All my life I have loved creating music. Everything about it. As a kid I used to beatbox in the car and hummed melodies when I looked out the window. I was only just turning 12 when I joined my first band and started writing and performing live, and fell in love with it ever since.

However, this came with mass amounts of anxiety and insecurity. I always felt trapped as a “drummer”, and despite being equally as proficient in piano, I often would write songs ... read more

2mo

thatweird

AND WHEN THE WORLD NEEDED HIM THE MOST, HE RETURNED...

so, EUREKA is finally on bandcamp now!! I mean, I was aware that it was going to happen eventually, but I didn't expect it to be now (Jake's announcement on insta was literally the first thing I saw when waking up yesterday, lol). anyway, it's a pretty emotional singer-songwriter album that consists solely of Jake singing over his piano, all recorded on his iPhone. the melodies are very nice, they especially shine on the ... read more

2mo

hogeqmain

Thanks @jakedaswag for the rec!

It's been a while since I've heard a aoty user-made project with singing, so I was excited to hear this. The passion of your writing and vocals comes through very clearly in this. The topics of the songs are really ambitious and captivating, and are delivered with a level of sincerity that is difficult to achieve. "water for breakfast" and "cool" stood out the most to me in this regard.

As for the instrumentals, jeez are you a ... read more

1mo

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Track List

1	eureka 4:00	90
2	keep me close 4:32	89
3	ravens & crows 6:19	89
4	water for breakfast 5:20	88
5	birds 3:22	87
6	cherry girl 2:54	86
7	((INTERMISSION)) 2:05	76
8	cool 3:50	87
9	cascade 5:08	87
10	waves 3:52	87
11	mirage 4:20	86
12	cherry girl (reprise) / diamond / imagination / shoulders 5:04	89
13	what a fantastic little friend you are 2:14	84
14	medley 8:02	92