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I live in England but I was in Philly on that day, believe it or not The phone rang and the lady I was with answered it. I heard her say, 'Oh my God!' She turned on the TV and we both watched in silence Being in the USA when the USA came under attack was surreal. Unforgettable

And if you served iced tea, you could ask if anyone wanted lennon in their iced tea

I think the difference is that George bought into the whole thing, transcendental meditation and all that (and why hasn't a dentist opened up a practice called "Transcen-Dental?" I don't know, I'm just asking questions ). I think Brian Jones bought more into the music, I don't think he had anything to do with Sufism. If I decided to open a pizza place, I'd call it 'Give Pizza Chance'

Can't remember. According to my songwriting file I recorded it in 2005 Back on topic, though, there are a myriad ways to write songs. Your method is just as valid as that of anyone else

Black Market Daydreams just came to me as I was sitting on the couch with my acoustic guitar The whole thing took about 15 minutes to write Black Market Daydreams

Do they hold you back or make you stronger?

White Album - Sheer variety of songs Abbey Road - Probably the best album ever

Female vocals? Male vocals? A good mic is a good mic I've been using this recently. Scoff as much as you like but I think it's excellent

And that is a great skill

This is so true!

That Studio One eBook looks pretty amazing!

Several weeks ago I decided to buy a 'classic' album every fortnight* I've been looking at various 'best ever albums' pages online for ideas. So far I've bought (on CD, obviously, since the sound quality is far superior to vinyl) Funeral by Arcade Fire, Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth, and Dummy by Portishead. The first two are superb. The third should arrive sometime next week. What are some 'classic' or 'essential' albums that you own? *two weeks

The Beatles, as the sum of their parts, were the best band ever. They just were/are. Ray Davies was an OK songwriter, as was Pete Townshend. Nothing more than that I always think of bands/artists in terms of a pyramid. Most bands are at the bottom, and the higher you go the fewer bands there are in each tier. Finally, at the top, you have The Beatles on their own. Simple as that, really (Thanks for the compliment, Craig)

I've only ever done five gigs. Last one was eleven years ago. After one of the gigs someone said to me, 'You're not a bad bass player' That's it

If you can't sing in tune* and can't be bothered with pitch-correction software, double-track your vocal. Even if both vocal takes aren't in tune, double-tracking seems to miraculously iron out all imperfections, thus making you sound in tune. It's weird, but it works. *Guilty

That looks pretty nice, actually. What's the album? Looks like a Vertigo label

There's a school of thought that says ghosts are, in fact, time travellers. Insubstantial 'beings' that appear at the edge of sight and aren't allowed to communicate with humans due to a potential paradox Spooky...

Yep. I bought this recently. Superb!

Another one here for The Cars Great band. They had a unique sound

I've often thought about revisiting my youth by going down the vinyl route, but a few things put me off. A good turntable is fiendishly expensive and vinyl records are hideously overpriced. CDs sound better than vinyl. They just do. A vinyl LP won't fit through a letterbox. A CD will. To that end I've decided to look at various 'Top 100 Albums of All Time' lists and buy a CD every fortnight or so, thereby building up a collection of 'essential' listening. I've begun with 'Funeral' by Arcade Fire. £4.50 off Ebay. Brand new with free P&P. Can't beat that. (I sold all of my vinyl LPs to a DJ about 25 years ago. Can't say I miss them) Edit: CDs tend to come with a booklet, so it's liner notes plus! And I prefer a physical product. Streaming doesn't do it for me. That's one thing vinyl and CD guys can agree on at any rate...

Best - Reading books Worst - A complete lack of interest in writing songs

Yep. And 'Trump' means 'Fart'. Make of that what thou wilt...

I enjoyed that, even though quite a bit of it went way over my head Daniel sounded a bit nervous at times. I think he was overawed Edit: I wouldn't mind interviewing Craig. But about mundane things. Like 'What's your favourite thing to eat for breakfast?' 'Do you believe in ghosts?' etc.

Amen to that!

That is an extremely disturbing video