Jacob Wolkenhauer

Queen of the City

Jacob Wolkenhauer — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:17:48 +0000

Enjoy!

So many words, so little room…

Jacob Wolkenhauer — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:53:42 +0000

This is going to be a long post, so bullet points are my new best friend.

Film news:

I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be scoring an adaptation of Stephen King’s story Big Driver this summer! I’d love it if you went and watched the pitch and trailer over on the FB page, or at BigDriverMovie.com today. In the blink of an eye, we’ve already raised over $5k, and we would love any support you could offer for a very exciting and ambitious summer project.
One of my previous films, You Should Stop, recently screened in SF. I’m very proud of that film, and it was a delight to finally get to see it on the silver screen.

My band, The Hangover Brigade, has been busy as of late, too:

We’re playing a show Friday, April 19th at The Hotel Utah, where we’ll be debuting a couple new songs & covers.
Tawnee & I recently recorded a duo-version of our new sexy song, “Any Way I Can Get It”, which you can stream & download for free right here:

And here’s a video of the whole band doing the same song at Cafe Du Nord last year:

We’ve also started posting cover songs to our Youtube page…

“Call it Off” by Tegan & Sara

“I’ve Got This Friend” by The Civil Wars

Tawnee also got some TV time to talk about the band:
And finally, here’s a little love song I wrote & recorded last fall:

New work with Post:Ballet this weekend

Jacob Wolkenhauer — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:15:41 +0000

Post:Ballet has commissioned me to score their new work this season, titled “When in Doubt”. It premieres this weekend, July 20-21, at the Herbst Theatre.

The SF Chronicle has generously done an interview and write-up of our piece in advance of its world premiere, and the California Literary Review also has a nice interview with Choreographer Robert Dekkers.

Here’s a sneak peek of the score for you:

And here’s a sample of past work we’ve done together:

Anti-corruption pledge

Jacob Wolkenhauer — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 03:32:55 +0000

Brilliant thinker and activist Lawrence Lessig, formerly of the EFF, is posing an awesome government Anti-Corruption Pledge. I’ve signed it, and I recommend you check it out, and consider signing it.

Busy couple weeks, and a new CD!

Jacob Wolkenhauer — Sat, 19 May 2012 01:25:28 +0000

I’m playing with Tawnee Kendall & The Hangover Brigade this Saturday at Martuni’s starting at 5pm.

Second, we’ll be on Radio Valencia (87.9 FM) this Thursday, May 24, 8 PM on Baghdad by the Bay.

Most excitingly, we’ll be releasing our EP In Between Spaces at Cafe Du Nord on Saturday, May 26! We’ll be playing with Cassandra Farrar & The Left Brains, Dad’s LP’s, and Blisses B. (The day after Alma Desnuda, to boot!)

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In film news, Bug ChaserOut Twin Cities Film Festival on Friday, June 1, and at FilmOut San Diego on Saturday, June 2nd.

Shooting my third short film next week

Jacob Wolkenhauer — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:42:56 +0000

I’ll be composing the original score to another short film starting next week. This’ll be my third, and my second with director Robert Dekkers. More to come later!

“Still Around” wins a film award

Jacob Wolkenhauer — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:20:08 +0000

Still Around, the HIV Story Project’s compilation featuring my short film “Ours” with Robert Dekkers, just won the Crystal Cactus Award for Best Feature Documentary, at the Out in the Desertfilm festival. Congratulations to all the cast and crew for the beautiful film we all made together!

A couple shows in February

Jacob Wolkenhauer — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:22:19 +0000

I’ll be playing with Steve Laciak & Friends at the Fireside Lounge in Alameda on Saturday, February 11th. Expect some combination of guitar, glockenspiel, and hip-hop. Oh yeah.

A couple days later, I’ll be playing with Tawnee Kendall and the Hangover Brigade at the Red Devil Lounge, Tuesday, February 14th. That’s right, Valentine’s Day. Our band is the featured artist at their open mic, and I’ll sneak in a couple solo songs while I’m there, too. Come get your heart on with us.

Show time!

Jacob Wolkenhauer — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:20:56 +0000

The first short film I scored, Ours is playing this Thursday, 12/01/11, at the Roxie Theater in SF @ 7pm, as part of Still Around. A number of the other filmmakers will also be there, if you’d like to join us!! Since the last time it played here in SF, it has screened in Prague, Czech Republic; Seattle; Milwaukee; and Bern, Switzerland. It’s playing tonight in Hamburg, and has upcoming screenings in South Africa, LA, Chicago, and many other places.

The more recent film, Bug Chaser, recently screened at the Dark Carnival Film Festival in Bloomington, IN, and I’m excited for more (and local) dates to start being announced.

I also recently recorded an album playing lead guitar on the amazing Tawnee Kendall‘s upcoming debut album. We’ll be playing our first show together at the Rockit Room on Saturday, Dec 17th, at 8pm as The Hangover Brigade. Come see us, and hear how awesomely we rock.

New dance project premiering this Friday

Jacob Wolkenhauer — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:48:31 +0000

A sneak peek of my new collaboration with Post:Ballet will be showing this Friday at the 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco, 5-9pm. I’ve crafted a really neat soundscape for this piece, and am excited to debut it – see you there!