Complex sentence: Simon had the pleasure to meet and talk about songwriting and guitar playing with many of the established folk singer songwriters of the day, he recalls how Martin Carthy had advised him that the good ballad had to be a strong one.
Split into simpler sentences: Simon had the pleasure to meet and talk about songwriting and guitar playing with many of the established folk singer, songwriters of the day. He recalls how Martin Carthy advised him that a good ballad had to be a strong one.