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Jim

singermonkey

About Me

I've been a lead singer for many years in many styles. I've finally and happily settled with acoustic music and am playing with Earth Calling Alice. Check us out on MySpace! I'm also involved with a studio project with a great producer, Grant Strang. More on that to come...Other than that, I live in Birmingham, UK and work in a job. Which is of little interest.
Your Five Factor Personality Profile
Extroversion:
You have medium extroversion.
You're not the life of the party, but you do show up for the party.
Sometimes you are full of energy and open to new social experiences.
But you also need to hibernate and enjoy your "down time."
Conscientiousness:
You have high conscientiousness.
Intelligent and reliable, you tend to succeed in life.
Most things in your life are organized and planned well.
But you borderline on being a total perfectionist.
Agreeableness:
You have high agreeableness.
You are easy to get along with, and you value harmony highly.
Helpful and generous, you are willing to compromise with almost anyone.
You give people the benefit of the doubt and don't mind giving someone a second chance.
Neuroticism:
You have low neuroticism.
You are very emotionally stable and mentally together.
Only the greatest setbacks upset you, and you bounce back quickly.
Overall, you are typically calm and relaxed - making others feel secure.
Openness to experience:
Your openness to new experiences is high.
In life, you tend to be an early adopter of all new things and ideas.
You'll try almost anything interesting, and you're constantly pushing your own limits.
A great connoisseir of art and beauty, you can find the positive side of almost anything. The Five Factor Personality Test

My Interests

Music mainly. Then film, beer, food and usually more music...

I'd like to meet:

People! All sorts of people! A quick note to bands: I have this MySpace account to keep up with friends. All my band friends are on www.myspace.com/earthcallingalice, which is my own band. I've blocked all band requests as I'm currently getting 20+ a week from groups/musos I don't know... If you still dearly want to be my friend, message me and I'll have a listen. If I like it, I'll add you! Fair enough?

Music:

Here goes... Queen, Marillion, Gay Dad, Neil Finn, Crowded House, David Ford, Nick Drake, Louden Wainwright III, Fairport Convention, Peter Gabriel, REM, Pearl Jam, Cosmic Rough Riders, The Police, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Seal, Sting, All About Eve, Tori Amos, Beth Orton, Francis Dunnery, Dream Theater, Jellyfish, Elbow, The Flaming Lips, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, Rush, Gomez, Idlewild, Deep Purple, Tom McRae, Tool, Blackfield, Go Home Productions, Earth Calling Alice, Kate Rusby, Phil Campbell and loads and loads more...

Movies:

Philadelphia, Gladiator, Star Wars, Batman Begins, JFK, K-Pax, Malcolm X, Ghandi, Independence Day, Matrix, As Good As It Gets, A Few Good Men, Transformers, American Psycho, Enemy of the State, The Usual Suspects, Team America, Shaun of the Dead, Lord of the Rings,

Television:

Quantum Leap, Star Trek, Columbo, Futurama, The Simpsons, Inspector Morse, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Blackadder, 24

Books:

William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, Colin Dexter, Terry Pratchett, Dan Brown, Harry Potter, JRR Tolkien, Arthur Marwick, Aldous Huxley, CS Lewis, Rudyard Kipling, Sherlock Holmes, Philip Pullman

Heroes:

Neil Finn, Steve Hogarth, Peter Gabriel, Freddie Mercury, Stephen Fry, Steven Wilson, Michael Stipe, John Thaw, Christian Bale, Ashley Hutchings

My Blog

What I'm Listening To...

An update on 2007's music thus far... Blackfield's second album is superb. Even better than the first which was pretty hard to beat. More punchy, more emotive and generally just phenomenal. Album of t...
Posted by Jim on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:25:00 PST