You can hear Liam a lot on this recording from 2010. It was aired on public TV here in Denmark so it is proper audio quality. It is really great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcMqw1dPRaE

And here is Firestarter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRDfMiR0t0k
and Omen from the same night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhLXadfTby0

i understand why he doesnt play much keys live. hes just never actually played anything with both hands, and im fine with that, he doesnt need to

musicians that teach themselves rather than take lessons, tend to be much more creative. they dictate their style and are way more improvising

I remember an interview years ago that Liam was pleased with himself that he was able to rattle off the Bullseye theme tune on the piano.

http://youtu.be/VRef1-6imT8

Only when they are absolutele geniuses. In most other cases going with lessons actually helps you.

And absolute geniusses like beethoven and mozart had lessons too.

it's not about being an absolute genius. It is always better to take some lessons, but it doesn't mean that, if you don't do it, you won't compose good music. It just helps you to know some rules and to know music in a better and technical way, it has nothing to do with your talent.

Yes this, but what I meant is that only with an extraordinarily talent can compose interesting good music without a little theory or lessons. Hans zimmer, mike oldfield etc.

so you're saying you need to be an absolute genious to make good music just by hearing? i.e. experimenting with instruments not being able to read note. i say hell yeah

Yeah more or less, lots of people think 'fuk theory fuk lessons' and then they make crappy tracks :p

i'm sorry, but i have totally to disagree with you. Who takes lessons is the musician, not the composer. As I already said, it's better if you take some lessons, but this won't improve your ability in writing music. If you are a composer, you have talent to create, if you're a musician (here I mean who executes music) you've talent on playing, not on doing your own music. There is a big difference between them.