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About Jake

Jake is available for gigs, musical theatre, and recording from his home studio. A competent sight-reader and familiar with most styles.

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Drummer

Bracknell

Public liability insurance of £10 million

PAST AND PRESENT CREDITS That Joe Payne - Hybrid drummer, playback, vocoder. Rea Shilian - Hybrid drummer and playback. Aderyn - Live and studio drummer. Khaki Scouts - Own Original Band Eleanore and the Lost - Live (with playback) and studio drummer. Tribute Acts in UK theatres Traveling Wilburys’ Tribute - “Jim Keltner” Honky Tonk Angels country tribute Keeping Bad Company - with playback Lipstick On Your Collar - Dep drummer Location: Berkshire, South East UK. Easy access to London and major motorways. Instruments: Drum Kit and Percussion, Roland SPD-SX, Pads and Triggers, Logic Pro, Ableton Live 11, Mainstage 3 Recording Credits: D. Marin Perez, Aderyn, DZ Riley, Gregory Dean Fortune, Jakob Falcon, AJ Hans, Lisey Tigra, Khaki Scouts, Eleanore and the Lost, Miranda Amess, Blue Eyed Sky Function Band: The Weekend Party Band - DK Management - 2015-2019 with the majority of that time as band leader DK Management - regular dep for many of their other bands including The Hype, Only By The Night, Anthem, Gentleman of the Road 'The Skip Jacks' - Band Boutique - regular dep drummer Tailored Entertainment - Dep drummer Other bands include Harmonix, Function Band, and Felix Hagan Musical Theatre ‘Blues Brothers Xmas Special’ - Arts Theatre, West End. Dep drummer 42nd Street - Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London. Dep Drummer. ‘Top Hat’ - Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London. ‘Anything Goes’ - ‘Upstairs at the Gatehouse’, London Fanatical The Musical - Dep Drummer Oliver! - Leatherhead Theatre Showcase - Rhoda Mcgaw, featuring music from Broadway Hairspray - ‘Capitol Theatre’, Horsham ‘Love Happens Here’ - LGBT Cabaret at Stockwell Playhouse, London. ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ - Landor Theatre, Off West End. Dep drummer. Education: 2015 - Present - Ongoing 1-to-1 Private Tuition with various tutors including Pete Riley, Richard Brook, Todd Sucherman, Neal Wilkinson, Dave Weckl, Peter Erskine, and Bruce Becker 2013 - 2015 - Academy of Contemporary Music, Guildford. 1st Class Degree, BMus (Hons) in Professional Music Performance.

Jake's Reviews

Jake has been a fantastic student at the ACM and has become a wonderful young drummer and is certainly a musician to look out for in the future.

Jake is a superb team player and collaborator, with a professional attitude at all times." John K Miles MMus - Composer and Music Leader

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Jake's Song list

The below list is just a section of songs taken from my iPad from previous gigs put into a random order. This should be a good indicator of the extent of my repertoire and the genres I am comfortable performing in. It only includes covers but of course I'm happy to learn original songs too.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Shut Up and Dance

Hound Dog

It Must Be Love

Does Your Mama Know

Take the A Train

I'm Not Okay

Somebody Told Me

Purple Rain

Chelsea Dagger

Zombie

Dance Monkey

Hot Stuff

Sweet Home Alabama

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Be My Baby

Lets Dance

Wake Me Up

Put Your Records On

Knock On Wood

Human

Learn To Fly

The Cave

The Pretender

Take Me Out

I Will Wait

Hysteria

Are You Gonna Go My Way

La Bamba

With a Little Help From My Friends

Livin' La Vida Loca

Our House

Feel It Still

Harder To Breathe

All Right Now

Back To You

Proud Mary

Merry Christmas Everyone

Iris

Shape Of You

Summer of 69

Fat Bottomed Girls

Message in a Bottle

One and Only

Brown Sugar

Don't You Want Me Baby

Alright Now

I Wish

Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You

She's Electric

Marry You

Just The Two Of Us

Rule The World

Fly Me To The Moon

Good Times

Dancing Queen

Galway Girl

Sing

Twist and Shout

I Want To Break Free

Green Green Grass

Tequila

Mustang Sally

Merry Christmas Everybody

Three Little Birds

Hooked On A Feeling

Lets Stay Together

Better Half Of Me

Da Do Ron Ron

Song 2

Ho Hey

Valerie

Go Your Own Way

Higher and Higher Band

Locked Out Of Heaven

Lady Marmalade

Lets Spend The Night Together

Blurred Lines

I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor

All Star

Chameleon

Sir Duke

Juice

Watermelon Sugar

Eight Days A Week

You Make My Dreams Come True

I'm A Believer

Enough Is Enough

Run To The Hills

The Rock Show

Son Of A Preacher Man

Naive

Highway To Hell

No Diggity

This Love

Place Your Hands

Shallow

Tush - ZZ Top

Love Story

River Deep Mountain High

All My Loving Beatles

Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens

Ain't No Sunshine

Day Tripper

My Girl

Firework

Love On Top

Dancing In The Dark

I Love Rock N Roll

Sweet Caroline

Sky Full Of Stars

All Over The World

Shake It Off

Black And Gold

Living On A Prayer

Crazy In Love

Sunday Morning

Crazy

Running Down A Dream

Sway Drums

Wild Horses

Superstition

Everything I Do

New Shoes

Karma Chameleon

Kiss

Free Fallin'

24K Magic

Filthy Gorgeous

Teenage Kicks

Daydream Believer

Everywhere

Little Lion Man

Obviously

(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

REM - It's the end of the world

You Can Call Me Al

Jolene

Bad Guy

Walking On Sunshine

Fever

Sex On Fire

Rehab

Time Warp

Last Nite

Park Life

Get Lucky

I Shot The Sheriff

Aint No Mountain High Enough

Isn't She Lovely

Hard To Handle

You and Me

Ain't Nobody

Adventure Of A Lifetime

Gangsters paradise

Autumn Leaves

American Pie

Bohemian Rhapsody

Plug In Baby

Wishing Well

Give Me The Night

When The Sun Goes Down

Hit The Road Jack

Tutti Frutti

The Way You Make Me Feel

Call Me Blondie

Hey Jude

Don't Stop Me Now

Stacy's Mom

Walking On The Moon

Can't Stop The Feeling

Please Please Me

Venus

Rock Around The Clock

Waterloo

You Really Got Me

Feeling Good

Grow Old With Me

Signed Sealed Delivered

Counting Stars

Year 3000

Rather Be

Hold My Girl

Where Is My Mind

Forget You

Pompeii

A Thousand Years

American Boy

Satisfaction

Wipeout

Figure It Out

Viva La Vida

Don't Start Now

Not Alone Anymore

Pride and Joy

Celebration

My Hero

Lost In Music

Uptown Funk

Everyday I Have The Blues

Gold Dust

I Saw Her Standing There

Angels

Use Somebody

Somebody To Love

Keep On Movin'

Misirlou

One - Kodaline

Why Do Fools Fall In Love?

Sunny Afternoon

Baby One More Time

I Believe In A Thing Called Love

Hey Ya

Don't Stop Believing

Hammer To Fall

Long Train Running

Ex's and Oh's

All the Small Things

Every Breath You Take

Soul Man

Chasing Cars

Wonderwall

Lovely Day

Handle With Care

Johnny B Goode

I Feel Good

Rolling In The Deep

I'll Be There For You

Rude

Sugar

Runaway Baby

Back For Good

Got My Mind Set On You

Treasure

Jailhouse Rock

You Can't Hurry Love

You Do Something To Me

Seven Nation Army

9 to 5

Whole Lotta Shakin'

Rescue Me

Suspicious Minds

The Best

Friday I'm In Love

Stratus Live

Breakfast At Tiffanys

Don’t Look Back In Anger

Dance With Me Tonight

Country Roads

Stayin' Alive

No Scrubs

Just The Way You Are

Shake, Rattle and Roll

Blue Suede Shoes

Here Comes The Sun

I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Baggy Trousers

Backstreets Back

Rockabye

Faith

Buck Rogers

I Predict A Riot

Dreaming Of You

Can't Get Enough

Bohemian Like You

At Last

Cantaloupe Island

Blinding Lights

Enter Sandman

All I Want For Christmas Is You

Greatest Day

I Gotta Feeling

500 Miles

Great Balls of Fire

Pencil Full Of Lead

Hey Soul Sister

Brass In Pocket

Macarena

Raise Your Glass

Hold Back The River

Dancing In The Moonlight

Fantasy

All Day And All Of The Night

Rosanna

Bring Me To Life

Shine

I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Play That Funky Music

Would I Lie To You

Blame It On The Boogie

After Midnight

Footloose

Burning Love

Ain't No Stopping Us Now

A Town Called Malice

Champagne Supernova

Price Tag

September

Wannabe

Disco Inferno

Here We Go Again

Paradise

Dancing In The Street

Happy

Car Wash

Save Tonight

Love Machine

Basket Case

Master Blaster

Mr Blue Sky

In Too Deep

Stand Me

We Are Family

Toxic

Teenage Dirtbag

Mr Brightside

The Middle

Moves Like Jagger

I Can't Feel My Face

Budapest

I Want You Back

By The Way

Everlong

Dakota

I Put A Spell On You

Had Enough

Pretty Woman

Brown Eyed Girl

Back To Black

I Won't Back Down

Sweet Child Of Mine

All Night Long

Stuck In The Middle With You

Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Shotgun

Don't Stop Til You Get Enough

Mamma Mia

Mercy

Castle On The Hill

What Makes You Beautiful

You've Got The Love

Can't Buy Me Love

Man, I Feel Like A Woman

One Way Or Another Blondie

New York New York

Billie Jean

I'm Yours

True

Are You Gonna Be My Girl

99 Red Balloons

Thinking Out Loud

Bennie and the Jets

All About That Bass

Never Too Much

Le Freak

All I Want - Olivia Rodrigo

You're The One That I Want

Musicianship

Genres:

Film / TV music, Musical theatre, Classical crossover, Christmas, Classical, Electronic, Drum 'n' Bass, Electro-Swing, 1920s era music, 1930s era music, 1940s era music, 1950s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Folk, Bluegrass, Ceillidh, Country, Folk rock, Rockabilly, Jazz, Blues, Cabaret, Dixieland, Gypsy jazz, Jazz fusion, Latin jazz, Modern jazz, Postmodern jukebox jazz, Ragtime, Swing, Barbershop, Gospel, Avant garde, Easy listening, Experimental, Light music, Marching, Noise music, Originals, Pop, Acoustic, Ambient pop, Americana, Covers, Disco, Funk, Funk rock, Hip Hop, Karaoke, Motown, R&B, Soul, Top 40, Tribute, Vintage, Rock, Alternative rock, Britpop, Classic rock, Glam rock, Hard rock, Hardcore, Heavy metal, Indie, Pop rock, Post rock, Power rock, Progressive rock, Punk rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Synth rock, World music, Calypso, Caribbean music, Cuban music, Spanish music, Samba, Tango, Ska, Salsa, Skiffle, Polka, Latin, Reggae, Mariachi, Merengue, German music, Italian music, Jewish music, Hawaiian music, Flamenco, Bossa nova, African music, Contemporary Christian, Military, Traditional church music, Baroque, Contemporary classical, Early music, Fanfare, Medieval music, Opera, Renaissance, Ambient, Breakbeat, Deep house, Dubstep, EDM, Electronica, Garage, House, IDM, Industrial, Jungle, Techno, Triphop, Irish rock, Brazilian music

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Instruments:

Drums, Percussion

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Event types:

Theatre / Show, Wedding, Wedding proposal, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Cruise, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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Other skills:

Drum technician, Transcription, Sound technician, Fluent sight-reader, Fluent improviser, Ableton Live, Instrumental teaching, Theory teaching

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