Jim Coleman
Jim Coleman
american-athlete collages cop edit mostly prior stuff tape trying
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 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.
behind fellow generous leave neighbors please
When you're being generous to your fellow citizen, please don't leave behind your neighbors.
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Unfortunately, however, I have too many desires to make a good Buddhist.
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FIL basically showed me that I didn't want to be doing a rock and roll band in the way in which I had been doing a rock and roll band.
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With Frat House, at times I needed to make music that would reflect what these fraternity brothers might actually listen to, but still keep it within the realm of a score; it still had to lead the viewer through the scene, or just help create the mood.
american-athlete born lived
Born in Baltimore, I lived there 1 month.
american-athlete grew york
I grew up outside of DC, New York state, and Connecticut.
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But things can happen in a band, or any type of collaboration, that would not otherwise happen.
american-athlete musically normally parameters requires scoring
But that's something that I like about scoring film: it makes me reach out of the parameters of my self, it requires me to do things musically that I wouldn't normally do left to my own devices.
american-athlete la mostly sounds
But Contra la Puerta was done mostly in the opposite way, starting with sounds and melodies.
american-athlete sure
Basically, I just try to keep myself from getting bored, but in doing so, at times I'm going out on a limb, not being sure how things will work.
american-athlete forced
Yes, I was forced to take piano lessons for 8 years as a child.
absolutely necessary september
I think September 11th showed very dramatically how first responders are absolutely necessary in a community.