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He even came to the session with me this morning. So yes, he's attached to me at the moment.
But that's why it's nice to be doing these collaborations with other people and all the studio work.
And I'm still doing kind of, you know, festivals and gigs, but ones I can get back to the family from
afterwards, basically. I should be going out to Germany to do a thing with Krissy later this year
as well, so I’ve got a lot of stuff going on, but not the big tours the way that I was doing.

For me, the album will come out when the bigger tours are happening again, but I’ve definitely
got enough material to do the whole album. The thing is, people still buy the physical records,
but equally when I look at the
amount of Spotify plays that I'm
getting, so much of my audience
is the streaming as well. Which
is really great, you know, and
‘Bumble Bee’ that I recorded for
VizzTone a few years back now,

has got over four million Spotify
views and growing. And so from
Krissy Matthews that perspective, I'm not feeling
like I need to hurry into making
the physical product and the CDs
as well, a lot of people are still
really into buying the CDs, but a
lot of people aren't. A lot of
people are moving on from it.
Vinyl’s coming back, obviously
streaming is huge. So it's just,
yes, I don't know, I think the
demand for an actual CD, maybe
isn't what it used to be either.

BiTS: I wanted to ask you
before we finish whether you
continue to do work with kids in
Africa?

DW: Yes, I haven't been for a little while, but I'm very much in touch with the orphanage there,
so Toto Love Children's home or Toto Love Orphanage, Toto Love being Swahili for children.
Children love, and it's run by a lady called Ruth, and she's just this wonderful, caring woman who
looks after all these children who have HIV or AIDS and it's an amazing place. They do amazing
work, but she's very reliant upon fundraisers around the world and in Kenya to keep it all going
in regards to, you know, paying the bills and clothes, school fees for those who want to go on to
secondary school and so on and the medicine as well costs a lot. I say costs a lot, it does cost a
lot, but actually, it's amazing how much further the money goes in Kenya than it would here. So
a little can go a very long way. So I am still fundraising for them and sending over money
whenever I can.

BiTS: That's absolutely wonderful. What does your day look like at the moment? Is it solely
concerned with looking after the kids?

DW: No. Well, okay, so today I woke up and I had a session for Tom Walker, and so I went to the
studio and did that. Yes, then I had a hospital appointment for my little boy, who the other reason
I haven't left him much is because he has severe eczema and allergies and he's had a lot of hospital