I have posted a new episode of my creative conversations. This week I have been chatting with James Kimber, a performer/Musician and Director of Weapons of Sound, a group of junk percussionists.
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James talks about his early educational experiences and about his formative experiences doing a exchange year in USA during his degree. He goes on to talk about how he came to form the Junk Band while working at a youth club in Plymouth.
We go onto chat about how the band has become more professional and how having an agent is a key part of his success. That he gets to play, to be creative, while his agent handles all the management and admin jobs.
Last year, 2011, proved to be a particular good year with James doing some interesting work and travelling around the world. One gig he got was in Tallinn, which he found out had been the site for the sailing for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Here he was given a tour of Soviet architecture built for the occasion that was all derelict.
We talk a little about cultural Olympiad and the Olympic legacy. With James telling me how the Olympics are awarded to a city, which I had never thought of. That technically it had been awarded to London.
More about this episode and about the show in general can be found here: http://creativedialog.wordpress.com
