Scott James Featured in Hometown News

Excerpt:

In the ever-more-digitized world of the modern-day music industry, emerging artists struggle to create unique sounds. Many new albums contain old melodies that are merely autotuned to sound a different way.

It’s a trend local musician Scott James defies.

The 16-year-old from Thousand Oaks recently released his second EP (a term for a small album; it stands for “extended play”), featuring three songs written, sung and played by him.

“It’s just me and the acoustic guitar,” Scott said of the album. “It’s the most real and genuine way I express myself as an artist. I am thrilled with the results because it has an indescribable uniqueness.”

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Notable Quotes:

“When I met Scott, he was a fantastic guitar player.  He has since added vocalist, singer and songwriter.”  - Jimmy Jam, former chair of the Recording Academy.

“It’s about having the passion to get better at what you do while having the talent. Scott has natural ability, but he also has the work ethic to do whatever it is he wants to do.” - Jimmy Jam

“He’s taken what other artists have already done, studied them and put his own spin on it.”  - Joe DiBlasi, Grammy nominated producer

“I don’t think I’ve heard another 16-year-old that has near the same amount of passion in his playing.” - Joe DiBlasi