Alasdair Roberts came round this morning with his guitar and we played through a song or five. I could tell from the look in his eye when I mentioned the possibility of getting the harpsichord down from its usual position against the wall, that he thought this was a good idea. And he was right: studio time has been booked. I also got to see his amazing guitar tunings in action at close quarters: I've never seen anyone tune the bottom string to F sharp before - that's the F sharp below its usual E. 

Later in the day I told Sushil about our getting together, and he said 'Oh yeah, the word is out'. 'What?' He'd mentioned us to a comrade in mutant pop, whose reaction was 'Concerto Caledonia? Is that the guys who're working with Ali Roberts?' At that stage we'd only met for a cup of tea in Heart Buchanan and exchanged a few emails, but 'word is out'. Cool.