I'm just a mild-mannered librarian, so please no loud noises.

I've been looking forward to FAWM, can't wait to get stuck in. I'm going to try to do collaborations with lyricists, because they can be incredibly fun and go in unexpected directions - however I'm going to try to focus on just knocking a bunch of my own songs out as I haven't got my song-juice tanks full this year. Or at least I don't think so - it can be hard to tell.

Thanks to anyone who comments on my songs, I love the dopamine rush when it happens; you can be as generic or non-commital as you like, it doesn't matter.

I don't know who my influences are: I don't think I'm all that successful at sounding like other people, especially when I try. I like the Kinks though. Aphex Twins old stuff. Some Fleet Foxes. I had Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness in my walkman for most of 1996 (120 minute tape). I have a thing for Entombed. Fallin', the Teenage Fanclub/De La Soul crossover is rad. Just The Way You Are does strange things to me, as does almost the entirety of ABBA Gold.