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Jamie Lidell Biography

Jamie Alexander Lidderdale (born 18 September 1973, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England), known professionally as Jamie Lidell , is an English musician and soul singer living in Nashville, Tennessee.

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It's a despicable world we're living in now. It's the most disgusting time for music in terms of big wigs, guys who like playing the game. It's hard to get your stuff heard. I find it really annoying actually. I think my music would appeal to a lot of people but being on Warp in the States it's really hard to get radio play and exposure. We need to push this internet revolution forward quickly.

Guy, Heard, Like, People, Terms, Thinking

It always happens around beach resorts, a certain kind of money gravitates to the scene. The gold goes to the water. People love to wear it, show it off, roll with it. For me, I just find it disgusting.

Beach, Gravitates, People, Resorts, Water

It's really hard to make something that doesn't sound like everything else.

Everything, Hard, Make, Sound

It's weird how things are really stop-start in my creative process. I can't just turn it on - it just happens kind of randomly and I've just got to ride it when it's good. Surf's up! It's like that.

Creative, Creative Process, Good, Happens, Kind

The layering of sound is by no means a two-dimensional process. Even though I've been doing it for a number of years, the diversity of it is so intriguing. It's a bit like traveling across the water. Though you may have done it time and time again it always hits you in a different way.

Mean, Water, Diversity, Different, Though

I just throw myself into a mad frenzy, whip up a storm and see what comes through.

Frenzy, Mad, See, Storm, Whip

I feel myself developing more and more of this soul voice, and. . . it's a mystery to me. Fundamentally, I just think because I feel it, it's alright.

Alright, Developing, Mystery, Soul, Think, Thinking

People can rock together, people can do great things together, and that's what you love when you're working with characters and it's all going well.

Character, Characters, People, Rock, Rocks, Together

I was not in a good space in my life, emotionally particularly, so I needed to do something to recharge my batteries emotionally and musically. I took a break and I learnt software and programming a little bit, and that's how I designed my live machine, which I've been using for years.

Batteries, Designed, Machine, Space, Years

I do my best to make music spontaneously. It's very personal in a way. It's really a direct connection between me and anyone who's watching. I don't want to be in my own bubble. I'm reaching out.

Reach Out, Direct, Bubbles, Spontaneously, Bubble, Connection

Accessible music is much harder. I could throw out the other kind of albums with my eyes closed. I wouldn't belittle those who want to do the Tricky thing, but it does make me wonder sometimes.

Eye, Eyes, Kind, Sometimes, Tricky, Wonder

I find it quite difficult to analyze my own motives for things. I tend to go with a gut feeling in the moment.

Analyze, Difficult, Feelings, Gut, Moment, Moments

I can see that in retrospect but I guess I've always had such an identity crisis when it comes to other people's understanding of me.

Guess, Identity, People, Retrospect, See, Understanding

I made an instrument which I'm really happy about, because I always wanted to have a machine that did this so once I established it as my unique tool, it was like, now I'm going to master it like a guitar.

Guitar, Like, Machine, Tool, Tools, Unique

There's a sense that, on a certain day, you want to destroy everything, even the ones you love. Humans are weird like that. You build an empire and you hate it as soon as it's done. That's because we're never satisfied.

Done, Hate, Love, Sense, Want

Improvisation is risky. I like that. Another practical reason for that is that you have to go out and play every day on a tour. I couldn't do it if I thought I was going to do the same songs every day in the same order, like a full-on robot.

Day, Like, Order, Play, Same, Song

I stopped going out and taking pills and I started hanging out and learning about flat eleven chords.

Chords, Flat, Going Out, Pills

I'm always constantly battling with dry patches. I think I need a Plan B. Thankfully, I've always been able to pull something out of the bag in the heat of the moment.

Heat, Moment, Moments, Plan, Think, Thinking

There's very much a domino effect when I'm playing. In fact, that's a good way of putting it. I'm trying to topple all the dominos in a single stroke. That would be a show with perfect momentum. Every now and again, you get one of those dominos that moves to the side a little bit, traps things and you have to stand them all up again and see if people will go with you. They'll let you off a few times but if you make too many mistakes they'll get a bit anxious.

Effect, Mistake, Moving, People, Playing, Side

If I don't keep my music varied I go a bit stir crazy, you know? If I don't have the opportunity to jump genres every now and again I feel I'm boxed-in.

Crazy, Genres, Jump, Keep, Opportunity, Stir

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