For a number of years I’ve had a lovely routine of recording my monthly releases every Thursday morning with a great sound engineer, arranger, and musician called Sam Hales. He uses a room in our house as a studio and teaching room, so we both get a win out of the situation. I’m writing this minutes before we meet up.

It helps to have the routine. It helps to have the deadline (release is always 4th of the month, hence the Fee Comes Fourth title I use). And it's a real blessing to be able to turn my songs into recordings on a regular basis, with someone who knows what they are doing.

Not everybody can be so lucky with all of this stuff (particularly with having a Sam!) but as songwriters, especially the amateurs among us, I think it’s important to have an outlet and a routine of some kind with our creations.

Anyway, got to head. The Red Button awaits, and who knows what will happen. That’s always exciting.