“For most of my career, there was absolutely nobody to tell me any of the answers, because I was one of the first to be posing the questions.” Coming from most musicians, that would be a high-faluting statement about their latest minor musical change of direction. From Thomas Dolby, it’s a straightforward rationale for why new technology needs to be examined very carefully. In Thomas’ wide experience of being at the forefront of what music tech can do, it’s wise to be too complacent about where music and its advances are going next.