I am a self taught artist, for the most part. I took a few lessons when I was a teenager on guitar, from Vinnie Zummo, who went on to become Joe Jackson's guitarist.

For The Siren Song, I played the guitar. The bass, piano and synthesizer parts I wrote the way the old masters wrote, with a modern twist. I used the modern equivalent of staff paper and pen.

You might wonder who taught me to do that. Well, I taught me to do that. That's right. If you find that difficult to believe, you will be...