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What does Jimmy do when he is not<br />
making music?<br />
I listen to Radio3 as I likegg hardcore classics. I<br />
used to listen to Classic fm but they were not eggstreme<br />
eggnough. I go to Skye and the surrounding area to see<br />
friends and eat seafood. Walks up hills and mountains and<br />
I'm trying to build a pyramid out of eggbox's. So that takes<br />
a lot o' timegg. Being with my childrens when I can, we<br />
livegg hundreds of miles apart but I lovegg their company<br />
and being with them is a buzz and awesome laughs, big<br />
shouts to Soph Mc and Chaz Mc the double yolkers.<br />
Tell us about your thoughts on the<br />
social media importance, or not, or<br />
what do you think?<br />
Think it's awesome, handy for people who maybe<br />
don't actually havegg a personal website, using facebook<br />
(cuntish tho it is) is good for shamless self promotion for EBY<br />
and also instagran although I'm not so up on instagran other<br />
than posting pictures of the places been and intresting<br />
photos. It can have it's down sides as I and some friends<br />
have been on the down side of it with personal attacks and<br />
accusations, but on balance it's eggsential and entertaining.<br />
Mental heath is a big issue in music.<br />
We are all more prone. What are your<br />
thoughts on this, and how did you<br />
deal with the stress and other<br />
elements?<br />
I suppose we all have a "thing" we are dealing with<br />
am suregg I have a few. Theres different stress in different<br />
situations for eggsample am not a great flyer and I get thru<br />
it more or less by reading altho that does not help when the<br />
plane is taking off, but it does in flight. Theres a bit stress<br />
before gigs until I know the gear is going to work or the<br />
playing area is fine and if it no I just dont play until it is.<br />
With all this experience over a life<br />
time, please give us all some words of<br />
wisdom, and advice on the way to be<br />
in this ever-changing industry.<br />
Do music for yerself and not for others, dont suffer<br />
bullshitters and liers. There's something in the music biz that<br />
makes folk like that, individuals acting more important than<br />
they are. Don't let disappointments rule your life, focus and<br />
dont givegg up.<br />
are different now?<br />
An hour and a half is as long as I have every<br />
played, altho sometime I feel like playing on but its not been<br />
possible due to others on the bill. I'm really unaware of long<br />
sets, clubs and festivals probably want a lot of artists on the<br />
bill as having 1 or 2 names would look a bit empty. Probably<br />
folk would lose interest if the same person was playing for<br />
hours these days.<br />
What is your favorite country/city to<br />
play in after all these years?<br />
Belgium is ma second homegg. First played<br />
there in mid 2000's thanks to Arkanoid who got me<br />
over and that was the start of lovegg for the Belgiums<br />
food, drink and music. Belgium always had a boring<br />
reputation but thats long gone its an eggsellent place.<br />
Before I went o belgium and Oostend I told arkanoid to dress<br />
as a chicken so i would recognise him since we had never<br />
met, really jist for a wynd up. When we arrived at oostend<br />
train station we noticed a crows in the car park, and when a<br />
space appeared there was a guy sitting on the wayy in a<br />
chicken outfit. It was him. Played Gent many times along<br />
with Oostend the audiences r a bit nutty. Kuf Kuf club in<br />
Gent was an awesome set up with top class crowd and<br />
atmospher, altho av not been there for 2 or 3 years.<br />
Manchester way alwys a good night.<br />
If you were to do it all again, what<br />
would you change, or what do you<br />
wish was different?<br />
To be able to play the piano properly, it's the only<br />
instrument that moves me in a way no other instrument<br />
does, and play the bagpipes more to noise people up and<br />
head into battle. Scene wise ad still keep it underground am<br />
not interested in chasing the monies or changing the sound<br />
to suit people or kiss someones ass to get on.<br />
COVID had a huge impact of people<br />
and the music industry in particular.<br />
Tell us your thoughts on this. Good<br />
and bad.<br />
COVID in general of course was hellish with what<br />
happened to folk in the entertainment world along with<br />
people dying, altho I never got it and had 13 weeks off work<br />
and used the time to music and videos everyday, I eggjoyd<br />
the lock down and time off.<br />
I am a massive fan of the long sets,<br />
back in the 90’s when house parties<br />
were rockin. Why do you think things<br />
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