He says this sideline has grown to take up maybe a fifth of his working life, and has recently developed a laptop setup that means he can do much of his remixing during otherwise dead time on his extensive tours. So far, he's polished classic records by King Crimson, Roxy Music, Jethro Tull, Yes, XTC, Tears For Fears and more, creating new stereo and 5.1 surround mixes that have been generally praised by fans and critics. "The equivalent of polishing the Sistine Chapel, that's what I feel I'm doing sometimes with these classic records." Steven Wilson is talking about his remixing work, which he began in 2009 as a sideline to his very successful career as a musician and producer. Prog-rock wunderkind Steven Wilson is using his studio skills to give legendary rock albums a new lease of life. We had already been offered a support with Marillion at the famous Marquee Club in London in a month's time - and so, not wanting to miss such a great opportunity, I offered to play bass for this one gig and see how it went.Steven Wilson in his home studio. Then in 1983, just after we met Marillion and supported them for the first time, our bassist left/was asked to leave. Unfortunately it never appeared on any recording, apart from very bad old live tapes! And the first song I wrote in Pendragon was called "Peace of Mind" - I wrote the music and Nigel Harris (drummer) wrote the lyrics. I think my first Pendragon gig was at Bristol University in the student union bar. When Julian Baker (the then rythmn guitarist) left, Pendragon asked me to join as second guitarist without even an audition! The band was then a five piece - drums, bass, keyboards, guitar/vox and rhythmn guitar - and did more lead guitar harmony parts in those days. They had been going since about 1976 or 77, and I had originally been a fan. I joined Pendragon in 1981, 22 years ago at the age of 18.
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