Marks Answers (sort of) Part 1.

A STEP BACK..........so im sitting in a hotel room in new york with a list of 25 radio interviews for that day .......im watching CNN and eating my room service breakfast ,sitting on my plush comfy sofa ...........its the 80s and SO are on there second american tour ....the band are wandering around the hotel ,or eating breakfast or swimming or doing what people in bands do .......and im sitting in my very nice suite answering questions ,talking about myself, making stuff up ..and occaisionly telling the truth .........3or 4 doors along a very plush,silent,timeless corridor ..marcus sits with another list of 25 interviews eating breakfast .................about lunch time amongst an avalanche of questions ..live on WHVY,OHIOs only alternative rock station ........." so , mark .........WHY DO YOU DO IT..."...........easy ........i mean im sitting in my very nice suite with a free mini bar and room service and whatever ..........talking about myself ..and back in london my dads working his way through the traffic ..driving a van ..starting at 7.30 in the morning ..............WHY DO I DO IT..i mean that has to be easy ...........doesnt it ...im on tour ,im in a band ,ive got a record deal ,ive got a record at no 35 in the american charts ..........and im being paid to do it .........when really i would do this for nothing ...............im a musician playing live ..people in the audience are singing the words to a song that i wrote .....................etc etc .........and then i heard myself say .........."well its really about  puting something onto a blank sheet of paper ...first theres ..blank and then ,..........an idea .........(maybe it was the 20th interview that day ...) "........"well ...........your listening to mark long the singer with trhe new english rock band ..SO ..on WHVY ..OHIO only alternative rock station ...and this is ARE YOU SURE................."                                                            A STEP FORWARD.......south london ..early morning ..sitting in my studio at the top of the house ...my (then) 1 year old daughter having a peacfull morning nap ..........its warm ..im singing a river by joni mitchell .........its almost a new century ...........and in front of me a blank sheet of paper ...........the first in a couple of years ........( at this point ..if this was a FILM ..THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST SONG ON THE NORTH PECKHAM SKYLINE ALBUM )..... but it didnt work out like that ...but it was a start .........that buzz i suppose ...that feeling that kind of drives it all forwards ..an idea .....the reason why i did it ..why i wanted to do it in the first place and the reason im still doing it ..............to write a song ........................................