Jamie Humphries,Richie Kotzen,Phil Hilborne: J new CD features Richie Kotzen

“J” is a collaboration between friends/music partners Jason Campbell, Bass and Vocals, and Jamie Humphries, Guitars, both known to friends and family as Jay, hence the name. Jason and Jamie first met in the early 90’s, while both performing in bands on the Kent Rock scene. Both shared a love for the music of Jimi Hendrix and Kings X, and soon began to work together on various projects. Although at various points they both embarked on other work with in the industry, they still continued to write and record tracks together in their studio.
Jason performed and recorded with renowned UK rock guitarist Phil Hilborne, and also performed with US guitarist Richie Kotzen, (Poison, Mr Big, Vertue). Jason also recorded a series of Bass tuition programs for the M Channel, now shown on Rockworld TV. Jason also worked with Jamie on various commercial projects, including Giants of Metal, and Giants of Rock CD’s for Jamie’s books published by Sanctuary, and legendary 80’s prog/pop band It Bites “Live in Montreux” album.
Jamie has transcribed over 20 guitar books for Total Accuracy, as well as producing over 40 instructional DVD’s for Lick Library. He has written and produced 3 book and CD projects for Sanctuary including Giants of Metal, Giants of Rock, and Crash Course Electric Guitar. He has transcribed for Guitar Techniques for more than 10 years, and has also contributed to Guitarists, Total Guitar and Guitar World. He also hosts online lesson on www.licklibrary.com. Jamie has lectured at the ACM Guildford for the past 10 years. He also performed clinics for Musicman Guitars, Cornford Amplifiers, and the ACM in the UK, USA and Japan. In 2005 he performed guitar on the Top 20 hit single “Rocket” by Braund Reynold , which was single of the week twice on Radio 1, and #1 in the Buzz chart. He has recorded for the Hoxton Whores, Phonetic Records, Public Symphony and Luciana. His guitar playing has been heard on such TV shows as The Fixer, Freephonix, Top Gear, The World Cup, Winter Olympics and Sky Movies. He also performs in the hit West End Musical “We Will Rock You”, and has toured the USA extensively with The Australian Pink Floyd Show. This year he begins touring with a new show called The Mystic Orchestra in the USA.
The “J” project is a collection of vocal and instrumental music, and features Pete Riley on drums, from Keith Emmerson’s band, and Guthrie Govan’s Erotic Cakes. Guest musicians include Richie Kotzen and Phil Hilborne on guitars. This album covers many musical genre’s from Hard Rock, Fusion, and Instrumental Rock, drawing influence from Kings X, The Jelly Jam, Platapus, Soundgarden, It Bites, Greg Howe and Brett Garsed. buy: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jrecordings

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