James North is an award winning music producer, mix engineer, composer and musician based in Brisbane Australia with over 20 years experience working with solo artists and bands – including artists with chart topping success.
Many JNP clients experience regular airplay on radio networks and major playlists along with chart accolades – including The Voice 2012 winner Karise Eden’s track ‘Gone’ becoming the #1 independent single in Australia within days of release. Others have gone on to sign publishing and label contracts after completing their projects with us.
Records and songs that James has produced at the JNP recording studio have been feature albums on ABC Radio and Triple J, and many have won or been nominated for various awards over the years.
With Karise Eden
Working with local artists within Australia and artists all over the world from the JNP Studio, James is also a session musician, playing and writing parts for guitar, bass, keys and drums on numerous studio recordings. As a result, solo artists can complete projects without needing to hire external session musicians, and band members can work with someone who truly understands their instrument.
With Kahl Wallis (The Medics)
James has also composed music and songs for TV shows and films on major networks including the BBC, HBO, NBC and other networks in the US, UK, Europe and Canada and is published with Sony/BMG, Warner and several other libraries.
After beginning on the piano at age 5, James progressed to studying jazz on the guitar and expanding as a player to bass and drums during this time. He played and wrote with several touring acts across multiple genres in the late 90s and early 2000s before opening the JNP studio in 2003.
We’ve got 24 channels of pre-amps (Neve, API, SSL, Millennia, Hardy) and use multiple rackmount interfaces from UAD’s flagship range. Our mics have been chosen over 20 years of trial and error and we utilise some of the latest tech including the Kemper Profiling Amp and UAD/Townsend’s groundbreaking L22 Sphere.
When we need specialist instrumentalists like horns, cello, violin, pedal steel, accordion etc. we work with our go-to friends and peers from all over the world – so you may end up working with Snoop Dogg’s trumpet player, some of Nashville’s finest, or a member of an iconic British act. The players we choose to work with always want the same thing we do – the fulfilment of creating a great track!