James' experience in concert production includes international tours with Pigface, Ministry, Royal Crown Revue, and Gary Sinise (Lt. Dan Band).

James also engineered nearly 700 shows at Chicago's Park West Theater, including fashion shows, sporting events, private parties, awards ceremonies, film screenings, comedy performances, lectures, and hundreds of music concerts (including Nick Cave, Laurie Anderson, King Crimson, David Byrne, Jimmy Smith, Glenn Philips, Paula Poundstone, Chicago Cabaret Convention [45 acts in three days], John Mayall, Chuck Berry, Warren Zevon, Gas Giants, Aimee Mann, Alice Peacock, Millie's Orchid Show, Royal Crown Revue, Hot Tuna, Bea Arthur [40 shows], Intergalactic, Prince, Nikka Costa, Michelle Branch, Glen Tilbrook, and countless others.


Work for various Chicago area concert venues and independent sound reinforcement companies has brought his lifetime gig total to nearly two thousand live events.  James has mixed sound in nearly every hotel ballroom, downtown skyscraper, suburban country club, and street festival in the Chicago area.

At this time, James is taking a break from live sound work, in order to focus on studio music production, writing, and teaching.