Obviously There Will Be A Backlash. If

I Worry About Being A Fogy And Just Writing For Orchestras. Like, Really, I Should Be Doing More Electronic Stuff, I Feel. Laptops As Part Of The Orchestra, And Installation Sound, And Speakers.

Maybe I'm Used To Religious Music Being Gentler In The Classical World.

I Fell In Love With Electronics, Which For Me Was The Terra Incognita, Because I Had Never Heard Such Sounds. If You'd Asked Me 50 Years Ago, I Would Have Said The Future Of Music Is Only Electronic, But I Would Have Been Wrong. I Learnt How To Produce Everything I Needed With Live Instrumentalists, So I Don't Need Electronics.

I Suppose All Of Us - We Have The Old Protestant Work Ethic Of Feeling Guilty When You're Not Working, And Getting A Buzz From Feeling Like You're Really Busy. That's The Reason To Sort Of Carry On.

I Trust Microphones, Speakers And Recordings Less And Less, And No Longer Buy Into The Idea That I Can Recreate At Home, Or In My Earphones, The Experience Of Hearing Live Acoustic Instruments. The Orchestra Is Already A Set Of Speakers That React Differently To Each Player, Each Room And Each Concert - It's That High Level Of Uncertainly And Unrepeatability That I Like. The Music Is Just Soaked Into The Walls Of A Room Straight From The Instruments - And It's A One-off Deal. The Alternative - Left Speaker, Right Speaker - Is Kind Of A Compromise.