Sept 20 : British singer Katie Melua thinks that her early musical work with mentor/composer Mike Batt was ‘a pile of crap’.

Melua, who collaborated with Batt for making albums such as ‘Call Off The Search’, ‘Piece By Piece’ and the forthcoming ‘Pictures’, asserted that she learnt a lot while working with her mentor.

However, the 23-year-old star insisted that her old work was not up to the mark and she wants to move on with her career creatively now.