Soul Artist James Ian is an R&B singer, songwriter, composer whose music melts his listeners with the quiet intensity of his voice and lyrics.  Never loud, never vulgar, the power in his music comes from the sheer depths of his emotion, brought forth with penetrating poignant lyrics and a voice of honesty and unabashed sincerity.

Yet remarkably this powerful performer has a muscular disability – Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3 – that sometimes makes it difficult for him even to lift his own guitar.  Nonetheless, he is indeed a heavy lifter, a true superman, when it comes to lifting people's spirits!  Listening to his music, people's spirits soar as high as a mountain.  For his Muscle is in the Music, and all his labor goes into it.  It is a Labor of Love, the title of his latest EP.

Always uplifting and inspirational, his songs capture the spirit of a man who wants to live every moment of life, giving brutal honesty and immediacy to his music.  Never letting precious moments pass without due respect, he absorbs every moment, every feeling with fascination, curiosity, and soulful deliberation, all of which spill lusciously into his voice, lyrics and every musical instrument he plays.

Inspired by the R&B hit makers like James Brown, Al Green, Lenny Kravitz, Maxwell, John Legend, and John Mayer, James has created a style of music that mesmerizes audiences.  A fan favorite at music festivals and local bars along the west coast as he performs back and forth between San Diego and Los Angeles, James is establishing himself as the future of his genre.

Listen to James Ian's Labor of Love – a remarkable collection of songs about life and love that were all written, arranged, sung and recorded by him and for which he played all the instruments – and you'll discover a soul-stirring phenomenon driven by a life-long determination to face and conquer challenges with humor and perseverance.

Indie label 8412 Music will be releasing his debut album, The Labor of Love, later this year.

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