I'm James; originally from the Los Angeles area (Glendale). I've been teaching ESL (K-12) in Bangkok, Thailand since 1996. My wife is Filipino. We met in Thailand and married in 1998. We have 3 kids; born in 2000, 2003, 2004. Songwriting has been a passion since my early teenage years. I took a bit of a break from songwriting for the last few years to work on an Ed.D. in TESOL. I submitted my dissertation in February and am waiting for an oral defense date to finish the program, so I’ve been itching to get back into regular songwriting routine of writing a song a week. I look forward to looking around the site and getting involved as time allows. Cheers!