In scoring, I usually start with a sound or group of sounds, searching out what feels right. Jim Coleman More Quotes by Jim Coleman More Quotes From Jim Coleman The President did not mince words. Jim Coleman top-news She comes home to New America and nothing. I think New America's kind of an insult. Jim Coleman top-news Also, differences of opinion can be creatively stimulating as well as frustrating. Jim Coleman also well opinion differences Then I took 8 years of French Horn, first jazz, and then classical. Jim Coleman then first jazz years But in my college years it got to the point where my friends and I didn't do anything without consuming a massive amount of alcohol before we went anywhere or did anything, and you know that. Jim Coleman you friends alcohol college I actually went to film school and was making experimental films for a short time, so it wasn't such a leap. Jim Coleman short film time school I guess professionally it began when Hal Hartley used some music of mine in his film The Unbelievable Truth. Jim Coleman mine some music truth 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. Jim Coleman help mood music house 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. Jim Coleman own me my-own self And I think that I'd be a natural for scoring horror movies. Jim Coleman i-think movies think horror But things can happen in a band, or any type of collaboration, that would not otherwise happen. Jim Coleman happen things collaboration band And when that's working, the sum can be greater than the parts. Jim Coleman sum than working greater I think that one of the strengths of Cop Shoot Cop lay in the different, and at times, clashing personalities, Ideally, I want to have both ways of working in my life. Jim Coleman my-life think want life But Contra la Puerta was done mostly in the opposite way, starting with sounds and melodies. Jim Coleman opposite starting done way 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. Jim Coleman live thought music way For electronica music, David Linton has been doing this series called Unity Gain, which is pretty cool. Jim Coleman doing cool unity music As a kid, I used to go see all the jazz players, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespe. Jim Coleman kid go see jazz 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. Jim Coleman drunk police remember school So, through playing with Cop I realized that there is a potentially interested audience out in the world. Jim Coleman playing through audience world 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. Jim Coleman find down trying way
