James is a professional upright bassist and bass guitarist working in a wide variety of genres and performance environments. A teacher with many years of experience, James specialises in providing lessons for the upright bass, bass guitar, fretless bass guitar, and six-string bass guitar, in addition to teaching music theory, jazz and improvisation, and composition.
As a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, James has had the opportunity to study and work with many of Australia’s finest musicians, and uses this knowledge to create a dynamic, insightful learning environment that equips students with the knowledge they need to succeed in all musical pursuits.
James’ approach to teaching emphasises a performance-first approach, aiming to prepare students of all ages and abilities for performance opportunities by developing essential instrumental and theoretical abilities, in addition to broad contextual and stylistic knowledge.