The outcome of music is bringing people together.
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Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Primary Use of Medium: Folk Singer/StorytellerInterviewer: Donna Wetegrove
Interview Location:Case de Artistas in South Austin on a gorgeous early Fall afternoon.
Interview Date: 9.23.2007
Writer: Lori Henika
Videographer/Audio Editor: Josh Kinney
Inspiration
Art Form/Product
Green Aspects
Marketing Values
Special Offering
Additional Comments
Artist Profile
Inspiration
What Type Of Artist Do You See Yourself As?"I perceive myself as a communicator. I believe that communication is the purpose of my art. I think it's actually the purpose of all art, and connection between people."
How Did You Get Here? "I loved music from birth as far as I can remember."
Where Does Your Inspiration Come From? "Through a process of evolution and because of making serious mistakes through my life, and then hopefully learning something from the outcome of that, I came to a point of view where the positive side of things became my inspiration."
Art Form/Product
How Would You Describe Your Work?"My music is basically, it's simple really, in form."
What Brings Your Medium To Life?
"Something happens when everybody's together and when the beat's right and something about the feeling ... that's kind of ... inexplicable."
Does The Material Dictate The Design, Or Does Your Design Idea Dictate How The Material/Medium Is Used?
"Musically, the styles that I can play on the guitar well, the styles that I have a command of, are limited. There's a limited number of things that I'm really on top of, really adept at, and so I try to stay within the range of what I can do well."
What Tools Are Required In Your Process?
"For what I do, basically a guitar, an acoustic guitar with good strings. The better the guitar, the better."
Do You Consider It Functional Art?
"Because it's known to be a method of bringing energy of large numbers of people together, it's extremely functional in that respect.""
Please Speak About The Connections In Your Work.
"The outcome of music is bringing people together."
Please Summarize Your Entire Process.
Do You Recommend What You Do As A Career Choice? … Why?
"For somebody with the right temperament, I think so."
Green Aspects
Please Point Out Any "Green" Aspects Of Your Process And Your Medium.Marketing Values
Please Talk About Making Multiples Of A Creative Effort As A Part Of Your Business."I'm in kind of a unique situation in that I have a career behind me and a certain reputation and a setup with the record company where I'm not on any kind of pressure or anything. For me, it's only when I'm ready, when I have the material, when I have enough going, when I want to do it. For people cultivating a career, it's different. There's lots of pressures."
Where Do You See Your Creativity Evolving?
Special Offering
Additional Comments
"If you have a love for any art form, I think it's a very good idea to cultivate in yourself the love for itself rather than focusing too much on whether it's gonna make you rich or that there are certain so-called non-practical, impractical aspects to art. Certain impractical aspects to art that are actually where the beauty of it resides. And I think in our culture, I think lots and lots and lots of potential great art is stifled by the attitude that there's something not practical about it."
Artist Profile:
Jimmie Dale GilmoreWebsite: www.jimmiegilmore.com
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