American - Actor | 1961 -
In scoring, I usually start with a sound or group of sounds, searching out what feels right.
Jim Coleman
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When I recorded Contra la Puerta, I never really thought out doing the material live. Mostly because I haven't really seen any electronic music performed live in an interesting way.
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For electronica music, David Linton has been doing this series called Unity Gain, which is pretty cool.
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As a kid, I used to go see all the jazz players, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespe.
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I do remember being in high school and trying to go to an Outlaws concert, but I was too drunk and ended up in trouble with the police at some truck stop on 95 in Connecticut.
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So, through playing with Cop I realized that there is a potentially interested audience out in the world.
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First, I'm trying to edit down about 7 hours of material which I made prior to the Cop days and find some way to get it out. This stuff is pretty out there, mostly sonic collages and tape manipulations.
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I'm from all over the Northeast.
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I grew up outside of DC, New York state, and Connecticut.
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Yes, I was forced to take piano lessons for 8 years as a child.
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Then I took 8 years of French Horn, first jazz, and then classical.
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And I definitely have an affinity with the piano.
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