Jake Bradford-Sharp

About Jake Bradford-Sharp

English composer, drummer, musician, and educator Jake Bradford-Sharp is a technically proficient artist working in many musical fields: recording music for TV and film, session work, regular gigging, and tutoring drums and music. Born in Enfield, London in 1992, Jake first began playing drums at the age of 8 and began formal lessons at the age of 10.

Initially inspired by classic rock icons such as John Bonham, Ian Paice and Keith moon, Jake quickly discovered his love of progressive rock music and its blend of rock, jazz, fusion, and many others. He immersed himself in these very sophisticated drumming styles, and at the age of 16 joined his first professional band and honed his craft on the touring and recording circuit. In 2010 he was crowned the “5th Best Drummer of 2010” by readers of Prog magazine.

In the downtime between touring, Jake fell in love with composing for TV, films, and games. His ability to jump between styles and genres effortlessly, yet still bring a unique and recognizable sound to every project is creatively showcased in his showreels. This led Jake to working with independent filmmakers and composing for library music companies.

Over the years Jake has experimented with multiple genres and styles of music, finding steady success with his own unique take on the Electro Swing genre. Jake continued to expand his compositional skills and since first being introduced to the worlds of writing to picture and library music, has successfully released 13 unique albums. He continues his journey into composition for TV, film, library and game music, and is set to score 2 short films in 2020 and release more music. You can keep up to date with his releases by following Jake’s official Spotify artist page.

Outside of composing music and performing drums, teaching is a passion of Jakes. He is a tutor at Bang Drum School in London. Jake also releases drum videos on YouTube when he can, fitting around his availability as a musician, composer and tutor.

Being an active session musician, Jake has been hired to work with many artists at some of the worlds’ most prestigious recording studios in his hometown of London. He is available for session work and can be contacted directly at info@jakebradford-sharp.com.