Break Out Artist with James Lee Baker

James Lee Baker is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. His songs are crafted from exposure to many genres of music throughout the course of his life. A classically trained musician, Baker fuses influences from pop singer-songwriters like Matt Wertz, David Mead, and contemporary folk artists like Ellis Paul and Slaid Cleaves. He embraces open tunings to create an unconventional but welcoming sound and timbre to his playing. 

In March of 2010, Baker's song Independence Day was awarded Song of the Month at Songwriter Universe, produced by YouTube sensation Tyler Ward. In May of the same year, the album won the Expose Yourself Song Contest at ReviewPosse.com. Between 2010 and 2012, Baker collaborated with celebrity photographer and cinematographer Sean Hagwell from Denver to produce several top-notch music videos.

In 2015, Hagwell and Baker worked together to produce The Day I Said Goodbye (Acoustic) music video. In March of 2015, Baker’s song That Look In Your Eyes was selected as one of the best songs of the month by Songwriter Universe.  In May of that same year, he released an EP of songs called A Brilliant Defeat. Christopher J. Bloom (The Fray, Rachel James) lead its engineering and production and has worked with James in the past on his previous full-length independent release Something You’ve Left Behind.

James has played at several prominent venues including the Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles, The Fox Theater in Boulder, and Swallow Hill and The Walnut Room in Denver.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jlbakermusic

Website: http://jamesleebaker.com