My dad was a journalist and a PR guy by trade - he described himself as a wordsmith. When he was in his early 80s I asked him to write his autobiography, because one way or another, he'd had an interesting and varied life and I wanted a record for me and my kids, who adored him. And also, because he was a writer by trade, I thought he could pull it off. Anyway, he did so and produced maybe 20 copies for the family. Dad went on to live until he was 93, but those books are all in the family now, and copies will be passed on through future generations, I hope.
So that is a big influence for me, and a major reason why I am doing it. I have Boydie onside for his mixing and mastering skills, because I want what I am doing now to represent the pinnacle of what I am capable of musically, to be presented in the best possible way, and ultimately, to be some sort of legacy for my family. Put it this way, I'll never write a book!
I aim to produce a CD, and actually I'd like to look at short run vinyl too, although that might be prohibitively expensive, I haven't looked into it yet.