JAMES BARR JBKV

 

• James has been playing keyboards since he was 8 years old, although his connection with music started when he was just 4.   He started playing the violin, learning by the suzuki method, however when he was 7 years old, he decided that violin wasn't for him and instead he would play the keyboard his mum had bought for him the Christmas before and couldn't put down.

 

• Playing at school assemblies and at any other opportunity he could,  James started to master the fundamentals of playing and was bought more keyboards at birthdays and Christmas thereafter.

 

• At 10 James started being tutored to play the keyboard and after his  very first lesson was told he had outgrown his current keyboard which had been bought for him for his birthday just two weeks prior.

 

• James entered a few talent competitions when he was 13 and won his first summer season later that year, the following year, he won two more summer seasons.  The following years saw James making a name for himself playing the pubs and clubs of East Anglia.

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• At 17 James secured a position playing keyboards and singing on ships.  7 years and 7 ships later, he returned to UK shores and returned to playing the pub and club circuit.