A biography for Jim Colemanhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“If the finest hour is now, then I'll always be in it.”
“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.”
“I guess professionally it began when Hal Hartley used some music of mine in his film The Unbelievable Truth.”
“But Contra la Puerta was done mostly in the opposite way, starting with sounds and melodies.”
“But things can happen in a band, or any type of collaboration, that would not otherwise happen.”
“In scoring, I usually start with a sound or group of sounds, searching out what feels right.”
“I grew up outside of DC, New York state, and Connecticut.”
“Yes, I was forced to take piano lessons for 8 years as a child.”
“I'm just like you, only I'm different because I'm me.”