK541, MOTU Fastlane MIDI interface, Alesis IO14 Firewire Audio Interface.

Software - I mostly compose and record in Ableton Live 7 Suite, sometimes I finish projects or mix with Steinberg Cubase SX3 and mix finalize/master with various plugins in Sony Soundforge 8 and CD Architect 5,

I am a crazy megalomaniac, but if you can stand me and my bizarre ways, you've got yourself a friend for life.