To avoid burn-out and similar fates which befell some good people around him, he dropped out to the country (man) and has been working freelance in developing education and training resources for some ... oh alright, a lot of ... time.
He probably harbours latent ambitions for world domination but hasn't discovered them yet.
"Suffolk 'n' Cool feels like coming home to the music after a long absence. Sure, I've been listening, but this is different.
For me it's about the buzz of discovering and promoting the fantastic variety of really good new music that's around. It's also about fostering relationships with listeners and musicians. But most importantly it's about enabling relationships between listeners and musicians from different post-codes, countries and cultures around the world.
It all sounds a bit worthy, but I'm so excited by the way this fantastic technology (which is often seen as being impersonal and isolating) gets better and better for connecting people who would otherwise never ever have come into contact with one another. Starting really close collaborative relationships that make national boundaries irrelevant. Hmm, there's a song in there somewhere... "Imagine there's no ..."
I think that's the spirit of where independent podcasters, musicians and listeners are at right now; building a truly international network, and even getting something like a "fair trade" system operating to help musicians get a fair return without 7% contracts. If we can dispel a few racial and cultural stereotypes whilst we're about it, all the better.
What an amazing time to be back into the music!"