Jake is a multi-instrumentalist and skilled engineer and producer and as a result offers a variety of different lessons including but not limited to:

• Guitar (acoustic or electric)

• Bass (upright or electric)

• Piano 

• Drums

• Ukulele

• Voice

• Music Production

• Songwriting

• Music Mixing

• Sound Design and Synthesis

And many more!

Jake has nearly two decades of teaching experience, has lectured in college classrooms, taught many a high school band, and has worked with students as young as four and as old as seventy. He prefers a personalized teaching style, one that is geared towards the individual needs of the student. The student will learn how to “think musically” as if it were any other language and to find their confidence as player and performer through practice and patience. This is not a space where you need to be perfect — quite the contrary, this is a place where you are encouraged to grow and learn from your mistakes in a safe and welcoming environment.

Jake’s students have gone on to play and record in projects of their own, and have been featured on WGN for their prodigious playing.