James, Jr Soundproof Room CD

Like good wine and smooth whiskey he has taken his time maturing as a singer,a song writer,a musical arranger,a producer,a sound engineer and DJ. In over thirty years he has performed more than 3000 live shows and spent over 5000 days in a recording studio environment. He knows the nuts and bolts of the global music industry and has worked with many hundreds of bands and artists through the years including David Bowie, Kiki Dee, Annabella Lwin (Bow Wow Wow),The Ants, Davey O'list (The Nice),Danny Kurstow(Tom Robinson Band),King Kurt,Hazel O'Connor,Rupert Everett,Guy Chambers,Anthony Hopkins,Queen,Roger Walters,Deep Purple,Mitch Mitchell,The Only Ones,Lonestar,Wishbone Ash, Hawkwind,Slade, Rupert's People(John Lennon's back up band on'Imagine'),Helena Springs,Frankie Paul,The Pioneers and The Passadenas. In the sixties, he was a songwriter signed to EMI's publishers Ardmore and Beechwood in London's West End. By the end of 1966 he was living in San Francisco and hanging out in the same haunts as The Doors,The Grateful Dead, Buffalo Springfield,Love,Sly Stone and Janis Joplin. He caught a regular weekly spot as a DJ at the newly opened Rose Garden in Daley City and in July 1967 returned to London to put "a state of the art" DJ show on the road which he called "The Magicians Workshop".

He toured this show around the U.

K and Ireland for the next 7 years. In the mid 1970's he was the co-owner of Roche Studios in Cornwall,S.W.England where both Elvis Costello and A.B.C. cut their studio teeth. In 1979 he picked up 3 No.

1 production credits from CBS (France) for producing J.P.Capdeuvilles first Album "Les Enfants de Tenebre's" and the 2 singles taken from it. Throughout the eighties he was the pioneering spirit behind B.M.D.LTD (Brixton Music Development),a musician and producers co-op based in Brixton,South London with it's own 24 track recording facilities (Globe Studios).

For ten years he worked with a steady flow of grass root and over ground projects covering many diverse musical styles from Alternative and Progressive Rock,to Hip Hop,Computer dance, Reggae,Caribbean Steel,Blues,Pure Pop,Soul and good ol Rock n Roll. By 1991 and after 17 years of fairly continuous round the clock sessions,he was advised by a hearing specialist to take a break from the rigors of studio life.

Ok,he thought- Next! Well the next thing that happened is that he got sampled by Chicago rap band De La Soul (Say No Go 7" and 12" inch versions Tommy Boy Records).

They used some previously released voiceover work from 1975.

Long story short - the record went No.

1 in the dance charts and they paid him for the use of the sample.