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Jon Camp Interview - Questions Wanted
Jon Camp has granted Renaissance Fanfare an interview - his first since 1997!
We would like to include questions from fans everywhere. Please reply to this post with your suggested questions. We'll do our best, but can't guarantee that every question will be included.
Before submitting your questions, please review the 1997 interview.
In addition to the information in the above interview, here's what we know about Jon.
He has created a Facebook profile.
Terry Sullivan announced on the guestbook of his old web site in late 2009 an upcoming musical collaboration between himself, Jon Camp, and John Tout. Jon Camp confirmed it on the same guestbook.
Jon Camp, Terry Sullivan and John Tout declined in 2009 an invitation to rejoin Renaissance. It was stated by Annie Haslam and confirmed by Terry Sullivan on his new website.
Our member Wayne Orr has been in contact with Jon and learned a few things about Jon's upcoming CD.
What can Jon tell you?
Jon Camp playing with Michael Dunford's Ovation guitar - picture by Rudy Krankall.
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Permalink Reply by Esa on -
From the 1997 interview:
In the late 70s and early 80s you started to use other basses. Did you want a different sound or had the Rickenbacker become limiting?
I never found the Rickenbacker limiting although my ones had a tremendous amount of work done on them. I think the reason that I changed basses and went to a company called Vigier was because Nicky Beggs who was in Kajagoogoo and is a good friend of mine said, "You want to try one of these pal." I did an basically when I started using Vigiers they were right for the way Renaissance were moving musically. Vigier have an onboard computer; you can adapt all the sounds as and when you want and while you're playing. I would never go back to playing anything else apart from Vigiers now.
My knowledge of guitar+bass effects processing is limited, but I look forward to Jon's take on today's state of the art on both the instrument/performer side (e.g. amp modeling) as well as studio production (e.g. Pro Tools et al). Sounds like Vigier was truly bleeding edge in the 1980s.
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Permalink Reply by Jean-Luc on -
At that time Kajagoogoo was en vogue with hits like Too Shy, which were played over and over on MTV. Today, Nicky Beggs has turned progressive, playing for Steve Hackett, then for Steven Wilson and plays a lot with the Rickenbacker. Is Jon Camp still in touch with him? And, as Esa Wrote, what is Jon's take on today's state of the art?
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From the 1997 interview:
Could you tell us your immediate plans for the future?
Well I've actually got a band together and it looks like a major record company are gonna pick us up. We have a female saxophone player and I've got a wonderful new vocalist. We will be going out live, of that there is no doubt. It is classically orientated, but it's also very commercial. The management company I'm with now won't let us do anything unless it's major. It won't be one of those kind of things where we start working around the clubs. They just basically want to launch it in venues like the local Apollo in Manchester.
Have you kept recordings from that band? What has become of this project? And of the female saxophone player?
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Permalink Reply by Jean-Luc on
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I realize that I don't know much about Jon's early days in Renaissance so I have a few questions about it.
- When have you heard of Renaissance for the first time?
- How were you recruited?
- Who were there for your audition?
- Was your audition more focused on bass playing, guitar playing or singing?
- At the time you joined, male singing and female singing were both important in the band. However, on the next 3 albums, there is only one song with you on lead vocal, Kiev. How did you feel about it?
- Did you meet Jim McCarty at that time? Kiev was one of his compositions.
- Have you had a period of coexistence with Terry Crowe or Terry Slade in the band?
- Have you been influenced by Louis Cennamo and the way he interacted with John Hawken's piano playing?
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Permalink Reply by Jean-Luc on
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From the 1997 interview:
It is interesting that America took Renaissance to their hearts, more so than England. Why do you think this happened?
We could try this question again.
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Permalink Reply by Jean-Luc on
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I'd like to know more about Jon's youth. Where did he grow up, which were his studies, how did he come to music, how did he imagine his future? What were his occupations, musical and other, before he joined Renaissance?
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Permalink Reply by Jean-Luc on
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Had Jon been invited to participate to the 1998 Renaissance reunion, the recording of Tuscany or the 2001 shows in UK and Japan? Had he known about that?
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I love the Moog Taurus pedals, can you tell us about your likes or dislikes about them?
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Permalink Reply by Esa on
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My personal favorite album is Song for All Seasons. My personal favorite epic is the combination of Opening Out and Day of the Dreamer. Neither the album nor the track combination is (universally) considered iconic among fans or critics.
My personal pet theory is that such oversight is mainly or partly because of the mediocre and uninspired cover art of the album. Looking forward to Jon's thoughts and recollections about Song for All Seasons cover art.
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Permalink Reply by Jean-Luc on
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Some news from Jon may suggest some more questions.
Just thought i'd let you know that the picture top left [reproduced here above] by my good friend Amer will be the album cover for my solo project-he is an amazing photographer! The album will be called 'Best Kept Secrets' and will include the titles 'Runnung with the Night', 'You must be Brave to pursue Happiness', The Sands of Samarkand' and The Long White Silence'. Website will be functional @ first week of February and there will be some Cathedrale snippets as well for those who may be interested in having a copy.-Take Care-Jon
Some pages showing Amer Jassim's pictures:
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Permalink Reply by Kevin C. Delahanty on
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Wow! Where to start...? The music of Renaissance was very important in my formative years. Those years are long past but your music still resonates. I'd like to thank you for countless hours of musical bliss. I hope you're enjoy excellent health. I cannot wait to give your new CD a spin.
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Permalink Reply by Esa on
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We should ask about Jon's songwriting and his recollections of Betty Thatcher.
Jon's songwriting credits:
Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975)
The Betrayal (Camp, Dunford, Tout)
Love Theme (Camp)
Festival Preparations (Camp, Dunford, Tout)
Finale (Camp, Dunford, Tout)Novella (1977)
Can You Hear Me? (Camp/Dunford/Thatcher)
The Captive Heart (Camp/Dunford)
Touching Once (Is So Hard To Keep) (Camp/Dunford)A Song for All Seasons (1978)
Opening Out (Camp/Dunford)
Day Of The Dreamer (Camp/Dunford)
Closer Than Yesterday (Camp/Dunford)
Kindness (At The End) (Camp)
Back Home Once Again (Camp/Dunford)
A Song For All Seasons (Camp/Dunford/Thatcher/Tout/Sullivan)Azure d'Or (1979)
Only Angels Have Wings (Camp)
Secret Mission (Camp)
Kalynda (A Magical Isle) (Camp)
The Discovery (Camp)
The Flood At Lyons (Camp/Dunford)Camera Camera (1981)
Camera Camera (Camp/Dunford)
Tyrant-Tula (Camp/Dunford)
Running Away From You (Camp)
Ukraine Ways (Camp/Dunford)Time Line (1983)
Flight (Camp/Dunford)
Missing Persons (Camp)
Chagrin Boulevard (Camp/Dunford)
Richard IX (Camp)
The Entertainer (Camp/Dunford)
Electric Avenue (Camp/Dunford)
Majik (Camp/Dunford)
Distant Horizons (Camp)
Orient Express (Camp)
Auto-Tech (Camp/Dunford)
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