Steve James

geez, pro written bios are such a drag to read. here's a about me: my name is Steve James, i'm 22 years old from Johnstown, Pennsylvania and i like making catchy music, usually dance or pop but also... fuck genres


My first productions were when i was 12 or 13, inspired a lot by Avicii and Afrojack. In 2014 i did a remix of ZHU’s “Faded” for $1, and it ended up topping Hype Machine and and becoming one of SiriusXM BPM&#39;s top songs of the year. After a boatload of other remixes, I went to LA in 2015 and met <a href="spotify:artist:3JXpwnHbLvXxY99EuXqFPX" data-name="Poo Bear">Poo Bear</a> ,<a href="spotify:artist:1uNFoZAHBGtllmzznpCI3s" data-name="Justin Bieber">Justin Bieber</a>&#39;s main writer, and we co-wrote “<a href="spotify:track:2IjyFRCRn8x1bEquOM3vxg" data-name="Purpose">Purpose</a>” the title track of Bieb&#39;s 2015 album.


I subsequently took my GED that fall and moved to for the 5 craziest years of my life. In my bedroom studio in K-Town I made a drop that turned into <a href="spotify:artist:60d24wfXkVzDSfLS6hyCjZ" data-name="Martin Garrix">Martin Garrix</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:64M6ah0SkkRsnPGtGiRAbb" data-name="Bebe Rexha">Bebe Rexha</a>&#39;s triple-platinum banger, “<a href="spotify:album:1FOJ5IXGXe8dl0cXvCU6wK" data-name="In the Name of Love">In the Name of Love</a>”. I toured with Martin in Ibiza and Vegas, i played shows with The Chainsmokers, Matoma, &amp; Oliver Heldens, while releasing my first few original works &quot;<a href="spotify:track:5dRdbYULhPrdCdCZnWZ9CP" data-name="Renaissance">Renaissance</a>,&quot; &quot;<a href="spotify:album:3J5HLch67zjXtHuIcLnSjh" data-name="In My Head (ft. RKCB)">In My Head (ft. RKCB)</a>&quot; and &quot;<a href="spotify:album:22I2oYF6chrPz9rY0mCpka" data-name="Warrior (feat. LIGHTS)">Warrior (feat. LIGHTS)</a>&quot; I continued to work with artists like <a href="spotify:artist:3e7awlrlDSwF3iM0WBjGMp" data-name="Little Mix">Little Mix</a> (“<a href="spotify:track:02gj0J38nzyO9lNi9mzi3A" data-name="Power (feat. Stormzy)">Power (feat. Stormzy)</a>”), <a href="spotify:artist:7gAppWoH7pcYmphCVTXkzs" data-name="The Vamps">The Vamps</a> (“Middle of the Night”), <a href="spotify:artist:2oX42qP5ineK3hrhBECLmj" data-name="Andy Grammer">Andy Grammer</a> (“<a href="spotify:album:1y4ZXrYJ51B7MRANI7Mi2q" data-name="Best of You (with Elle King)">Best of You (with Elle King)</a>”), and the <a href="spotify:artist:5rSXSAkZ67PYJSvpUpkOr7" data-name="Backstreet Boys">Backstreet Boys</a> (“Nobody Else”).


My debut EP, +One came out in full by January 2020 with one of my favorite songs, <a href="spotify:album:4IPlj2AjEiLO4Z8km50UV4" data-name="fall for you">fall for you</a>. Wanting more control &amp; freedom to do what i love, i moved back to pennsylvania to start my own label: Butter Beats.

thanks for listening &lt;3