This is the Australian equivalent of the USA’s Grammy Award, given by the Australian Record Industry Association.
APRA
“Song Of The Year” 1999
Australia’s most prestigious song writing award, voted by peers, equivalent to the USA’s ASCAP awards. Won for the hit “Buses and Trains” as sole writer.
PPCA
“Most Broadcast Australian Artist” 1999
“Most Broadcast Recording” 1999
Achieved by the pop duo Bachelor Girl, of which James is a member as songwriter, producer and performer, for radio and television broadcast success.
RAWARDS - Australia’s commercial radio broadcasting industry awards.
“Best New Australian Artist on Commercial Radio” 1999
“Most Popular Australian Chart Act On Commercial Radio” 1999
FURTHER ACCOLADES:
Mixing on ARIA winning Best Jazz Album "Feels Like Spring" by Idea Of North, 2010
Mixing on ARIA nominated Best Jazz Album "Extraordinary Tale" by Idea Of North, 2011
ARIA “Best New Act” 1998 Nomination
ARIA “Best Pop Release” 1999 Nomination
ARIA “Best New Artist Album” 1999 Nomination
ARIA “Highest Selling Australian Single” 1999 Nomination
RECENT ACTIVITY
Produced "Backbone" album for Anthony Callea, Sony Music Australia. Artist development, song-writing tours and composition. Bespoke software. Scoring “Mutant Chronicles” feature film production trailer 2008 Scoring corporate video for OPEC. Musical Director, TV Pilot for the 7 Network Co-Producing NUMBER ONE album for Damien Leith (Australian Idol Winner) Scoring documentary for the Asian Games 2006 Scoring the Australian feature film “Devil’s Gateway” Producing 4 tracks for forthcoming 2nd album of Anthony Callea (Australia Idol winner) Producing 1 track for forthcoming 3rd album of Guy Sebastian (Australian Idol winner) Producing tracks for debut album with Kiki Courtidis (Pop Stars) Produced new 12 track album for Naked Raven (Germany) Documentary for Amiral Corporation (Egypt) - as composer Documentary for British Heart Foundation - as composer Produced new 11 track album for Country artist Michael O'Rourke Executive Producer for “The Collective” - production music group Produced "Flow" for Australian Idol Winner's album 2004 - Casey (released as Australian single) Composer for international aid agency "Adopt A Minefield"'s 2004 documentary "A Quiet Earth". Remixing "This Time Of Year" - Adam Brand Produced 3 album tracks for undisclosed BMG solo artist
FILM AND TV
Score for “Mutant Chronicles” feature film production trailer (2008) Score for OPEC corporate documentary. Produced (with Bryon Jones) Number 1 Australian Album for Damien Leith. Score for TV documentary for the Asian Games 2006 Score of the feature film “Devil’s Gateway” (2007) Music arrangement, performance and production on the feature film “The Real Macaw”, with Hollywod legend Bill Conti. Bill’s quote…“This is the miracle we needed.” Music arrangement, composition, performance and production on the feature film “Kick”. Song and production over closing credits of feature film “Visitors”. Australian Government short films “Our Lives, Our Choice” & “Getting Somewhere”. Documentary for international organization “Adopt A Minefield”. Documentary for Amiral Corporation (Egypt). Documentary for British Heart Foundation. Composition and production work for Australian Television including The Nine Network and Channel Ten, and country stations. Work includes program themes and openers, closers, background music etc. Numerous corporate soundtracks and commercial jingles, including Coca Cola.
RECORD PRODUCTION
Produced commercially released records for: Bachelor Girl (BMG, top 5), Anthony Callea(2007), Guy Sebastian(2007), Casey Donovan (Australian Idol, top 5), Darlene Zschech (HillSong, top 5), Anthony Warlow (Skylark, top 20), Belinda Emmett (Disney), Naked Raven, Michael O’Rourke, Tania Doko (Sony/BMG), Chelsea Plumley, Anne Wood.
LIVE PERFORMANCE
Two years with Little River Band, touring and recording as keyboard player. Includes tours and performances with US artists Christopher Cross and Glenn Frey from “The Eagles”. Toured and collaborated with Sir Tim Rice (of musical theatre fame). Two years with Tommy Emmanuel. Tour with John Farnham. Supported Billy Joel, Tom Jones, The Eurythmics, and Richard Marx. Other artists performed with include Hank Marvin, David Essex, Jimmy Barnes, Ross Wilson, Mel Smith & Griff Rhys-Jones, Human Nature, and far too many to fully mention.
COMMENTS
“I always endeavour to be a ‘can do’ kind of guy. I enjoy a challenge and new activities. I stick to the philosophy of being easy to work with and doing my best, as I feel one’s reputation is one’s greatest asset. I am widely travelled internationally and have worked with everyone from Clive Davis (J Records/Arista MD) to Hey Hey It's Saturday. After some years as an artist I am focusing on production and composition work and software development as my core activity.”