?James Revels III is a self-proclaimed “Creative Entrepreneur” who is putting his love of S.A.M.M. (Science, Art, Math and Music) to work. When he’s not busy working what he calls his “9 to 5 job,” he says you can find him “try[ing] to find ways to bring my creative projects to life.” He cites his high schools days at Horizon Science Academy Dayton as the time when his creativity sprang to life: “It all started during high school when a group of friends wanted to record some lyrics to a song so I decided to help out. I bought a $5 gaming mic and some free software and went over their houses to record. I eventually upgraded to a legitimate condenser mic and recorded several mix tapes rapping over random beats we found. Realizing we couldn't monetize copy-written instrumentals eventually lead me into learning music composition.”


But music wasn’t James’ only creative outlet during high school. He also wrote “loads of poetry” and credits a fellow alumnus with convincing him to compile his poetry into a book, which he titled Yesterday's Tomorrow (you can see a sampling of it and hear his music at jamesrevelsiii.bandcamp.com).These days, James still records music and enjoys teaching friends music theory or how to record. He also blogs in what free time he has left. 


James’ book Yesterday’s Tomorrow is available at www.lulu.com/spotlight/jr3yt