Jacob Ekstroem

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The making of a bigger voice

I's been a few years since I initially made this video, and I have since then modeled the same sound with Only Audition. For a small price of $200, I can sha...

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"Thanks all for your birthday wishes!!"

Jacob Ekstroem left a comment for Steen Bojsen-Moller

"Hey Steen!

At first your name looked Danish to me, but you don't seem very Danish :-)
Any relations to Denmark at all?

Regards,
Jacob (from.... Denmark :-)"

Jacob Ekstroem left a comment on Gear Heads

"Woho, great to see this group is still alive. I've been absent for a while, because I totally lost track of this place, when it began to grow.
Anyway! I've changed a few things in my chain. Most importantly, I now go straight from my pre to the…"

Jacob Ekstroem left a comment for Don LaFontaine

"Don,

thanks for joining us! It's truly an honor to be in the company of an industry icon.

Regards,
Jacob (Danish and totally un-worthy novice)"

Jacob Ekstroem left a comment for Ben Patrick Johnson

"Ben,

I LOOOOVE the fact that your studio is solar powered!!!
Thanks for joining VO Universe, you are truly an icon for all of us... except maybe Don... ;-)

Regards,
Jacob"

Jacob Ekstroem left a comment on Tech Notes for Voice Talent

"Never been a ProTools user. I once tried downloading PT Free for Win98. After 30 minutes, I still hadn't figured out how to open a soundfile.

No, I was a die-harded Syntrillium-fan for years, starting with CE96 and up to CEP, when I had the…"

Jacob Ekstroem left a comment on Gear Heads

"Hmmm... where did Lance go???"

Jacob Ekstroem left a comment on Gear Heads

"I Have two chain; my VO-chain is a GT67 into a Tube-Tech MEC 1A. This stuff is in my booth. Outside in "The Sweet Editing Suite" where I produce my radioshow is a Røde NTK, going into a Joemeek VC1Q and a dbx 266. Everything goes into a console,…"

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"Thanks Bobbin!
Wouldn't miss the party, now would I?? :-)"

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Gender

Male

Birthday:

February 18

Age:

I WORK IN THE VOICE OVER INDUSTRY AS A(N)

Voice Actor

HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE OVER EXPERIENCE

As many others, my background is in radio. Been doing that since I was 13, so this year will be my 25th anniversary - whoa... Around 1997, I had the chance to audition for a small-market local tv-station, who did their own commercial production. Actually I nailed it, but due to my cluelessness (is that even a word??) about the VO-business, I made all the classic mistakes: I sounded the exact same way on every recording, as I did on the radio. So if I remember correctly, I did three jobs for them, and they never called me again. A couple of years later, there was an opening for the male danish VO-job for a tv-homeshopping network. For the next four years, I did TONS of informercials and learned quite a bit, besides making a fair amount of money. I even got my first experience with true voice acting, when I did ALL the voices of baby animals on the Danish version of "Marty Stoufer's Wacky Babies". I also did narration for other films in that series. This was truly my real break in VO. In 2003, I bought some second-hand gear and began to voice commercials from my home for numerous local radiostations in Denmark. Nothing fancy, they all did their own production and I only provided a raw voice recording. Somewhere along the line bigger projects turned up, and I slowly began to invest in better equipment. Then... in 2007 and by sheer coincidence, I discovered Voice123 and the Voiceoversavvy-forum. From there, things literally took off like an Saturn V-rocket. Through the forums I learned so much, and a whole new world evolved. When I joined Voices.com, it was my "Neil Armstrong-moment" in VO: gigs and inquiries from seekers all around the world began to come in on a regular basis, and I landed quite a few. Now I'm with several international agencies and databases in countries like the US, UK, Brazil, Holland, Germany, Sweden, France, Czech Republic, Spain... I'm also the first (and so far the only) Scandinavian-based voice artist accredited by SaVoa.

LANGUAGES

Danish

VOICE DESCRIPTION

Friendly, guy-next-door

DIALECTS, Character voices and vocal impressions

All sorts of Danish ones

VOICES I AM ABLE TO PERFORM

Middle Age Male, Young Adult Male, Teenage Boy

AUDIO DELIVERY METHOD

FTP, AIF, MP3, WAV

EQUIPMENT

Microphones: Groove Tubes GT67, Rode NTK, CAD E-300 (the original) Preamps: Danfield MX10, Joemeek VC1Q Console: Behringer MX2804A Interface: Echo MIA Monitors: Genelec 1019A, Sennheiser HD25 Editor: Steinberg Wavelab or Sony Vegas, depending on project. Misc: dbx "Project One" 266 compressor/gate, D&R phone patch Source Connect

WEBSITE

https://www.provoa.com

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Rodney Jackson February 18, 2011 at 6:02pm

Hi Jacob,

Wishing you the very best, Happy Birthday!!! Enjoy.

Best Regards,
Rod Maupin February 18, 2011 at 1:02pm

Happy Birthday Jacob,

Or as you say in Denmark, Tillykke med fødselsdagen.

Now, that's just about all the Danish I know.

Cheers,

Rod
Penny Abshire February 18, 2010 at 3:28pm
Bob Souer February 18, 2010 at 1:28pm

Happy Birthday, Jacob!

Be well,
Bob Souer
Jacob Ekstroem February 18, 2010 at 11:26am

Thanks all for your birthday wishes!!
Rodney Jackson February 18, 2010 at 9:45am

Hi Jacob,

Wishing you the very best, Happy Birthday!!! Enjoy.

Best Regards,
Rodney
BOB NOBLE February 18, 2010 at 4:36am

Hi Jacob: In honor of your birthday, I sat down and wrote you a
song. Here are the lyrics . . . .”This is your Birthday Song,
It isn’t very long . . . “

And many more . . . !

Bob . . . at . . .Noblevoices.com
Dan (Daniel Eduardo) Hurst January 6, 2010 at 7:31pm

Hi Jacob!

I know you’ve been a member of Voiceover Universe for some time, but I wanted to introduce one of our groups to you.

I hope you'll check out and join a group called MARKETING FOR FUN AND PROFIT. It's a group dedicated to discussing ways we can market ourselves - what works; what doesn't. You’ll find some very interesting ideas and concepts there! And we would appreciate your input. Click here for the link: MARKETING FOR FUN AND PROFIT!

Thanks for your time! I trust our paths will cross soon!

Best to ya!

dan (daniel eduardo) hurst
www.DanHurst.com
Bob Souer February 18, 2009 at 4:35pm

Jacob,

I hope you are having a very Happy Birthday!

Be well,
Bob
Steen Bojsen-Moller November 20, 2008 at 12:52pm

My Father was born in Denmark, moved to New Zealand in his twenties so I was raised in NZ, now live in LA but go to Denmark every 2 years or so. There you have it! How about you?

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