Jacob started off his musical interest at around the age of 5 when he surprised his parents by learning to play the Can-Can on the piano by himself. Noticing that Jacob had an interest in music, his parents arranged for him to have piano lessons. Jacob has picked up and learned many different instruments such as the piano, guitar, ukulele, banjo, and drums in which he also achieved a grade 8 merit. 

 

During his time at secondary school, Jacob studied music which ultimately kick-started his interest in film composition as one of his projects was to compose a piece of music for a chase scene. After finishing his time at secondary school, Jacob would go to college, studying an extended B-TEC in music

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When in Bristol, Jacob studied Composition For Film/TV, where he worked on many different projects both inside and outside of Bristol.

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