John Yoakum

John Yoakum is a Los Angeles TV and film studio musician, working professionally since 1976. A multi-talented woodwind doubler, on any one day he can be contracted for a session playing just one instrument or possibly ten or more!

He has played on hundreds of recordings and specialises in "sweetening" tracks that are recorded using midi instruments. When a composer uses samplers and synthesizers to record music, the human element of emotion can be missing. This is where an acoustic musician can shine!

John can currently be heard playing on TV shows such as Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Strong Medicine, Futurama, King of the Hill, and Dragontales.

He also has recorded episodes for Providence, The Simpsons, NYPD Blue, and was the soloist on the TV series Silk Stalkings. Some of his film credits include All the Pretty Horses, Lethal Weapon 4, Negotiator, The Siege and Man on the Moon. John is also active recording jingles and in the Broadway shows that come through Los Angeles.

John Yoakum bought his Peter Eaton International clarinet in December 2000 and says "I have found Peter's clarinet to be a great asset in the studio as it is not only warm in character, but also very well in tune throughout every register. This is very important to the creative process in the studio." John recently bought a second clarinet and wrote to say "I'm contacting you to let you know I bought another of your clarinets back in December and really love it! It is getting broken in and is opening up in sound very nicely. When I work on recordings, there are many players that ask about the instrument. So, I let them play it and it speaks for itself! I recently worked with Jim Kanter on a session and he thought it was a great clarinet. Just want to pass on the good word about your product. Keep up the beautiful work!"

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