Making Music With Jake Haws

In this episode, I'm joined by Eric Bay, a singer/songwriter from Surrey, England. We talk about his music career and collaborate on a brand new song. We recorded this back in March, so you'll hear us talk a little bit about the spread of the COVID-19 kind of at the earlier stages when more people were panic buying. After Eric and I finished writing the song over a video chat, we recorded our parts separately in our own home studios. Eric provided vocals and keyboard tracks along with some synth parts and I recorded backing vocals, guitars, synth, bass, drums and percussion. I did the initial mix, with Eric finishing the final mix and the song mastered by Joe Lonsdale. I'm really happy with how it turned. I hope it can provide some optimism for people during a difficult time. Enjoy. Lyrics: Knocking on the door on a rainy afternoonThursdays always seem to come around so soonI could tell from the look on your face that it's getting to yaYou wanna be strong but you're worried about the future A sunny day is on

In this episode, I talk about a new business I just launched called Arches Audio. We provide music and audio services for creative projects like podcast, audiobooks, youtube videos, ads, TV, and film. Visit archesaudio.com for more details. I also break down a new hip hop track in the style of Gorillaz called "Simple Math." To download this song for use in your projects, visit: https://archesaudio.com/shop/stock-music/simple-math-alternative-hip-hop/ Use promo code "songoftheweek" at checkout to download and use this song in video use for free. Good until July 12. Pitchfork Article - The Secrets to a Successful Podcast: https://pitchfork.com/features/article/the-secrets-of-successful-podcast-music/ Circles Drum Samples: https://www.circlesdrumsamples.com/

For this episode, I meet up with an old friend of mine, Drew Danburry. Drew has been playing music for nearly 20 years as a DIY solo indie folk artist, playing over 800 shows around the world and recording dozens of albums. His latest release is the excellent EP, Pallid Boy & Spindling Girl. Some of Drew’s past releases are side projects, many of which being collaborations with other artists. One project Drew and I worked on together back in 2010 was called “Reliving the 90s,” where musicians from the Provo, Utah area covered songs from the 90s. Drew’s song was a fun take on the Vengaboys classic “Boom Boom Boom.” My band at the time, Adding Machines, recorded a version of Weezer’s Across the Sea, which Drew sang harmony vocals on. See the rest of the videos on Youtube. Drew and I later collaborated on a song for his 2014 album “70 Love Songs” as part of his “For all the Girls” project. This time, Drew and I are collaborating yet again on a song for this podcast. We starting with writing a song about slee

This episode marks a special occasion because it's the 100th episode! I started this podcast at the beginning of 2016 it’s now just past the 4 year anniversary of putting this out. It's been a blast sharing what I'm working on musically with you and collaborating with guests. So, I thought a lot about what I wanted to do for the 100th episode to make it special so I decided I would talk about sort of my journey as a musician and how creating music has evolved for me over the years. Hopefully it gives some insight into why I do what I do and maybe it will be of some help to you as you travel on your own creative journey. Visit jakehaws.com to download the songs from the episode. Visit thefabfolk.com for more on my folk duo. Visit my new stock music site, archesaudio.com.

My family has a tradition of recording Christmas songs every year. Some years, we’ve done as many as 5 songs and other years we’ve only done one. This year we were pretty busy but we were still able to do two song. For the first one, my wife and I recorded a jazzy version of Winter Wonderland with 2 vocals, acoustic guitar, bass and drums. The 2nd features our three kids on an instrumental version of Up on the Housetop with violin, chimes and sleigh bells. These two songs (as well as all the other songs were done over the past 13 years) are available for free on my website, jakehaws.com  We hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays!

As this year wraps up, I'm sharing my favorite albums from 2019. There were a lot of great records that came out and I honestly had a hard time narrowing it down to just ten but I did, and here they are. Music includes Kishi Bashi, Vampire Weekend, David Gray, Billie Eilish, Takenobu, Vid Nelson, Angel Olsen, Big Thief, Joy Williams, and Telekinesis. Spotify Playlist of my favorite albums of 2019: https://open.spotify.com/user/121154176/playlist/0LOwKZdZTr19Hk8iAiNI6U Spotify Playlist of my favorite songs of 2019: https://open.spotify.com/user/121154176/playlist/4IGjRx7LoUCmBwnDpWyIYV Visit my website: http://jakehaws.com

For this episode, I meet up with Jack Mergist. We talk about how he balances his music and film projects and we challenge ourselves to write a sequel song to the Weezer classic, "Only In Dreams." Visit jakehaws.com for more info.

In this episode, Michael Stanley and I get together and jam on the Beatles.   Visit jakehaws.com for more music and podcast episodes.

In this episode, I sit down with singer/songwriter Cody Butler (aka The Boy and His Dog aka Cody Francis). He plays some tunes and we talk about his musical endeavors and life. We also collaborate on a song together called "Moving Forward," which is about a father watching his daughter grow up. Visit jakehaws.com for lyrics and free download of the song.

I'm joined by two guests, Dawn Red Sun and Audrey Olivier, originally from Germany and Switzerland, respectively. They share 3 songs they collaborated on and talk about the process of how the music came together. Songs produced by Adam Basedow. Visit their youtube pages for more music: Dawn Red Sun: https://www.youtube.com/user/DawnRedSun Audrey Olivier: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7PAbUqikduGjfrJOcBmUdA

In this week's episode, I highlight a song from my "50 Songs in 50 Weeks" series, influenced by the gloomy sounds of Nirvana's unplugged performance of "Something In The Way."

In this podcast episode, Mike McClellan and I get together and collaborate on a song. We use the "track and hook" method, which is an approach to songwriting and production used extensively in pop music. We came up with this catchy dance pop tune called "Man on the Moon."

This is a love song I wrote for my wife and put on my latest album, Good Grief. Influenced by The Lumineers. Visit jakehaws.com for lyrics and more info.

This week, I'm sharing an acoustic cover I recently recorded of the Frank Ocean song, "Thinkin Bout You."

For this episode, I break apart a modern disco song I recently collaborated on with Dawn Red Sun. The sound is influenced by Leon Bridges' tune, "You Don't Know." For lyrics and more info, visit jakehaws.com

In this episode, I share a mellow indie rock instrumental used for podcast theme music. Visit jakehaws.com for more info.

For this episode, I break apart a recent song of mine called, "The Last Waltz," which is influenced by Arcade Fire. Visit jakehaws.com for details and more episode.

This week on the podcast, I break apart a haunting piano ballad influenced by Wilco. Visit jakehaws.com for lyrics and more info.

This episode, I break apart an original spacey piano rock song called "Only In Your Head," which is from my recently released album, "Good Grief." Influenced by The Walkmen and Radiohead.

In this episode, I'm joined by film composer Joshua Sohn. We talk about his career, play some of his compositions and create a song together, which ends up being a homage to Queen.