When I do a take, I very often try things that I haven't planned to try to see if I can pull it off.

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I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as...

I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as...

For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song.

For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song.

It's hard for me to just practice without writing something.

It's hard for me to just practice without writing something.

Sometimes it's nice to have a song that can be taken more then one way,...

Sometimes it's nice to have a song that can be taken more then one way,...

First of all, when you live in a country like Canada, it's quite different from...

First of all, when you live in a country like Canada, it's quite different from...

I have a lot of hobbies and I can be very remiss in reminding myself...

I have a lot of hobbies and I can be very remiss in reminding myself...

But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me...

But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me...

If you have some magical chemistry that actually find the music you make compelling, that...

If you have some magical chemistry that actually find the music you make compelling, that...

I love to write. It's my first love.

I love to write. It's my first love.

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying...

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying...

I am moved more by melodies, song structure, and evocative textures.

I am moved more by melodies, song structure, and evocative textures.

Then, once I have lyrics, being able to shape them around a song is nothing...

Then, once I have lyrics, being able to shape them around a song is nothing...

I feel a little uncomfortable about endorsements.

I feel a little uncomfortable about endorsements.

That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.

That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.

There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important...

There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important...

Some writing and production projects will be a great way to spend my elderly rock...

Some writing and production projects will be a great way to spend my elderly rock...

So, I don't know what is going to happen when the CD comes out, how...

So, I don't know what is going to happen when the CD comes out, how...

I like to be able to come and go as I please, and I don't...

I like to be able to come and go as I please, and I don't...

Music is all about wanting to be better at it.

Music is all about wanting to be better at it.

I do love using keyboards and I love writing keyboard parts, but I am not...

I do love using keyboards and I love writing keyboard parts, but I am not...