Jake had the great pleasure of producing the music for Rachel Lark’s latest single “National Emergency”. This was recorded and mixed at his studio. And

As requested by absolutely no one, Crab Beat now has 200% more CRAB! This video features the sounds of a big ol’ hihat made out

Prior to one of our Hamilton performances in Puerto Rico, we put together a little diddy for the company. During our month playing Hamilton in

We had the esteemed pleasure of performing Hamilton with Lin-Manuel Miranda in Puerto Rico. During our sitzprobe, we demonstrated what each instrument plays during a

An improvised demonstration of the linear styles of Jake Wood’s book Flux. It’s also a horrible use of the ready-made effects of Final Cut Pro.

Some of you asked for it politely. Others? Well, they couldn’t quite hide their deep dark desires as well as the rest of you… Back

In preparation of releasing Flux (my next drum book), here’s a linear solo I just improvised using only kick, snare, and floor tom. Aaaand I

Jake got a nice lengthy article detailing the crazy life of being on tour with Hamilton! He sat down with DRUM! Magazine and discussed the extreme

Here’s an excerpt from Jake’s upcoming drum book, Flux. This particular example demonstrates using the floor tom to simulate a double kick pattern.

This Sunday I got to experience two very different sides of the music industry. First I played a matinee for Hamilton: An American Musical, then

Jake is playing percussion for Hamilton in SF! Woot woot!

Jake had the esteemed privilege to interview the one and only Lars Ulrich of Metallica for the Feb 2017 cover of DRUM! Magazine! You can

Jake adds drums to a looped fiddle solo by Tim Snyder, who performs with Nahko and Medicine For The People.

Played a big show at Lake Tahoe’s premiere venue, the Crystal Bay Casino with Diego’s Umbrella this weekend! Font size is everything.

In an effort to combat the post-election depression, Jake began offering lessons in punk rock drumming. They’ve been a huge success, and even made it

Here’s a drum cover of BADBADNOTGOOD’s tune “And That, Too”. Be sure to watch till the end for the shred session!

Had to pay some respects to the masterful Leonard Cohen. Jake on drums, ukulele, backup vocals, engineering. The ever-talented Amelia Ray (www.ameliaray.net) on vocals, bass, keys,

Jake got the pleasure of interviewing the one and only Lars Ulrich of METALLICA for an upcoming cover story in DRUM! Magazine! Read all about

MarchFourth went out to New Orleans, spent a few weeks at The Parlor, and recorded this awesome sounding album, Magic Number. It features some excellent

Jake gets featured on Drum Talk TV for a second time! 64K views and counting. Not too shabby!  Click the image to watch. Thanks, Drum