Silence...

Because I'm not entirely sure what to say...

A few weeks ago was the first anniversary of a friend's death. I was actually in Mumbai on the actual anniversary. That struck me as being significant as he was the one who first introduced me to India, first took me there and Mumbai was the last place I had seen him in India.

It seems strange to think it's been a year, there are still times when I forget that he has gone. The other day I noticed in my mobile phone that I still have his telephone number there under his name. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like for his wife and daughter but I am honoured to be a part of their lives.

Talk has begun again of recording some of his songs, people seem to be looking to me about it. I feel spectacularly unqualified to do such a thing. To butcher a phrase I'm not worthy to re-string his guitar let alone record his songs. And yet my dear friend was always encouraging me, inspiring me, helping me, even when I butchered his songs. One of my fondest memories was when I was strumming a song by Coldplay and he said to me, "is that one of yours?", to which I replied "no" and he said "well it sounds like you". I loved the way it came out as a compliment, multi million selling Coldplay sounds like DT as opposed to DT sound's like Coldplay. But that was Peter, the perfect teacher. As regards recording, I don't really know what to do... I talk lots, do very little and thus achieve not a lot. And in this case I am scared to do something because if it turns out to be crap I am not sure I could live with that...