I often collaborate with performers, and I don't always take sole credit for compositions, as many ideas come from the musicians I work with. I wrote a concerto that John Williams recorded, but it wasn't originally written for him; it was for my friend Graham Roberts.

I find that collaborating with different musicians helps me think about instruments in new ways, especially since a significant portion of my music features guitar.

When John Williams heard one of Graham's performances of my piece, he liked it a lot and ended up touring and recording it.

Musicians with strong improvisational skills have been able to create interesting results using our primitive sequence generation tools, turning it into a collaborative game rather than just a tool.

I don't consider composing a solitary activity; I prefer to meet and discuss ideas with other musicians throughout the process.

It's sometimes strange when other musicians play music I've written for a specific guitarist, but their different interpretations can be just as interesting and valid.

I proposed the idea of recording Segovia's original compositions to GuitarCoop, and they liked it.

I was blown away by this guitar and thought instead of trying to buy it, let's do a recording project with it.

Improvisation enhances musicianship by opening up your ears and deepening your understanding of how your instrument functions, leading to a more immediate relationship with the music you create.