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James Iha

American Musician

Born: Mar 26, 1968

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I started a recording studio. I started producing people and doing remixes. James Iha

People Recording Recording Studio Studio Doing Producing Started

So there was something of a learning curve with doing your own thing and people seeing you outside of the band. I mean, people have never really heard my voice before - or heard a whole record of mine before. So it was a completely new experience. James Iha

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You know, it's going to be a really long tour, and well, I guess I'll see what happens with A Perfect Circle, 'cause they do other projects too, and I don't know. I hope I can always do a lot of different things, do 'em well. James Iha

Hope You Cause Circle Long Too Other Guess Projects See Perfect Perfect Circle Tour Know Well Always Lot Going Different Happens Really Different Things Things

We have a partnership deal with New Line Records, which is part of New Line Cinema, and... I worked on that. James Iha

Cinema Records Part New Partnership Deal Line New Line Which Worked

There is a lot of work just in terms of traveling and logistics and people and gear and all that kind of stuff. But I never really have problems playing music. That never seems like work. James Iha

Work Music People Problems Kind Gear Logistics Seems Never Stuff Like Terms Lot Just Really Traveling Playing

The band set up in January and just started rehearsing. If there was a song, we'd just rehearse it as a band, and it would get arranged as a band, and it got changed around a lot. James Iha

Song Band Changed Would Around Arranged Got Lot Up Get Just January Rehearse Rehearsing Started Set

It's not like that often, I mean, I suppose out of a ratio of 10 fans maybe like 1 or 2 of 'em might be Asian, and maybe every second or third time they might bring up something that they're Asian and I'm Asian. James Iha

Time Fans Every Out Something Ratio Suppose Like Up Often Maybe Mean Asian Might Second Bring Third Every Second

It's hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force is just like - It's never been a factor in what I've done or what the band's done. James Iha

Good Song Try Recording Band Enough Some Good Song Tailor Factor Outside Never Like Force Make Been Done Just Hard

If you put all the songs together that I've written on band records, and put it up next to my solo record, there's definitely a different kind of feel than Billy's songs. James Iha

You Together Band Definitely Solo Kind Solo Record Record Records Songs Written Put Feel Up Than Different Different Kind Next Billy

I live most of the time in New York now. I have an apartment there. James Iha

Time Live New Most York New York Apartment Now

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. James Iha

Chicago Up Grew Suburbs

But, yeah, as far as Asian Americans go, I hope they know they can look at me and see that they can do music on their own, within a band or just on their own, and not feel like there's any barriers. I've never felt any particular barriers myself, being who I am. James Iha

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After 12 intense years of rock music, I was happy to get away from making a record and going out on a tour. When I did it, I wanted to feel inspired. After a while I finally had my fill working on other people's music, and I started coming up with music on my own and said, 'This could be for me.' James Iha

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I play and I've played in heavy bands, but when I write for myself, I don't particularly feel like writing huge rock riffs. It just doesn't work for me and my voice. James Iha

Work Myself Me Writing Voice Write Feel Like Particularly Rock Huge Bands Just Heavy Riffs Play Played

I like the challenges of doing different things. It keeps things fresh for me. James Iha

Me Challenges Like Fresh Doing Different Different Things Keeps Things

I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies. James Iha

My first job in NYC was playing a gig in the early nineties at CBGBs. James Iha

Job First Nineties Gig First Job NYC Early Playing

I like a lot of different kinds of music. I like strong projects, big music. James Iha

Music Strong Big Different Kinds Projects Kinds Like Lot Different

All the bands I've played with have had dynamic front men. James Iha

Men Had Bands Front Dynamic Played

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