About

The bass guitar was thrust upon James as an impressionable teenager who just wanted to seem cool at school and join a band (the flute was hardly the coolest thing to play as a prepubescent boy).  He played a little guitar, and a little drums but there was already a better guitarist and better drummer in his circle of friends so, to fit in, he picked up the bass.  

Since then, James grew to love the instrument and has since gone on to study the bass guitar at postgraduate level.  Throughout his studies James became, and continues to be, a well sought-after bass player in the studio, on the stage and in the theatre.  As a session player, James can be found on the recordings of a number of upcoming artists in genres ranging from rock and pop to soul and funk.  His genre-crossing playing has come in handy when called upon to perform at functions across the world, allowing him to hold himself and excel in any function band setting. 

As his career develops, musical theatre plays a growing contribution to his portfolio of work, encouraging him to start learning the double bass in order to open his horizons to more of the theatre repertoire.  He can be found in the pit in and around London, most recently for 4 of the major theatre/arts schools in London (Trinity Laban, Arts Ed, Bird, MTA).

James’ biggest love is writing music and so he often finds himself with a number of projects on the go including singer/songwriters and bands, heavily contributing to the creative music writing in those projects.  Current creative projects include Cardboard Wolf, Fergusons, Barney Fritz.