JIM CAMPBELL

HI MY NAME IS JIM CAMPBELL. IM FROM GLASGOW AND I GOT FED UP PLAYING IN BANDS, GIVING IT MY ALL AND THEN WATCHING THAT BAND DESTROY ITSELF WITH EVER MANNER OF ROCK N ROLL CLICHE. SO I WENT MY OWN WAY, AND STARTED WRITING SONGS THAT YOU COULD PLAY BY YOURSELF ON THE KEYBOARD. IT WAS A MOVE I WISH I HAD DONE SOONER BECAUSE THE STUFF I CAME UP I LIKED, I REALLY LIKED. BUT WHAT I LIKED EVEN MORE WAS THAT IT WAS ME AND JUST ME WHO CALLED THE SHOTS. THE THING IS AND I KNOW THIS IS PROBLEM FOR ALOT OF BANDS, IS THAT WHEN IM ASKED TO DESCRIBE MY STUFF I REALLY STRUGGLE. ALL I WILL SAY IS THAT ITS MUSIC WITH IMAGERY SANG WITH SOMEONE WITH A DECENT VOICE. THE SONG THAT BEST SHOWS THAT AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED IS FAIRIES IN THE CITY. A SURREAL LITTLE NUMBER THAT HOPEFULLY IS ALSO THE KIND OF THING STICKS IN YOUR MIND. ILL LEAVE THE REST TO THE LISTENER TO MAKE WHAT THEY WILL OF IT.

BEEN IN A NUMBER OF BANDS" Broken", "Honey Society" THAT PLAYED THE USUAL PLACES IN GLASGOW. Both bands eventually destroyed themselves but in the process created some songs that I am very proud of.

HAVE PLAYED LIVE SOLO SHOWS IN THE LAST YEAR AND DO PLAN TO DO MORE. AS FOR SPECIAL MOMENTS WELL THE FIRST GIG BY MYSELF WAS SOMETHING, IN THAT I WENT ON STAGE HIT THE FIRST CHORD OF THE FIRST SONG ON THE KEYBOARD AND THE KEYBOARD STAND COLLAPSED. NOW THAT WAS A WAY TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE! THANKFULLY A QUICK JOKE AND HURRIED REPAIR MEANT THAT THE REST OF THE SHOW WENT WELL.

Well from an early age i always liked BOWIE. Even if in those days i didnt understand many of the songs.(still dont in many cases and thats the way i like it). The thing about BOWIE and his ever changing musical style is that i got to so much more types of music from lou reed to philip glass and all things in between. The other artist i really admire is elvis costello. Simply because i love his lyrics and the fact that the man can really write a tune.

Not much of keyboard tech, its just a couple of battered old yamahas that i use