Underrated Island Music Artist: Justin James

           It must have been around the early episodes of the first season of Iris when I discovered Justin James. The Korean show played one of his tracks, "Love Me More" as a background music. I thought that the song was pretty chill. I then searched on YouTube for that song weeks after just to listen to it again. With that I discovered more great songs by this artist.

           So here's a little bit of who he is. Justin James is originally from Canada. At 18 years of age, he moved out to the Caribbean. He was always into surfing and overall beach lifestyle so moving out there was perfect for him. One day he got attacked by a shark while surfing. He was bedridden for a while. His grandma gave him a guitar to pass the time. Long hours of playing made Justin realized that he had a talent for it. An artist from within was discovered.
         Overall music genre is composed of island/Caribbean/light rock songs. He's got a raspy voice that has the potential to sing for hard rock but still matches well with his songs. Inspiration comes from the love for surfing, beach life, and his overall experience living in the Caribbean. It's relaxing listening to his songs. Surprisingly, he currently has 616 YouTube subscribers and 147,471 total views so you most likely haven't heard of him. I recommend you check out his songs. Hopefully it'll explain why I call this guy an underrated island music artist.

•  Here's a link to his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/justinjamesmusic

•  Main website for more info.: http://justinjamesmusic.com/bio.html

• More bio info. about him: http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/justin-james/2824580