When Gavin James stands on stage, his unique voice soaring to falsetto heights and accompanying love ballads with his guitar, the audience holds its breath. The Irishman knows how to get a room to listen to him with rapt attention - perhaps because as a street musician on the streets of Dublin he once learned exactly how to build up suspense, play with pauses and tempo and get people to stop and listen spellbound, even in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Gavin James is without doubt one of the most talented songwriters of our time, and the numbers speak for themselves: billions of streams worldwide, diamond and platinum records and more than 250,000 live tickets sold are proof that James has played his way into the hearts of a worldwide fan base - and will remain there. However, there is something else at the heart of his work: the moments of deep musical inspiration that lead to the discovery of new songs. "You can think of it like an antenna," says the now 33-year-old. "That can happen at three o'clock in the morning when you're half asleep. And if you don't wake up and catch the song that has just appeared, it disappears again. And the more you stretch out that antenna, the more you can capture things and the more songs fly at you." James has now produced three albums and a number of EPs, and yet he is always on the lookout for the perfect song - a quest that continues to blossom creatively, coming pretty close to perfection. However, the closest you can get to Gavin James' music is when you experience him live on stage. When the exceptional musician makes contact with his audience and takes over an entire room, no one can escape. The result: goosebumps. And an evening where the outside world is on pause.