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DS: Yeah, I wouldn't say I've thrown away that much. I mean, probably out of the tracks I think

we've probably written about 27 or 28 songs and some of them we haven't yet released. That's
probably in total, but we've got a couple of tracks where Ritchie has presented the guitar
structure and the chord and it's absolutely brilliant but for whatever reason, I've had a bit of a
block where it's not come instantly. I think there's been maybe about three songs like that where,
like with one particular song, I sort of call it our Aerosmith-y song. It's got like an Aerosmith-y
rock vibe.

Nobody's actually heard that yet and we've not released it. But for some reason, although Ritchie’s
guitars, in my opinion are brilliant, really good, for some reason, it's not quite gelling for me. So
because I've got a slight block on it, I've put that one to one side. So maybe out of the total songs
I might have put to one side, maybe about three songs, but that's probably all. And it's not to say
that I won't revisit them, and
I won't go back to it, but if I
don't feel comfortable with it,
or if I don't feel it's quite
gelling, I'd rather move on and
go to something that's easier
and comes straight away.

BiTS: Talking of moving on,

let's talk about this
competition that you're both
entered into. First of all, tell
me exactly what it is. And then
secondly, tell me how you
ended up where you are.

DS: Yes. Well, I mean, for
Ritchie and I, it's like, terribly,
terribly exciting. So it's the
International Singer-
Songwriters Association
Awards. So basically, we were
nominated in five separate categories. Then luckily, we've ended up being finalists in two. So the
one is International Duo of the year, music duo of the year and the other one is International
Male Music Video of the year. I’m not quite sure why it's male music video because obviously
I'm in it as well, but there you go [chuckles].

RDP: It’s because they thought I was really pretty [laughs].

DS: [Laughing] And I'm not quite sure why that is, but basically, the awards are held in Atlanta
in a place called Sandy Springs. We've actually booked our tickets and hotel already. Whether
we win or not, that I really don't know. I mean, if we do, absolutely marvellous, then it really will
be wonderful. But basically, we were shortlisted from a lot of different people.

RDP: Yeah, I mean, to be nominated in five categories internationally, was fantastic. We stayed
up till about two or three in the morning when they were announcing the finalists. But to be a
finalist, you have to get something like 70,000 votes.

DS: Yeah.

BiTS: Wow!