What it is like, playing in the musical, in a kind of orchestra, as compared to working in a band?
Yes, it’s very different for me. I’ve never done anything like this before – it has many good things and some bad things. It’s very good to be working so much, very unusual for me to be so busy: in the last few years there have been Brian May tour in 1998, and a certain amount of work that I did after that with THE COMPANY OF SNAKES with Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody – it was not really that much every year, so financially quite difficult. And it’s much better for me now, much more secure, but then, on the other hand, it’s a bit sad that I have to play exactly the same songs exactly the same way every night, and it can get very stressful or boring. And if you’re not in the mood for it, it’s really hard work. (Laughs.) Actually, to do six nights a week – sometimes it’s eight performances a week – it’s kind of too much, really, and it’s good if you can take a couple of nights off. – What about a discipline side of it? Well, it’s good! I mean, it is a big discipline: particularly to foll
