Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar

It is a privilege to welcome producer and multi-instrumentalist DJ Lux to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.

DJ Lux worked with many of music’s most significant recording artists, including Beyonce, Bruno Mars, and Jennifer Lopez. In addition, he joined forces with AJ McLean to form All The Cool Kids (ATCK).

In addition, he spent this past summer touring with AJ and the rest of the Backstreet Boys when the quintet went on their DNA World Tour. The tour stops included Salt Lake City, Spokane, Portland, Oregon; Vancouver, British Columbia; Ottawa, Ontario; Lexington, Nashville, Wichita, and Oklahoma City.

In this edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, DJ Lux spoke about ATCK’s origin story, touring with the Backstreet Boys, and his single: “Little Heartbreaker.”

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It is a privilege to welcome Cas Weinbren to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.

Cas is a classical and jazz prodigy keyboardist turned producer and songwriter. With the encouragement of his parents and a local music school. He has scored commercials for McDonalds and Nike Air Jordan. Cas’s music could also be heard for several entertainment networks including Bravo, E! Entertainment, MTV, Oxygen, and VH1. He has also worked with a plethora of recording artists such as Action Bronson, Black Thought, CeeLo Green, Duane McLaughlin, J. Cole, Soulja Boy, and Statik Selekath.

He also performed a various performing venues nationwide. Some of his favorite performances took place in front of audiences at the American Airlines Arena, Blue Note NYC, Chelsea Music Hall, the Greensboro Coliseum, and Fat Cat Jazz.

Cas’s music has been featured on 620 playlists on various music platforms and his music has been streamed on Spotify, Soundcloud, and YouTube a combined 46 million times. Also, his music has been placed on 198 charts on Apple Music, Amazon Music, Shazam, and iTunes.

In this edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Cas Weinbren takes us into his recording studio where he talked about his family history of performers and shared how he got involved with the Disney+ film: Zombies 3.

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It is a pleasure to welcome award-winning singer, songwriter, and philanthropist Crystal Starr to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.

Crystal is known as “The Girl with the Golden Voice.” She has captivated audiences worldwide through her well-crafted brand. Her colorful visuals, powerful voice, and pop-feel-good aesthetic are thrillingly mesmerizing, and her style has a modern day twist to the 1980s and 1990s pop music.

At 16-years-old and without a single voice lesson, Crystal landed her first professional gig singing for Jessica Simpson. Since then, she shared the stage with a plethora of recording artists such as Ariana Grande, Drake, the Jacksons, Lady Gaga, Paul Stanley, Pitbull, and Stevie Wonder. She also had a starring role in the hit Broadway show Baby It’s You. Recently, she also performed at the 2022 Electric Forest Festival, which was attended by over 100,000 people and shared the stage with the String Cheese Incident.

Crystal has released three albums and her second record, #SHE, had two singles in the top 100 music charts. Several singles include: “All Mine,” which Crystal Starr co-produced with Grammy-nominated producers Bizkit and Butta, and “Head Over Heels,” produced by Renard Hughes and Grammy-winning producer Keith Harris.

In addition to her music endeavors, Crystal founded the Little Voices Nonprofit after having seen first-hand the many hardships and disappointments foster kids endure, she realized that she could combine her passion for music and serving others to help represent those who feel they are voiceless. Since its inception, the Little Voices Nonprofit has impacted the lives of over 1 million kids in foster care or inner cities.

In this edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Crystal Starr spoke about the stories behind some of her songs, such as “I Still Love You” and “Goodie Two Shoes.” She also spoke about sharing the stage with the Jacksons, Lady Gaga, and Stevie Wonder, plus Little Voices.

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For the first time in Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar history, we welcomed another Jake who has a phenomenal take. It is a pleasure to welcome author, musician, and podcast host Jake Fraczek to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.

Jake was born in Massachusetts but grew up in the Island of Nevis and Saint Kitts, in the West back to Boston for school and spent time there growing up. He grew up painting, drawing, surfing, and skateboarding.

Jake Fraczek also goes by the moniker, “Jake The Snake,” (which eventually became “J the S” for short), which was his childhood nickname that followed him into his independent music career as a hip hop artist and his band, Blue Gold, who traveled the country playing shows and releasing a number of projects.

The current Los Angeles resident was the former co-host on Dash Radio’s Reigning Real and currently hosts the Damaged Goods Podcast. Recently, he released his latest book: The Waiting Room. The Waiting Room is a collection of essays that is a follow-up of his first book: Quicksand. Both books are autobiographical and grounded in the backstory of heartache, ego, and now in The Waiting Room, the painful loss of his father.

In this edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Jake Fraczek spoke about The Damaged Goods Podcast’s origin story and previewed his new book.

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It is a pleasure to welcome actor, producer, and writer Justin Johnson Cortez to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.

Born and raised in Santa Paula, California – just outside of rustic Ojai – Justin still lives in the rural house he grew up in. As a youth, he loved and excelled in everything athletic from skateboarding to football. However, he was not until his mid-20s that Justin began showing an interest in acting. He took classes, which ultimately lead him to be signed by an agent and a manager. At this same time, Justin began writing as he did not see roles that featured characters like him. Half Native Yaqui and Latino on his mother’s side, Justin Johnson-Cortez stated that he was disappointed in the lack of representation in film and television.

Starting this fall, Justin will star in the CW’s Walker: Independence as Calian. Set in the late 1800s, Walker: Independence follows Abby Walker (played by Kate McNamara) on her revenge after being left for dead while her husband was murdered. Calian, serves as her Native guide as they head to Independence. Along the way, the duo crosses paths with Hoyt Rawlins (played by Matt Barr), which leads to an entangled relationship for the three characters. Justin takes on this role with the weight of his ancestors on his shoulders. A Native Yaqui, he learned to speak Apache through an Apache translator on set. He also performed his own stunts including horseback.

In this edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Justin Johnson Cortez previewed The CW’s Walker: Independence and his short film: The Fall.

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It is a pleasure to welcome Scott Gardner to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.

Scott Gardner grew up in Northern California and had been singing and dancing for most of his life. He was a competitive cheerleader and has had a successful career as a professional model, where he lived and worked in Asia, Los Angeles, and New York City. He has been writing his music for the past five years, developing songs that told stories about his own life experiences, then saving them away to one day record when he felt the moment was right.

In 2019, he made his first live performance at the Live. Life. Love: Concert for Suicide Prevention, presented by Journey’s in Nashville, where Scott opened for Lizzo, Louis Tomlinson, and Chelsea Cutler. Scott followed that performance with several appearances on the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour. He shared the stage with BTS, Camilla Cabello, Halsey, the Jonas Brothers, Katy Perry, Niall Horan, and Taylor Swift.

When the world went into lockdown, Scott continued to write songs. He collaborated with Billboard Dance charting DJ and producer Hector Fonseca to produce a new remix version of his song: “Daydreaming.” He also released another song, “What You Do to Me,” and appeared on the Amazon Pride float during New York City’s End of Pride parade during the city’s Pride Month celebration.

In this edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Scott Gardner spoke about overcoming the challenges he faced breaking into the entertainment industry and shared stories behind some of his songs such as “PG,” “Getting Over You,” and “Daydreaming.” Plus, we shared our stories about where we encountered Britney Spears.

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It is a pleasure to welcome mentalist Kevin Nicholas to the milestone 180th episode of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast!

Kevin is known as the Modern Mentalist. He dazzles his audiences and leaves them craving for more. When he was 13, Kevin began honing his craft and within two years, he was already an international award-winning magician and, on his way, captivating audiences around the world with his illusions. Constantly improving and practicing daily, Kevin’s dedication to his craft has brought him throughout the world to perform his own brand of magic known as Modern Mentalism.

Modern Mentalism is described as intriguing, breathtaking, and astonishing. “What just happened?” and “How did you do that?” are frequent exclamations heard from the crowd during one of Kevin’s performances. However, most people are simply left wide eyed and speechless. Regardless or if you blink or not, Kevin’s illusions will stun audiences.

Kevin Nicholas has performed in front of high profile clientele in Manhattan, the Hamptons, Los Angeles, and other international destinations. Several celebrities such as Kate Hudson, Jimmy Fallon, Kelly Ripa, Michael Strahan, and Paris Hilton were stunned by his performances. He also partnered with top fashion brands such as Alexander Wang and Saint Laurent.

In this edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Kevin Nicholas spoke about the time that he was invited to audition for America’s Got Talent’s tenth anniversary season and how he stunned both Leonardo DiCaprio and Sharon Osbourne. He also shared how he established a partnership with the New York Yankees.

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It is a pleasure to welcome singer-songwriter John Morgan, to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.

John Morgan brings a blue-collar toughness to country music that is pulled straight from the only life he knows. Hailing from Sylva, North Carolina, a part of the Great Smoky Mountain region, John grew up immersed in Bluegrass tradition and toured the festival circuit each summer in a family band before he dove into songwriting and was inspired by both John Mayer and Tony Rice.

More than a year after selling everything he had to do to follow his dream, John headed to Nashville. While in Nashville, John was in an Uber where the driver recommended that he submit his work to Kurt Allison and Tully Kennedy, songwriters who had a longtime working relationship with Jason Aldean. Both songwriters invited John to a songwriting session, which led the trio to submit eight songs to the country music superstar, including “Trouble with a Heartbreak” and “If I Didn’t Love You,” which was a duet with Carrie Underwood. The track was nominated for a Grammy and won Single of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards and two CMT Music Awards. Jason Aldean signed John to Night Train Records, his imprint with BRR Music Group.

Music fans met John Morgan earlier this year on the NBC singing competition: American Song Contest. Hosted by the Emmy and Grammy-winning Kelly Clarkson and rap music icon Snoop Dogg, John represented North Carolina when he competed against artists from other territories with his single: “Right in the Middle.” The song received great acclaim from both hosts and fans and was voted into the show’s semifinals.

In this edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, John Morgan spoke about the stories of “Trouble with A Heartbreak” and “I Didn’t Love You,” writing a potential hit for Kelly Clarkson, and opening for Jason Aldean on his Rock N Roll Cowboy Tour.

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It is an honor and privilege to welcome Reality TV Pioneer and country music recording artist Jon Brennan to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.

Jon became a household name when he appeared on the second season of MTV’s game-changing Reality TV show: The Real World. From June 26 to November 1993, audiences watched Jon and his fellow housemates interact as they lived at a house in Venice Beach. On April 20, 1998, Jon Brennan was also part of Road Rules: All Stars, the first season of MTV’s popular competition series The Challenge. Fellow Real World legends Cynthia Roberts (The Real World: Miami), Eric Nies (The Real World: New York), Rachel Campos-Duffy (The Real World: San Francisco), and Sean Duffy (The Real World: Boston) completed tasks in Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand; Monroe, Connecticut; and Los Angeles. He competed in Battle of the Seasons (2002) and The Inferno II. Recently, Jon reunited with most of his castmates on the second season of The Real World: Los Angeles – Homecoming.

Jon’s main passion for music led him to extensive touring and national appearances and helped him establish a solid career for him. He gained thousands of fans and opened for some of the biggest names in country music. With every performance, Jon has continually garnered high praise for his ability to connect to audiences by delivering authentic country songs. He released his latest EP; I Ain’t Done Singing Yet; Jon co-wrote almost all the new songs and promised to provide new electrifying performances in a family-friendly environment.

In this edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Jon Brennan spoke about his experiences on The Real World: Los Angeles and The Real World: Los Angeles - Homecoming. He also shared what he would bring to a fourth season of The Challenge: All Stars. Jon also shared how his experiences on the Grand Ole Opry stage and how he opened for country music legend George Jones.

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It is a pleasure to welcome singer-songwriter Finlay Morton to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.

Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Finlay taught himself to play his older brother’s Epiphone guitar at 10. His influences vary from blues musician Sonny Terry and Scottish folk act The Corries to classic rockers Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young. At 18, he packed up his guitar and moved to London to play in a band. While he played in various band, he worked as 10 Downing Street as its official sound engineer.

From 1990 to 2007, Finlay Morton served four British Prime Ministers. He was present when a teary Margaret Thatcher left 10 Downing Street for the last time. He was ‘Tony Blair’s Roadie’ and was feet away when the former Prime Minister met former US President George W. Bush, former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and the infamous Muammar Gaddafi. He also advised former Prime Minster Gordon Brown on his first day in office to never forget when he is wearing a microphone, advice that the former British Prime Minister seemingly forgot.

In 2004, Finlay had a chance meeting with Moody Blues and Status Quo producer Pip Williams, which resulted in his first self-penned album Interpret This, which was released in 2006.
Two singles went to radio with resulting airplay on regional radio stations throughout the United Kingdom along with a successful acoustic tour with guitarist Greg Bone.

In 2008, Finlay started working on his second album, Back to Basics, at West London’s Wendyhouse Studios. During the mixing process, he suffered a heart attack. Thanks to speedy medical attention, he went back to work only in a few days. His first single, “Scary Monsters,” was released later that year with more radio support. Legendary Los Angeles-based producer John Ryan updated Finlay’s masters and the album was re-released as Back to Basics 2009. “The Devil Ain’t Getting My Soul,” the album’s first single, garnered both US and UK airplay.

In addition to his passion for music, Finlay is a co-founder of London internet radio station Soho Radio, which is now, after five years, firmly established. Soho Radio won Mixcloud’s “Best Internet Station in the World.” In 2019, Soho Radio also launched in New York City.

In this edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Finlay Morton spoke about his experience working at 10 Downing Street and his song: “Move Mountains.”

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