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I'm not obsessive-compulsive ::pauses:: Though it's been said many times. I prefer the term 'perfectionist'. It's alright, I use the word crazy all the time. It's not really that bad of a word unless it's being used insultingly.

There's nothing wrong with trying to do things right! Personally, I think once things work well enough, they'll generally do, but I doubt my teachers really agree with me on that one!

You're right, there's nothing wrong with trying to do things right. You always have to work hard and do your best in life, even with the smallest things.

Like my dad says, it's okay to not be able to do things, but it's not okay to not have tried your best before you gave up!

Your dad sounds like a very smart man. You should listen to him.

I do and he is! He's a milk-man! Although when he gets enough money together, he's going to buy his own small dairy farm, because sourcing from a local producer is better economically and environmentally, and also because he likes cows!

That's good ::smiles:: A dairy farm? That sounds pretty cool.

I know, right? And he's going to have chickens as well, and make butter, from the milk, not the chickens, and maybe even cheese! What sort of music?

Sounds like you'll have a lot of fresh dairy ::chuckles:: I guess most people would call us pop but it's more pop rock than anything.

Like Michael Jackson or Bruce Springsteen? Or like Green Day? They're more sort of punk pop rock, though, I think! I'm not very good on genres!

Well... here ::pulls out his iPod where he has all of the band's music, not that he listens to his own music, he just needs to have it:: Listen to this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s58W6Q_rz5Y). I have some stuff I did with my solo project that's very different.

::not so much listening as entirely distracted by the iPod:: Ooh, nifty! We don't have these yet! Hee! That's very clever! Nice simple player interface!

::cock his head to the side:: Where do you live?

London! Though I used to spend most of the year at a boarding school in the middle of nowhere in Scotland! Is your own stuff on here too?

::scratches the back of his neck thoughtfully:: Right, you mentioned that earlier. I was just in London not too long ago. Ah, boarding school, that must be it then. ::looks down at the iPod:: Yeah, it's under Nick Jonas and the Administration.

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.