James is Soulmonk.
Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Programming and Sequencing by Soulmonk.
Influences
I have a wide variety of influences... ranging from Rock~Jazz to Electronica~Funk... literally everything and anything. Here are some of them...
Esthero, Portishead, B.T., Jawbox, Deftones, CéU, Orbital, Bach, Wilco, Peeping Tom, Alison Krauss, The Beatles, Naked City, Mr. Bungle, Medeski Martin & Wood, Meat Beat Manifesto, EBN, The Life and Times, N.W.A., Blondie, Dizzy Gillespie, Tori Amos, Tower of Power, Stevie Wonder, Mozart, Oceansize, Failure, Curve, Fishbone, George Harrison, John Coltrane, Bill Laswell, Prince, Charlie Parker, Shiner, Sneaker Pimps, Hybrid, The Deftones, Massive Attack, The Cardigans, Mono, Debussi, Goldie, Hooverphonic, Frou Frou, Dust Brothers, Faithless, Aphex Twins, Squarepusher, Beethoven, The Sundays, Ween, Gorillaz, G. Love, Sarah Mclachlan, Queen, Dinosaur Jr., Chris Isaak, Primus, Elysian Fields, Kenna, The Meters, Material, Lamb, Kelli Ali, The Roots, Olivia Newton John, Public Enemy, Oz Noy, QOTSA, Team Sleep, Porn, Cigarettes,... and Numerous Local and Unsigned Artists.
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Soulmonk is a collaboration of musicianship and technology, intertwined at the core by a conscience effort to break the tedium of traditional music. Wether it be Funk, Rock, Jazz or Electronic... the unorthodox musician that masterminds Soulmonk, has an obsessive desire to inject life into standardized music and create a sound that is familiar, yet fresh.
There is not a conceptual destination for Soulmonk. Through collaborations with other musicians and the "write what you feel" mentality. The project which is Soulmonk, will not be imprisoned by genre... instead will explore the frontier of sub-genres... In search of new land.
Absolutely love your music and artistry, thank you for swinging through Macjams! Hopefully you will post something new there again and stop by and say hi... haven't seen you for awhile! Not like I need a Soulmonk-music-fix or anything... I'm... OK... :-) ttfn, Drakonis
Hello James,
Hope everything's great with you. Here's just a kind invitation to discover my very first album 'waiting again' on my website. Thanks so much, and love from brussels,
- Walt
Hey Soulmonk,
just wanted to stop on your page. If you like my sound, spread the word and be sure to keep in touch! I'm also looking for a male singer so if you have any advice...
dj Spoke
We're asking a few of our MySpace friends, including you, what you think of our music. We're headed back into the studio this summer to record a new CD, so your opinion is important to us. Any comment?