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Blimey, that's a lot of songs on such a tiny thing! Compression is awesome! Oh, hang on, I kind of talked over the first one! ::listens, nodding along for a bit, then skips tracks, listening to bits here and there:: Um, no offence to your brothers or anything, because that's pretty good too, but I like your solo stuff better!

Yeah? Thanks ::smiles::

It's more sort of blues-funky-rocky than pop, I think!

Yeah, my individual musical influences are different from the band as a group so I did this as a side project just to get it out there.

That's cool! Do you brothers have solo projects too?

No, they don't. Joe is starting to write some of his own stuff but we're too busy for him to really do much with them. I don't know if he wants to do them as a side project or if he's just writing them for himself though

How come you're too busy for his stuff and not your stuff?

I did my stuff earlier this year. I started recording a while ago, released the album back in February and then did my tour. Now we're on tour as a band and doing a lot of promo stuff. It's pretty hectic.

Oh, you're on tour right now? Blimey, you don't have to play a gig on your birthday, do you? Or, well, hmm, actually, now I think about it, you'd probably enjoy that, huh? 'cause it's what you do!

Actually, I do. But you're right, I will enjoy it. I love playing shows on my birthday, I get to celebrate with my fans and I just love playing shows.

Are they big shows? Like, hundreds of people? Thousands even? Do they all sing happy birthday?

The size of the shows vary but the average size of the shows we've been doing this tour are between ten to twenty thousand people. Yeah, they always sing happy birthday. We do it during any of our birthdays, anyone in our back up band or in our family and usually bring the person out and bring out a cake and everything. We celebrate a lot of things on stage with our fans. Birthdays, anniversaries, graduations... Anything big that happens in our lives, we like to share with the fans basically.

Blimey, you are famous! Wow! That can't leave much room for privacy, though!

::chuckles and shrugs:: Yeah, pretty much. No, no room for privacy at all really. That can get frustrating

It's lucky you have those security people, really! Sort of like a bubble to breathe in for a bit!

We're all very grateful for our security team. My brother and I have been stealing more and more private time lately too so that's been great.

I thought you had two brothers? Or, well, at least two, because you only mentioned there was more than one of them!

I have three brothers but two of them are in the band with me. My oldest brother Kevin is married so he spends most of his free time with his wife and Joe and I are pretty much always together.

Ohhh! I didn't think they'd be old enough to be married! Although you're eighteen and you are, so I'm not sure why I'm surprised really! But that's cool! I have an older brother too, Colin! It's fun to hang out together -- I mean, like, friends are cool, but family is family, you know?

Well Kevin's turning 23 and Joe's 21. A lot of people say Kevin got married really young but I don't think so. When you're in love, you're in love.

I totally know, my brothers are my best friends, especially Joe. How old are you and your brother?

I'm thirteen, and Colin's practically sixteen! Twenty three doesn't seem that young to be married; I mean, that's old enough to have finished a degree and gotten your first job and everything! It's a little young to have kids, maybe, but you must be pretty rich if you have such huge concerts, I'd assume, which means he could be home a lot more than someone just starting out! Um, which isn't to say that love isn't important, because it really is, but it's good to be practical too!

That's like the age difference between Joe and I ::smiles:: He doesn't plan on having kids just yet, their one year anniversary is in December. It's still a little early. We have the money sure, but we're always so busy with the band or our TV show or movies or charity work or promotional work that he wouldn't have much time to raise a baby so I think that's another main reason they're waiting. Being practical is very good.

Yep! Babies are cool too, though! I'd like to have kids, I think! I mean, when I'm much older, I wanna finish school properly first and get a job, but after that! And then Colin would be Uncle Colin, which'd be pretty awesome!

Those are very good goals to have. I'm sure you'll do great with the rest of your schooling and will get a good job when you grow up. And I'm sure Colin would love being an uncle, being an uncle seems like a lot of fun.

Plus he'd be great at taking baby photos! He's gonna be a photojournalist when he finishes school! Like, a proper news one, not the sort that stalks you! I'm gonna be a, well, sort of like a research scientist, but for the Ministry of, of Intelligence? I'm not sure what they call that in other countries! But I'd help solve all sorts of mysteries, like working out new ways to do crime scene forensics, or to fight weapons and stuff! I like puzzles! And helping people! I guess you already know what you're going to do, huh? 'cause you're doing it!