Occasionally performs music with Biff Gore from Season 6 of The Voice.
Taught college-level graphic design.
Played guitar in the 1980s with an LA South Bay punk band.
Attended and later taught at Colorado Film School in Denver, Colorado.
Born in Inglewood, California.
Has a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts, drawing and painting, and a Bachelor's in Filmmaking.
Married and has four kids.
Plays harmonica, guitar, bass, ukulele and percussion.
Son-in-law to TV director Carol Lee Nafie.
AA Degree from El Camino College.
While a fine arts student, he was robbed at gunpoint. James' sketches of the robbers were distributed by police. They were recognized from James's drawings and were caught and arrested.
Attended El Segundo High School, class of 1985.
Academic honors include graduating Cum Laude; San Francisco State University Dean's List; National Dean's List; Phi Theta Kappa; Colorado Film School Honors Projects.