About

In 2005, after kicking around with a guitar for 20 years in London, Birmingham, New York and Washington my life in Europe and the West was finished and I left a sinking ship with a guitar and a bicycle in search of a wild frontier of an altogether more rarified nature. Arriving in Aotearoa on the other side of the earth I knew no-one. Five years passed & irrevocably changed by the metaphysical nature of the wilderness experience these songs are a part of an ongoing pursuit of freedom.

In 2007 I met producer George Nepia who recognised something unique in the Elijah Few songs and helped to produce two of them.

After being given a chance to record with Adey Lunn (R.I.P. /Hawkwind f.o.h.) in around 1990 Jake spent years hanging out in studios around the Surrey ‘Delta’ and was lucky enough to jam with some genuine luminaries such as Kenny Jones (the drummer from The Who, The Faces, Small Faces), share the roster at the pub with Eric Clapton, meet Jeff Beck, Robin Trower, Procul Harem, Mike Rutherford, etc. as well as work with a multi-Platinum selling New Zealand artist, perform on National Television Live and see his songs covered and performed at the National Museum.

Jake Edwards has a literature degree from London University. During 2008 Jake worked as a musician and professional blogger and writer on all things guitar at Jamorama.com, throwing in the occasional video lesson and is currently working as a session musician, guitarist/composer, and (social media) writer in New Zealand – clients include Wellington City.

I have also worked as a studio photographer, web & multimedia designer, digital advertising producer, magazine layout designer, audio technician, general labourer, dogsbody, fencer, painter, roofer, jet-washer, gardener, apprentice brick layer, client liaison officer (making tea), a runner, a grassmower, Xmas tree digger, and a hedgecutter in the dirty end of a town suffering from the post industrial apocalypse, surrounded by needles, filth, garbage & rats…occasionally chopping them into dirty little pieces with the blades on the saws…I was offered a very high paying position as an estate agent; once… I never took it, sold my own house and fled the country…

This is a personal blog and I write it for myself not for any particular demographic or audience. In fact I am not interested in growing traffic at all. Part of it is simply a diary so I can keep track of I.P. (intellectual property) – and to assist with copyright, publishing and ownership issues. The opinions & ideas expressed herein are solely that and nothing to do with any previous, past or current employers, businesses, colleagues etc.
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