At a time when any musician with a personal computer can create recorded music it becomes difficult to find the real talent out there. It takes passion, experience and education for a composer to rise out of the crowd, and James Sizemore has these characteristics. As a trained audio engineer and composer, James has the capabilities to write, record, and produce original and innovative music.
James has provided his production services to a wide variety of international artists such as legendary Jazz musician Branford Marsalis, pop sensation Maroon 5, and Hip-Hop pioneers Wu-Tang Clan. James draws his inspiration, however, not from the many popular musicians he has worked with, but from the innovators and artists of new music.
James Sizemore is also an accomplished composer and musician. His musical drive has led him to perform as a drummer for bluegrass, jazz, and punk bands, a solo pianist for bars and restaurants, as an electronic artist, and as part of Balinese gamelan ensembles, African drum ensembles, and experimental music ensembles. He holds a Masters degree in Music from NYU and has studied composition and orchestration from Justin Dello-Joio, orchestrator Sonny Kompanek, and film composer Ira Newborn. He has also worked and studied with American composer Philip Glass. His works for orchestra have been performed by members of the Colorado Springs Symphony and at The Lincoln Center in New York City, where they received great acclaim. James has also released albums of abstract electronic music, solo piano, and other styles as well.
These experiences allow James Sizemore to compose and produce original and innovative music that is custom fit for your project. He has scored a wide variety of films, as well as commercial and corporate projects.
James currently lives in New York City where he continues to work as a composer and an audio engineer while also teaching courses in Music Production and Sound for Multimedia at NYU and the CUNY College of Technology.