Artist description Pop music with powerful lyrics that will turn your emotional meter up all the way, with liquid rhythms propelling the sometimes sultry, other times introspective vocals of singer-songwriter James Schappert.

Music Style Pop

Musical Influences David Bowie, The Doors, Erasure, Midnight Oil, Alice Cooper, Duran Duran and many more!

Similar Artists David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Savage Garden

Artist History CoolBlueExit started in October 2000 as the musical vision of singer-songwriter James Schappert. Years of working in original duo and power trio bands and also working as a sound engineer with some of the northeasts best original and cover bands gave James the focus to produce an album of songs that carry the listener to places that they have been to or wish that they could be.

Group Members James V. Schappert

Instruments Korg Karma, Korg MS2000R, Yamaha Pacifica RGX312 II, Pod 2.0, GNX2, Roland SP-808EX, Lexicon MPX-500, HP7935 with Roxio easy cd creator 5, and T-Racks for Mastering, DBX Provocal, EV N/D 357A

Albums CoolBlueExit-under blue sky

Press Reviews This is what the soundtrack to the next Quentin Tarantino movie should be. Nothing but this guy. A one man project that combines electronic eerie melodies with David Bowie type vocals. I feel so stupid for listening to ONE very narrow type of music for the last, umm, 7 years? Amazing music is not extinct we just have to look a little harder. This is going on my station. ---Josh Chambers--- mp3.com/stations/sunsalute--- www.joshchambers.com--- CoolBlueExit is James Schappert much in the same way that Nine Inch Nails is Trent Reznor. Mr. Schappert takes a similar approach to music-making on his debut CD "CoolBlueExit" as Reznor did on "Pretty Hate Machine"---he plays all of the instruments and handles all of the vocals on the album. The result is an extremely well executed collection of euro-synth/slightly gothic/atmospheric pop songs. "CoolBlueExit" was self-recorded and mastered by Schappert. He proves that he knows his way around a mixing board, as the music is tight and smoothly produced. This album sounds especially cool with headphones..Schappert's choice of blips, bleeps, and whooshes often creates an almost other-worldly feel to some tracks ("Angel"). Add vocals that are very reminiscent of David Bowie and Ian Curtis, a few nice drum beats ("Why Can't We", "Under Blue Sky"), and clean guitar work ("Shadow") and you get an interesting and relaxing piece of mood music. James Schappert's first foray into recording is definitely worth having for fans of this type of music, as well as anyone who appreciated quality engineering. I'd be interested to see the direction Schappert takes on his next album. ---Review: Shelley Kipiel--- www.signalfading.com

Location Falls, PA - USA

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