Midge Ure
Midge Ure
James "Midge" Ure, OBEis a Scottish singer, musician, songwriter and producer. His stage name, Midge, is a phonetic reversal of Jim, the diminutive form of his given name...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth10 October 1953
built chords melodies pad played rhythmic side songs therefore
So I concentrated on the rhythmic side of things, and therefore left a lot of holes. I didn't want to use big pad chords everywhere. All of the songs are built up of small melodies and counter melodies all played very rhythmically.
band rigid slow speed stuck
I didn't want to be stuck to rigid tempos. I mean, a band should speed up and slow down. They shouldn't do it too much, but they do.
acoustic drum intention machines programmed taking
And when I started, I also programmed the drum machines with the intention of taking them off and replacing them with acoustic drums.
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At the beginning of this album I discovered the computer and had great fun playing with the thing. And I realized that, not being a good keyboard player, I could write things in very small sections, give them a certain feel and mess about with bends on the keyboard.
world this-world
Who designed this world we live in?
morning war thinking
You think that religion is a thing that is there to help you and to see you through life, and then you wake up one morning and find the entire Irish situation, the civil war thats based on religion.
writing musical atmosphere
I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with the music. Once I've done that, the lyrics come last.
guitar firsts my-favorite
But the guitar is my favorite, first and foremost instrument.
nice character people
In the music industry, you meet some not very nice people, some very strange characters.