I can honestly say that if you wrote that, I would read it -even if I had the vague sense the whole time that the world no longer made sense, lol.

I would say that even if Patrick didn't have formal training per se, he would have subbed at some point in time to try and get a feel for it, try to understand it; he's a thorough, methodical bastard in the studio and I can't see him being any different with this, especially with it concerning Pete like it does.