Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records.
A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following.
I'd have these weird experiences where I'd just be walking down the street with this chord progression in my head, this happened more than a few times, and I'd walk home and find a fax in my machine and it would match the music in my head.
Happy music doesn't tend to move me much.
But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment.
I wouldn't say that I've had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination.
