"So....
'Sure', I said 'what's on the tape?' 'Ah y'know I was tidying the attic... Its a band myself and some other lads were in years ago...but you know yourself, we gave it up and got sense in the end...'
They came down to pick up the CDs and we talked about how flexible recording had become since the tape had been recorded. How you could get something 'out there' using iTunes, even record things like keyboards at home and add them in to finished studio recordings, unheard of in the days of tape and cassette based portastudios.
A few weeks later Martin calls,' I've written some new songs, could you give us a hand with the production side of things. Oh and maybe help out with drum programming....'
'I'll give it a go' I said 'What are the songs about?'