Began with an 2A". I just wanted something alphabetically prominent.

I play live about 20 hours a week, 60% of each year. Enjoy it? Mostly. It's my job!

It allows someone to record something, perhaps at home (to probably a pretty high quality) and make it available without messing around with the production of CDs, Vinyl etc. and organising the distribution. I don't have to find another 10 songs to fill a CD based around one song.
It makes it possible for works to become available for consumption more quickly but, like the old fashioned A&R departments, there's an awful lot of stuff available for download or fighting for listeners' attention that wouldn't ever get released by a record company. The record companies produced some rubbish but on the whole, acted as a quailit filter.

If it made business sense. I've been offered record and publishing deals but turned them down. I looked at the percentages, worked out how many records I'd need to sell to be able to run a car, buy a house and realised the deal was idiotic.

Too much history. I was a singing professional drummer for 8 years, play guitar, harmonica and piano so I tend to work mainly alone.

The Doobie Brothers, Earth, Wind & Fire, Pizzicato Five, narada Michael Walden, Light of the World.

Marseilles

2 x Roland VS1880 synched, Chiswick Reach Stereo Valve Compressor, Røde NT1 mics (x 2), AKG C100s mics (x2). Emu Proteus 1, Proteus 2000, Roland XP-50, JV1010, D10, U110, D110, Alesis D4, 3630 compressor, Joe Meek VC1, C2, VC3Q, Aphex 108 EasyRider, Genelec monitors, ART Multiverb LT, Alesis Quadraverb Plus plus loads of other stuff.