Hey friends.

Aloha and welcome to my new account. I am very excited to start a new journey here on SAB.

I'll keep it short and simple...like me :).

I've been working on a lot of new material over the last year that im pretty stoked to record. I would love to record these new songs with SAB and have them sounding as EPIC as possible. I have big plans for this next album and have been planning my moves since i finished the last album. that was a REAL dream come true. BKN did a great job and i know i am the better for having gone through the process of making a real record. I hope to kick it up a notch now. Musically and Product wise. I feel the strongest thing i can do is just keep cranking out the songs. The better they sound the more people will listen and the better chances i'll have of making a difference in the music world.

A little break down of what i have up my sleeve. About 40 songs that I'm pretty stoked about. I am stripping these down to the best of the best and its not easy to put some of these songs on the back burner but it will make this next record epic. I've been just arranging and living with these songs over the last year trying to really capture them and how i feel they should be presented and i'm stoked.

MY ISLAND | MY SOUL

This is the title of my next album. Simply explained it will be a combination of songs from my island influences like 'wise words' , 'you make me feel', and deeper songs like 'my world' and 'lights fade'. I want to key in on more af a pure sound this time around so i'll be shooting for sounds of Damien Rice, Amos Lee, Coldplay, Keane...and for the Island grooves Jack Johnson (of course), Sublime, Citizen Cope....Oh man im excited. I've been excited just working on these tracks too.

So what you'll hear are demos recorded at home here in Cubworld :). Thank you for dropping by, please tell your friends about the new profile, thanks for listening and don't be afraid to ask me for an mp3 of a song if you like it. cubworld@gmail.com.

Thanks for visiting friends.
Aloha
Jake-CUB




If you missed my Q&A about this new account in the Sellaband News here ya go:

Welcome back Jake, how does it feel?
Aloha! and I feel great! I’m very excited! I know there will be challenges taking on this new account, a lot has changed on SellaBand since I released Step Lightly Create Out Loud but I really do feel this is the way and the time for me to make another record. Its gunna be a lot of fun too. I'm still addicted to SellaBand, I think it's brilliant, and I want my next (and every) album to sound great, so here I am.

I'm stoked to create another album with SellaBand because I love the model, the community, the quality, and the fact that if anyone sees this concept through they WILL make it to the studio. Man, after two years I still sound like a SellaBand missionary haha!

Do you have any songs in mind yet for the album?
Fow show! (a.k.a For sure). I have about 40 songs I'm happy with right now. One song I played the last time I was in Amsterdam "Good Morning Love". I also have some collaborations up my sleeve. I have taken in all the feedback from the current album and will be keying in on the sounds and songs that I got the best responses from. I think the believers will be really happy with my new songs. I’ve really enjoyed writing new music and recording it in my bedroom again!

How will your second album differ to your first, 'step lightly create out loud?
Good question. I don't feel it will differ so much as show my consistency and hopefully show that I have grown musically as well. I've had some influential people in my life ask me "Do you think you should stick to one sound/style?” Like maybe sticking to a Jack Johnson style or maybe running with the Coldplay/Keane style...I've thought about this a lot but I really feel that it would take away from what I've been trying to do and where I feel music needs to go. Cross genre music is very much alive. Rock mixed with Hip Hop beats is not a foreign concept anymore so I intend to keep my focus the same. In fact, I plan on doing it a bit more on this next album.

On Step Lightly Create Out Loud you'll find two types of island feel tracks (You Make Me Feel and Wise Words). I have been thinking that this next album needs to be a half split. Half island and half soul which leads me to the name of the next album. My Island | My Soul. I've explained this before but I love island music, roots reggae, and fun groovy songs...that’s what I grew up on BUT my singer songwriter music is what speaks to my soul! The music that makes me weep and touches my heart when I'm the only one in the room. I can’t split the two up and I would feel like a fraud if I did, so I won't.

So the short answer after my long answer, LOL, about what will make this album different is that there will be MORE Island and MORE soul.

Why should people 'believe' in you?
Because I'd love for them too. I do know that the next album will be worth joining. I plan on doing some real exclusive things for the limited edition that I didn't get to do last time, plus the new tracks will be EPIC! I think people should believe in me if they like my music and have a desire for more professional music from Cubworld. I love nothing more then to sing for people that want to listen. That’s what drives me in the music world.
Come have a listen friends and join me. Aloha!