Hello from Green Studios in the depths of Northamptonshire. (Don't Google it - it only exists in my mind).

Steve R's gone to America and Mark's gone to the Maldives so I'm going to spend this week experimenting with some very interesting demos sent to me by my good friend and spooky-genius-synthesist, Richard Barbieri. At some point, a collaboration album will appear!

Marillion have now completed the "programming" preparation phase for the forthcoming 2011 weekends and from next Monday we'll actually begin running the songs. With around 7 hours of music (and words!) to cram into our atrophied brains, we have our work cut out. I'm now at the stage where I don't know which songs are on which albums and (horror!) I can't quite remember even the words I have written. Crib notes abound.. So, repeat after me...

hard ball dream love now roll
fall clown stain truth space time
race give black white all one
church state god fast as I could cry
laugh hide feel no clouds will
to win sweet seed
you me
hard ball dream love now roll
fall clown stain truth space time
never do that, never do that
will to win, will to win, will to win
will.. never do that never do that, never do that, never
give black white all one wild
church state now roll
fall clown stain truth space time
race fruit
GIVE
never do that

If my heart were a ball it would roll uphill All one insane wild sweet heart Wild rose

Did you ever fall in love?..

Now wasn't that easy? Have you got it yet?

Wish me luck!

Can't wait for it though.

Soon..

h