Jake Sinclair
The basics
Quick facts
Gender:
Male
Birth:
7 March 1985(Boise, Ada County, Idaho, U.S.A.)
Star sign:
The details
Biography
Introduction
Jake Sinclair is a Grammy Award-nominated producer, musician and songwriter best known for working with artists such as Panic! at the Disco, Taylor Swift, 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, Pink, Weezer, and Train. He also is a founder and member of the band Alohaha.
Career
Sinclair started playing music at 7 years old in his hometown, Boise, Idaho, and formed his first band at age 11. After moving to New York, his high school band, The Films, got signed to a major label. Acclaimed producer Butch Walker produced the band's second album, and after The Films split up, Walker suggested Jake move to LA. Sinclair took his advice, ending up in the studio with such multi-platinum artists as Weezer, Taylor Swift and Train.
Discography
| Year | Artist | Title | Label | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Weezer | Weezer | Atlantic Records | Producer |
| Panic! at the Disco | Death of a Bachelor | Fueled by Ramen | Producer (all tracks except "Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time" and "Hallelulah"), composer, background vocals ("Victorious", "Hallelujah") | |
| Sia | "Reaper", "House on Fire" | Inertia | Producer | |
| 2015 | Courtney Love | "Miss Narcissist" | Ghost Ramp | Producer, engineer, guitar, bass |
| Lolo | Comeback Queen (EP) | DCD2, Universal, Island | Producer, bass, guitar | |
| Fall Out Boy | "Uma Thurman" (ft. Wiz Khalifa, "Fourth of July" ft. OG Maco | DCD2, Island | Producer, engineer, keyboards, percussion, programming, vocals (background), additional production, mixing | |
| Make America Psycho Again (remix album) | DCD2, Universal, Island | Composer, producer (all tracks except "American Beauty/American Psycho") | ||
| Hey Violet | I Can Feel It | Hi or Hey Records | Producer | |
| White Sea | "Stay Young, Get Stoned" | Downey, Obscura | Producer, bass, guitar | |
| Matt Nathanson | Show Me Your Fangs | Vanguard Records | Composer ("Headphones" ft. Lolo), mixer | |
| Alohaha | Welcome to Your New Life | — | Vocals, guitar, bass | |
| Harry Connick, Jr. | That Would Be Me | Marsalis Music | Bass, engineer | |
| New Politics | Vikings | DCD2, Warner Bros. Records | Producer, engineer, mixer, vocal engineer; composer ("Girl Crush," "Lovers in a Song," "15 Dreams," "Pretend We're in a Movie," "Aristocrat") | |
| 2014 | 5 Seconds of Summer | "She Looks So Perfect" | Capitol, Hi or Hey | Composer, producer, engineer, guitar, programming, mixing, vocals (background) |
| Andrew McMahon | "Cecilia and the Satellite" | Vanguard Records | Mixing, additional production | |
| Henry Jackman | Big Hero 6 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Walt Disney Records | Mixing, programming, additional Production | |
| Train | "Cadillac, Cadillac," "Angel in Blue Jeans," "Give It All," "Wonder What You're Doing for the Rest of Your Life" (ft. Marsha Ambrosius), "Son of a Prison Guard," "Just a Memory" | Columbia Records | Producer, musician, additional production, engineer | |
| Gavin DeGraw | Finest Hour: The Best of Gavin DeGraw | RCA | Bass, engineer, vocals (background) | |
| Travie McCoy | "Keep On Keeping On" | Decaydance, Fueled by Ramen, Nappy Boy, Atlantic | Engineer, mixing, composer | |
| Christina Perri | Head or Heart | Atlantic Records | Engineer | |
| MAX | "Streets of Gold" | DCD2, Crush | Producer, programming, bass, composer, drums, engineer, keys, mixing, percussion | |
| 2013 | New Politics | "Harlem" | RCA | Producer, bass, composer, engineer, guitar, mixing, percussion, programming, synthesizer, vocals (background) |
| Daughtry | "Traitor" | RCA Records | Bass, composer, drums, engineer, producer, programming, vocals (background) | |
| Big B | "Here Comes the Lightning" | Suburban Noize Records | Composer, producer | |
| Keith Urban | "Even the Stars Fall 4 U," "Heart Like Mine" | Capitol Nashville | Bass, engineer, keyboards, percussion, programming | |
| Matt Nathanson | "Mission Bells" | Vanguard Records | Producer, composer, mixing, guitar, drums, programming, vocals (background), bass | |
| Gavin Degraw | "I'm Gonna Try," "Heartbreak" | RCA | Bass, engineer | |
| Fall Out Boy | "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" | Island Records | Engineer, keyboards, percussion, programming, vocals (background) | |
| Panic! at the Disco | "This Is Gospel" | Decaydance, Fueled by Ramen | Engineer, mixing, composer | |
| 2012 | Chiddy Bang | "Handclaps & Guitars" | IRS, Parlophone, EMI | Composer, vocals |
| Train | "Drive By" | Columbia, Syco | Engineer, programming | |
| Shovels & Rope | "Birmingham" | Dualtone, Dine Alone | Mixing | |
| Taylor Swift | "Everything Has Changed" | Big Machine, Republic | Bass, engineer, vocals (background) | |
| The Avett Brothers | "Down With the Shine" | American | Engineer | |
| Pink | "My Signature Move" | RCA | Composer, engineer, mixing, producer, vocals (background) | |
| Lit | The View from the Bottom | Megaforce | Engineer | |
| 2011 | Avril Lavigne | "Alice" | Buena Vista Records | Engineer |
| Gin Wigmore | "Black Sheep" | Universal, Mercury Records | Engineer, composer, drums, guitar (bass), organ, percussion, piano, synthesizer, vocals (background), whistle | |
| Weezer and Hayley Williams | "Rainbow Connection" | Walt Disney Records | Engineer | |
| Gavin DeGraw | "Soldier" | RCA Records | Bass, engineer | |
| Eulogies | Tear the Fences Down | Dangerbird | Producer, engineer, mixing | |
| Butch Walker and the Black Widows | "Synthesizers" | Dangerbird | Bass, composer, producer, engineer, piano, vocals (background) | |
| The Wombats | "1996," "Walking Disasters" | 14th Floor, Bright Antenna | Engineer | |
| Cary Ann Hearst | "Hell's Bells" (from True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 3) | Dualtone Records | Main personnel | |
| Panic! at the Disco | Vices & Virtues | Decaydance, Fueled by Ramen | Engineer | |
| 2010 | Hey Monday | Beneath It All | Decaydance, Columbia | Engineer |
| Butch Walker and the Black Widows | I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart | One Haven Music | Producer, engineer, percussion, vocals (background), bass | |
| Mishka | Talk About | j.k. livin Records | Assistant engineer, engineer, guitar, mixing | |
| Never Shout Never | "Love is Our Weapon" | Loveway Records, Sire, Warner Bros. Records | Assistant engineer, engineer, guitar, mixing | |
| 2009 | Plastiscines | "Barcelona" | Virgin France | Producer, composer |
| Weezer | "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" | XL, Geffen | Engineer | |
| Train | Save Me, San Francisco | Columbia Records | Engineer |