As a solo artist I only usually play live when I have a backing band. As I run a small unofficial artist label I have many musicians of different styles (from rappers to rock bands to a choir!) that I call on to do gigs with. This usually results in some pretty huge and varied gigs, which is good, because I like a gig to be more of a big show and it's awesome to have your artists as your warm up acts!

I agree with the Asian (mostly Japanese) attitude that music is something special and not-disposable and therefore, the way that even the singles out there come as CDs with a DVD thrown in of the music video, a bunch of remixes and usually a ton of artwork. To me it's sad that everything is becoming disposable with MP3 files that have no physical presence and can't really be "treasured" in the same way. That said, it is nice that the cost of printing CDs doesn't hold back starting artists anymore.

The bigger the better!

It's really varied. I guess that one's that show most in my music are things like Blur, Ai Otsuka, Republica, Surferosa and so on. A lot of my music is influenced by the fact I listen to a lot of J-Pop and 90s Brit-Pop. I do like to think I draw a little from my interests in other styles including Hip-Hop, Japanese Classical and Blues Jazz. I think I try to listen to as much as possible so as to keep as many influences in my mind and therefore as much ammunition in my writing style. I really hope it shows!

I love Japan as my own country and have had most of the best experiences of my life in Shibuya in Tokyo. In my birth country of England I do love Exmouth beach! Both these places are great for gigging!

Anything and everything that makes sound!