I studied music up until Year 12. After a very short-lived career as a rock guitarist who played on the lawns at my local University, my career today is working as a contract geologist-geophysicist in the remote outback of Western Australia and abroad exploring for gold, copper and nickel – fairly distant from the urban music scene – some would argue to the benefit of the musical community. Remember, outside Jimi Hendrix, we are all failed rock guitar gods.