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Getting to know the band: James Anthony Galea

NAME:	JAMES ANTHONY GALEA
D.O.B:	14TH FEBRUARY 1974
ROLE :	GUITARIST/ SONG WRITER
FORMER BANDS:	PURPLE HAZE , DREAMSCAPE
HOBBIES:	SCUBA DIVING / ART
PERFORMED IN:	VARIOUS GIGS SHOWS & FESTIVALS
	JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (GHAQDA ATTURI LUQA 1995)
	HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MUSICALS (L.A.P. 1996)
	GESU’ TA’ NAZARETH (TEATRU RJAL 2000)
	RIFLESSI (SKENE 2003)
	DAWLFIDDLAM (SKENE 2004)

James started playing guitar in 1990. He is influenced by te music of Savon, Dream Theatre, Rush, Symphony X, Chich Corea u Steve Morse. He joined Purple Haze, a leading Rock band; in january 1992 contributing a modern sound to the band. In 1995 he joined Gaqda Atturi Luqa where he met Stefan Tate and joined his band Dreamscape. After a year James met Jotham and Samuel Hayman at L.A.P. and both of them joined Dreamscape.In 1996 Dreamscape recorded a t rack on a cd compilation called Illusions which featured several Maltese bands. Leading to various gigs. After that James left Dreamscape which eventually evolved into Scream Daisy. In 2000 James played in the musical Gesù ta' Nazaret. James started studying classical music and in the meantime he played in several recordings for festival songs . In 2002 he was called in by SKENE where he, Eric & Patrick set up the SKENE band together with Josef (James’ schoolmate and musician) who had performed with him in Jesus Christ Superstar & highlights of the musicals . After that Silvan, a bass player who had performed with James and Josef in the highlights joined the band too. Together they wrote the score for Riflessi and for the past months have been composing the music score for DAWLFIDDLAM

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