Jim McGorman

Jim McGorman, a native of Philadelphia, is a guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist. Best known for his work with the House Band on the CBS television shows and , he has been musical director for Michelle Branch and toured with Cher. When McGorman toured with Cher on her Farewell Tour, he played guitars, keyboards and sang duets. He has also played with the New Radicals, Poison (band) and Marc Broussard. He has written songs for TV shows such as "One Tree Hill" and "Smallville." TV performances include "The Tonight Show," BBC's "Top of the Pops" and MTV's "TRL." [cite web|url=http://www.musicianshotline.com/archive/interviews/rockstar_inxs.htm | title=Jim McGorman of Rock Star: INXS| month=October | year=2005 |author=Trent Salter| publisher=musicianshotline.com] Jim performed with Michelle Branch on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (episode: Tabula Rasa) and with Dilana Robichaux (the runner-up from Rock Star: Supernova) on Ellen DeGeneres. In October/November 2006, Jim and the House Band toured the United States with Paul Stanley (from KISS). [cite web|url=http://www.musicianshotline.com/issue/features/200702_tour_paulstanley.asp | title=From The Paul Stanley Tour - Living the Dream | month=January | year=2007 |author=Jim McGorman| publisher=musicianshotline.com] In January 2007, Jim became a member of Avril Lavigne's band and will tour with her throughout 2007/2008.

Regarding the Rockstar TV show house band, he says that he feels his role is a multifaceted one: guitar, keys and singing. "Plus, being a writer/artist myself, I feel that I understand how to work with the singers. From a guitar perspective, I try to capture the original tones of the records we play, from guitars to tunings and effects. Rafa has a unique tone that he really likes, so the more I get the original tones right, the more I think the audience will relate to the performance." [cite web|url=http://www.musicianshotline.com/archive/interviews/rockstar_inxs.htm | title=Jim McGorman of Rock Star: INXS| month=October | year=2005 |author=Trent Salter| publisher=musicianshotline.com]

Other members of the House band include: Rafael Moreira (lead guitar), Paul Mirkovich (keyboards), Sasha Krivtsov (bass) and Nate Morton (drums).

Jamestown Ltd

In 2006, McGorman's band Jamestown Ltd released its first album, "The World Is Falling Down". "' Tracks:
## You're Not Alone
## All I Know
## California
## The World Is Falling Down
## Through to You
## Do You Remember
## Rebound
## Let's Not Fall In Love
## Change
## Here Is Now
## You and I

Jim, on Jamestown Ltd and recording the CD "..."Well, Jamestown is my baby. I’ve been working on music my entire life, and this is my first full-length record. I wrote – or co-wrote – all the songs, produced the record, and obviously played guitar, keys and sang. I’ve been working with a lot of the same musicians over the years in L.A.; the drummer (Dave Allen), bass player (Jon Button), and I have been working on original stuff for almost seven years. The three of us played for Michelle Branch when I was her Musical Director from 2001 to 2002. Emerson Swinford (guitar) and I have been writing and playing together for longer than that, and David Levita (guitar) has been a great contribution to the recording process. Though we are all pro players and are generally really busy working on other projects (to pay the bills), this is something we have done for ourselves. I am incredibly proud of the record and how we all worked together to make it happen.We’ll see where it goes from here." [cite web | url=http://www.musicianshotline.com/issue/features/200610_artist_mcgorman3.asp | title=Artist Profile - Jim McGorman| month=October | year=2006 | publisher=musicianshotline.com]

NOTE: band changed name from Jamestown to Jamestown Ltd in January, 2007 due to copyright issues. [cite web | url=http://kissarmyaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1104&sid=d79d17cc908b66d6e9a4f8a30038bfa9| title=Jim McGorman Questions | month=January | year=2007 | publisher=KISS Army Australian Forums]

Musical Influences

"Everyone in my family is musical or some sort of performer. My mother was a dancer, and my dad plays piano and sings. My dad, though, really got me going with music. He showed me the beauty of chord changes. Mom was more of a "word writer." I got my love of lyrics from her. I guess you could say I'm very fortunate to have talented and supportive parents. - Started playing piano at six, drums at eight, guitar at 12, and I've been singing since I was born." [cite web|url=http://www.musicianshotline.com/archive/interviews/rockstar_inxs.htm | title=Jim McGorman of Rock Star: INXS| month=October | year=2005 |author=Trent Salter| publisher=musicianshotline.com]

McGorman cites a number of popular music influences, including soul music of Gamble and Huff, and the rock of Coldplay and U2.

Education

Graduated Cherry Hill High School East, 1992; graduated Berklee College of Music in 1995 with a degree in audio engineering and music production. [cite web | url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_site=courierpostonline&f_site=courierpostonline&f_sitename=Courier-Post+%28Cherry+Hill%2C+NJ%29&p_theme=gannett&p_product=CHCB&p_action=search&p_field_base-0=&p_text_base-0=Jim+McGorman&Search=Search&p_perpage=10&p_maxdocs=200&p_queryname=700&s_search_type=keyword&p_sort=_rank_%3AD&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date%3AB%2CE&p_text_date-0=2006 | title=Music Man| date=July 1, 2006 | author=Chuck Darrow| publisher=courierpostonline.com]

Discography

Main source for discography: [cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=MCGORMAN&sql=11:hm811vj1zzba~T4 | title= allmusic web site - Jim McGorman]

References

External links

* [http://www.jimmcgorman.com/ Jim McGorman Official Web site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/aboutjamestown Jim McGorman (MySpace) Web Site]
* [http://www.rockbandlounge.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=4673 Jim McGorman on ROCKBANDLOUNGE.COM]
* [http://www.sunfired.net/ Jim McGorman - On The Rebound]