Big Rude Jake – Consulting

Posted by ftpmedia on Jan 6, 2008 in Media Archival | 0 comments

From 2004 to 2007 FTP Media provided media consulting services to Big Rude Jake, helping the Canadian swing punk legend reclaim his online web presence at http://bigrudejake.ca/.

I first met Jake when I was riding home from work on the Bathurst streetcar in Toronto on one sunny summer day in, oh, 1992. A drunk sat down next to me and was harassing me, asking me dirty questions and such, until a rather large man dressed in a fine three-piece grey pinstripe suit stood up and told the man in no uncertain terms that he ought to stop. I got off at the next stop, and so did Jake, and standing there on the corner of Bathurst and College Street, I became friends with one of Canada’s finest musicians, songwriters, and greatest of gentlemen, Big Rude Jake. Our friendship has crossed provinces, decades and technologies, and whenever Jake is playing, I do my best to make it out to see his show.

Sometime around 2004 or 2005 I began consulting Jake on how to bring his music back to audiences via online tools and social media. I encouraged Jake to rebuild his website and get his extensive–and terrific–body of work online. In 2007 Jake brought me six videos which I digitized for him from old VHS tapes, saving him the high cost and trouble of digital video transfer from old, unknown and more or less lost Beta sources, and posted them on YouTube for the world to see, thereby bringing Jake’s music video archive to the internet.

For a taste of Jake’s ‘swing punk’ style, check out Swing, Baby!, Queer for Cat, and 7th Avenue too, and enjoy the great musical stylings of Big Rude Jake singing here with his Gentleman Players.

Here is a selection of all videos archived by FTP Media for Jake:

Swing, Baby!

From Jake’s unforgettable 1996 “swing punk” album, Blue Pariah, this is Big Rude Jake singing, Swing, Baby!

Queer for Cat

In this music video for Queer for Cat from Big Rude Jake’s incredible self-titled 1999 album, you’ll find Big Rude Jake at his “swing punk” best.

7th Avenue

In this video Big Rude Jake performs 7th Avenue on Rita & Friends. The song was released on Jake’s 1994 album, Butane Fumes and Bad Cologne.

Aqua Vitae on CTV News

In this CTV News’ “Success Story” segment, Jake describes how his company, Pivotal Productions, brings great music to senior citizens in nursing homes across Canada. For more information on Aqua Vitae, contact info@bigrudejake.ca.

View all posts featuring Big Rude Jake.