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
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.
world this-world
Who designed this world we live in?
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.
nice character people
In the music industry, you meet some not very nice people, some very strange characters.