Jake's Music Services

07/27/2024

Loud & Clear is having an event over in downtown Cuyahoga Falls to celebrate its 10-year anniversary! I plan on being there in my capacity as faculty from beginning to end. It'll be a good time!

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07/26/2024

Transcribed Bass Guitar Part for Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water". Way harder than the main guitar part!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f-7ah2lHpFGC5zNQzdXk6QAakP7jJsyg/view?usp=drive_link

07/18/2024

Just uploaded a demo of "Letting Go" to my educational Youtube channel, if anyone's interested in hearing it!

https://youtu.be/HL4_BMHyg6k

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07/17/2024

Wrote this over the past couple hours for my piano students - enjoy!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J6SXCyQAV2aycaMCB4Dmi-YOlSrkoijH/view?usp=drive_link

07/15/2024

Here's one I composed myself about 14 years ago in FL Studio, and recently felt compelled to arrange for solo Piano: "Voyage of a Vivid Dreamer". Normally my piano arrangements/transcriptions include finger numbers, but I'm still determining what would work best for this piece. (I kinda like the open-endedness, but I do eventually want this to be suitable for educational use as well). Anyway follow the link for the PDF! Pictures should be downloadable too, but let me know if they aren't.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zKzznQe0F62jt2hcJt8G5DyI-ozqaNtN/view?usp=drive_link

07/08/2024

With business being slow, I've started pouring some of my extra time into a project with some personal meaning: a full transcription of "Too Good Too Bad" from Cowboy Bebop; it's one of many fantastic jazz pieces written for this classic anime by the legendary Yoko Kanno. https://youtu.be/6q7mtr4cWyo?si=kJlOdGJqQuJspgX3

Back when I was at Kent State (around 12 years ago), I wrote a near-complete transcription, but before I could reach out to classmates for help transcribing the drum part (the one part in the score I don't yet have the know-how for) the hard drive of my laptop failed, and I didn't keep external backups. After that I was completely dispirited. I gave up on transcription/arrangement, and nearly gave up on musicianship both as a craft and as a hobby.

A long time passed and I went back to school and obtained a degree in Music Production & Engineering out of a desire to pick up where I left off, but still I continued to operate out of that place of discouragement and self-doubt. I started so many projects that went unfinished and never truly flourished. But then I started teaching at Loud and Clear Music School last year - my students like quite a variety of music, and my goal of encouraging and informing their growth as musicians has led me back to transcription (just one of many skills I'm finally learning to embrace).

I will be making a number of my Guitar and Piano solo transcriptions available for free download soon, so keep an eye out! Once I'm finished transcribing "Too Good Too Bad", I'll be sharing that for free too!

In the mean time, if anybody has interest in transcription services (or if you know somebody who would) I've gotcha covered! Only thing I can't transcribe (yet) is percussion, but that'll come in due time.

Thanks to everyone who's followed, and extra thanks to those who share!

06/21/2024

Did I mention I teach music?
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05/13/2024

Have needs or ideas beyond what I offer? Let's talk! If I can't help, I may still be able to point you in the right direction!

05/13/2024

Welcome y'all, and thanks for checking out my page! My basic services are listed in the intro section - hit me up with questions!