It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass.
I learned how to play mandolin for 'A Mighty Wind!'
The darned thing about mandolins is they're really hard to turn up as loud as you would need to be to play with a drum set. They cease to sound like mandolins.
Playing an unamplified electric guitar is like strumming on a picnic table.
Everyone played a bit of guitar in our family.
If you've got a stick hitting a drum and you're programming it on a computer, it's so much more interesting than a sample playing back - it's something in the air, that's the magical ingredient.
I have a 1969 Grammer Johnny Cash acoustic guitar, and it's so inspirational.
But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.
For me, the keyboard is always an additional sound to the piano. Piano is the main instrument; I can't go anywhere without acoustic piano. It's been my best friend since I was 6 years old.
I bring my ukulele everywhere I go, play a little music in the park, always have it with me.
I have this Martin electric/acoustic that's made of black formica. Really cool.
It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument.
We don't make a distinction between an acoustic instrument as a source of sound and any sound in the air outside or on a manufactured tape. It's all electric energy, anyway.
