Can a creative person ever be truly happy as they constantly strive for perfection in their chosen art? Listen to an interview with Garry Smout, who talks about the problems of using early portable black and white video cameras in the 1970’s, pioneering literary review website the Barcelona Review, early synths and how to kill your babies. The problem with being creative is that everything has to be pushed to the limits….
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“At the time I was conscience the songs were very odd for the period. They didn’t fit any genre or category and a lot were just two chords. I was not a ‘musician’ – and even to this day have no real idea what the black notes are for on a keyboard, – and I was embarrassed by this but now I know that had I been a conventional musician and able to play what Nicola was into, that FTS would have been something along the lines of bluesy torch music or trying to copy Joy Division. I heave a sigh of relief now at my inabilities.” Garry Smout (March 2007)