💛 I wanna do something beautiful together 💛

Hi there. You’ve reached my little corner of the world wide web. My name is Jacob Metcalf. I’m a songwriter, music teacher, arts advocate, and lifelong student. I grew up in the tall pines of Central Arkansas. I turned over every stone in every field in search of truth and beauty. I drove in circles trying to find this place. Big ones. I eventually put down roots in Dallas Texas. I’m from two places now – that one and this one. I’m still a small town boy with big city dreams and I’ll never forget where I come from. 

In previous lives I toured the US and Canada, close to 1000 events, and even played some small shows in the EU. These days I’ve returned to teaching music to a very small number; I help my friends with their music projects; I even collaborated with a contemporary ballet for the first time! I feel so lucky. I’ve been invited to compose original music for weddings, indie documentaries and narrative shorts and I hope to do more. I also help run a small, award-winning concert hall lovingly built from an old movie house and transformed into a nationally recognized historic theater. 

I try to stay curious and I fight to stay inspired. I’m not usually in a hurry. I like to give my ideas time to incubate. My debut album FJORD (2016) took me and my friend seven years to complete. My follow up MONITORS (2022-2024) took seven more years to make. I’m now working on my next project ANVIL and hope to share that with you soon.

What are you working on? I would love to hear about it – what you’re making, planning, writing, creating. Drop me a note. Let’s co-write or plan a house show or sing a duet.