Making Music with Jake Haws

This is a special episode I like to call a “listening party” and the occasion is that I just released a new album called “Learning To Let Go.” And so, I’d like to play each of the 10 tracks for you and tell you a little bit about what inspired them and how they were made. I wrote this album in a two week spurt after being let go from my job in 2023. Anyone who has been in that situation knows you...

Christmas songs my family has recorded over the years: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/hawsfamily/sets/christmas-music Bandcamp: https://jakehaws.bandcamp.com/album/christmas-songs

In this episode, I break apart a song called, “Coming Around.” This comes from my album Starting Over released back in August of 2022. This song is influenced by the band Low. My favorite song of theirs is “In Metal,” from their 2001 album, Things We Lost In The Fire. I love the different elements they chose for the arrangement, which really add to the atmosphere and give it that feeling of longin...

In this episode, I break apart a song called, “Wait For It.” This comes from my album Starting Over released back in August of 2022. This song is influenced by Ryan Adams, particularly “Kindness” from his 2011 album, Ashes & Fire. -- MUSIC VIDEO -- ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNgo-Z5UWXY -- SPECIAL OFFERS -- This song is available to license for your projects like podcasts and videos. Fi...

In this episode, I break apart a song called, “Someone Else.” This comes from my album Starting Over released back in August of 2022. This song is influenced by Elliott Smith, particularly his song “The Biggest Lie” from his 1995 self-titled album. -- MUSIC VIDEO -- ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPVysF1PfS4 -- SPECIAL OFFERS -- This song is available to license for your projects like podcasts...

In this episode, I break apart a song called, “End Of My Rope.” This comes from my album Starting Over released back in August of 2022. This song is influenced by Spoon, particularly their song “Got Nuffin” from their 2010 album, Transference. -- MUSIC VIDEO -- ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PODpi8nl_pk -- SPECIAL OFFERS -- This song is available to license for your projects like podcasts and v...

In this episode, I break apart a song called, “I'm So Sorry That I Didn't Understand.” This comes from my album Starting Over released back in August of 2022. This song is influenced by the band, Bob Dylan, particularly his song "Tangled Up In Blue." -- MUSIC VIDEO -- ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qk6xmN0_fQ -- SPECIAL OFFERS -- This song is available to license for your projects like podcast...

In this episode, I break apart a song called, “Heaven Help Us.” This comes from my album Starting Over released back in August of 2022. This song is influenced by the band, The War On Drugs, particularly their song "Red Eyes." -- MUSIC VIDEO -- ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwmWT-CODoo -- SPECIAL OFFERS -- This song is available to license for your projects like podcasts and videos. Find it at...

In this episode, I break apart a song called, “Feeling Like A Ghost.” This comes from my album Starting Over released back in August of 2022. This song is influenced by the band, The Shins, particularly their song "Pink Bullets." -- MUSIC VIDEO -- ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u-ZigSg_Kg -- SPECIAL OFFERS -- This song is available to license for your projects like podcasts and videos. Find it...

In this episode, I break apart a song called, “Killing Time.” This comes from my album Starting Over released back in August of 2022. This song is influenced by the band, Wilco, particularly their song “California Stars.” -- MUSIC VIDEO -- ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYyA7Syb_xZgQ73sMU-rErg -- SPECIAL OFFERS -- This song is available to license for your projects like podcasts and videos. Fi...

In this episode, I break apart a song called, “Not Easy.” This comes from my album Starting Over released back in August of 2022. This song is influenced by the band, The Weakerthans, particularly their song “Sun In An Empty Room.” -- MUSIC VIDEO -- ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnfRK8TDsi8 -- SPECIAL OFFERS -- This song is available to license for your projects like podcasts and videos. Find...

In this episode, I break apart a song called “Figuring This Out,” which is influenced by Vampire Weekend. This comes from my album Starting Over, which came out August of 2022.

In this episode, I break apart an original song called “Stand On Your Own,” which is influenced by Marcus Mumford. This comes from my album Starting Over, which came out August of 2022.

In this episode, I count down the top ten best albums for 2022 (in my opinion).

In this episode, we keep up with our tradition of recording Christmas music and tackle John Lennon's song, "Happy Christmas."

Join me as I talk through and play the tracks on my new album, "Starting Over." It's about getting through dark times and finding light at the end of the tunnel. Listen to the album on Spotify , Apple Music , Bandcamp , Soundcloud , and all the other streaming services. If you are interested in licensing any of these songs for your podcast or video projects, I have instrumental versions of each of...

Here we are, another year now over and a new one about to begin. You know what that means, right? It’s the end of the year list time! Listen now for the top ten favorite albums of the year, along with some honorable mentions. To listen to the songs from this episode on Spotify, visit: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/60S3Gq540DnpXeBOaCTRYa?si=34b3f6140ba4420a   For a Spotify playlist of all the f...

For more Christmas music, visit: https://jakehaws.bandcamp.com/album/christmas-songs Every year, I have a tradition of recording Christmas music with my family. Some years, we’ve only done one song and other years it’s been as many as five. This year we were able to do two song. The first one is a techno version of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer." Each of my 3 kids sang on it and I used the Auto-...

So, as this year wraps up, I’m sharing my favorite albums from 2020. 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 I’m about to share them. But before I do that, let me share my honorable mentions. These are albums I listened to and enjoyed but for one reason or another, didn’t quite make the top ten album list for me:...

Every year, I have a tradition of recording Christmas music with my family. Some years, we’ve only done one song and other years it’s been as many as five. This year, with launching a new stock music website and our busy family schedules, we haven’t done any new songs as a family yet but I was able to put together two new Christmas songs on my own for you to hear. The first one is an EDM instrumen...

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 part...

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...

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....

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...

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...