Name: Jack Askew
Qualifications: Currently studying Music Performance and Production at Leeds Beckett
Fav gig: A solo headline at the vinyl whistle, couldn’t think of a cooler place to play than a record shop!
Desert island disc: Stop Making Sense – Talking Heads, the best live album ever
What you love about music: The joy it brings to people, and the people it’s led me to meet!
Motto: Always bring a tuner.
Bio: Jack is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who regularly performs around Leeds solo and with his band, Godspeed. He’s a born and bred Yorkshire Lad, being raised in Wakefield and then moving to Leeds to study Music Performance and Production at Leeds Beckett.
Jack first started teaching private lessons at age 14, working primarily with younger children and children with special education needs. He then went on to volunteer his spare time whilst in sixth form for the music department and SEN department, gaining valuable experience working with larger groups and different dynamics. As a teacher, Jack focuses on bringing out the joy in music, as well as teaching fundamental musical concepts in an accessible way.
Jack is mainly a vocalist and guitarist, but also has experience performing bass, banjo, ukulele, mandolin, and percussion (and even a little bit of conducting!)