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About Me

Hey there, I'm Jake. I'm a musician and private music instructor in the central NJ area. I play guitar, as well as bass, keyboards, drums, alto & tenor sax, mandolin, upright bass, and a little cello. (Pretty much anything that is capable of making music!) I am currently the bassist with Angel Vivaldi. I also do rhythm and lead guitar for various projects, as well as doing some solo material every now and again. I also have many other smaller collaborations that I contribute to here and there and am always looking for more. Basically, music is what I do.
Check out my main site
JakeSkylyr.com
as well as my MySpace Music Page
www.myspace.com/jakeskylyrmusic
Angel Vivaldi, with whom I play bass. Killer guitar stuff:
Angel Vivaldi
The creations of my drummer James and myself:
SkyBorg
The collaborations with Beth:
Internal Decapitation
A little about me:
I was born in raised in NJ. Lived in Manville (and a few months in South Bound Brook) until I was 15. My family then relocated to Tucson, AZ. I lived in Tucson for about 11 years, minus a 6 month stint back in NJ in 1996. I relocated myself BACK to NJ in 2004, and have been focusing on my music ever since. I currently live in Watchung, NJ.
Random Facts:
I am a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with testicular cancer in early 2001. Spent the first half of the year kicking it's ass with the gracious help of my friends and family.
I have perfect pitch. I've known this since I was young, maybe 7 or so.
I have been growing out my hair for about 14 years. It is WELL past my waistline (see pics)
Despite my looks, I do not smoke, drink, or do drugs.
I love driving, and I especially love cross-country road trips.
I am obsessed with Amy Lee.
More to come...

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

George Carlin, Kevin Smith, Seth MacFarlane, and loads of musicians. I'm always down to meet new people, so I'm down to meet anyone really. Especially musicians, women, women musicians, etc. :)

My Blog

It was 13 years ago today.

Quick note to throw out there for myself, and a handful of my friends. It was on this day (June16th) in 1996 that I left Tucson to come back to NJ. I left with most of my belongings packed into m...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:51:00 GMT

If you can't follow your dream, change it?

***WARNING! Lengthy blog about my cars.*** After much deliberation and some turning of events, Ive decided on some vehicular changes. First off lets discuss the All-Trac projec...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:12:00 GMT

My version of the whole "Albums" thing (very long)

Think of 15 albums, CDs, LPs (if you're over 40) that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life. Dug into your soul. Music that brought you to life when you heard it. Royally affected y...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:06:00 GMT

The missing pictures from the "SkyBox" saga

So here are some pics of my PC running OSX. Upon pressing power and going through the BIOS, you get this:After selecting OSX here, you get this:(In theory this right here would let me do a tri-boot i...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:28:00 GMT

Enter The SkyBox

***The following is part blog, mostly tutorial, and entirely long and geeky. It pertains to building and setting up computers. Read at your own risk!***Last month, my old computer died. In actualit...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:04:00 GMT

The Day That Finally Came

Over the past few years, and more so over the past few months, I've really been feeling like it's been time for a change with my hair. I've been growing out my hair since just before the beginning of...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:52:00 GMT

"The Event"

***DISCLAIMER: This is another of one of those long self-realization posts again. Of a personal nature. Read at your own risk. Just a heads up!***This is some background that may explain some of my...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:22:00 GMT

I made it in under a year!!!

This is a public observation/self-realization post. In regards to the music scene, and myself. I apologize to everyone who has waited a year to read anything by me (don’t you have anything BET...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:29:00 GMT

Tour Diary April 14, 2007

Saturday we hit the beach early again to maybe get some time before the storm rolled in. Clouds were forming and such, but we did manage a little time. The water was a tad bit warmer but still cold. I...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:38:00 GMT

Tour Diary April 13, 2007

Friday was an early day so we could partake of the beautiful beach. And it was too. Soft white sand, clear blue water. The sun was out, it was in the 80s, and it was great. The water was actually pret...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:38:00 GMT