I want to live as fully present and alive as possible - meeting folks and discovering new beauty in the humans I interact with daily. Sometimes it's easy to forget how beautiful the world and especially human beings are in the day-to-day grind, so I love to adventure and meet new friends in other places. I'm currently on an adventure in Europe/UK in search of beautiful places, interesting people, and songs yet to be written. I'm bringing a guitar along with which to write songs and share stories with people. I'd love to share my music with you and/or your friends! It can be as casual or as concert-y as you'd like; 3 or 30 songs, for just you or your whole town. Just let me know if you're interested. http://brotherjsongs.com/homeshows For more of my music vibe: brotherjsongs.com/book-brother-james I've also just quit social media in search of a more meaningful life. http://brotherjsongs.com/quitting

Lots. Music: Punch Brothers, The Beatles, Lake Street Dive, Allen Stone, Flight of the Conchords, Frank Sinatra, Snarky Puppy, Foy Vance, Sleeping At Last, Chopin, Michael Giacchino, Pomplamoose, The Brilliance Movies: Stranger than Fiction, Nacho Libre, Brothers Bloom, etc. Books (Authors): Classics - Aristotle, Plato, Sartre, Steinbeck, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, Dostoevsky, Augustine, etc. currently reading Lewis' "Space Trilogy", a biography of St. Francis of Assissi, Songwriters on Songwriting, and about a dozen more books..