Thomas Dolby Interview

Two interviews with Thomas Dolby on Create Digital Music. One covers his music old and new. The second goes into technical details of his music creation and live gear.

Thomas Dolby is a pioneering musician and inventor, most famous for his 1982 hit single, "She Blinded Me With Science." An accomplished synth player and programmer, he has worked and played with artists from Def Leppard and Foreigner to David Bowie and Herbie Hancock.

In the first part of the Create Digital Music interview, he discusses his work from the '80s to the present and the future, electronic music and electronics in pop music, and his own musical influences. The second part delves into technical details of his live performance where he plays all parts of songs using a Mac laptop and custom software. He also has a VJ mixing live footage from various cameras, including a head-mounted one, so the audience can watch as he constructs songs.

Dolby maintains his own blog, mostly about his touring and new albums, on his website. His latest EP, "Live at SXSW," comes out next week and is a live set of Dolby and a brass section, the Jazz Mafia horns. His last released work was the DVD, "Live in Chicago," from a performance in May 2006.