At age 16, Jake was nominated & awarded “Artist of the Year” by the Queen City Music Awards and his band “Halden Vang” was also nominated for 2011 “Band of the Year” by the Charlotte Music Awards. As a song writer, Jake wrote his first song, “Tell the Truth”, at age 14 and released his first studio Cd, at age 15. Jake has since written and composed hundred’s of original songs, eight of which he recently recorded in the studio that are slated for his next upcoming CD, which is planned to be released this summer and followed by extensive touring upon his graduation from high school June 2013.