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Born in Perth, Scotland in 1991 James
got his first classical guitar when he was 9 years
old. His decision to study the technical aspects of
the guitar led him to undertake full classical
training. He was an excellent student and quickly
progressed to become a well respected player
performing alone or with various school and amateur
orchestras. The addition of acoustic and electric
guitars came in 2004 .
James’s own style and repertoire has
evolved to include jazz, pop, rock, folk and
classical pieces. The first studio work appeared in
2007 with the “For Tomorrow” album. This included
several instrumental tracks as well as the jazz
influenced “Until tomorrow comes”. For Tomorrow was
self produced with James adding percussion, piano
and bass to his technical abilities.
2008 saw the recording of “Light
September” whilst James was finishing his final year
at school. Several tracks from Light September where
played on local and national radio which brought
James to the attention of Midlands based independent
label Red Monster Records. In 2009 James moved to
Edinburgh to start a degree at Edinburgh University
and was signed to Red Monster Records with a view to
releasing his first single in 2010.
During November 2009 James worked
with the highly respected Iain McKinna of Offbeat
Studios to produce his first single “Right next to
you (These Days)” which was released to wide
approval in April 2010.To support the singles
release James played a number of solo concerts
across Edinburgh and the Lothians.
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