
I produce, record, and mix for the indie pop group Branches (50M streams on Spotify since 2015) as well as perform guitars, bass, banjo, and mandolin with the band live. I am a multi-instrumentalist and create professional recordings both out of my home studio and other rooms around California.
Music Production, Film Composition, Remote Mixing, Remote Session Work on acoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar, banjo, and mandolin.
My commercial film compositions span between folk instrumentation, cinematic elements, and electronic soundscapes. Some notable past clients: Honest Tea, Linkedin, Sandisk, Urban Stems, Avoya, Scociety6, International Justice Mission, 9Lives Cat Food, Gerber, 20th Century Fox, Freshly, Charity Water, Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship, Yammer, SF Gate
In addition to Branches and my film composition, I write electronic music under the alias Tsutro. With this project, I enjoy remixing others' songs as well.
Whether your need a fully produced track or film score, or simply need a guitar part recorded for your song, I deliver quality original work with a quick turnaround.
Click the 'Contact' above to get in touch. Looking forward to hearing from you.
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31 Reviews - 7 Repeat Clients
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Jacob has done it again! He worked on our second original single and did a great job with the production. All the instruments and elements are crafted well to create the sound that we wanted for our song. Not only is he talented but he is also great to work with. We would highly recommend his services and look forward to working with him again in the near future!
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Great to work with Jacob again, he has what we call the fingerspitzgefulen, which means he understand intuitively what a track needs.
Great work!
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Again, Jacob is an excellent producer! It's our 2nd time working together. The song came out great and beautiful. We will definitely consider his help in producing our upcoming projects.
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Awesome job by Jacob , really happy with the work he did on my song.
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Jacob took the time to really hear out all of my ideas for my song. I literally sent him a voice memo of me stomping, and he understood the vision I wanted for the beat. He kept fine-tuning little areas of the song until it was exactly what I wanted. Even after I marked the job as complete, he was willing to work with me and my every random whim for the song. Sometimes I had ideas that actually weren't good ones, but he still humored me by trying them out. He's also a SUPER nice guy!
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Jacob is a super talented guy. Great communication and really honest and helpful. I would recommend using Jacob to anyone! Thanks Jacob for being a great collaborator.
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Jacob is amazing and talented! He helped us with our very first single. At first, we were worried about working with someone else as this is our first experience collaborating with a producer, but Jacob was very helpful and professional. He’s able to elevate and polish our song to the next level with his arrangement. He is also very detail-oriented with a fast turnaround. We will definitely be working with him again in the future!
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Jacob delivered amazing guitar and string tracks, I‘m thrilled with the outcome! He was highly professional, thoughtful and in time, I will definitely be reaching out to him again for future projects.
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This is my second time working with Jacob through Soundbetter and I'm so glad I did. He's easy to work with, fast with revisions, and intuitive. Looking forward to working together again.
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Jacob was incredible to work with! He has an incredible ear, strong attention to detail, and took this project further than I could have imagined. Extremely happy with the end result!
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Jacob took my first ever home studio demo and turned into an EP worthy track. His revisions were light speed quick and really listened to the vision I had in mind for the song. Couldnt recommend any higher!
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Jacob was great to work with! Insanely talented. Totally exceeded what I even thought was possible with the song idea I sent him.
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I've tried out various mixers and Jacob is by far one of the best! He delivers a really solid track and is very friendly/easy to work with! Would recommend!
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Working with Jacob was a great collaboration experience. We worked separately because of the pandemic. We discussed the project once in advance and he intuitively was able to take my song in the direction that I was envisioning while adding his own artistry and mixing skills. He worked fast and was able to make all my adjustments I asked for. Awesome.
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Jacob is an extremely gifted producer and multi-instrumentalist. I have done two tracks with him so far. On each one he was able to help come up with an arrangement that fit my vision and was able to provide amazing performances on guitar, midi instruments and piano. He was professional and easy to work with and provided professional level mixes and masters.
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Jacob is a very talented mixing engineer and I really enjoyed working with him on this song. He had great feel for the music and elevated the sound while still being true to the vision of it. Highly recomended!
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Jacob is incredibly creative and a Multi talented producer. He is easy to talk to and he understands your vision. He is a pleasure to work with.
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I made the best decision to collaborate with Jacob. He's added the finishing touches to my song and actually saw and heard my vision for what I was going for. I really got the indie vibes I was heading towards.Definitely collaborating again soon, thanks Jacob!!!
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Really gifted musician!
His turnaround time is also perfect, will give you precisely what you've visioned. This is my first time using sound better and I really couldn't have asked for a better association. I'm pretty sure I'll work more with him. - check_circleVerified
Jacob was very attentive to my project and did a great job! Thanks again !
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Jacob truly has a gift and an ear for music. Just book him... enough said!
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Jacob is wonderfully talented and receptive to ideas. He made the process very easy and I really appreciated that as a nice change from a previous experience with another producer. Needless to say his work is excellent and deliverables were on time. Will call him again for sure.
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Jacob is professional and extremely talented. He was able to capture the original feeling of the song and take it to another level. Highly recommend.
Jacob can do it all. As a producer AND instrumentalist, he not only has the ear for how to take your music to the next-level, but the ability to make it happen. He is gifted in every way needed to take a raw idea to a polished finished arrangement that you'll be pumped on. As a collaborator, he is even-keeled, patient, and I've never seen him hit a creative dead-end. You'll love working with him.
Jacob is a very talented composer with the ability to adapt easily to any project need. We used him on a bunch of projects last year and recommended him to other production companies. Highly recommended for projects of all shapes and sizes!
Jacob is a talented multi instrumentalist with a kind heart. He’s recorded, mixed and mastered music for me at incredible quality and speed. I’m very thankful for his services and I hope to use his talents again soon.
Jacob is the best! He’s easy to work with and I don’t think there has been something he’s made that I haven’t liked. He always comes up with new sounds just when I think I’ve heard them all and I’m consistently blown away by his talent! Such a no brainer to work with jake!
I’ve worked with Jacob on about a dozen different sessions and every time it’s been a stellar experience. He has a track record of finding the right tones and getting great takes when when he’s behind the board. And as a collaborator / co-producer, he has a knack for writing parts that bring a song to completion. I highly recommend him!
I've worked with Jacob a number of times and there's a clear reason why. He's both an immensely talented composer and a wonderful person to work with. He always does an outstanding job and makes the process easy. He's one of my favorite collaborators.
Working with Jacob was a professional and successful experience, he composed three tracks for three different videos simultaneously and made it easy for me to communicate with him as a non-musician. I'd absolutely recommend working with Jacob!
Jacob is a frequent collaborator and exceptionally talented and unique composer and producer. His work will always elevate any project.

I was the Arranger, Producer, Banjo, Electric Guitar, Keys, Percussion, Recording Engineer, and Mix Engineer in this production
- ProducerAverage price - $1000 per song
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $500 per song
- Film ComposerContact for pricing
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- Branches
- Aaron Dessner
- 1971 Neumann u87 Microphone
- Vanguard V-13 Microphone
- Neumann KH 120 Monitors
- Universal Audio Apollo 8
- Logic Pro
- iZotope
- 1956 Gibson L-50
- ES-335
- 1960 Martin classical guitar
- Martin D15
- Fender Amps
- 1948 Baldwin Upright Piano
- JU-06