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BIO
James Kaufman: film / tv & game composer, President American Voodoo Records, founder / lead guitarist multi-platinum, MTV favorite band "Opiate For The Masses" (OFTM).
James Kaufman hails from Phoenix, Arizona. From his early roots with "Projex" (metal-rap), James took his song and music writing skills and formed a powerful, industrially-edge act: "Opiate For The Masses" (OFTM). Wanting to ensure the longevity of both his own future, and that of his newly formed band, he created "American Voodoo Records" and signed OFTM as his first artist.
The band released three studio albums "New Machines and The Wasted Life", "Seven", "Goodbye" under American Voodoo and finally, "The Spore" was picked up by Kevin Lyman and Bob Chippardi's record label Warcon Enterprises. This opened doors to playing with Marilyn Manson, Static-X, The Bled, Orgy, Avenged Sevenfold and Drowing Pool, playing on both the Warped Tour and Taste of Chaos tour. With the taste of success on their lips, the band returned to the studio and cut a new album, "Manifesto". Now touted as an "industrial heavyweight", OFTM signed a releasing deal with Century Media and went on tour with Filter and later Bobaflex to support. "Burn You Down", Manfesto's first single was composed by James, and is featured as a downloadable track on "Rock Band 2".
With the success of OFTM, James sought to expand his horitzons and began to work with his friend and mentor, Charlie Clouser, composer for the "Saw" franchise, "Resident Evil: Extinction", "Numb3rs" (TV Series), "Las Vegas" (TV Series), "Fastlane" (TV) and Soundtrack contributor to many other blockbusters such as "The Matrix Reloaded", "End of Days" and "Escape From LA". Through this collaboration, James found a new, dynamic niche where he could excerise his creative strength: composing for film. After several soundtrack contributions to "Saw II" and "Saw III", James moved to composing "Commit To The Line", a powerful documentary Directed by Rachel Dermer and Executive Produced by Milissa L. Kaufman. The film was selected for the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
In the Spring of '08, James was approached by Director Josh Eisenstadt to perform in a horror movie called "Dark Reel", the deal? He wanted to compose. It was a natural fit, and within days character sketches were being crafted and the process started. To date, "Dark Reel" has been officially selected to "Shriekfest", "Eerie Horror Film Festival", "Fright Night", "Estephona Film Festival", "Chicago Horror", "Bourne To Die Film Fest", "Arizona Underground Film Fest", "Bootleg Film Fest", "Dark Carnival Film Fest", "South African HorrorFest", "Scramento Int'l", "Queens Int'l", "Amberg Horror Fest".
Up next? Everything. American Voodoo Records is growing and signing more artists. James is in discussions to score film, TV and game projects and create soundtracks, not only with his
orignal music, also the music of his American Voodoo artists.
Stay tuned to the world of Kaufman... every day opens a new door!
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