James Baluyut is a US singer, guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 and record producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

. He is best known as the lead guitarist for Versus

Versus (band)

Versus is an American indie rock band formed in 1990 by Richard Baluyut, Fontaine Toups and Edward Baluyut in New York City. Richard and Fontaine were to remain the two core members throughout the band's history. The band was noted for their marriage of indie pop songwriting and vocal harmonies to...

 from 1995 onwards and the primary singer, guitarist and producer for +/-

+/- (band)

+/-, or Plus/Minus, is an American indietronic band formed in 2001. The band makes use of both electronic and traditional instruments, and has sought to use electronics to recreate traditional indie rock song forms and instrumental structures...

, a band he formed with Versus bandmate Patrick Ramos

Patrick Ramos

Patrick Ramos is a Filipino-American musician who is notable as drummer for key 1990s indie group Versus, and singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist for 2000s indietronic group +/-....

 in 2001. Baluyut has produced and engineered recordings for other artists such as Whysall Lane

Whysall Lane

Whysall Lane was an American indie rock band based in San Francisco whose music combines elements of 1990s indie rock and classic rock with lyrics inspired by romantic obsession...

, Versus

Versus (band)

Versus is an American indie rock band formed in 1990 by Richard Baluyut, Fontaine Toups and Edward Baluyut in New York City. Richard and Fontaine were to remain the two core members throughout the band's history. The band was noted for their marriage of indie pop songwriting and vocal harmonies to...

 (before joining the band), Mark Robinson

Mark Robinson (musician)

Mark Robinson is an indie-rock musician from Washington, D.C. who founded TeenBeat Records in 1984. Best known for founding Unrest , he has also been a member of Air Miami, Flin Flon, Grenadine, and currently plays with Evelyn Hurley in Cotton Candy. He has released a number of solo records...

, The Missing Planes and The Naysayer. He is the brother of Richard Baluyut

Richard Baluyut

Richard Baluyut is a US singer and guitarist. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist for Versus from 1990 onwards, but he was also a singer/guitarist for Flower between 1986 and 1990 and the lead singer and guitarist for Whysall Lane. He composed the soundtrack for the film Midas' Son...

 and Edward Baluyut

Edward Baluyut

Edward 'd pogi' Baluyut is the drummer for the bands Versus and The Pacific Ocean.He currently resides in Great Neck, New York and is an English teacher for the Great Neck North High School...

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