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pHluid / ACiD music handle:    Rimbo
current handle (if different): 
real name:                     Jimmy Rimmer
email address:                 jrimmer1@san.rr.com
location:                      San Diego
time in pHluid:                Start through...I can't remember.
number of tracks released with pHluid: 4? 5? 6?  Again, I can't remember.
fav. track released:           insanity.s3m
fav. styles tracked:           Industrial!
fav. pHluidian (past or present): They all tripped me out.
fav. tracker (past or present): Rimbo.  ;)
fav. track:

Maelcum's "Suction Regulator," which tragically was lost from my HD a few
years ago and I've never been able to snag since then.  :(

Big kudos to anyone who has a copy and can send it to me.

professional/commercial musician influences: 

Primarily Devo, Duran Duran, Van Halen, and Rush.

- Short answer
 
what/who got you into tracking to begin with?

Jim Leonard and ST3, which brought a decent interface and features to
tracking for the first time.

are you still making music/with what equipment and or programs?
(where can we find your work?)

I use Cakewalk Pro for Windows v2.0 (yes, you heard that right) and a
Roland VS-880 digital 8-track.  I have an LAPC-1 and an SB Live! in my
machine, a 200-year-old cello, an Ibanez bass with a classic 1984 Peavey
Combo 300 amplifier, and the old faithful Ensoniq VFXsd.  I also own a
Digitech Studio Quad effects processor and a Soundtank (by
Ibanez) "Classic Metal" pedal.

I recently did the music for a fun shareware game, downloadable for free
at http://www.11d.com/  My much-ignored mp3.com homepage is at
http://www.mp3.com/Rimbo/

if you could work with any one musician or band, who would it be and why?

My soul-mate, Marc Gunn.  Check out his current band incarnation at
http://www.thebards.net/

has being in pHluid changed your career plans?  (you now want to be a
professional musician, you now ARE a professional musician, you devoted
too much time to it and you flunked out of school and or lost your job?)

Not really.

how do you feel about the current tracking scene?

Haven't been involved for over a year, and I have no idea what's going on
with it.

how do you feel about MP3's, music piracy, and free music?

I feel that the move to digital media will benefit all, as cheaply and
thoughtlessly-made recordings sold for outrageous sums will no longer be
a significant source of musicans' profits, and musicians will have to
return to the part of music I personally prefer best:  Live
performance.  Recordings will remain important as a means of promotion.  I
also feel that with the proliferation of sites such as mp3.com and
programs like Napster, the barrier to entry for musicians has been greatly
reduced, and this will benefit both them and their audience, who now have
a much greater variety and selection than ever before.  Don't like
Metallica's actions with Napster?  Try Nevermore at mp3.com.  Sad that
Rush's Neil Peart is not playing any more?  Check out The Gathering and
other such bands.  Then there's Pumpjack, who wouldn't have ever been
heard (being from Midland, TX) if it hadn't been for mp3.com -- who
totally rule the world.

MP3's will be my way into the music biz.  This is the new
revolution.  Smash your radio.



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