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I'm not much into current electronic stuff, what I think of as lounge electronics, mumbling electronics.
I have always been attracted to the cottage industry side of this business.
For me, Company is still the best way for me to work.
For me, playing is about playing with other people.
I am reactive.
I don't research anything.
I like duos with percussionists. I like the songs that percussionists sing.
I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people.
I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me.
I've always liked the effect of having somebody in there who hadn't the faintest idea what was going on.
In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.
Nowadays, I really like playing in studios.
Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much.
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