ZZ: Well I think its more about reaching more people faster. What are you wanting to convey with your new projects? Even though I am amazingly happy with where I am now I never really feel content with what I'm doing, I always have the desire to take it to the next level, trying to stay ahead of my own mental and physical capacity.ĥ. I approach songs like pieces of a painting done a little at a time, and I just seem to "know" when they are finished. I now have access to things I didn't when I first started (like being able to record whenever I feel creative) I feel like I'm more of an artist mentally that is a musician physically. I have surrounded myself with everything creative. my artistic endeavors have grown and expanded to things I never dreamed of. For me that seems impossible but it's something that sticks in your head. Its like having a 2 hour movie and needing a short title that gives you an idea of what its all about. Its just a name given to a way of life for me. Its something that if your more than 100% into what your doing you have to just dive all the way in. The name is just one small piece of a bigger picture. ZZ: I physically became Zim Zum in MM but mentally I was born Zim Zum. how it has affected you as an artist and how you have changed in your artistic endeavors. Would you please share the basic idea of how you morphed into Zim Zum. Korn was relaxed and interesting in that it was for a remix and I was just making up new parts to go over existing ones for a friends band. so that was interesting learning 2 albums in about a week. When I actually got a call from them I didn't own any of their CD's. I really didn't know much about MM, I saw them play a club in Chicago once, but all I saw was the back of someone's head. MM was really out of nowhere, but after playing with LSD I wasn't intimidated by playing with a band that usually played for a lot of people. I was a kid when I was in LSD and they were the first band I saw live before I was even in high school, they were seniors when I was a freshmen so it was amazing remembering when I said to myself "thats what I want to do" and then about 3 years later I was in the band. ZZ: Well each was very different and interesting, I love applying what I do to others music as well as recording my own music and having them apply themselves to it. Give a general overview of your experience with the bands. ZZ: LSD, Marilyn Manson and some brief recordings with Cher and Korn as well as a VH1 behind the music special. ZZ: I started doing ridiculous hours of rehearsal with the band I was in, 13 hours straight at a time and then I discovered the art of recording and the first recordings I did were similar to what I do now in that I recorded about 30 songs in a week (now I try to take it a little slower) but I have stockpiled about 80 songs at this point, all which are new. But when I was able to form a band and play (while in high school during the day, shows at night) it dawned on me that this was for me.Īnd what course did you take at that point? ZZ: I think it was always there but I got to a point of being able to learn and create at a faster level than my musician friends. When did you know that you wanted take music further than a hobby? ZZ: I mainly play guitar, but I play bass and piano/keyboards a lot too. My Mom always had music playing on the turntable, Beatles, Bowie, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Jefferson Starship, Jim Croce etc. ZZ: Actually playing at age 13, I was a fan of music since I can remember. I've lived in Chicago and Hollywood, CA but I've spent a lot of time in Lakeland, Fla. Raised in Summit, IL (about 1 block outside Chicago on the South side). I was born in Chicago on June 25th, 1969. ZZ: There are some websites that have all the basic stuff, Jenny's is a good one for that. Where were you born? Raised? Cities lived in? Would you tell me some background information on you? (you can send me to a website that has the correct background info on you). I hope you enjoy this interview, I am glad to share it with you.ġ. It also gives some insight into the future in Zim's project's. Recently I had a chance to have an exclusive interview with Zim that highlights his life up to this point. Click On The Thumb To See Full Size Picture
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