James Ready

James is a 26 year old Professional and Experienced Session Guitarist based on the Norfolk/Suffolk border - UK Playing Guitar since the age of 10 and playing in bands since he was 13, James has dedicated his life to music in the way of Performing/Touring, Session Playing, Teaching, Recording and Writing. Throughout his professional music career, James has toured extensively, playing in a range of Venues from music Pubs and Clubs, through to Theatres, Arenas and Large festivals. He has worked with world renowned musicians and stars (live and within the studio) and has featured on numerous Recordings and Productions. This includes releases through Universal Music with major national airplay. James works in a dedicated and professional manner, giving 110% to any and every project which he is involved with. This is justified by comments from the numerous artists and producers that he has worked with over his musical career so far. James has toured alongside a range of Artists including:- *Status Quo (Stately home dates, Accept No Substitute Tour, Aquostic Tour) *The Darkness *Black Stone Cherry *Slade *Bernie Marsden (Whitesnake) *Graham Bonnet (Rainbow) *Eric Martin (Mr.Big) *Chris Slade (AC/DC) Other notable work includes:- *Performing with legendary vocalist Eric Martin (Mr.Big) on two of his Acoustic Tours as Accompanying Guitarist. *Writing for Rick Parfitt (Status Quo) and preparation in regards to Recording and Touring *Playing Guitar for Multi-Platinum artist – Gary Chilton (The Soldiers) on Help For Heroes charity single “I Wonder Where He Is Now” *Playing Guitar on “Rock Remembers Rick” E.P alongside John Coghlan (Status Quo). Charting at #2 in the UK Physical Sales charts Christmas 2017 *Vast studio experience in top UK recording studios, including Abbey Road Studios - London *Working in one of the UK's most highly regarded, up and coming rock bands: Walkway James very proudly Endorses the following companies:- -Orange Amplification -Hayden Amplification -Seymour Duncan -BareKnuckle Pickups -Faith Guitars -Tony Edwards Guitars -The Gig Rig -Graphtech -DS Guitar Engineering -Rocktron