Hi
My name is james I am 30, live near Birmingham and have been writing songs for 17 years or more. I write a few different styles; Rock, Country, Folk, Blues and Guitar Pop. I have a back catalogue of over 70 songs and have had a little successes along the way but no big break through.
My biggest achievement was licensing a song to Harley Davidson for a world wide ad campaign. It was used on TV, in sports stadiums and in showrooms. If you google Third Bullet Harley Davidson the commercial should pop up on youtube. I have also been played on many radio stations nationwide and some in europe with various bands Ive been in and have been playlisted on one.
I've had the usual dealings with record companies, major and independant, but never had a deal.
I am now at the age where all the musical people I knew/know are getting married and having kids and dont have the time or energy to commit to music seriously so I have decided to go it alone as an acoustic singer songwiter. I'm pretty nervous about this as I have always had at least one person to perform with and have only performed on my own once.
I am trying to get 5 songs together for an EP at the moment and seem to be going down the Bob Dylan meets Ryan Adams route with the softness of Damien Rice.
I would love to share ideas, see how you get your inspiration, how you structure songs and maybe get to record with a few people.
Thanks for having me on here.