If you’ve been hangin’ out a few minutes, you might already know that I have a project called Death Bus For Blondie where I’m recreating some Death Cab For Cutie songs. Recently I released the third track in this series, The Ghosts of Beverly Drive, and you can check it out on YouTube now. The version of the song that mine is built around is … Continue reading Death Bus For Blondie Release: The Ghosts of Beverly Drive
Surprise! Over the weekend I shot a music video. Watch the official music video for Quiksand now on my YouTube Channel! About the Video On Saturday April 30th I went over to the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre to fulfil a goal I’d never attempted before. I grabbed my acoustic guitar and set out to perform a full acoustic set for anyone who happened to be heading … Continue reading Jaimee Jakobczak Release: Quiksand Official Music Video
Today’s cover is “A Sunday” off of Jimmy Eat World’s Clarity album. First, listen to the bands original recording: Now, check out mine: This was my second track where I’ve livestreamed the entire process from start to finish (read a bit more about that here) – thanks for joining the streams if ya did and thanks for watching the archive recording available on my Instagram … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: A Sunday
Today’s a super exciting release day because it’s the first in the new format, which is actually the original format idea it just took a little longer than I anticipated to get myself to this point where I sort of was able to get myself and this project organized. Earlier this week I began the tracking for “Cut” off of the Invented record but I … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Cut
Look at us, sticking to our newly appointed Friday release schedule with a new cover. This week we jump back into Bleed American and tear “Your House” a new one. Listen to the original recording here: Now, check out mine: I originally started out doing an acoustic-based full band cover but I was really struggling with coming up with a drum beat that complimented the … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Your House
It’s our very last track on The Clearing – Tradition! If you made it this far, thanks very much for reading and I hope you’ve enjoyed learning a little more about what inspired the songs on this record. Listen now on YouTube or any of your preferred streaming service providers except Spotify and Amazon Music! About the Track Tradition takes you back to sometime around … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Tradition
Continuing on our blog breakdown of The Clearing, today we’ve got track 9: If Not Now Listen on YouTube below. But don’t forget the album is available basically everywhere except for Spotify and Amazon Music! About the Track So, I’ve actually already spoken about If Not Now a few times, most recently on February 14th when I released a special acoustic alternate of the track … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: If Not Now
Carrying on from our track by track of Lie To Me, today I’m moving right along to track 8: Asleep/Dead. If you haven’t heard the record yet, check it out on YouTube Music or my own YouTube Channel below. About the Track Asleep/Dead is one of the only tracks on this record that isn’t really based on any sort of true story, rather it’s more … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Asleep/Dead
Today we’re diving into Track 7, formerly “45”, now officially named “Lie To Me”. Listen to the track on YouTube About the Track I wish I could remember definitively why I started writing Lie To Me but I can’t wholly place it, but the “double dog dare you” line is really what kicked things off and set the tone for the entire song. Like “All … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Lie To Me
I know I technically already put out a cover of Delivery from the Surviving record that you can read all about and listen to over on the original blog post BUT the truth is from the jump of that recording I wasn’t keen on where I was taking it and ultimately, wasn’t at all happy with the final presentation. It had bits I liked, but … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Delivery (Reissue)
Crooked Forest 