We have a backing vocalist on the album (Freya) who, with Ross's direction, made a huge difference to this song.

Your honour, I stand here today in defence of the older generation, and I put it to you, that the facts are clear for everyone....

Finally, we ditched the awful Ditto Music today, and moved over to #Distrokid for our global distribution of the singles and the album....

I do need a bigger house to keep them in now, so I either need a big hit album or a jackpot win on the lottery to buy that remote farmhouse

if you knew it really was THAT good, would you forego your fee to take a stake in the project? If so, you may be just the PR company

....but that's NOT what it's about. I always say – if you can touch just ONE person deeply through your music – that's enough.

Having called in favours from some very talented musician friends, a brilliant graphic designer and the odd celebrity to help us....

We tried our best to get Nils Lofgren to play guitar on this. Were we successful? You'll have to wait until July 31st to find out.....

Watching everything you write, watching each word you use in case someone comes pouncing down. Or walking into a trap and BANG!

.... I cracked open a bottle of San Miguel, ran a hot bath, poured in some Radox bath salts, climbed in and fell asleep!

I feel like some fitness guru is going to appear around the corner at any moment saying "come on Ross, no pain no gain!"

A piano tuner puts your piano out of tune! Our ears hear it IN tune though – so everyone's happy.

...the following morning you get a tax rebate, or a small win on the lottery perhaps, but never quite enough to pay the bill in full

....the new breed of A&R's were being described by old school veterans as Umm and Aaahs!

Get back, Tim. Do it again...thank you Messrs Fagen & Becker – and you get mentioned in both of my blogs thus far! But that's often what...

....trying to break down one of the tallest fences in the music industry, that of persuading radio and TV producers to give us airtime....

IT’S A TIME FOR CHANGING, A TIME FOR WORDS TO BE HEARD IT’S ABOUT OUR FREEDOM, OUR VISIONS HAVE BEEN BLURRED

...the image, producer, studio, sound etc, then some tone-deaf kid from Manchester decides if it's going to be a hit!

Producing an album as an independent producer means giving as much attention to detail as possible – given limitations. Limitations?

George Martin would have been scratching his head in disbelief at some of the possibilities today, had he of had a peek into the future....