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I Do Love Using Keyboards And I Love Writing Keyboard Parts, But I Am Not A Player In The True Sense Of The Word.

I Like To Be Able To Come And Go As I Please, And I Don't Really Like Having My Face And Name Plastered Around. I Think It's A Bit Weird To Have Your Name Plastered On Every Page In A Magazine, Where In Each Case You're Using A Different Piece Of Equipment.

I Feel Safe And Comfortable To Do That Once I Know That The Song Structure Around The Bass Part Is Very Interesting And It Satisfies Me In A Compositional Sense.

It's A Battle Between Record Company, Between Producer And Between Mastering Engineer. Because The Louder You Make Your Record In A Digital Process, The More Dynamics Are Squished Out Of It. Nobody Knows Exactly What Happens, But The Dynamics In The Performance Disappear, And Everything Is At The Same Volume.

I Can't Remember The First Song I Learned To Play On Bass, But The First Song I Learned To Play On Guitar Was 'for Your Love' By The Yardbirds. That Kind Of Was The Beginning For Me. I Thought It Was A Great Song And I Loved The Open Chord Progression At The Beginning Of That Song.