Beat Broker spends 5 minutes with Red Bantoo's Dan Brown as he tells us how chuffed he is to be a member of the 1 metre high club...

Tell us about the first time you were really inspired by music?
I was sold on playing Piano learning Eric Satie's ‘Gymnopedie’ first time I felt like I was responsible for making something beautiful.

What do you consider to be your greatest skill?
A good balance of dedication and playfulness

Name two albums you keep very close to hand.
I've been digging Bonobo's Animal Magic, So sonically splendiferous. And my new release ‘Yesterday to the Rescue’ by Red Bantoo, a shameless plug as we on the release promo war-path :)

The road to musical success is often long and hard. What is one lesson you have learnt along the way that changed the way you saw things?
Enjoy being nervous before a gig, It won't always be like that and really makes you feel great when it's all done

Who inspires you? (Both in life and in music)
Monkeys, mushrooms, cooking, undersea creatures, small pleasures, the humbling expanses of nature.

Tell us a quirky fact about yourself no one else knows!
As a 3 year old I fell out of a moving car onto a pillow.

If you could have two wishes come true what would they be?
1) My loved ones to be happy/world peace
2) A new MacBook Pro (is that shallow)

Before you step on stage for a gig, what do you do to prepare?
I like to know what key the tunes are in and have a good monitor mix.

What do your parents think of what you do? Have you ever taken them along to a gig?
I come from a very supportive artist-friendly family, so I feel I'm doing them Proud. I'm happy seeing my folks groove along at gig.

If you could be remembered for one thing, what would it be?
Even if it was in total anonymity, to make the world a slightly more joyous place through music is a wondrous legacy.

Having spent so much time on aeroplanes, are you an official member of the mile high club?
I'm pretty much chuffed any chance to be in the meter-high club! -I'm not greedy.