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I Would Like To Think That Ben And Myself Have Begun A Partnership That Will Take Us Into Different Areas Of Music That We Can Continue To Write, Enjoy And Keep Me Involved With Music Other Then What I Do With Rush.

Some Writing And Production Projects Will Be A Great Way To Spend My Elderly Rock Years.

Then, Once I Have Lyrics, Being Able To Shape Them Around A Song Is Nothing New For Me, I've Been Doing That For 25 Years. The Soul Searching Part Of It, The Spontaneous Part Of It, That Was, And Remains, A Really Terrific Process.

I'm Always Scouring The Universe For Great Old Instruments From The '50s And Early '60s. That's Really, For Me, The Golden Age Of Basses, When They Had Just Been Invented Within 10 Years Of That Period And They Had Just Started To Come Into Their Own, Especially The Old Fender Jazz Basses And Old Rickenbackers And Gibsons. I'm Always On The Lookout. It's Fun.

It's A Battle Between Record Company, Between Producer And Between Mastering Engineer. Because The Louder You Make Your Record In A Digital Process, The More Dynamics Are Squished Out Of It. Nobody Knows Exactly What Happens, But The Dynamics In The Performance Disappear, And Everything Is At The Same Volume.