Social Media Stats (2/10/24)
Instagram: 135,000 Followers
Tik Tok: 20,300 Followers
Youtube: 10,200 Followers
Twitter: 6,000 Followers
Spotify: 48,800 Monthly Listeners
BIO
Jake Silverman, also known as Button Masher, is a GRAMMY-winning arranger, electronic musician, composer and educator. In 2018, Silverman began to experiment with combining Jazz Fusion with chiptune. Since that time, Silverman’s genre bending music has enjoyed popularity with jazz lovers and video games fans from all over the world. Button Masher can be heard with notable artists such as Phoenix, The 8-bit Big Band, Evan Marien, Adam Neely, Sungazer, Andrew Huang, Dj Cutman, and many more.
GRAMMY® Winner
Jake received the 2021 GRAMMY Award for Best Arrangement: Instrumental/A'cappella for his and Charlie Rosen’s arrangement of “Metaknight’s Revenge” as recorded by the 8 bit Big Band.
Music examples
Video examples
NOTABLE COLLABORATIONS AND PERFORMANCES
Collaborations
DJ Cutman and Button Masher: Wii Shop, 2023.
DJ Cutman and Button Masher: Super September, 2023.
Phoenix, Ezra Koenig, Button Masher: Tonight, 8-Bit Button Masher Remix, 2022.
DJ Cutman and Button Masher: Squad Up!, 2022.
DJ Cutman and Button Masher: Star Road, 2022.
The 8-Bit Big Band and Button Masher: Backwards Compatible, Meta Knight’s Revenge, 2021.
Button Masher and Evan Marien: Soccer Match, 2021.
Past Performances
Jake Silverman (Button Masher) 2024 Nublu. New York, NY.
Jake Silverman (Button Masher). 2023. DROM. New York, NY.
Jake Silverman (Button Masher). 2023. MAGFest, National Harbor, MD.
Jake Silverman (Button Masher and TAUK). 2022. Teragram Ballroom. Los Angeles, CA.
Jake Silverman (Button Masher) 2022 Bad Bar Seattle, Washington
Jake Silverman (Button Masher). 2022. MAGWest, San Jose, CA.
Jake Silverman (Button Masher). 2022. Southern-Fried Gaming Expo, Atlanta, GA.
Jake Silverman (Button Masher). 2021. The Moroccan Lounge, Los Angeles, CA.
Jake Silverman (Button Masher). 2021. Rockwood Music Hall, New York, NY.
Jake Silverman (Button Masher). 2021. Ottobar, Baltimore, MD.
Jake Silverman (Button Masher). 2021. DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA.
Jake Silverman (Button Masher). 2020. Brainfeeder’s The HIT, Twitch.tv.
Andrew Huang and Jake Silverman (Button Masher). 2020. YouTube.com
Tour with Anomalie. 2019. San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Anaheim, CA.