TULSA OK--- Mask-less music? Is it the latest craze, or the oldest form of rhythm & rhyme known to man? If you ask composer, and new Tulsa resident, Raven James, he'd probably say, "Both." Although James is not the original inventor of this mesmerizing mix of melody and meaning, he is among the first of his generation to harness its potential, and take his audience to places they never expected to go. "Maskless music, " he explains, "is like the rocket boosters on a space shuttle. It takes people out of earth's atmosphere." This up-lifting perspective was first revealed to Raven James as a boy growing up in Chicago. And as with all illumination, the light of his discovery found him during his darkest hour... Diagnosed with the rare strain of Diabetes called Insipidus; Raven's case took the form of a tumor in the center of his brain. But just before he was to undergo surgery, his parents took him to a small inner city church. There, little Raven was encircled by its thirty parishioners and immersed in an overwhelming atmosphere of unfettered, positive... MUSIC. The next day, a team of top surgeons gathered around the morning's final x-rays. As they studied the film, the room's sterilized air electrified with amazement. The tumor was gone. Knowing that he was not expected to see his 18th birthday, Raven tossed aside his masks of fear and timidity, and dedicated his spared life to mastering the ultimate atmosphere maker. He became a musician. Today, barely in his thirties, fresh-faced Raven James has already racked up a resume that would be the envy of a man nearly twice his years. His composing and producing talents have enhanced the works of top-selling bands like Larue (Reunion Records), Dove nominated Christian rockers EveryBodyDuck (Reunion), and The Corbans (Micah Records/Diamante Music Group). Working with Gener8xion Entertainment, James created soundtracks for such productions as the Mother Teresa documentary, "A Pencil in The Hand of God," the Bill McCartney/Promise Keepers Pre-Super Bowl special, "Sold-Out," and the MC Hammer segments of the nationally syndicated, "Kids Against Crime." His very LIVE concerts create a musical environment that promotes the same kind of mask-removing examination that literally changed his life. Using simple words and well-crafted instrumentation, every listener is launched out of their ‘earthly atmosphere,’ and into that uniquely personal world ‘within’. New Tulsa resident Raven James is not just bringing Oklahoma’s atmosphere a breath of fresh air, his ‘mask-less’ spin on rhythm & rhyme is putting a fresh face on Oklahoma’s music, too. -Barton Green Booking Info! National Radio AD Television BUZZ! Maskless Worship Individual Song List - (MP3) Maskless Worship Products International Worship Institute Conference ALLENSTREET BAPTIST CHURCH