James has toured the United States[2] primarily as a solo performer and as an opening act for Matt Morris, Shawn Colvin and Andy Bell.

He has told the press that his first musical memory was trying to play Richard Marx's "Right Here Waiting" on a toy keyboard at the age of four or five.

[5] His video for the album's title track received airplay on both MTV and Logo, expanding his audience beyond Philadelphia.

[5] Over the next few years, he supported the album by touring extensively, including an appearance at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in 2010, a live performance on SiriusXM,[6] and a tour with singer-songwriter Christopher Dallman which included performances in Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.

[10] In 2014, James released the single "Last Reminder", which was cowritten with Morris,[11] and performed at the Castro Street Fair in San Francisco.