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ABOUT

I had well over 2,000,000 hits, well over 250,000 "friends" and over 2,000 subscribers on my now "permanently disabled" be channel. There are some folders up on PICASA with some of the live music videos that they took down:

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I sing and play virtually all musical instruments: keys, lead and slide and fingerstyle guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, violin, viola, cello, drums/percussion, clarinet, saxophones, flute, recorder, pedal steel guitar, trumpet, diatonic/blues and chromatic harmonica, etc.

I have almost 40 years experience on keyboards and guitar - and over 30 years experience in voice, woodwinds (clarinet, sax, flute, recorder, etc.) percussion (drumkit e.g.), bass, etc.

I have spent most of my career singing and playing in bands (touring 5 continents - mainly the U.S. and Europe - 40+ countries - with national acts like Bertie Higgins - "Sailing Away to Key Largo" - and Dennis Yost of the Classics IV - "Spooky", "Stormy", "Traces of Love" etc.).

I have also been giving private lessons for over a quarter of a century. (Mainly I strive to teach/encourage a life-long, passionate love of music, playing and performing.)

Members James Graff singer/songwriter/producer
plays ALL musical instruments!!

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James Graff's You Tube Page/Channel:

THE 5th MOST VIEWED MUSICIAN IN THE WORLD!!!

2,050,000+ -- well over 2 MILLION -- video views!!


250,000+ "friends"
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35+ all original, self-produced music videos


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"Pure Geneious!"

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"vocals are unreal as others have said"

"he have the voice like bon scott ^^ love this :-)"

"Really great voice"

"you've got a great voice"

"do you do any bon jovi covers,your voice is like jons"

"You rule man, that's a magic cover ;-) 5/5"

""F**K ME RUNNIN'".........this is the s**t"

"Wow! That's a great video! With great music too!"

"Great song! And the video is hilarious"

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"great tune!"

"cool song are there more?"

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"All of the positive comments here are well-justified. you are so awesome! :)"

"What amazing piano playing. Great singing too."

"Awesome playing and singing"

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"awesome song... Omg the man rocks!"

"You are so talented, it is amazing. What an inspiration."

"simply the bee's knee's, top class"

"Absolutely fantastic cover. In some ways even better than the original. Keep it coming."

"Excellent cover, very very good job! Loved every second, covering Pink Floyd is a tough act. Well done!"

"Absolutely wonderful cover! EXCELLENT vocal work and BLAZING guitar! Absolutely outstanding! Did I mention it was very good?"

"awesome playing 1 of the best ive seen 5*"

"Somehow I find this as the best cover of "Comfortably Numb" all over be. Your voice is far beyond beliefs and I find it kind of funny; how you manage to do it so perfectly. I'm sure PF is, if they heard your cover, full of jealousy. I don't claim or state that your version is better than the original. But this cover is special, mayhap a masterpiece. I think I just fell in love with your art. Keep it up, you are good!"

"wow man that was f***ing perfect, while i was reading the comments i forgot this was a cover and i thought i was listening to the real song"

"Best cover i've seen by far!"

"whoa! that is by far the best cover of this song ive ever heard."

"You guys did the best cover of "Would" that ive ever heard..be it, internet or at the bar...awesome job..keep it going!!"

"Awesome...You guys are as good as I have heard also..Keep after it."

"this has got to be the best cover AC/DC ever!!"

"U must b paying people 4 these comments."

(THOUSANDS of more comments on be!)


I wrote, produced, engineered, sang and played every instrument on almost all of my recordings - they're really just demos (live is another story - for more info on the musicians playing in the videos go to my be page!)

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THE 5th MOST VIEWED MUSICIAN IN THE WORLD!!!

2,050,000+ -- well over 2 MILLION -- video views!!


250,000+ "friends"

1000+ Subscribers
OVER 135 AWARD WINNING,
LIVE CONCERT AND
MTV STYLE ENTERTAINMENT VIDEOS!!

35+ ALL ORIGINAL, SELF-PRODUCED MUSIC VIDEOS!

James Graff's GARAGE BAND Page: over 20 songs - self-recorded and produce demos - on mp3!!

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Thanks!
In the past I have PLAYED WITH:
-----MOTOR Voted Best Hard Rock Band and Nominated for Best Cover Band in Florida (Population 16 million) by XS Magazine Readers, CD “Screaming Bloody Motor” Sold thousands of copies, Videos for the singles “Reptile” and “Pedal to the Metal” are still being played on cable television all across Florida and received airplay in the US and Europe
-----Kirk Kelsy-producer/live sound engineer for
CREED: “Arms Wide Open”, “Higher”
-----Kenny-A.K.A. "GINGER FISH" Drummer for
MARYLIN MANSON: “Sweet Dreams”, ”The Beautiful People”, “The Dope Show”
-----Mike Mangini-Drummer for
STEVE VAI, ANNIHILATOR, "World's Fastest Drummer" - Mike holds five Guiness World Book of Records
-----“Drum” Phil-Producer/live sound engineer for
THE STEVE MORSE BAND
-----Lead Saxophone Player for
FRANK SINATRA (I don’t remember his name but he was the best horn player I have EVER heard!)
-----Dennis Yost-Singer/Songwriter for
THE CLASSICS IV: “Spooky”, “Stormy”, “Traces of Love”
-----BERTIE HIGGINS: World-wide Smash Hits “Sailing Away to Key Largo”, “Casablanca”: Key Largo blew a hole in the U.S. charts. When it reached number one in the nation, the world took notice and it went on to become an international hit. Other hit singles followed like Just Another Day in P aradise, Casablanca and Pirates and Poets. Casablanca became song of the year in all of the pacific rim and the album hit double platinum. Bertie Higgins became an international recording star literally overnight. He is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon.
-----THE HATTERS signed to Atlantic Records with Adam Hirsh and Adam Evans with special guest Blues Traveler's John Popper
-----Lori Miller-Singer/Dancer for EXPOSÉ: Top 10 Hit “Seasons Change”
----Jamie “King” Colton-Singer/Song Writer, Saxophone/Keyboard/Guitar Player: Recorded and toured with DION and wrote the Top 40 Hit“Here Comes The Judge”
----Robbin Fox: “I See Stars”-----
----Roger Ramsey from Splint in Boston
----"Drum Man" Nat Barouch [://.drumman] multitalented songwriter/singer/drummer (and website designer) for Nobody's Fault, Mad Hatters, Signal Zero, Higher Ground, Rockstreet, etc.
----Gary Schutt [.garyschutt]--songwriter/ virtuoso--working with Jeff Scott Soto[.jeffscottsoto] who was the real "voice" on the soundtrack of the movie "Rock Star" (My Brothers Nickname for me)
-----House of Games-Official opening act for WASP's World Dominator Tour 2006 touring Europe-Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Sweden, Finland-
------AND COUNTLESS OTHERS!!!

Screen name:
graffjamie
Member since:
Oct 06 2009
Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:
Committed
Years playing music:
40
Gigs played:
Over 100
Tend to practice:
More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:
6-7 nights a week
Most available:
Days

Influences

WRITING: Back, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Wagner, Puccini, Verdi, Handel, Glass, Schoenberg, Gershwin, Parker, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Springsteen, Dylan, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Eagles, Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Neil Young, Doors, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Black Sabbath, Zappa,

VOCALS: Plant, Pavaroti, Domingo, Boticeli, Callas, Jeff Scott Soto (sings for Foreigner now - used to sing in a Queen tribute with one of my old bandmates - Gary Schutt playing bass: Gary is a monster musician - guitar, bass, drums, vocals, songwriting), Lou Gramm, Paul McCartney, Mercury, Don Henley, Billy Joel,...

LEAD ELECTRIC GUITAR: Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Page, Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Mark Knopfler, Paganini, Frank Gambale, Jerry Garcia, Allmans, Tony Macalpine, Michael Angelo, Brian Setzer, Billy Gibbons, Joe Perry, Slash, Eric Johnson, Alan Holdsworth, ...

SLIDE GUITAR: Duane Allman, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Hendrix, Ry Cooder, Johnson

KEYBOARDS: Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Chopin, Scott Joplin, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Billy Joel, Keith Emerson, Mats and Morgan, Jan Hammer, Rudess,..


DRUMS/PERCUSSION: Bonham, Buddy Rich, Mike Mangini (I knew Mike when he was playing a four piece kit - snare, bass, high hat, crash - LEFTY in a pub so small the roaches had to stand up on two legs to get by each other!!), Dave Weckl, Kenny drummer for Marilyn Manson (I don't know his name now that he is in MM but I used to play with him in the Boca Raton Dirty Moes houseband called Nightshift (or better known as NightSH!T) - he sang and played electronic drums - totally turned me onto them - Manson is still ripping him to shreds, making fun of him on stage: just like the leadsinger, Greg, used to do in our band!!)

BASS: Victor Wooten, Flea, Primus, Bad Company

ALTO AND TENOR SAX: Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Clarence Clemens, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, David Sandborborne,...

ELECTRIC 6 STRING VIOLIN/VIOLA/CELLO: Paganini, Mozart, Mark Woods, Kansas, ELO, George Martin

CLARINET: Benny Goodman, Woody Allen, Mrs. Reinhardt (3rd-8th grade music teacher)

FLUTE: Jethro Tull, Moody BLues

TRUMPET: Louie Armstrong, Dizzy Gilespie, Miles Davis, Doc Severinsen (Johnny Carson Show Bandleader), Forest "Bo" Bajbek (my cousin with perfect pitch, played french horn with the Torres Orchestra)

BANJO: Roy Clark, Bela Fleck

MANDOLIN: Jimi Page, Rod Stewart

PEDAL STEEL GUITAR: Bobby Seymour, Jerry Garcia, Emmons (hell...he done designed that there guitar I play!!)

BLUSE HARP, HARMONICA, CHROMACTIC HARMONICA:
Inspired by a few great friends who really blew: Dirk Gilbert former frontman/harmonica player/guitar for south Florida's MOTOR (Voted Best Hard Rock Band and Nominated for Best Cover Band in Florida (Population 16 million) by XS Magazine Readers, CD "Screaming Bloody Motor" Sold thousands of copies, Videos for the singles "Reptile" and "Pedal to the Metal" are still being played on cable television all across Florida and received airplay in the US and Europe), "Hurricane" Hirk of the Belmar duo Jr. and Hirk, JASON RICCI: the BEST harp player I have ever heard - I saw him and his band "New Blood" at the blues club on bleeker in the village - he played a 40 minute harp solo and the last twenty minutes of the solo was accompanied by a standing ovation from the crowd!!! And of course the greats: Big and Little Walter, Sonny Terry, Sonny Boy Williamson, Paul Butterfield, Stevie Wonder....

EQUIPMENT

I have the very best of most musical equipment (the best portable PA on the Jersey Shore, 15+ guitars, 6+ guitar amps...)

Pretty much you name it:

ELECTRIC GUITARS:
Flame top GIBSON Les Paul Standard - Serial 9 09xx or
'94 TOM ANDERSON Drop Top Classic, KAHLER (Floyd Rose Licensed) or
'90s FENDER Am. Std. Stratocaster or
'05 GRETSCH Brian Setzer - BIGSBY or
'72 IBANEZ Destoyer with Seymour Duncans or
'70s "Frankenstrat" FENDER Stratocaster body, BOOGIE Neck, FLOYD ROSE and EMGs:SSH
'80s GIBSON Epiphone PRS style solid body with Wilkonson vibrato
ETC....


PEDAL STEEL GUITAR:
'66 EMMONS D-10 - vintage collectable, "The '50s Les Paul Gold Top of pedal steels" - Bobby Seymour - push-pull, double neck, pedal steel guitar


ELECTRIC 6 STRING VIOLIN/VIOLA/CELLO:
2006 MARK WOODS Viper - 6 string electric violin/viola/cello, sunburst, exotic burl


ACOUSTIC STRINGED INSTRUMENTS:

TAKAMINE 12 String Acoustic/Electric
YAMAHA SPX-90 Acoustic/Electric Guitar
MARTIN Sigma DR-28 Acoustic Guitar
MICHEAL KELLY acoustic/electric "Legacy FS" Mandolin
DEERING "Maple Blosom" 5 string resonator Banjo!!!


KEYBOARDS:

KORG Triton Pro, 76 keys
YAMAHA SY99, 76 keys
ROLAND JV1010
ROLAND D70, 76 keys
TMK Midi controller, 88 keys, 7 pounds (4.5 kilos)!
Two 3 tier ULTIMATE stands with mic booms
Countless other stands


WOODWINDS AND BRASS:

'66 SELMER Mark VI Tenor Sax
'30s MARTIN Alto Sax
'57 BUFFET R13 Clarinet
'70s ARTLEY Clarinet
PEARL 775 solid silver flute
BACH STRADIVARIUS Trumpet
Countless wind instruments: Dozens of Harmonicas - LEE OSCARS, HOHNER Melody Makers, HOHNER Marine Bands and Marine Band Deluxe, HOHNER Chromatic Harmonica, HOHNER XB40 Harmonica, Penny whistle, Romanian ocarina, Peruvian recorder, Estonian Reed flute, etc.


PERCUSSION/DRUMS:

ROLAND HDP-15 Handsonic
DRUMKAT
ROLAND Pad80 II
Four custom made drum pads
2 DW-5000 Foot Pedal/triggers
One Hatkat foot pedal
Countless Percussion Instruments: Tamborines, Shaker, Cowbells, Castinets, Pringles cans, tables, chairs, etc. (The universe is one big percussion instrument)


AMPLIFIERS:

'99 MARSHALL TSL 2000 2x12 Combo - 100/50 Watts
'80s MARSHALL 2555 Sliver Jubilee 100/50 Watts
'66 FENDER Blackface Twin Reverb 2x12 - 85 Watts
'72 FENDER Super Twin Reverb 2x12 - 160 Watts
'99 FENDER Prosonic 2x10 Combo - 60 Watts


GUITAR CABINETS:

MESA BOOGIE 4x12 Rectifier
MESA BOOGIE 1x12 Thiel
MARSHALL 4x12 1960TVa


GUITAR RIG:
For a quick description of my guitar rig (I know... call me an ADDICTED gear FREAK):

For solo gigs I usually just play my Tom Anderson Drop Top Classic into a Boss ME33 (or maybe a Sansamp or MAYBE my Marshall TSL 2000 using the balanced "Direct Out").
BUT for band gigs I'll take 1-3 of my guitars (and MAYBE my pedal steel or electric violin/viola/cello):

INTO

George L cables (throughout) INTO
(All in a GATOR GIGBOX)
Multi channel looper which true bypasses EVERYTHING into the amps
- in the loops of the looper:

EFFECTS AND TUBE PREAMPS:
RMC Wah (or Vox 847 Reissue or 2 '70s Dunlop Crybabys (modded for true bypass)) FOXROX Captain Coconut 2 (Octavia, Fuzzface, Univibe reproductions with its own AC power), or Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe, ZVEX Fuzz Probe,
FULLTONE OCD,
IBANEZ TS808 (reissue),
'70s BOSS OD-1,
2 Sansamps,
CARL MARTIN Plexitone,
B.K. BUTLER Tube Driver with bias control,
'80s ROSS Compressor,
'70s script logo MXR Phase 90,
TC ELECTRONICS Chorus/Flanger,
ANALOGMAN Bi-Chorus,
MAXON AD9 analog delay,
PETERSON Strobo Tuner (gtr sweetened setting),
Powered by a Powerall
All in a GATOR Gigbox)

MESA BOOGIE Triaxis

TC ELECTRONICS G SYSTEM

INTO

AMPLIFIERS:

MARSHALL TSL 2000 2x12 semi open back combo with
- one 12" CELESTION Heritage and one 12" CELESTION "Vintage 30"

(OR for really big shows):
stereo out INTO Lehle D. Loop (stereo amp selector) to either

FIRST: "MARSHALL" amps in stereo:

MARSHALL Jubilee 2550, 100 watts into
MESA BOOGIE Rectifier Cabinet
- over sized 4x12 slant cabinet with 4 celestion 75 watt "vintage 30s" AND

MARSHALL TSL 2000 100 watt into a
HEIL Talk Box into
MARSHALL 1960TVa
- "Hendrix" over sized 4x12 slant cabinet with 4 celestion 25 watt greenbacks

OR

SECOND: "FENDER" amps in stereo:

'66 Blackface FENDER Twin, 85 watts with two JBL-D120s and

'72 FENDER Super Twin Reverb, 180 watts with two JBL-D120s


EXTRA AMPS AND CABINETS:

FENDER Prosonic 2x10 Celestion combo - 60 watts, class A or AB,
MESA BOOGIE Thiel - Closed back 200 watt EV Black Widow 12" speaker cabinet

Sometimes on one of the guitars:

ROLAND GK2a Pickup INTO

ROLAND VG88


BLUSE HARP RIG:

Blues harps (Lee Oscars, Hohner Marine Band Deluxe, Hohner Melody Makers - all gapped for overblowing, Hohner ) INTO

SHURE"Green Bullet" mic INTO

BOSS Multi Effects ME-33

(and for bigger shows INTO)

FENDER Prosonic 60 watt, class A (or class AB), open back cab with
- two 10" Celestions


For more info ...(you masochist)...and some PHOTOS and more details on ALL my equipment:


Some EQUIPMENT PHOTOS AND LISTS on
James Graff.com