James picked up his first pair of sticks at the age of seven when he decided that being a chorister in the church choir wasn’t cool enough. James recently graduated from LIPA (Sir Paul McCartney’s school) in summer 2010 where he studied for four years and graduated with a first class honours degree in Music. James has worked professionally for the last couple of years, mainly in musical theatre. James is currently on UK Tour of Bill Kenwright’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicoloured Dreamcoat.