he is half of one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships in Canada hi
songwriting partnerships in Canada hi
songwriting partnerships in Canada hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking
watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking
watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking with Jim Cuddy at Blue Rodeo about how
with Jim Cuddy at Blue Rodeo about how
with Jim Cuddy at Blue Rodeo about how he first got into music and about the
he first got into music and about the
he first got into music and about the artists he finds influential
ever become you
ever become you so let’s start by having you tell us a
so let’s start by having you tell us a
so let’s start by having you tell us a bit about your background and how you
bit about your background and how you
bit about your background and how you first decided on music as a career come
first decided on music as a career come
first decided on music as a career come back there okay so my upbringing I lived
back there okay so my upbringing I lived
back there okay so my upbringing I lived in a lot of cities when I was young I
in a lot of cities when I was young I
in a lot of cities when I was young I got a guitar when it’s about 10 so it’s
got a guitar when it’s about 10 so it’s
got a guitar when it’s about 10 so it’s always interested in music and I was
always interested in music and I was
always interested in music and I was always interested in singing and writing
always interested in singing and writing
always interested in singing and writing songs and it never occurred to me that
songs and it never occurred to me that
songs and it never occurred to me that that was an unusual thing to do I went
that was an unusual thing to do I went
that was an unusual thing to do I went to Queens University during those three
to Queens University during those three
to Queens University during those three years I I really started to play a lot
years I I really started to play a lot
years I I really started to play a lot and learn a lot and when I finished
and learn a lot and when I finished
and learn a lot and when I finished Queens i decided i would take a year
Queens i decided i would take a year
Queens i decided i would take a year maybe two years off and just to vote
maybe two years off and just to vote
maybe two years off and just to vote them to music before i got back into the
them to music before i got back into the
them to music before i got back into the mainstream of life now and you know
mainstream of life now and you know
mainstream of life now and you know never got back into the main screen of
never got back into the main screen of
never got back into the main screen of life
and what kind of music did you grow up
and what kind of music did you grow up listening to and find influential to a
listening to and find influential to a
listening to and find influential to a certain set almonds you know i mean i
certain set almonds you know i mean i
certain set almonds you know i mean i was i was a child of the British
was i was a child of the British
was i was a child of the British Invasion so I loved all those I loved
Invasion so I loved all those I loved
Invasion so I loved all those I loved all the Beatles and Rolling Stones I
all the Beatles and Rolling Stones I
all the Beatles and Rolling Stones I loved music and the music always
loved music and the music always
loved music and the music always completely captured my attention so if
completely captured my attention so if
completely captured my attention so if if I was talking to somebody and some
if I was talking to somebody and some
if I was talking to somebody and some song came on that I liked I could no
song came on that I liked I could no
song came on that I liked I could no longer talk to them I was and I would be
longer talk to them I was and I would be
longer talk to them I was and I would be so distracted
when I first encountered Jackson Browne
when I first encountered Jackson Browne and realized that not only was music
and realized that not only was music
and realized that not only was music about being deliriously happy or being
about being deliriously happy or being
about being deliriously happy or being being all wacked out or something was
being all wacked out or something was
being all wacked out or something was also this kind of emotional mostly based
also this kind of emotional mostly based
also this kind of emotional mostly based melancholic so then I really started
melancholic so then I really started
melancholic so then I really started write songs in earnest and I was
write songs in earnest and I was
write songs in earnest and I was teenager
I mean obviously you’ve been in the
I mean obviously you’ve been in the music industry for a long time you’ve
music industry for a long time you’ve
music industry for a long time you’ve seen a lot of changes tell us about the
seen a lot of changes tell us about the
seen a lot of changes tell us about the changes that you’ve seen in the industry
changes that you’ve seen in the industry
changes that you’ve seen in the industry and in your music yourself accessibility
and in your music yourself accessibility
and in your music yourself accessibility to being able to make music is it’s been
to being able to make music is it’s been
to being able to make music is it’s been an enormous benefit to people people not
an enormous benefit to people people not
an enormous benefit to people people not paying for music has been a bit of it
paying for music has been a bit of it
paying for music has been a bit of it not a bit it’s been a huge hardship for
not a bit it’s been a huge hardship for
not a bit it’s been a huge hardship for people because I think that is as much
people because I think that is as much
people because I think that is as much as you love the fact that your music is
as you love the fact that your music is
as you love the fact that your music is heard by everybody it’s difficult to not
heard by everybody it’s difficult to not
heard by everybody it’s difficult to not have to do another job and that I think
have to do another job and that I think
have to do another job and that I think is ultimately going to affect this
is ultimately going to affect this
is ultimately going to affect this generations bands that there won’t be a
generations bands that there won’t be a
generations bands that there won’t be a lot of bands that can devote their life
lot of bands that can devote their life
lot of bands that can devote their life to me because they won’t be able to make
and it turns of myself you know it took
and it turns of myself you know it took me a long time to accept myself that I
me a long time to accept myself that I
me a long time to accept myself that I was an artist I just felt that was such
was an artist I just felt that was such
was an artist I just felt that was such a pretentious label and I I just
a pretentious label and I I just
a pretentious label and I I just couldn’t say that about myself x-men and
couldn’t say that about myself x-men and
couldn’t say that about myself x-men and he ever have trouble writing a boxer but
he ever have trouble writing a boxer but
he ever have trouble writing a boxer but then I sort of found my way found a way
then I sort of found my way found a way
then I sort of found my way found a way that I didn’t feel it was so egocentric
that I didn’t feel it was so egocentric
that I didn’t feel it was so egocentric I was telling stories nose connecting to
I was telling stories nose connecting to
I was telling stories nose connecting to people and and and now I think it’s
people and and and now I think it’s
people and and and now I think it’s silly that I didn’t call myself for
silly that I didn’t call myself for
silly that I didn’t call myself for Simon art stuff translating life
Simon art stuff translating life
Simon art stuff translating life experiences into an art film and that’s
experiences into an art film and that’s
experiences into an art film and that’s you know
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