English: I think it is now quite clear that the talent in the scene is better than it's ever been. I think the standards set by groups in a number of genres is better than it's ever been, but perhaps that doesn't reflect a scene that is entirely healthy in all senses. As Andrew has said, there are a number of quite amateur scenarios that are still in existence, and we do need to professionalise the scene in many different senses. As you can see and as I've already said, I have quite a strong awareness of the scene in Wales through the medium of Welsh. It's the Welsh-language scene that I've been involved with over very many years - I emphasise that - and I have seen huge changes. When we started out playing in bands at the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s, one regularly played, you were gigging maybe three times a week. Now today, although the talent is there, I think bands these days are lucky to play once or twice a month - that's in the Welsh-language scene; I'm emphasising that point. That's because of a number of reasons, but mainly I think that we can blame the recession, people have got out of the habit of going to concerts and gigs, and the support for live music isn't there. It's easier to turn the television on and watch Strictly Come Dancing or whatever else you may want to watch, but that's the reality of the situation, unfortunately: people have got out of the habit and, unfortunately, the opportunities aren't there. Although the talent is better than it's ever been, the opportunities to develop that talent don't necessarily exist at the moment. The same is true from the technical side of things. I do think that we could develop a lot more on the technical side in terms of venues for gigs, and venues are becoming scarcer and scarcer on annual basis, partly perhaps because of a lack of support, but it has become a risk for anyone to put on live entertainment. Live entertainment does mean that you would have to pay and there are risks attached, and there are many events and many venues that have had to close because of financial problems. So, yes, the talent's there, but I don't necessarily think, generally speaking, that the scene is in a great place necessarily.
Welsh: Dwi'n meddwl bod o'n eithaf clir bellach fod y talent sydd yn bodoli yn y sîn ar hyn o bryd yn well na fuodd o erioed. Dwi'n meddwl bod y safonau sy'n cael eu gosod gan y grwpiau mewn sawl genre yn well nag a fuodd o erioed, ond dydy hynny ddim efallai yn adlewyrchu sîn sydd yn hollol iach ym mhob ystyr. Fel mae Andrew wedi dweud, mae yna lot o sefyllfaoedd eithaf amaturaidd yn dal i fodoli, ac mae angen creu gwedd fwy proffesiynol mewn sawl ystyr ar y sîn. Fel rydych chi'n gweld a fel dwi wedi dweud yn barod, mae gen i ymwybyddiaeth reit dda o'r sîn yng Nghymru trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg - dwi yn pwysleisio hynny - ers nifer fawr o flynyddoedd, a dwi wedi gweld newid mawr yn y sefyllfa. Pan oeddem ni yn cychwyn chwarae mewn bandiau ar ddiwedd y 1970au, dechrau'r 1980au, mi oedd rhywun yn chwarae yn gyson, yn cynnal gigs efallai tair gwaith yr wythnos. Erbyn heddiw, er bod y talent yma'n bodoli, dwi'n meddwl bod bandiau y dyddiau yma yn lwcus os ydyn nhw'n chwarae unwaith, dwywaith y mis trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg - dwi yn pwysleisio hynny. Ac mae hynny oherwydd sawl rheswm, ond yn bennaf dwi'n meddwl y gallwn ni feio'r dirwasgiad, bod pobl wedi mynd allan o'r arfer o fynd allan i gyngherddau, a dydy'r gefnogaeth i gerddoriaeth fyw ddim yna. Mae'n haws troi'r teledu ymlaen a gwylio Strictly Come Dancing neu beth bynnag rydych chi eisiau ei wylio, ond dyna'r gwirionedd, yn anffodus: mae pobl wedi mynd allan o'r arfer ac, yn anffodus, dydy'r cyfleoedd ddim yna. Er bod y talent yma yn well nag a fuodd o erioed, dydy'r cyfleoedd i ddatblygu'r talent yma ddim yna, dwi ddim yn teimlo, ar hyn o bryd. Mae'r un peth yn wir o safbwynt yr ochr dechnegol. Dwi'n meddwl y gallem ni ddatblygu llawer iawn mwy ar yr ochr dechnegol o safbwynt lleoliadau i gynnal gigs, ac mae lleoliadau yn mynd yn brinnach ac yn brinnach yn flynyddol, yn rhannol oherwydd efallai diffyg cefnogaeth, ond mae wedi mynd yn risg i unrhyw un gynnal adloniant byw bellach. Mae adloniant byw yn golygu talu ac mae yna risg, wrth reswm, ac mae yna lawer iawn o ddigwyddiadau, o leoliadau wedi gorfod cau oherwydd bod yna broblemau ariannol wedi dilyn. Felly, ydy, mae'r talent yno, ond dydw i ddim yn meddwl, yn gyffredinol, fod y sîn mewn lle gwych.