Jake

London pianist re-imagining the hits. Recs welcome!

X & TikTok: @pianomusicjake

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

LINEKER. ATTENBOROUGH. VARDY.

East Midlands dynasties beloved by the City of Leicester. But what of Brookman? Will future generations know the name?

The Twat Hat has been selected for Leicester Film Festival, showing at the @FirebugBar on 28th December.

FULL DETAILS SOON

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

I thought I’d jazz up the editing a bit - not sure if it works - I was trying to mimic the album cover a bit.

Song: The Long and Winding Road
Artist: The Beatles
Album: Let it Be (1970)
Writers: Lennon-McCartney

#beatles #coversong #acousticcovers

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

Here's a second clip from my recording of this one - I'm never really sure how to arrange the middle 8 but think this just about covers it.

#pianocover #piano #acoustic #tearsforfears

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

It's a bit low for my voice but transposing it up puts it in B which is a bit fiddly 🥴

Song: Everybody Wants to Rule the
Artist: Tears for Fears
Album: Songs from the Big Chair (1982)
Writers: Roland Orlazabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes

#pianoman #pianocover #piano #acoustic

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

I think Springsteen sometimes overwrites the characters in his songs, but everything in this one is note perfect.

Song: Promised Land
Artist: Bruce Springteen
Album: Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
Writer: Bruce Springsteen

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

Song: There is A Light That Never Goes Out Artist:
The Smiths
Album: The Queen is Dead (1982)
Writers: Johnny Marr, Morrissey

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

I adore this one. I used to think that Mozza wasted verses by just throwing stories away and repeating stanzas but I've come to appreciate a lot of the power of the lyrics come from this.

#TheSmiths #Morrissey #johnnymarr

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

I was in a bit of a Cure space earlier in the week so did this one too. Hope you like it!

Song: Friday I’m in Love
Artist: The Cure
Album: Wish (1992)
Songwriters: Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams, Perry Bamonte

#thecure #pianocover

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

Song: Just Like Heaven
Artist: The Cure
Album: Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

Fun fact: frontman Robert Smith has said it’s the best pop song The Cure ever wrote, inspired by a trip to the seaside with his future wife, Mary Poole.

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

🚨 Sabrina Carpenter new album alert 🚨

To celebrate, here’s my piano cover of Please Please Please 🎹💫, complete with new microphone setup.

Head over to my Soundcloud & YouTube for the full version.

#SabrinaCarpenter #PleasePleasePlease #ShortnSweet #PianoCover

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

Fun fact: The melody to Moondance was written first on a soprano saxophone before any lyrics were added.

Head over to my Soundcloud & YouTube for the full version.

#pianocovern #classicrock #coversong #jazzstandard

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

Fun fact: Come Together was written as a campaign song for Timothy Leary’s 1969 run against Reagan. He got arrested. The Beatles kept the tune. Probably for the best.

#pianocover #beatlescover #classicrock #cover

[Alex James @alexjameshq]

Preparing for Osaka and looking forward to sharing the UK's exceptional food and drinks heritage. Craft, care, and future that tastes as good as the past.

What makes UK products stand out?

#OsakaExpo

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[Jake @jacobbrookman]

My favourite photographer died over the weekend.

Here’s a piece I wrote about him for British Journal of Photography, citing his mastery of the form and the deep compassion in his work.

https://t.co/v4HnOGVPdz

RIP Sebastião Salgado.

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

Coming soon!

The Twat Hat is a comic video portrait of hat shop assistant, Barnaby Brookman.

Stay tuned for news of screenings. 🎬🎥🍿

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

Country music as a genre is conservative with both a small and a big ‘C’. When country singers move beyond quite strict musical and storytelling parameters, they risk being ostracised, debarred.
https://t.co/TRjCQvvIdm

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

@TomSeymour @axelk Semicolons shouldn’t be used anywhere in Out of Home advertising; nobody knows how to use them properly.

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

@TomSeymour I feel like *chatting garbage* might be the more truthful observation

[Jake @jacobbrookman]

@TomSeymour And are the piles clearing up?

[Massive Attack @MassiveAttackUK]

Is the discussion ‘should AI recreate music?’ or is the discussion ‘Why is contemporary music so homogenised & formulaic that it’s really easy to copy?’