NEWS

21st November 2009

Proud to announce that The Soldier's album "Coming Home" has been certified Platinmum by the BPI.

8th November 2009

The Soldiers album: Coming Home - as stayed in the top 10 this week, despite huge competition from Bon Jovi and The Foo Fighters. Coming Home shifted a massive amount - receiving GOLD CERTIFICATION in sales.

1st November 2009

The Soldier's make it all the way to #4 in the UK official album chart, beating off stiff competition from Alexandra Burke and Whitney Houston.

26th OCTOBER 2009

The Soldiers - Debut Album COMING HOME is released. Available in all great record shops, supermarkets and online.

8th OCTOBER 2009

Updates to JAKEHOOK.com. You might be noticing a few changes on JAKEHOOK.com as we update the look and feel, introducing a range of great new widgets, videos and extras. We'll let you know when we're done! Until then - please buy your copy of 'The Soldiers' debut single: "Coming Home" on itunes

6th OCTOBER 2009

It's arrived! The Brand new single for The Soldiers is available to download from all major digital download sites, including, iTunes, Amazon and Play. Please buy your copy today and help the lads get to #1

29th SEPTEMBER 2009

Brand new blog for you to read, visit my official blog http://tobejake.blogspot.com/  to find out what I've been up to recently.

26th SEPTEMBER 2009

Amazon's price for The Soldier's debut album: "Coming Home" has come down, you can now pre-order your copy for just £8.98 - brilliant value for a 15 track album - which includes two of Jake's songs: Coming Home and Christmas Letter Home.

25th SEPTEMBER 2009

SPONSORED SONG CAMPAIGN FINISHES

The Microsoft Windows campaign supporting free downloads on Reverbnation has come to an end. Reform was downloaded in it's thousands, and gave Jake an awesome ranking of 65/1001.

22nd SEPTEMBER 2009

The Soldier's debut album has risen over 11000 places on the Amazon chart since last week. The album is currently at #62 in the Easy Listening Chart. To order your copy click the link to the right.

13th SEPTEMBER 2009

You can now order your copy of COMING HOME from amazon via JAKEHOOK.com, simply click on the banner to the right. Amazon are currently taking pre-orders for £11.69 - however if the price lowers before the actual release you will be refunded. While you're here, why not check out Jake's official SOLDIERS micro site, updating you on the latest from the lads.

11th SEPTEMBER 2009

COMING HOME GETS DEBUT RADIO PLAY

The debut single 'Coming Home' written for The Soldiers by Jake will get it's first airing on BBC 5 Live today on Drive 4pm-7pm.

9th SEPTEMBER 2009

YOUR SEX IS ON ... FIRE

Full 2 page article on 'The Soldiers' in today's 'Sun' newspaper. This is the new group Jake has written the debut single 'Coming Home' for, you can hear the single and read the article HERE.

30th AUGUST 2009

LATEST PROJECTS FINALLY UNVEILED

Jake has been hard at work behind the scenes lately, finally we can let you in on what he has been up to.

BLAKE - Singing backing vocals on the third album by this UK group. Released on 21st September the album 'Together' will feature Jake on two of the tracks 'She' & 'Unsung Hero'.

ELIZABETH MARVELLY - New Zealand's answer to Hayley Westerna, will release her album soon although the date has yet to be confirmed. Elizabeth has already supported our Britains Got Talent winner Paul Potts amongst others. Jake has programmed a number of tracks on her album, giving yet another string to his bow, showing another of his many talents.

16th AUGUST 2009

DUETS ADDED TO MYSPACE PLAYER

Three new duets added to Jake's myspace player.

Everything You Need - with Beryl Marsden

If You Can - with Sarah McLellan

Only One Person - with Julie Atherton.

You can hear them HERE.

15th AUGUST 2009

CONGRATULATIONS DOLLY

The winner of Jake's Drawers competition was one of four who correctly guessed that there were no items of clothing in Jake's top drawer and was selected at random to win a number of items from that drawer.

4th AUGUST 2009

VIDEO ANNOUNCES WINNER

The winner of Jake's Drawers competition was announced today in a youtube video by Jake himself, he also rummaged through that very drawer to select the winning item(s).

31st JULY 2009

JAKE'S DRAWERS CLOSED

Winner will be notifed and announced soon. Thanks to everyone who entered, the response was amazing.

30th JULY 2009

THE SOLDIERS SIGN

The Soldiers finally sign record label. The debut single 'Coming Home" written by our very own Jake will be just one of the tracks on the debut album of the same name. For the full article in 'The Sun' see NEWS ARCHIVE.

28th JULY 2009

JAKE TRACK ADDED TO UNSIGNED ARTISTS COMPILATION

The very beautiful song 'Silent Whispers' (track 2 on the player) is one of fifteen tracks to be selected for this cd. You can read more about this on the facebook group INSPIRED ARTISTS COMPILATION 2009

19th JULY 2009

MYSPACE PLAYER SHAKE UP

Four different tracks were added to Jake's player, one from a different cd release, you can here these tracks here.

13th JULY 2009

JAKE'S DRAWERS

Here at Jakehook.com we are launching a competition for you to win the chance to win an item from Jake's Drawers, all you have to do is answer a question, click COMPETITION  for further details and submit your entry.

12th JULY 2009

ARMS OF LOVE REMIX

Added to Jake's myspace player this great dance track is far from the usual style we associate with Jake, again showing us he is not afraid to try new and different music. To hear this track click here.

28th JUNE 2009

MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE

Following the sudden death of Michael Jackson on 25th June and realising the amount of influence that he had on his earlier music Jake recorded a tribute.

Claiming on his facebook page that he will never be as good as - ever, but he loved the song Jake recorded the King of Pop's Man in the Mirror. The response through plays, comment & messages has been remarkable. You can hear the tribute here.

24th JUNE 2009

FREE EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD

A free exclusive Jake track was made possible by Microsoft Windows Sponsored Songs, hitting his target amount in three days was a huge achievement and a fantastic response. Download is still available from Reverbnation.

23rd JUNE 2009

JAKE WRITES DEBUT SINGLE FOR NEW GROUP

Announced today, Jake has written debut single for new group The Soldiers, the track 'Coming Home' can be heard on their facebook page here.

5th JUNE 2009

CO-WRITE ‘IF YOU CAN’

Listen to this song I co-wrote on the web player above, sung by UK vocalist Sarah McLellan.

4th JUNE 2009

GIG @ SOURCE BELOW 08.06.09

Catch Jake’s latest gig at the intimate cosy Soho venue, details can be found in Gigs & Live.

28th MAY 2009

ITUNES RELEASE

Ok it’s official, Record on the Blag and Smooth the single are now available digitally, get your copy HERE.

18th MAY 2009

SMOOTH VIDEO ‘FREE’ DOWNLOAD

To celebrate the release of Record on the Blag & Smooth, Jake is giving you the chance to download the official music video for the lead single. Download your free video HERE.

17th MAY 2009

DOWNLOAD RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED

For the first time on download Record on the Blag and Smooth the single will be available from iTunes from Monday 25.05.09.

8th MAY 2009

THE LOST ALBUM

Jake's first ever album 'Record on the Blag' - will be available for download very soon! It was originally recorded in 2002/2003 intended for release in Belgium, Italy, Spain and the UK! For the first time ever it'll be downloadable from iTunes. Release date announced soon.

8th APRIL 2009

JAKE JOINS TWITTER

Be the first to get up to date news from Jake, follow him on Twitter - Here

7th APRIL 2009

NEW GIGS CONFIRMED

Jake will be performing in two brand new venues to him on April 28th and May 26th. For all the details check out Gigs & Live

26th MARCH 2009

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - HUNK DU JOUR

Jake talks about his music, his past and what the future holds for him in this exclusive interview with highly popular website Hunk du Jour - interview here

17th MARCH 2009

NEW GIG CONFIRMED

Jake will return to Ginglik on Wednesday 15th April,

For more info see GiGS & LIVE

1st MARCH 2009

MOVIE CLUB - NEW MOVIE

Brand new Movie!!! Visit the community area to find out this month's film selection! Hope you enjoy...

12th FEBRUARY 2009

MOVIE CLUB - NEW MOVIE

A Brand New movie for this month's Movie Club! If you haven't yet joined the movie club (it is FREE) then please click here.  This month's selection is: Slumdog Millionaire - have you seen it yet? What did you think?

 

11th FEBRUARY 2009

ANOTHER GIG ANNOUNCED

Jake will be performing at 4stickslive at the Cobden Club on Tues 10th March - for more details Gigs & Live

5th FEBRUARY 2009

NEW LONDON GIG ANNOUNCED

Jake will return to the very popular Regal Rooms in Hammersmith, for more details Gigs & Live

18th JANUARY 2009

Jake joins the popular website: iLike.com to find out more visit www.ilke.com

16th JANUARY 2009

A Brand New movie for this month's Movie Club! If you haven't yet joined the movie club (it is FREE) then please click here.  This month's selection is: Labyrinth. Buckle yourself in and prepare yourself for a trip back to the mid 80s!

13th JANUARY 2009

New blog written by the man himself. Check what Jake has to say about 2009! Click here to go there.

8th JANUARY 2008

BRAND NEW WEBSITE FOR JAKEHOOK.COM

Welcome to the brand new website for Jake! Please take your time to look around and please be sure to join our community page - for the movie club, listener's club and the forum! We are updating - but we expect everything to be working by the end of mid January. Don't forget to invite your friends to come and see the brand new JAKEHOOK.COM

7th JANUARY 2008

NEW SHOW DATE ADDED FOR LONDON

To set us up for the new year, Jake is performing at one of London's most exciting singer-songwriter showcase venues - Ginglik. Tickets are only £5.00. We suggest you book now, before they all go! Jake will be singing a few of your favourites from THE BUTTERFLY OBSERVATIONS and perhaps even some new songs!

23rd DECEMBER 2007

BRAND NEW VIDEO UPLOADED FOR J FACTOR

This is last one before Christmas guys and gals. Jake sings this beautiful version of the holiday classic: HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - make sure you check it out now!

17th DECEMBER 2007

Jake's Christmas Tips have been unleashed to the world! Go check out Jake's YouTube page for his top tips on how to have a wonderful holiday!